Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1414
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/03/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Mayfield)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 70 - 73
    4  and insert:
    5         9. Tegu lizard (any species of the genera Salvator or
    6  Tupinambis).
    7         10. Any other reptile designated as a conditional or
    8  prohibited species by the commission.
    9         Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
   10  made by this act to section 379.372, Florida Statutes, in a
   11  reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 379.2311, Florida
   12  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
   13         379.2311 Nonnative animal management.—
   14         (1) As used in this section, the term “priority invasive
   15  species” means the following:
   16         (a) Lizards of the genus Tupinambis, also known as tegu
   17  lizards;
   18         (b) Species identified in s. 379.372(2)(a);
   19         (c) Pterois volitans, also known as red lionfish; and
   20         (d) Pterois miles, also known as the common lionfish or
   21  devil firefish.
   22         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 13
   27  and insert:
   28         except for educational or research purposes; including
   29         green iguanas and species of the genera Salvator and
   30         Tupinambis in such prohibition; reenacting s.
   31         379.2311(1), F.S., relating to the definition of the
   32         term “priority invasive species,” to incorporate the
   33         amendment made to s. 379.372, F.S., in a reference
   34         thereto; providing