Florida Senate - 2020 CS for CS for SB 1414
By the Committees on Agriculture; and Environment and Natural
Resources; and Senator Mayfield
575-03476-20 20201414c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to fish and wildlife activities;
3 amending s. 379.105, F.S.; prohibiting certain
4 harassment of hunters, trappers, and fishers within or
5 on public lands or publicly or privately owned
6 wildlife and fish management areas, or in or on public
7 waters; amending s. 379.354, F.S.; authorizing the
8 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to designate
9 additional annual free freshwater and saltwater
10 fishing days; amending s. 379.372, F.S.; prohibiting
11 the keeping, possessing, importing, selling,
12 bartering, trading, or breeding of certain species
13 except for educational, research, or eradication or
14 control purposes; including green iguanas and species
15 of the genera Salvator and Tupinambis in such
16 prohibition; reenacting s. 379.2311(1), F.S., relating
17 to the definition of the term “priority invasive
18 species,” to incorporate the amendment made to s.
19 379.372, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an
20 effective date.
21
22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
23
24 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 379.105, Florida
25 Statutes, is amended to read:
26 379.105 Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.—
27 (1) A person may not intentionally, within or on any public
28 lands or a publicly or privately owned wildlife management and
29 or fish management areas, area or in or on any public waters
30 state-owned water body:
31 (a) Interfere with or attempt to prevent the lawful taking
32 of fish, game, or nongame animals by another within or on such
33 lands or areas, or in or on such waters.
34 (b) Attempt to disturb fish, game, or nongame animals or
35 attempt to affect their behavior with the intent to prevent
36 their lawful taking by another within or on such lands or areas,
37 or in or on such waters.
38 Section 2. Subsection (15) of section 379.354, Florida
39 Statutes, is amended to read:
40 379.354 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization
41 numbers; fees established.—
42 (15) FREE FISHING DAYS.—The commission may designate by
43 rule no more than 6 4 consecutive or nonconsecutive days in each
44 year as free freshwater fishing days and no more than 6 4
45 consecutive or nonconsecutive days in each year as free
46 saltwater fishing days. Notwithstanding any other provision of
47 this chapter, a any person may take freshwater fish for
48 noncommercial purposes on a free freshwater fishing day and may
49 take saltwater fish for noncommercial purposes on a free
50 saltwater fishing day, without obtaining or possessing a license
51 or permit or paying a license or permit fee as set forth
52 prescribed in this section. A person who takes freshwater or
53 saltwater fish on a free fishing day must comply with all laws,
54 rules, and regulations governing the holders of a fishing
55 license or permit and all other conditions and limitations
56 regulating the taking of freshwater or saltwater fish as are
57 imposed by law or rule.
58 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
59 379.372, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
60 379.372 Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or
61 exhibiting venomous reptiles, reptiles of concern, conditional
62 reptiles, or prohibited reptiles; license required.—
63 (2)(a) A No person, party, firm, association, or
64 corporation may not shall keep, possess, import into the state,
65 sell, barter, trade, or breed the following species except for
66 educational, research, or eradication or control purposes
67 personal use or for sale for personal use:
68 1. Burmese or Indian python (Python molurus).
69 2. Reticulated python (Python reticulatus).
70 3. Northern African python (Python sebae).
71 4. Southern African python (Python natalensis).
72 5. Amethystine or scrub python (Morelia amethystinus).
73 6. Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus).
74 7. Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus).
75 8. Green iguana (Iguana iguana).
76 9. Tegu lizard (any species of the genera Salvator or
77 Tupinambis).
78 10. Any other reptile designated as a conditional or
79 prohibited species by the commission.
80 Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
81 made by this act to section 379.372, Florida Statutes, in a
82 reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 379.2311, Florida
83 Statutes, is reenacted to read:
84 379.2311 Nonnative animal management.—
85 (1) As used in this section, the term “priority invasive
86 species” means the following:
87 (a) Lizards of the genus Tupinambis, also known as tegu
88 lizards;
89 (b) Species identified in s. 379.372(2)(a);
90 (c) Pterois volitans, also known as red lionfish; and
91 (d) Pterois miles, also known as the common lionfish or
92 devil firefish.
93 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.