Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 688
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Wright)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and paragraph
6 (a) of subsection (4) of section 379.401, Florida Statutes, are
7 amended to read:
8 379.401 Penalties and violations; civil penalties for
9 noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension and
10 forfeiture of licenses and permits.—
11 (3) LEVEL THREE VIOLATIONS.—
12 (a) A person commits a Level Three violation if he or she
13 violates any of the following provisions:
14 1. Rules or orders of the commission prohibiting the sale
15 of saltwater fish.
16 2. Rules or orders of the commission prohibiting the
17 illegal importation or possession of exotic marine plants or
18 animals.
19 3. Section 379.28, prohibiting the importation of
20 freshwater fish.
21 4. Section 379.3014, prohibiting the illegal sale or
22 possession of alligators.
23 5. Section 379.354(17), prohibiting the taking of game,
24 freshwater fish, or saltwater fish while a required license is
25 suspended or revoked.
26 6. Section 379.357(4), prohibiting the sale, transfer, or
27 purchase of tarpon.
28 7. Section 379.404(1), (3), and (6), prohibiting the
29 illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey.
30 8. Section 379.4041(1), prohibiting the illegal taking and
31 possession of bears.
32 9.8. Section 379.406, prohibiting the possession and
33 transportation of commercial quantities of freshwater game fish.
34 10.9. Section 379.407(2), establishing major violations.
35 11.10. Section 379.407(4), prohibiting the possession of
36 certain finfish in excess of recreational daily bag limits.
37 (4) LEVEL FOUR VIOLATIONS.—
38 (a) A person commits a Level Four violation if he or she
39 violates any of the following provisions:
40 1. Section 379.354(16), prohibiting the making, forging,
41 counterfeiting, or reproduction of a recreational license or the
42 possession of same without authorization from the commission.
43 2. Section 379.365(2)(c), prohibiting criminal activities
44 relating to the taking of stone crabs.
45 3. Section 379.366(4)(c), prohibiting criminal activities
46 relating to the taking and harvesting of blue crabs.
47 4. Section 379.367(4), prohibiting the willful molestation
48 of spiny lobster gear.
49 5. Section 379.3671(2)(c)5., prohibiting the unlawful
50 reproduction, possession, sale, trade, or barter of spiny
51 lobster trap tags or certificates.
52 6. Section 379.404(5), prohibiting the sale of illegally
53 taken deer or wild turkey.
54 7. Section 379.4041(2), prohibiting the sale of illegally
55 taken bears.
56 8.7. Section 379.405, prohibiting the molestation or theft
57 of freshwater fishing gear.
58 9.8. Section 379.409, prohibiting the unlawful killing,
59 injuring, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other
60 crocodilia or their eggs.
61 10.9. Section 379.411, prohibiting the intentional killing
62 or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened,
63 or of special concern.
64 11.10. Section 379.4115, prohibiting the killing of any
65 Florida or wild panther.
66 Section 2. Section 379.4041, Florida Statutes, is created
67 to read:
68 379.4041 Illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears.—
69 (1) A person who takes a bear or possesses a freshly killed
70 bear during the closed season prescribed by law or rules of the
71 commission commits a Level Three violation under s. 379.401 and
72 forfeits any license or permit issued to him or her under this
73 chapter for 3 years after the date of the violation. A person
74 who commits a subsequent offense of such taking or possession is
75 permanently ineligible for issuance of any license or permit
76 under this chapter.
77 (2) A person who possesses for sale or sells a bear taken
78 in violation of this section or rules of the commission commits
79 a Level Four violation under s. 379.401.
80 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
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82 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
83 And the title is amended as follows:
84 Delete everything before the enacting clause
85 and insert:
86 A bill to be entitled
87 An act relating to the illegal taking, possession, and
88 sale of bears; amending s. 379.401, F.S.; providing
89 that a person commits specified violations for the
90 illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears;
91 creating s. 379.4041, F.S.; prohibiting the illegal
92 taking, possession, and sale of bears; providing
93 penalties; providing an effective date.