Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1270
       
       
        
       By Senator Albritton
       
       
       
       
       
       26-00680-22                                           20221270__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to recreational licenses and permits
    3         for military servicemembers and veterans; amending s.
    4         379.353, F.S.; providing free and discounted hunting,
    5         freshwater fishing, and saltwater fishing licenses and
    6         permits to certain military servicemembers and
    7         veterans; amending s. 379.3751, F.S.; conforming
    8         provisions to changes made by the act; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 379.353, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         379.353 Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from
   16  fees and requirements.—
   17         (1)(a) Hunting, freshwater fishing, and saltwater fishing
   18  licenses and permits shall be issued without fee to a any
   19  resident who is certified or determined:
   20         1.(a) Certified or determined to be totally and permanently
   21  disabled for purposes of workers’ compensation under chapter 440
   22  as verified by an order of a judge of compensation claims or
   23  written confirmation by the carrier providing workers’
   24  compensation benefits, or to be totally and permanently disabled
   25  by the Railroad Retirement Board, by the United States
   26  Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor, or by any
   27  branch of the United States Armed Forces, or who holds a valid
   28  identification card issued under the provisions of s. 295.17,
   29  upon proof of such residency and certification or determination
   30  same. Any license issued under this paragraph after January 1,
   31  1997, expires after 5 years and must be reissued, upon request,
   32  every 5 years thereafter.
   33         2.(b) Certified or determined to be disabled by the United
   34  States Social Security Administration, upon proof of such
   35  residency and certification or determination same. Any license
   36  issued under this paragraph after October 1, 1999, expires after
   37  2 years and must be reissued, upon proof of certification of
   38  disability, every 2 years thereafter.
   39  
   40  A disability license issued after July 1, 1997, and before July
   41  1, 2000, retains the rights vested thereunder until the license
   42  has expired.
   43         3. In active military service as defined in s. 115.08, upon
   44  proof of such residency and active military service.
   45         4. An honorably discharged veteran of the United States
   46  Armed Forces, the United States Coast Guard, military reserves,
   47  the Florida National Guard, or the United States Coast Guard
   48  Reserve, upon proof of such residency and honorable discharge.
   49         (b) Hunting, freshwater fishing, and saltwater fishing
   50  licenses and permits shall be issued at a 50 percent discount to
   51  a nonresident of the state who is:
   52         1. In active military service as defined in s. 115.08, upon
   53  proof of such active military service.
   54         2. An honorably discharged veteran of the United States
   55  Armed Forces, the United States Coast Guard, military reserves,
   56  the Florida National Guard, or the United States Coast Guard
   57  Reserve, upon proof of such honorable discharge.
   58         Section 2. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section
   59  379.3751, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   60         379.3751 Taking and possession of alligators; trapping
   61  licenses; fees.—
   62         (1)
   63         (f) An alligator trapping license or alligator trapping
   64  agent license shall be issued without fee to a any disabled
   65  resident who meets the requirements of s. 379.353(1)(a) s.
   66  379.353(1).
   67         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.