Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1832
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
       33-02036-25                                           20251832__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 585.713, F.S.;
    3         requiring dog breeders to pay registration and renewal
    4         fees in amounts to be determined by the Department of
    5         Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing a limit
    6         on such fees; requiring the department to notify a
    7         certificateholder of the annual renewal fee by a
    8         specified date; providing a contingent effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section
   13  585.713, Florida Statutes, as created by SB 1830, 2025 Regular
   14  Session, is amended to read:
   15         585.713 Certificate of registration and inspection.—
   16         (1) Each dog breeder within this state must apply to the
   17  department, on forms supplied by the department, for a
   18  certificate of registration. Each application for a certificate
   19  of registration must be accompanied by a registration fee in an
   20  amount determined by the department, not to exceed $500.
   21         (2) The certificate of registration, the structure of which
   22  shall be determined by the department, must be renewed annually
   23  on its anniversary date upon satisfactory showing that the
   24  applicant has complied with this part and the rules of the
   25  department and has paid the annual renewal fee in an amount
   26  determined by the department, not to exceed $500.
   27         (3) The department shall provide to each dog breeder
   28  subject to this section a written notice and renewal form 60
   29  days before the annual renewal date, informing the dog breeder
   30  of the certificate of registration renewal date and the
   31  applicable fee.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   33  SB 1830 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   34  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   35  thereof and becomes a law.