Bill Text: FL S7004 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2011-11-02 - Submit as committee bill by Environmental Preservation and Conservation (SB 804) [S7004 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-S7004-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2012 (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7004 FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation 592-00463-12 20127004__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to fish and wildlife conservation; 3 repealing s. 379.2342(2), F.S., relating to the 4 publication of the Florida Wildlife Magazine and the 5 Florida Wildlife Magazine Advisory Council; amending 6 s. 379.366, F.S.; reducing the fee for soft-shell blue 7 crab endorsements; providing effective dates. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 379.2342, Florida 12 Statutes, is repealed. 13 Section 2. Effective upon the commencement of the 2012-2013 14 blue crab license year, paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of 15 section 379.366, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 16 379.366 Blue crab; regulation.— 17 (3)(a) Endorsement fees.— 18 1. The fee for a hard-shell blue crab endorsement for the 19 taking of hard-shell blue crabs, as authorized by rule of the 20 commission, is $125, $25 of which must be used solely for the 21 trap retrieval program authorized under s. 379.2424 and in 22 commission rules. 23 2. The fee for a soft-shell blue crab endorsement for the 24 taking of soft-shell blue crabs, as authorized by rule of the 25 commission, is $125$250, $25 of which must be used solely for 26 the trap retrieval program authorized under s. 379.2424 and in 27 commission rules. 28 3. The fee for a nontransferable hard-shell blue crab 29 endorsement for the taking of hard-shell blue crabs, as 30 authorized by rule of the commission, is $125, $25 of which must 31 be used solely for the trap retrieval program authorized under 32 s. 379.2424 and in commission rules. 33 4. The fee for an incidental take blue crab endorsement for 34 the taking of blue crabs as bycatch in shrimp trawls and stone 35 crab traps is $25, as authorized in commission rules. 36 Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 37 act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012.