Bill Text: FL S1414 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Fish and Wildlife Activities
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-30 - Chapter No. 2020-123 [S1414 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1414-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Fish and Wildlife Activities
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-30 - Chapter No. 2020-123 [S1414 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1414-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1414 By Senator Mayfield 17-01106B-20 20201414__ 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 or research purposes; providing 14 an effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 379.105, Florida 19 Statutes, is amended to read: 20 379.105 Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.— 21 (1) A person may not intentionally, within or on any public 22 lands orapublicly or privately owned wildlife management and 23orfish management areas,areaor in or on any public waters 24state-owned water body: 25 (a) Interfere with or attempt to prevent the lawful taking 26 of fish, game, or nongame animals by another within or on such 27 lands or areas, or in or on such waters. 28 (b) Attempt to disturb fish, game, or nongame animals or 29 attempt to affect their behavior with the intent to prevent 30 their lawful taking by another within or on such lands or areas, 31 or in or on such waters. 32 Section 2. Subsection (15) of section 379.354, Florida 33 Statutes, is amended to read: 34 379.354 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization 35 numbers; fees established.— 36 (15) FREE FISHING DAYS.—The commission may designate by 37 rule no more than 64consecutive or nonconsecutive days in each 38 year as free freshwater fishing days and no more than 6439 consecutive or nonconsecutive days in each year as free 40 saltwater fishing days. Notwithstanding any other provision of 41 this chapter, aanyperson may take freshwater fish for 42 noncommercial purposes on a free freshwater fishing day and may 43 take saltwater fish for noncommercial purposes on a free 44 saltwater fishing day, without obtaining or possessing a license 45 or permit or paying a license or permit fee as set forth 46prescribedin this section. A person who takes freshwater or 47 saltwater fish on a free fishing day must comply with all laws, 48 rules, and regulations governing the holders of a fishing 49 license or permit and all other conditions and limitations 50 regulating the taking of freshwater or saltwater fish as are 51 imposed by law or rule. 52 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 53 379.372, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 54 379.372 Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or 55 exhibiting venomous reptiles, reptiles of concern, conditional 56 reptiles, or prohibited reptiles; license required.— 57 (2)(a) ANoperson, party, firm, association, or 58 corporation may notshallkeep, possess, import into the state, 59 sell, barter, trade, or breed the following species except for 60 educational or research purposespersonal use or for sale for61personal use: 62 1. Burmese or Indian python (Python molurus). 63 2. Reticulated python (Python reticulatus). 64 3. Northern African python (Python sebae). 65 4. Southern African python (Python natalensis). 66 5. Amethystine or scrub python (Morelia amethystinus). 67 6. Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus). 68 7. Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus). 69 8. Green iguana (Iguana iguana). 70 9. Black and white tegu (Salvator merianae). 71 10. Any other reptile designated as a conditional or 72 prohibited species by the commission. 73 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.