Senate Bill 1414 (2020) — Fish and wildlife activities
SB 1414
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Florida Senate - 2020 SB By Senator Mayfield 17-01106B-20 20201414__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to fish and wildlife activities; 2 amending s. 379.105, F.S.; prohibiting certain harassment of hunters, trappers, and fishers within or on public lands or publicly or privately owned wildlife and fish management areas, or in or on public waters; amending s. 379.354, F.S.; authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to designate additional annual free freshwater and saltwater fishing days; amending s. 379.372, F.S.; prohibiting the keeping, possessing, importing, selling, 11 bartering, trading, or breeding of certain species except for educational or research purposes; providing an effective date. 14
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
Section 1. Subsection (1) of
section 379.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 19 379.105 Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.— 20
(1) A person may not intentionally, within or on any public lands or a publicly or privately owned wildlife management and or fish management areas, area or in or on any public waters state-owned water body: 24
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a) Interfere with or attempt to prevent the lawful taking of fish, game, or nongame animals by another within or on such lands or areas, or in or on such waters. 27
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b) Attempt to disturb fish, game, or nongame animals or attempt to affect their behavior with the intent to prevent Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1414 17-01106B-20 20201414__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. their lawful taking by another within or on such lands or areas, 30 or in or on such waters. 31
Section 2. Subsection (15) of
section 379.354, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 33 379.354 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers; fees established.— 35
(15) FREE FISHING DAYS.—The commission may designate by rule no more than 6 consecutive or nonconsecutive days in each year as free freshwater fishing days and no more than 6 4 consecutive or nonconsecutive days in each year as free saltwater fishing days.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a any person may take freshwater fish for noncommercial purposes on a free freshwater fishing day and may take saltwater fish for noncommercial purposes on a free saltwater fishing day, without obtaining or possessing a license or permit or paying a license or permit fee as set forth prescribed in this section.
A person who takes freshwater or saltwater fish on a free fishing day must comply with all laws, 47 rules, and regulations governing the holders of a fishing license or permit and all other conditions and limitations regulating the taking of freshwater or saltwater fish as are imposed by law or rule. 51
Section 3. Paragraph
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a) of subsection (2) of
section 52 379.372, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 53 379.372 Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or exhibiting venomous reptiles, reptiles of concern, conditional reptiles, or prohibited reptiles; license required.— 56 (2)(
a) A No person, party, firm, association, or corporation may not shall keep, possess, import into the state, 58 Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1414 17-01106B-20 20201414__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. sell, barter, trade, or breed the following species except for educational or research purposes personal use or for sale for personal use: 61 1. Burmese or Indian python (Python molurus). 62 2. Reticulated python (Python reticulatus). 63 3. Northern African python (Python sebae). 64 4. Southern African python (Python natalensis). 65 5.
Amethystine or scrub python (Morelia amethystinus). 66 6. Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus). 67 7. Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus). 68 8. Green iguana (Iguana iguana). 69 9. Black and white tegu (Salvator merianae). 70 10. Any other reptile designated as a conditional or prohibited species by the commission. 72