Senate Bill sb0596
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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 596
By Senator Saunders
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to wildlife; amending s.
3 372.667, F.S.; prohibiting the feeding or
4 enticement of alligators or crocodiles;
5 providing an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9 Section 1. Section 372.667, Florida Statutes, is
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11 372.667 Feeding or enticement of alligators or
12 crocodiles unlawful; penalty.--
13 (1) A No person may not shall intentionally feed, or
14 entice with feed, any wild American alligator (Alligator
15 mississippiensis) or American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus).
16 However, the provisions of this section does shall not apply
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18 (a) Those persons feeding alligators or crocodiles
19 maintained in protected captivity for educational, scientific,
20 commercial, or recreational purposes.
21 (b) Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
22 personnel, persons licensed or otherwise authorized by the
23 commission, or county or municipal animal control personnel
24 when relocating alligators or crocodiles by baiting or
25 enticement.
26 (2) As used in For the purposes of this section, the
27 term "maintained in protected captivity" means held in
28 captivity under a permit issued by the Fish and Wildlife
29 Conservation Commission pursuant to s. 372.921 or s. 372.922.
30 (3) Any person who violates this section commits a
31 Level Two violation under s. 372.83.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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5 SENATE SUMMARY
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