Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 868
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/01/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Dean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 376 - 426
    4  and insert:
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    6         Section 6. Section 482.157, Florida Statutes, is created to
    7  read:
    8         482.157 Limited certification for commercial wildlife
    9  management personnel.—
   10         (1) The department shall establish a limited certification
   11  category for individual commercial wildlife management personnel
   12  which authorizes the personnel to use nonchemical methods for
   13  controlling pest birds or rodents, including, but not limited
   14  to, the use of traps, glue boards, mechanical or electronic
   15  devices, or exclusionary techniques.
   16         (2) A person seeking limited certification under this
   17  section must pass an examination administered by the department.
   18  An application for examination must be accompanied by an
   19  examination fee set by rule of the department of at least $150
   20  but not to exceed $300. The department shall provide the
   21  appropriate reference materials for the examination and make the
   22  examination readily available to applicants at least quarterly
   23  or as often as necessary in each county. Before the department
   24  issues a limited certification under this section, the person
   25  applying for certification must furnish proof that he or she
   26  holds a certificate of insurance stating that his or her
   27  employer meets the requirements for minimum financial
   28  responsibility in s. 482.071(4).
   29         (3) An application for recertification under this section
   30  must be submitted biennially and must be accompanied by a
   31  recertification fee set by rule of the department of at least
   32  $150 but not to exceed $300. The application must also be
   33  accompanied by proof that:
   34         (a) The applicant completed 4 classroom hours of acceptable
   35  continuing education.
   36         (b) The applicant holds a certificate of insurance stating
   37  that his or her employer meets the requirements for minimum
   38  financial responsibility in s. 482.071(4).
   39         (4) The department shall establish a grace period, not to
   40  exceed 30 calendar days after a biennial date established by the
   41  department on which recertification is due. The department shall
   42  assess a late charge of $50, in addition to the recertification
   43  fee, to commercial wildlife management personnel who are
   44  recertified after the grace period.
   45         (5) A limited certification automatically expires 180
   46  calendar days after the biennial date on which recertification
   47  is due unless the commercial wildlife personnel are recertified
   48  before the certification expires. Once a certification expires,
   49  certification may be issued only upon successful reexamination
   50  and payment of the examination fees.
   51         (6) Certification under this section does not authorize:
   52         (a) Use of any pesticide or chemical substance, other than
   53  adhesive materials, to control pest birds, rodents, or other
   54  nuisance wildlife in, on, or under a structure.
   55         (b) Operation of a pest control business.
   56         (c) Supervision of a certified person.