| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to an exemption from hunter safety course |
| 3 | requirements; amending ss. 379.353 and 379.3581, F.S.; |
| 4 | providing an exemption from hunter safety course |
| 5 | requirements for a person issued a permit, license, or |
| 6 | authorization to take game or fur-bearing animals on |
| 7 | private land; directing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| 8 | Commission to adopt rules; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 379.353, |
| 13 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 14 | 379.353 Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from |
| 15 | fees and requirements.- |
| 16 | (3) A person who is issued a permit, license, or |
| 17 | authorization to take game or fur-bearing animals on private |
| 18 | land is exempt from s. 379.3581. |
| 19 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 20 | 379.3581, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 21 | 379.3581 Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty.- |
| 22 | (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and s. |
| 23 | 379.353(3), a person born on or after June 1, 1975, may not be |
| 24 | issued a license to take wild animal life with the use of a |
| 25 | firearm, gun, bow, or crossbow in this state without having |
| 26 | first successfully completed a hunter safety course as provided |
| 27 | in this section, and without having in his or her personal |
| 28 | possession a hunter safety certification card, as provided in |
| 29 | this section. |
| 30 | Section 3. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
| 31 | is directed to adopt rules providing for the issuance of a |
| 32 | permit, license, or authorization to take game or fur-bearing |
| 33 | animals on private land. The rules shall require a person to |
| 34 | affirm that the person understands the restriction of the |
| 35 | permit, license, or authorization and that the person is of age |
| 36 | and knowledgeable in hunter safety. |
| 37 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |