Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (789120) for CS for SB 448
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/22/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hays) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 160 - 188
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 5. Subsections (1) and (15) of section 379.354,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         379.354 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization
    8  numbers; fees established.—
    9         (1) LICENSE, PERMIT, OR AUTHORIZATION NUMBER REQUIRED.—
   10         (a) Except as provided in s. 379.353, no person shall take
   11  game, freshwater or saltwater fish, or fur-bearing animals
   12  within this state without having first obtained a license,
   13  permit, or authorization number and paid the fees set forth in
   14  this chapter. Such license, permit, or authorization number
   15  shall authorize the person to whom it is issued to take game,
   16  freshwater or saltwater fish, or fur-bearing animals, and
   17  participate in outdoor recreational activities in accordance
   18  with the laws of the state and rules of the commission.
   19         (b) In 2013 and every 5 years thereafter, license and
   20  permit fees established in subsections (4) and (5) shall be
   21  adjusted by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index
   22  for All Urban Consumers since the fees were last adjusted,
   23  unless otherwise provided by general law. By February 1 of each
   24  year in which an adjustment is scheduled to occur, the Fish and
   25  Wildlife Conservation Commission shall submit a report to the
   26  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   27  Representatives detailing how the increase in license and permit
   28  fees will be used within the agency. The license and permit fee
   29  increases shall take effect July 1 of each adjustment year.
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   32         And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete lines 18 - 20
   34  and insert:
   35         379.354, F.S.; deleting a provision that provides for
   36         an automatic adjustment of recreational hunting and
   37         fishing license fees every 5 years; revising