Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 688
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/03/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Wright)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and paragraph
    6  (a) of subsection (4) of section 379.401, Florida Statutes, are
    7  amended to read:
    8         379.401 Penalties and violations; civil penalties for
    9  noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension and
   10  forfeiture of licenses and permits.—
   11         (3) LEVEL THREE VIOLATIONS.—
   12         (a) A person commits a Level Three violation if he or she
   13  violates any of the following provisions:
   14         1. Rules or orders of the commission prohibiting the sale
   15  of saltwater fish.
   16         2. Rules or orders of the commission prohibiting the
   17  illegal importation or possession of exotic marine plants or
   18  animals.
   19         3. Section 379.28, prohibiting the importation of
   20  freshwater fish.
   21         4. Section 379.3014, prohibiting the illegal sale or
   22  possession of alligators.
   23         5. Section 379.354(17), prohibiting the taking of game,
   24  freshwater fish, or saltwater fish while a required license is
   25  suspended or revoked.
   26         6. Section 379.357(4), prohibiting the sale, transfer, or
   27  purchase of tarpon.
   28         7. Section 379.404(1), (3), and (6), prohibiting the
   29  illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey.
   30         8.Section 379.4041(1), prohibiting the illegal taking and
   31  possession of bears.
   32         9.8. Section 379.406, prohibiting the possession and
   33  transportation of commercial quantities of freshwater game fish.
   34         10.9. Section 379.407(2), establishing major violations.
   35         11.10. Section 379.407(4), prohibiting the possession of
   36  certain finfish in excess of recreational daily bag limits.
   37         (4) LEVEL FOUR VIOLATIONS.—
   38         (a) A person commits a Level Four violation if he or she
   39  violates any of the following provisions:
   40         1. Section 379.354(16), prohibiting the making, forging,
   41  counterfeiting, or reproduction of a recreational license or the
   42  possession of same without authorization from the commission.
   43         2. Section 379.365(2)(c), prohibiting criminal activities
   44  relating to the taking of stone crabs.
   45         3. Section 379.366(4)(c), prohibiting criminal activities
   46  relating to the taking and harvesting of blue crabs.
   47         4. Section 379.367(4), prohibiting the willful molestation
   48  of spiny lobster gear.
   49         5. Section 379.3671(2)(c)5., prohibiting the unlawful
   50  reproduction, possession, sale, trade, or barter of spiny
   51  lobster trap tags or certificates.
   52         6. Section 379.404(5), prohibiting the sale of illegally
   53  taken deer or wild turkey.
   54         7.Section 379.4041(2), prohibiting the sale of illegally
   55  taken bears.
   56         8.7. Section 379.405, prohibiting the molestation or theft
   57  of freshwater fishing gear.
   58         9.8. Section 379.409, prohibiting the unlawful killing,
   59  injuring, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other
   60  crocodilia or their eggs.
   61         10.9. Section 379.411, prohibiting the intentional killing
   62  or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened,
   63  or of special concern.
   64         11.10. Section 379.4115, prohibiting the killing of any
   65  Florida or wild panther.
   66         Section 2. Section 379.4041, Florida Statutes, is created
   67  to read:
   68         379.4041Illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears.—
   69         (1)A person who takes a bear or possesses a freshly killed
   70  bear during the closed season prescribed by law or rules of the
   71  commission commits a Level Three violation under s. 379.401 and
   72  forfeits any license or permit issued to him or her under this
   73  chapter for 3 years after the date of the violation. A person
   74  who commits a subsequent offense of such taking or possession is
   75  permanently ineligible for issuance of any license or permit
   76  under this chapter.
   77         (2)A person who possesses for sale or sells a bear taken
   78  in violation of this section or rules of the commission commits
   79  a Level Four violation under s. 379.401.
   80         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
   81  
   82  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   83  And the title is amended as follows:
   84         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   85  and insert:
   86                        A bill to be entitled                      
   87         An act relating to the illegal taking, possession, and
   88         sale of bears; amending s. 379.401, F.S.; providing
   89         that a person commits specified violations for the
   90         illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears;
   91         creating s. 379.4041, F.S.; prohibiting the illegal
   92         taking, possession, and sale of bears; providing
   93         penalties; providing an effective date.