Bill Text: FL S1018 | 2021 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Largemouth Bass

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Chapter No. 2021-79 [S1018 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S1018-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2021                             CS for SB 1018
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and
       Senators Boyd and Perry
       
       
       
       
       592-03180-21                                          20211018c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the sale of aquaculture products;
    3         amending s. 597.004, F.S.; authorizing certified
    4         aquaculture producers and certain licensed dealers to
    5         sell Florida largemouth bass without restriction under
    6         certain circumstances; making technical changes;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
   12  597.004, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         597.004 Aquaculture certificate of registration.—
   14         (5) SALE OF AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS.—
   15         (a) An aquaculture producer certified pursuant to this
   16  section or a dealer licensed pursuant to part VII of chapter 379
   17  may sell aquaculture products, except shellfish;, snook;, and
   18  any fish of the genus Micropterus, excluding the species
   19  Micropterus salmoides floridanus (Florida largemouth bass); and
   20  prohibited and restricted freshwater and marine species
   21  identified by rules of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
   22  Commission, may be sold by an aquaculture producer certified
   23  pursuant to this section or by a dealer licensed pursuant to
   24  part VII of chapter 379 without restriction so long as the
   25  product origin can be identified.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.