Bill Text: FL S1904 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Saltwater Products Licenses/Residents 65 or Older [EPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means [S1904 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1904-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1904 
 
By Senator Lawson 
6-01872-10                                            20101904__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to saltwater products licenses; 
3         amending s. 379.361, F.S.; providing for the issuance 
4         of a license at no charge to residents who are age 65 
5         or older; providing an effective date. 
6 
7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
8 
9         Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 
10  379.361, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
11         379.361 Licenses.— 
12         (2) SALTWATER PRODUCTS LICENSE.— 
13         (e) The annual fee for a saltwater products license is: 
14         1. For a license issued in the name of an individual which 
15  authorizes only that individual to engage in commercial fishing 
16  activities from the shore or a vessel: a resident must pay $50; 
17  a nonresident must pay $200; or an alien must pay $300. However, 
18  a license shall be issued at no charge to any resident who is 
19  age 65 or older, upon proof of age and residency. 
20         2. For a license issued in the name of an individual which 
21  authorizes that named individual to engage in commercial fishing 
22  activities from the shore or a vessel and also authorizes each 
23  person who is fishing with the named individual aboard a vessel 
24  to engage in such activities: a resident must pay $150; a 
25  nonresident must pay $600; or an alien must pay $900. 
26         3. For a license issued to a valid commercial vessel 
27  registration number which authorizes each person aboard such 
28  registered vessel to engage in commercial fishing activities: a 
29  resident, or a resident firm or corporation, must pay $100; a 
30  nonresident, or a nonresident firm or corporation, must pay 
31  $400; or an alien, or an alien firm or corporation, must pay 
32  $600. For purposes of this subparagraph, a resident firm or 
33  corporation means a firm or corporation formed under the laws of 
34  this state; a nonresident firm or corporation means a firm or 
35  corporation formed under the laws of any state other than 
36  Florida; and an alien firm or corporation means a firm or 
37  corporation organized under any laws other than laws of the 
38  United States, any United States territory or possession, or any 
39  state of the United States. 
40         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.