(1) Except as provided in ss. 379.203 and 379.207, all saltwater license and permit fees collected pursuant to s. 379.354 shall be deposited into the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund, to be used as follows:
(a) Not more than 7.5 percent of the total fees collected shall be used for administration of the licensing program and for information and education.
(b) Not less than 30 percent of the total fees collected shall be used for law enforcement.
(c) Not less than 32.5 percent of the total fees collected shall be used for marine research and management.
(d) Not less than 30 percent of the total fees collected, for fishery enhancement, including, but not limited to, fishery statistics development, artificial reefs, and fish hatcheries.
(2) The proceeds from recreational saltwater fishing license fees paid by fishers shall only be appropriated to the commission.
(3) Funds available from the Wallop-Breaux Aquatic Resources Trust Fund shall be distributed by the commission between freshwater fisheries management and research and marine fisheries management and research in proportion to the numbers of resident fresh and saltwater anglers as determined by the most current data on license sales. Unless otherwise provided by federal law, the commission, at a minimum, shall provide the following:
(a) Not less than 5 percent or more than 10 percent of the funds allocated to the commission shall be expended for an aquatic resources education program; and
(b) Not less than 10 percent of the funds allocated to the commission shall be expended for acquisition, development, renovation, or improvement of boating facilities.
History.—s. 7, ch. 89-270; s. 6, ch. 90-243; s. 13, ch. 91-78; s. 212, ch. 94-356; s. 985, ch. 95-148; s. 5, ch. 96-300; s. 25, ch. 96-321; s. 4, ch. 98-203; s. 42, ch. 99-245; s. 17, ch. 2002-46; s. 10, ch. 2004-264; s. 1, ch. 2007-337; s. 22, ch. 2008-247.
Note.—Former s. 370.0608; s. 372.5701.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Chapter 379 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 379.101-379.237)
379.102 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
379.1025 - Powers, duties, and authority of commission; rules, regulations, and orders.
379.10255 - Headquarters of commission.
379.103 - Duties of executive director.
379.104 - Right to hunt and fish.
379.105 - Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.
379.106 - Administration of commission grant programs.
379.107 - Residential conservation programs.
379.201 - Administrative Trust Fund.
379.203 - Dedicated License Trust Fund.
379.204 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
379.205 - Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.
379.206 - Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
379.207 - Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.
379.208 - Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; purposes.
379.209 - Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund.
379.211 - State Game Trust Fund.
379.212 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
379.213 - Save the Manatee Trust Fund.
379.214 - Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund.
379.2201 - Deposit of license fees; allocation of federal funds.
379.2202 - Expenditure of funds.
379.2203 - Disposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures.
379.2213 - Management area permit revenues.
379.2222 - Acquisition of state game lands.
379.2223 - Control and management of state game lands.
379.2224 - Preserves, refuges, etc., not tax-exempt.
379.2225 - Everglades recreational sites; definitions.
379.223 - Citizen support organizations; use of state property; audit.
379.2231 - Additional assessment; Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc.
379.224 - Memorandum of agreement relating to Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
379.2252 - Compacts and agreements; generally.
379.2253 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.
379.2254 - Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.
379.2255 - Wildlife Violator Compact Act.
379.2256 - Compact licensing and enforcement authority; administrative review.
379.2257 - Cooperative agreements with United States Forest Service; penalty.
379.2258 - Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937.
379.2259 - Assent to federal acts.
379.2271 - Harmful-Algal-Bloom Task Force.
379.2272 - Harmful-algal-bloom program; implementation; goals; funding.
379.2281 - Jim Woodruff Dam; reciprocity agreements.
379.2282 - St. Marys River; reciprocity agreements.
379.2291 - Endangered and Threatened Species Act.
379.2292 - Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program.
379.23 - Federal conservation of fish and wildlife; limited jurisdiction.
379.231 - Regulation of nonnative animals.
379.2311 - Nonnative animal management.
379.233 - Release of balloons.
379.2341 - Publications by the commission.
379.2342 - Private publication agreements; advertising; costs of production.
379.236 - Retention, destruction, and reproduction of commission records.