(1) The state hereby assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in Wildlife Restoration Projects, and for other purposes,” approved September 2, 1937 (Pub. L. No. 415, 75th Congress), and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative wildlife restoration projects, as defined in said Act of Congress, in compliance with said act and rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture thereunder.
(2) From and after the passage of this section it shall be unlawful to divert any funds accruing to the state from license fees paid by hunters for any purpose other than the administration of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission of the state.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 20223, 1941; s. 161, ch. 99-245; s. 41, ch. 2008-247.
Note.—Former s. 372.77.
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.