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2007 Florida Code
TITLE XXVIII NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE
Chapter 372 WILDLIFE
372.001 Definitions.372.002 Right to hunt and fish.
372.0025 No net loss of hunting lands.
372.01 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
372.021 Powers, duties, and authority of commission; rules, regulations, and orders.
372.0215 Citizen support organizations; use of state property; audit.
372.0222 Private publication agreements; advertising; costs of production.
372.0225 Freshwater organisms.
372.023 J. W. Corbett and Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Areas.
372.025 Everglades recreational sites; definitions.
372.03 Headquarters of commission.
372.05 Duties of executive director.
372.07 Police powers of commission and its agents.
372.071 Powers of arrest by agents of Department of Environmental Protection or Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
372.0715 Rewards.
372.072 Endangered and Threatened Species Act.
372.0725 Killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern; criminal penalties.
372.073 Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program.
372.074 Fish and Wildlife Habitat Program.
372.09 State Game Trust Fund.
372.101 Administrative Trust Fund.
372.102 Federal Grants Trust Fund.
372.103 Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
372.105 Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.
372.106 Dedicated License Trust Fund.
372.107 Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.
372.12 Acquisition of state game lands.
372.121 Control and management of state game lands.
372.127 Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust Fund of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
372.16 Private game preserves and farms; penalty.
372.19 Preserves, refuges, etc., not tax-exempt.
372.26 Imported fish.
372.265 Regulation of foreign animals.
372.27 Silver Springs and Rainbow Springs, etc., closed to all fishing.
372.551 Competitive bidding for certain sale of licenses and permits and the issuance of authorization numbers.
372.561 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater aquatic life, and marine life; issuance; costs; reporting.
372.562 Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from fees and requirements.
372.57 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers; fees established.
372.5701 Deposit of license fees; allocation of federal funds.
372.5702 Expenditure of funds.
372.5704 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission license program for tarpon; fees; penalties.
372.5705 Fish pond license.
372.571 Expiration of licenses and permits.
372.5711 Review of fees for licenses and permits; review of exemptions.
372.5712 Florida waterfowl permit revenues.
372.5714 Waterfowl Advisory Council.
372.5715 Florida wild turkey permit revenues.
372.5717 Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty.
372.5718 Hunter safety course for juveniles.
372.573 Management area permit revenues.
372.574 Appointment of subagents for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and permits.
372.58 False statement in application for license or permit.
372.581 Entering false information on licenses or permits.
372.59 License and permit not transferable.
372.65 Freshwater fish dealer's license.
372.651 Haul seine and trawl permits; freshwater lakes in excess of 500 square miles; fees.
372.653 Required tagging of fish; lakes in excess of 500 square miles; tag fee; game fish taken in lakes of 500 square miles or less.
372.66 License required for fur and hide dealers.
372.661 Private hunting preserve license fees; exception.
372.662 Unlawful sale, possession, or transporting of alligators or alligator skins.
372.663 Illegal killing, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other crocodilia or eggs; confiscation of equipment.
372.664 Prima facie evidence of intent to violate laws protecting alligators.
372.6645 Unlawful to sell alligator products; penalty.
372.665 Word "alligator" or "gator" not to be used in certain sales.
372.667 Feeding or enticement of alligators or crocodiles unlawful; penalty.
372.6671 Alligator trapping program; definitions.
372.6672 Alligator management and trapping program implementation; commission authority.
372.6673 Taking and possession of alligators; trapping licenses; fees.
372.6674 Required tagging of alligators and hides; fees; revenues.
372.6678 Alligator study requirements.
372.671 Florida or wild panther; killing prohibited; penalty.
372.672 Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.
372.673 Florida Panther Technical Advisory Council.
372.70 Prosecutions; state attorney to represent state.
372.701 Arrest by officers of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; recognizance; cash bond; citation.
372.7015 Illegal killing, taking, possessing, or selling wildlife or game; fines; disposition of fines.
372.7016 Voluntary Authorized Hunter Identification Program.
372.705 Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.
372.72 Disposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures.
372.73 Confiscation and disposition of illegally taken game.
372.74 Cooperative agreements with U. S. Forest Service; penalty.
372.75 Use of explosives and other substances prohibited.
372.76 Search and seizure authorized and limited.
372.761 Issuance of warrant for search of private dwelling.
372.77 Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937.
372.7701 Assent to federal acts.
372.771 Federal conservation of fish and wildlife; limited jurisdiction.
372.83 Penalties and violations; civil penalties for noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension and forfeiture of licenses and permits.
372.831 Wildlife Violator Compact Act.
372.8311 Compact licensing and enforcement authority; administrative review.
372.84 Forfeiture or denial of licenses and permits.
372.85 Contaminating fresh waters.
372.86 Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or exhibiting venomous reptiles or reptiles of concern; license required.
372.87 License fee; renewal, revocation.
372.88 Bond required, amount.
372.92 Rules and regulations; penalties.
372.921 Exhibition or sale of wildlife.
372.922 Personal possession of wildlife.
372.935 Captive wildlife penalties.
372.97 Jim Woodruff Dam; reciprocity agreements.
372.971 St. Marys River; reciprocity agreements.
372.98 Possession of nutria; license; inspection; penalty for violation.
372.981 Regulation of importation of caiman.
372.988 Required clothing for persons hunting deer.
372.99 Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey; evidence; penalty.
372.9901 Seizure of illegal hunting devices; disposition; notice; forfeiture.
372.99021 Disposition of illegal fishing devices; exercise of police power.
372.99022 Illegal molestation of or theft from freshwater fishing gear.
372.9903 Illegal possession or transportation of freshwater game fish in commercial quantities; penalty.
372.9904 Seizure of illegal transportation devices; disposition; appraisal; forfeiture.
372.9905 Applicability of ss. 372.99, 372.9901, 372.9903, and 372.9904.
372.991 Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund.
372.992 Nongame Wildlife Advisory Council.
372.993 Land-based commercial and recreational fishing activities; legislative findings and purpose; definitions; legal protection; local ordinances; prohibited activity.
372.995 Release of balloons.
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