379??????

What the hell is Tallassee thinking? It is good that they fixed the statutes into one but, I am sure they have been in the process of writing them for over a year or so. Why do they wait until two days before the statute is effective and 370 & 372 repealed to get the info to the field? We have enough trouble with the SAO and the clerk now. Wait until we try to transmit 379. What a joke. This agency is really going down the tubes fast. You would think that they would give us a little more notice considering our everyday job depends on those statutes. Tallahassee really needs to wake the F*&# up!!!!!! :x

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Originally Posted by Guest11

What the hell is Tallassee thinking? It is good that they fixed the statutes into one but, I am sure they have been in the process of writing them for over a year or so. Why do they wait until two days before the statute is effective and 370 & 372 repealed to get the info to the field? We have enough trouble with the SAO and the clerk now. Wait until we try to transmit 379. What a joke. This agency is really going down the tubes fast. You would think that they would give us a little more notice considering our everyday job depends on those statutes. Tallahassee really needs to wake the F*&# up!!!!!! :x

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Haven't seen 379 yet. I'm still wondering if they are going to de-criminalize everything at the last minute. There are a few things that should be.

Exactly, you would think something that important would have been sent to the field before a major holiday weekend was about to start. Not sure many LEO's even knew that the change was coming. Again, so much for the internal communication information highway.

We got a cross reference sheet late thursday 7-3-08. The statute was signed on 6-30-08. It probably was not posted on the Florida Senate site until around the 2nd. I have a cheat sheet with many of the commonly used statutes I will post here. All L.E. personel in the NW Region had the cross reference sheet e mailed to them last thursday. I can't speak for the rest of the state.

Commonly used F.S. 379 Statutes

376.302(1)(a) Discharge of Pollutants into Florida Waters (Old 370.09 repealed)
*Make Sure pollutant definition from 62N-16.009(2) is attached to charging document*
379.354(1) No License/Permit Recreational
379.354(3) No Recreational License/Permit in possession
379.401(1)(g) Failure to sign Recreation License/Permit citation
379.3311(3) Interfere with FWC Officer
379.3003 Hunter Orange
379.361(2)(a) SPL , & in Possession
379.361(2)(b)1. Restricted Species required
379.362(1) Wholesale & Retail Dealer License required
379.362(4)(a) Invoices/Bills of Lading required when transporting Saltwater Products
379.362(4)(b) Same as above but for Saltwater products produced outside of Florida
379.363(1) Freshwater Dealers License
379.365(2)(b) Remove Stone Crabs from another harvesters trap w/o permission
379.366(1) Blue Crab, Commercial, SPL Required, Buoy, V# on Buoy
379.366(4)(b) Blue Crab Trap Theft
379.3712(1) Private Hunt Preserve License
379.372(1) venomous reptile or reptiles of concern license
379.3751(1)(a) Alligator License required
379.3762(1) Personal Possession of Wildlife
379.404(1) Gun & Light, Possession Closed Season (Old 372.99(1))
379.404(2) Gun & Light in a place deer might be found
379.404(3) Antlers 5” in length
379.404(6) shining light on private land
379.406(1) Transport game fish in commercial quantities
379.407(2) Major Violations

I believe it is because the Governor just signed it into law making it effective. He took his time signing it I guess..