SB 906 — Prohibited Reptiles

Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 906 By Senatorthe FarmerCommittee 34-00321-20on 2020906__Community AAffairs; bill to be entitled An act relating to prohibited reptiles;

and Senator Farmer 578-03425-20 2020906c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to prohibited reptiles;

authorizing certain persons, parties, firms, associations, and corporations to possess green iguanas and black and white tegus for specified purposes;

requiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to adopt rules;

1318 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

1520 Section 1. Section 379.372, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

8. Green iguana (Iguana iguana).iguana), except as provided in paragraph (d).

9. Black and white tegu (Salvator merianae).merianae), except as provided in paragraph (e).

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(e) If a person, party, firm, association, or corporation holds a permit issued by the commission under subsection (1) to legally possess black and white tegus, that person, party, firm, association, or corporation may only possess black and white tegus for the purpose of the out-of-state sale of black and white tegus.

(f)(d) If the commission designates a species of reptile as a conditional or prohibited species after July 1, 2010, the commission may authorize the personal possession of that newly designated species by those licensed to possess that species of reptile before the effective date of the species’ designation by the commission as a conditional or prohibited species.

(e) This(g)(e) This subsection does not apply to traveling wildlife exhibitors that are licensed or registered under the United States Animal Welfare Act or to zoological facilities that are licensed or exempted by the commission from the licensure requirement.

(3) The commission shall establish by rule a method and process for the capture, purchase, inventory, and sale of all green iguanas and black and white tegus.