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Rule Referenced in 68A-4.0052
Effective 1 July 2004 

372.661 FS

Sec. 372.661. Private hunting preserve license fees; exception.—

(1) Any person who operates a private hunting preserve

commercially or otherwise shall be required to pay a license fee

of $70 for each such preserve; provided, however, that during

the open season established for wild game of any species a

private individual may take artificially propagated game of

such species up to the bag limit prescribed for the particular

species without being required to pay the license fee required

by this section; provided further that if any such individual

shall charge a fee for taking such game she or he shall be

required to pay the license fee required by this section and to

comply with the rules of the commission relative to the

operation of private hunting preserves.

(2) A commercial hunting preserve license, which shall

exempt patrons of licensed preserves from the license and

permit requirements of s. 372.57(4)(c), (d), (f), (h), and (i);

(5)(f) and (g); (8)(a), (b), (e), and (f); (9)(a)2.; (11); and (12)

while hunting on the licensed preserve property, shall be $500.

Such commercial hunting preserve license shall be available

only to those private hunting preserves licensed pursuant to this

section which are operated exclusively for commercial purposes,

which are open to the public, and for which a uniform

fee is charged to patrons for hunting privileges.

History.—s. 3, ch. 59-73; s. 47, ch. 89-175; s. 5, ch. 91-58; s. 10, ch.

91-78; s. 582, ch. 95-148; s. 163, ch. 99-13; s. 142, ch. 99-245; s. 28,

ch. 2002-46; s. 6, ch. 2003-151.