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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE
Chapter 370
Saltwater Fisheries
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Section 370.102, Florida Statutes 2000

370.102  State preemption of power to regulate.--The power to regulate the taking or possession of saltwater fish, as defined in s. 370.01, is expressly reserved to the state. This section does not prohibit a local government from prohibiting, for reasons of protecting the public health, safety, or welfare, saltwater fishing from real property owned by that local government.

History.--s. 1, ch. 73-208; s. 1, ch. 89-273.