Florida Administrative Code

The following procedures shall govern the accountability of program funds: (1) Accounting: Each project sponsor is responsible for maintaining an accounting system which meets generally accepted accounting principles and for maintaining such financial records as necessary to prop…

The project sponsor shall erect a permanent sign, approved by the District, at the entrance to the project site which indicates the District's participation in the project. This sign shall contain the FIND logo. In the event that the project sponsor erects a temporary constructio…

Proposals shall be accepted for the restoration or enhancement of spoil islands and natural islands within the District's waterways for recreational, navigational, educational, and environmental purposes. The applicable provisions of this rule apply to these applications with the…

Proposals shall be accepted for financial assistance for the removal of derelict vessels as defined in section 823.11, Florida Statute, within the District's waterways. The applicable provisions of this rule apply to these applications with the following additions or exceptions: …

Proposals shall be accepted for financial assistance for the organized removal of refuse within the District's waterways. The applicable provisions of this rule apply to these applications with the following additions or exceptions: (1) Application Procedure: Prior to the event, …

The Florida Inland Navigation District, as the designated state or local sponsor of the Atlantic Intracoastal, Intracoastal and a portion of the Okeechobee Waterway projects is required by congressional acts and by Section 374, F.S., to provide all lands, free of cost, required b…

(1) "Approved Appraisal" means an appraisal that has been accepted by the District for use in calculating the amount that the District can pay for property. (2) "Certified Survey" means a boundary survey which is certified to the District and the title company designated as the a…

Prior to acquiring any property for the deposit of dredged material, the District shall perform the noticing required in section 374.984(1), F.S. Rulemaking Authority 374.984(3) FS. Law Implemented 374.984(1)-(3) FS. History-New 8-17-99.

(1) Land acquisition procedures provided for in this part of the rule are for voluntary, negotiated acquisitions under purchase agreements for purchase, option or exchange. The purpose and intent of this section is to provide uniform and efficient procedures for the acquisition o…

(1) In order for the District to obtain accurate appraisals, the District shall obtain an adequate legal description of the property to be acquired sufficient to inform the District and the fee appraisers of the boundaries of the property so that the fee appraiser can determine t…

For each parcel of property the District shall obtain a certified survey containing an adequate legal description of the property. In cases in which a survey cannot be practically completed or in which the cost of the survey would be prohibitive relative to the expected value of …

(1) All appraisal reports shall be prepared by or under the direct supervision of a State Certified General Appraiser, who shall sign the appraisal report. (2) The District shall provide to the fee appraiser all pertinent title information developed, a specification of the rights…

(1) The maximum amount that may be paid by the District for a parcel to be acquired shall be the value indicated in a single approved appraisal if only one appraisal is required. If two appraisals are obtained and approved when only one is required by law, the maximum value shall…

The selection of fee appraisers shall be accomplished as follows. (1) The District will determine whether the appraiser is a State Certified General Appraiser pursuant to subsection 66B-3.002(12), F.A.C., and is a MAI designated appraiser. The name of each appraiser who is determ…

(1) The lack of received and approved appraisals shall not prevent the District from negotiating and entering into a purchase agreement, so long as the purchase agreement provides that the final purchase price shall be established by the approved appraisals. All owner contact sha…

(1) The final negotiated purchase shall be placed in the form of a written purchase instrument, signed by the owner and approved by the Board. (2) The District may prepare and use any form of purchase instrument approved by the Board as meeting the intent of the law and this rule…

(1) The Executive Director shall have the authority to modify the purchase instrument previously approved by the Board to extend the time for purchase, closing date, submittal deadlines or any other time limit relating to such agreement, provided the total extension of time for c…

(1) The District may enter into an acquisition agreement with a water management district, a local government, a member county, or a navigation related district for any property which has been determined in a long range dredged material management plan or plan update approved by …

All exchanges of real property owned by the District for other land shall be approved by the Board in the same manner as other acquisitions, and shall be placed in the form of a written exchange agreement reviewed and approved by the Board. Rulemaking Authority 374.984(3) FS. Law…

(1) Where the Board has determined that ownership of the land being offered to the District furthers one or more of the statutory duties of the District, the Board shall accept donations of land under the following conditions: (a) The conveyance must be by no less than a special …

(1) The District will only utilize condemnation for land acquisition when the acquisition by voluntary, negotiated procedures has been unsuccessful. (2) The District will utilize the procedures contained in Chapter 73 or 74, F.S., for condemnation. The Board will pass a resolutio…

(1) The Uniform Rules of Procedure, Chapter 28, F.A.C., shall be the procedural rules of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. (2) The Commission designates Florida Administrative Law Reports (FALR) as its official reporter for purposes of publishing and indexing by subj…

(1) The Executive Director shall designate a senior level employee as a Minority Enterprise Assistance Officer who shall be responsible for overseeing the Commission's minority business enterprise utilization activities. (2) To achieve the minority business enterprise procurement…

(1) Introduction and Scope. It is the intent of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, pursuant to statutory authority under Section 379.106, F.S., to administer a program to provide grants to eligible agencies, educational facilities, organizations, or persons in…

The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission adopts the following standards to guide rulemaking relating to hunting and fishing: (1) The paramount objective of rulemaking relating to hunting and fishing shall be the management of the fish and wildlife resources of this state for…

The power to regulate the taking or possession of marine life, as assigned to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission by Article IV, Section 9 of the Florida Constitution, is expressly reserved to the Commission. This reservation does not prohibit a local government from pr…

(1) Purpose; intent; references. The Commission currently engages in advertising, promotional, marketing and related activities in support of its fish, wildlife, public recreation and other programs. The purpose of the rule is to implement the provisions of Section 379.2342(5)(a)…

(1) Pursuant to Section 379.2255, F.S., the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission hereby recognizes recreational license suspensions or revocations imposed on residents of this state by another participating Wildlife Violator Compact state, for the following violations: (a) A…

(1) Summary of Due Process Procedures: The due process procedures adopted by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) are designed to satisfy Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution, and to address the recommendations in Section 20.331(9)(a)(b) and (c), F.S. (1999)…

The Delegations of Authority by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to the Executive Director (dated October 2020) is hereby incorporated by reference and available at: http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12526. The incorporation of this delegation into …

The following shall apply to all licenses, permits or other authorizations in addition to requirements specific to individual licenses. (1) The Commission shall deny applications for any license, permit or other authorization based upon any one or more of the following grounds: (…

(1) Pursuant to Section 379.353(2)(q), F.S., the Executive Director or his or her designee shall issue military/disabled veteran license exemption permits (MDVE permits) exempting the following persons from the recreational licenses and permits authorized by Section 379.354, F.S.…

For the purpose of providing proof of residency to obtain a resident recreational license, permit, or authorization, customers must submit one form of documentation as indicated below. (1) When using the Commission's online licensing system or when ordering by telephone: (a) A va…

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish definitions, provide requirements for import permits, provide Conditional and Prohibited species lists, establish requirements for possession of Conditional and Prohibited species, establish criteria for amnesty for persons relinqui…

(1) Closed tank system - enclosed recirculating systems having no water discharge, or systems having water discharge through a closed drain system, or other system designed to prevent discharge of water containing adults, juveniles, eggs, or disease vectors from the permittee's p…

(1) No person shall transport into the state, introduce, or possess, for any purpose that might reasonably be expected to result in liberation into the state, any freshwater fish, aquatic invertebrate, marine plant, marine animal, or wild animal life not native to the state, with…

Live specimens of the following species, including their taxonomic successors, subspecies, or hybrids or eggs thereof may be possessed only pursuant to permit issued by the Executive Director except as provided in Rule 68-5.005, F.A.C. (1) Non-native freshwater fish and aquatic i…

No person shall import into the state, sell, possess, or transport any live specimens of the species, or hybrids or eggs thereof, listed in Rule 68-5.004, F.A.C., except by Conditional/Prohibited/Nonnative species permit and as provided in subsections (1) through (6) below: (1) P…

Live specimens of the following species, including their taxonomic successors, subspecies, or hybrids or eggs thereof may be possessed only pursuant to permit issued by the Executive Director except as provided in Rule 68-5.007, F.A.C. (1) Non-native freshwater aquatic species: (…

No person shall import into the state, sell, possess, or transport any live specimens of the species, or hybrids or eggs thereof, listed in Rule 68-5.006, F.A.C., except by Conditional/Prohibited/Nonnative Species permit and as provided below: (1) Exhibition of Prohibited Species…

It is the policy of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to encourage persons possessing unwanted non-native fish or wildlife as pets to relinquish such pets to qualified adopters through the Commission's Exotic Pet Amnesty Program as an alternative to releasing them int…

(1) As used in this rule, "lionfish" means any finfish of the genus Pterois. (2) The importation of live lionfish or hybrids or eggs thereof is prohibited. (3) Live lionfish imported from outside the State of Florida after August 1, 2014, may not be sold, offered for sale, barter…

These rules and regulations shall be designated as the Wildlife Code of the State of Florida and shall be in full force and effect. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 379.1025 FS. Law Implemented 120.53 FS, Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-1-79, Formerly…

All freshwater aquatic life in the waters within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, whether such waters or the lands upon which such waters occur are privately owned or otherwise, is subject to the regulation of the Commission. All wild animal life within the jurisdiction …

The provisions of these regulations are hereby declared to be severable, and if any provision or the application thereof be held invalid, the remainder thereof shall not be affected thereby and the Commission declares it would have established the remaining provisions notwithstan…

The following definitions are for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the rules of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission relating to wild animal life and freshwater aquatic life. As used herein, the singular includes the plural. The following shall be construed …

Agents of fur and hide dealers shall make delivery of furs or hides only to the dealer he represents. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented 379.364 FS. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-21-82, Formerly 39-10.03, 39-10.003.