I was just reading in the news of a bill that was passed within the last week or two in FL raising the venomous permit fees from $5 to $100.
It's on numerous news reports form Florida, but I can't find any additional details.
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License fees for keeping a venomous reptile or holding a wildlife exhibition would go from $5 to $100.
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I was really just curious as to exactly how this worked. It doesn't affect me personally, but several states are considering permitting systems for hots, and some are using FL as an example, so this may well affect me later.
The fee in the past was $5, was this one fee to keep hots period, or was this a per snake fee?
From the information I could find the new bill only changed the cost, but it didn't change the other rules involved.
This is a sharp increase in the fee either way, but if it is per snake, it will be a prohibitave measure to potential keepers.
Any hot keepers in FL care to shed some light on the results of this bill?