§ 379.295, Fla. Stat. · Part III. FRESHWATER AQUATIC LIFE
Use of explosives and other substances or force prohibited.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
A person may not throw or place, or cause to be thrown or placed, any dynamite, lyddite, gunpowder, cannon cracker, acids, filtration discharge, debris from mines, Indian berries, sawdust, green walnuts, walnut leaves, creosote, oil, or other explosives or deleterious substance or force into the fresh waters of this state whereby fish therein are or may be injured. Nothing in this section may be construed as preventing the release of water slightly discolored by mining operations or water escaping from such operations as the result of providential causes. A person who violates this section commits a Level Two violation under s. 379.401.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 29, ch. 13644, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 1977(29); s. 6, ch. 2016-107.
Note
Note.—Former s. 372.75.
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