The reality is, it won't change much in Florida. There were only a little over 100 ROC permitted individuals in the state (all grandfathered). The rest either have commercial permits and are exempt, or they were illegally held w/o permit. If you have or get the $50 commercial permit you can exhibit, buy, sell, trade or breed. Commerce between licensed commercial guy or commerce out of the state is permitted. The new legislation is more symbolic than anything else. It will change very little. Because we have been so successful at the federal level it has become more clear that the Burm issue is truly a Florida issue. That fact has put more pressure on the state to take care of its own problems. look at the situation... no notice of hearings or floor votes. Unanimous votes across the board, both dems and reps in both houses of the legislature. Senate 35-0. House 116-0. Its Kabuki theater. Anyone who wants to seriously work with ROC's can still do so. The casual pet owner who wants a ROC will not be able to anymore... but they weren't already anyway cuz they didn't want to pay for the $100 ROC permit and have their animal micro-chipped. That is just not something a casual pet owner has been willing to do for the last 2 years in FL. Sooooo.... the reality is... nothing much will change in FL as the result of this new law. It's mostly political grandstanding. I don't like the whole thing... but it is what it is.
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