§ 246-52. Weapons restricted; hunting prohibited; enforcement.

No hunting will be permitted within said park at any time. No firearms, bows and arrows or other weapons will be permitted within the park during any time of a closed hunting season as set by the game and freshwater fish commission. During the open hunting season, all hunters passing through the park must have their guns unloaded. If the weapons, including hunting bows, are capable of being broken down, the same must be broken down and stored with other camp equipment or within case provided for such weapon. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, wild life officer or other properly designated official shall have the right to stop any vehicle or hunter found within the confines of said park and make a search to see that the above provisions are being complied with.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 61-2041, § 2)

State law reference

Special laws and general laws of local application pertaining to hunting or fishing prohibited, Fla. Const. art. III, § 11(a)(19); discharging firearms in public, F.S. § 790.15; local regulation of firearms, F.S. § 790.33.

Cross reference

Animals, ch. 210; offenses and miscellaneous provisions, ch. 242.