There was ALREADY a permit system in place before the ban. With the ban, no NEW ROC will be bought, sold, etc in Florida, although all LEGAL owners(who would ALREADY have had that permit to own the ROD they have) can keep their animals for the rest of it's life.

According to the way it's worded, if I rem exactly.. you can own the ROC if you have the permit, for the rest of that snake's(or nile monitor) life. You may not breed, sell, buy, or import any other ROC. So technically I guess you can't even sell off ROC you own, if you have them in the state?

It's a huge pain, especially since people don't know about the permit in the first place(although they have no excuse, most pet stores and such have notices about the ROC permits needed) and certainly won't know about the currant bill which makes the whole ROC stuff they just passed a year or so ago nearly completely moot.

Stupid state PR.