This is so simple, yet so hard for some to compreh

This is so simple, yet so hard for some to comprehend.

Or are they just pretending it isn't the law?

( “Exploration Permit” means the form of permission issued in accordance with this chapter to search for historic shipwreck sites on state-owned sovereignty submerged lands.
(9) “Recovery Permit” means the form of permission issued in accordance with this chapter to recover archaeological materials from a historic shipwreck site on state-owned sovereignty submerged lands.

1A-31.0062 Types of Permit.
(1) The division may issue two types of permits:
(a) An exploration permit allows the permittee to collect remote sensing and visual information on potential historic shipwreck sites without excavation or bottom disturbance. The exploration permit may be modified in writing at a later stage to allow such disturbance and excavation for purposes of attempting to determine the presence or absence and the nature of potential historic shipwreck sites. The number, location, extent and type of such test excavations shall be specified in the permit modification.
(b) A recovery permit may be issued only after the existence and nature of a historic shipwreck site has been documented by exploration permit activities and mutually agreed upon by the division and the permittee. A recovery permit allows the permittee to conduct more extensive excavations and recover archaeological materials, and allows for the transfer of title to the permittee of objects recovered, per Rule 1A-31.090, F.A.C. The number, location, extent and type of such excavation and recovery operations shall be specified in the permit.