Bill Text: FL H1361 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Regulation of Vessels

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy (GGPC) [H1361 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1361-Introduced.html

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HB 1361

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to regulation of vessels; amending s.
3	327.60, F.S.; removing restrictions on county and
4	municipality regulation of certain non-live-aboard vessels
5	not in navigation; providing an effective date.
6
7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 327.60,
10	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
11	327.60 Local regulations; limitations.-
12	(2) Nothing in this chapter or chapter 328 shall be
13	construed to prevent the adoption of any ordinance or local
14	regulation relating to operation of vessels, except that a
15	county or municipality shall not enact, continue in effect, or
16	enforce any ordinance or local regulation:
17	(a) Establishing a vessel or associated equipment
18	performance or other safety standard, imposing a requirement for
19	associated equipment, or regulating the carrying or use of
20	marine safety articles;
21	(b) Relating to the design, manufacture, installation, or
22	use of any marine sanitation device on any vessel;
23	(c) Regulating any vessel upon the Florida Intracoastal
24	Waterway;
25	(d) Discriminating against personal watercraft;
26	(e) Discriminating against airboats, for ordinances
27	adopted after July 1, 2006, unless adopted by a two-thirds vote
28	of the governing body enacting such ordinance;
29	(f) Regulating the anchoring of vessels other than live-
30	aboard vessels outside the marked boundaries of mooring fields
31	permitted as provided in s. 327.40;
32	(f)(g) Regulating engine or exhaust noise, except as
33	provided in s. 327.65; or
34	(g)(h) That conflicts with any provisions of this chapter
35	or any amendments thereto or rules adopted thereunder.
36	(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
37	local governmental authorities from the enactment or enforcement
38	of regulations which prohibit or restrict the mooring or
39	anchoring of floating structures or live-aboard vessels within
40	their jurisdictions or of any vessels within the marked
41	boundaries of mooring fields permitted as provided in s. 327.40.
42	However, local governmental authorities are prohibited from
43	regulating the anchoring outside of such mooring fields of non-
44	live-aboard vessels in navigation vessels other than live-aboard
45	vessels as defined in s. 327.02.
46	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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