The Florida Senate

374.977  Inland navigation districts; manatee protection speed zones, responsibility for sign posting.--Each inland navigation district shall be responsible for posting and maintaining regulatory markers, as approved by the Department of Environmental Protection, for manatee protection speed zones. Such responsibility shall not be limited to the intracoastal waterway, but shall include all waters within each member county for which regulatory markers must be posted. Sign locations shall be jointly selected by the Department of Environmental Protection and the appropriate inland navigation district, pending necessary federal, state and local approvals. Should an inland navigation district lack the resources or otherwise be unable to carry out its sign posting and maintenance duties, this responsibility shall then be assumed by the Department of Environmental Protection.

History.--s. 6, ch. 90-219; s. 3, ch. 90-264; s. 281, ch. 94-356.