Senate Bill sb1470c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                           CS for SB 1470

    By the Committee on Home Defense, Public Security, and Ports;
    and Senator Haridopolos




    318-2411-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to seaport security; amending

  3         s. 311.12, F.S., relating to seaport security

  4         standards; requiring any public or private

  5         entity that operates within the boundaries of a

  6         public seaport in the state to meet minimum

  7         statewide standards for security; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 311.12, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         311.12  Seaport security standards.--

15         (1)(a)  The statewide minimum standards for seaport

16  security for each seaport identified in s. 311.09 shall be

17  those based upon the Florida Seaport Security Assessment 2000

18  and set forth in the "Port Security Standards--Compliance

19  Plan" delivered to the Speaker of the House of Representatives

20  and the President of the Senate on December 11, 2000, pursuant

21  to this section. The statewide minimum standards are hereby

22  adopted. The Office of Drug Control within the Executive

23  Office of the Governor shall maintain a sufficient number of

24  copies of the standards for use of the public, at its offices,

25  and shall provide copies to each affected seaport upon

26  request.

27         (b)  The Department of Law Enforcement may exempt any

28  seaport identified in s. 311.09 from all or part of the

29  requirements of subsections (1)-(5) if the department

30  determines that the seaport is not active. The department

31  shall periodically review exempted seaports to determine if

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    Florida Senate - 2004                           CS for SB 1470
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 1  there is maritime activity at the seaport. A change in status

 2  from inactive to active may warrant removal of all or part of

 3  any exemption provided by the department.

 4         (c)  All entities, whether public or private, operating

 5  on public property on a public seaport identified in s. 311.09

 6  and subject to inspection pursuant to paragraph (b), must

 7  conform to all security provisions of this section.

 8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 9  law.

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11          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
12                         Senate Bill 1470

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14  Provides that all public and private entities operating on
    public property on an active public seaport identified in s.
15  311.09 must conform to minimum security standards provided in
    s. 311.12.
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