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                1 | A bill to be entitled | 
                | 2 | An act relating to waterway markers; amending s. 327.40, | 
              
                | 3 | F.S.; providing for the placement of certain markers on | 
              
                | 4 | waterways by specified governmental entities; providing | 
              
                | 5 | that the placement of specified markers on state submerged | 
              
                | 6 | lands does not subject such lands to certain lease | 
              
                | 7 | requirements; providing an effective date. | 
              
                | 8 |  | 
              
                | 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
              
                | 10 |  | 
              
                | 11 | Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section | 
              
                | 12 | 327.40, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (4), a | 
              
                | 13 | new paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2), and subsection (3) | 
              
                | 14 | of said section is amended, to read: | 
              
                | 15 | 327.40  Uniform waterway markers for safety, and | 
              
                | 16 | navigation, and information.-- | 
              
                | 17 | (2) | 
              
                | 18 | (c)  The placement of informational markers, including, but | 
              
                | 19 | not limited to, end of boat ramp, no swimming, swimming area, | 
              
                | 20 | lake name, trash receptacle, public health notice, underwater | 
              
                | 21 | hazard, canal, regulatory, emergency, and special event markers | 
              
                | 22 | by counties, municipalities, or other governmental entities on | 
              
                | 23 | inland lakes and their associated canals are exempt from | 
              
                | 24 | permitting under this section. These markers, excluding swimming | 
              
                | 25 | area and special event markers, may be no more than 50 feet from | 
              
                | 26 | the normal shoreline. | 
              
                | 27 | (3)  The placement of any safety or navigation marker or | 
              
                | 28 | any marker specified in paragraph (2)(c)on state submerged | 
              
                | 29 | lands under this section does not subject such lands to the | 
              
                | 30 | lease requirements of chapter 253. | 
              
                | 31 | (4) (c)The commission is authorized to adopt rules | 
              
                | 32 | pursuant to chapter 120 to implement this section. | 
              
                | 33 | Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |