Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2156
                        Barcode 111334
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11  The Committee on Transportation (Klein) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, between lines 8 and 9,
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18         (4)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
19  section, in order to protect marina property, a marina owner
20  by contract may provide that if a boat owner fails to promptly
21  remove a vessel from a marina after issuance of a hurricane
22  watch or warning, the marina owner, operator, or an employee
23  or agent of the owner or operator may remove the vessel from
24  its slip or take whatever actions are deemed necessary in
25  order to properly secure the vessel. A marina owner, operator,
26  employee, or agent may charge the boat owner a reasonable fee
27  for any such services rendered. Any marina seeking to add such
28  a provision to a contract must provide notice to the boat
29  owner in any such contract in a font of at least 10-point
30  type. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2156
                        Barcode 111334
 1                       NOTICE TO BOAT OWNER
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 3         The undersigned hereby informs you that in the
 4         event you fail to remove your vessel from the
 5         marina promptly after the issuance of a
 6         hurricane watch or warning for__________,
 7         Florida, under Florida law the undersigned or
 8         his or her employees or agents are authorized
 9         to remove your vessel from its slip or take any
10         and all other actions deemed appropriate by the
11         undersigned or his or her employees or agents
12         in order to secure your vessel and protect
13         marina property. You are further notified that
14         you may be charged a reasonable fee for any
15         such action.
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19  And the title is amended as follows:
20         On page 1, line 8, after the first semicolon,
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23         authorizing contract provisions and notice
24         relating to removing or securing vessels;
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