Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1958
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11  The Committee on Community Affairs (Geller) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, between lines 11 and 12,
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18         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 327.60, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         327.60  Local regulations; limitations.--
21         (1)  The provisions of ss. 327.01, 327.02,
22  327.30-327.40, 327.44-327.50, 327.54, 327.56, 327.65,
23  328.40-328.48, 328.52-328.58, 328.62, and 328.64 shall govern
24  the operation, equipment, and all other matters relating
25  thereto whenever any vessel shall be operated upon the
26  waterways or when any activity regulated hereby shall take
27  place thereon. Nothing in these sections shall be construed to
28  prevent the adoption of any ordinance or local law relating to
29  operation and equipment of vessels, except that no such
30  ordinance or local law may apply to the Florida Intracoastal
31  Waterway and except that such ordinances or local laws shall
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1958 Barcode 740530 1 be operative only when they are not in conflict with this 2 chapter or any amendments thereto or regulations thereunder. 3 Any ordinance or local law which has been adopted pursuant to 4 this section or to any other state law may not discriminate 5 against personal watercraft as defined in s. 327.02. Effective 6 January 1, 2007, any ordinance or local law adopted pursuant 7 to this section or to any other state law may not discriminate 8 against airboats except by a super majority vote of the 9 governing body enacting such ordinance. 10 11 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 On page 1, line 9, after the first semicolon, 17 18 insert: 19 amending s. 327.60, F.S.; prohibiting an 20 ordinance or local law from discriminating 21 against airboats; providing an exception; 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 3:44 PM 04/03/06 s1958c1c-ca31-t01