HB 1361

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to regulation of vessels; amending s.
3327.60, F.S.; removing restrictions on county and
4municipality regulation of certain non-live-aboard vessels
5not in navigation; providing an effective date.
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7Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9     Section 1.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 327.60,
10Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
11     327.60  Local regulations; limitations.-
12     (2)  Nothing in this chapter or chapter 328 shall be
13construed to prevent the adoption of any ordinance or local
14regulation relating to operation of vessels, except that a
15county or municipality shall not enact, continue in effect, or
16enforce any ordinance or local regulation:
17     (a)  Establishing a vessel or associated equipment
18performance or other safety standard, imposing a requirement for
19associated equipment, or regulating the carrying or use of
20marine safety articles;
21     (b)  Relating to the design, manufacture, installation, or
22use of any marine sanitation device on any vessel;
23     (c)  Regulating any vessel upon the Florida Intracoastal
24Waterway;
25     (d)  Discriminating against personal watercraft;
26     (e)  Discriminating against airboats, for ordinances
27adopted after July 1, 2006, unless adopted by a two-thirds vote
28of the governing body enacting such ordinance;
29     (f)  Regulating the anchoring of vessels other than live-
30aboard vessels outside the marked boundaries of mooring fields
31permitted as provided in s. 327.40;
32     (f)(g)  Regulating engine or exhaust noise, except as
33provided in s. 327.65; or
34     (g)(h)  That conflicts with any provisions of this chapter
35or any amendments thereto or rules adopted thereunder.
36     (3)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
37local governmental authorities from the enactment or enforcement
38of regulations which prohibit or restrict the mooring or
39anchoring of floating structures or live-aboard vessels within
40their jurisdictions or of any vessels within the marked
41boundaries of mooring fields permitted as provided in s. 327.40.
42However, local governmental authorities are prohibited from
43regulating the anchoring outside of such mooring fields of non-
44live-aboard vessels in navigation vessels other than live-aboard
45vessels as defined in s. 327.02.
46     Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.


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