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