| 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. |