Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1496
       
       
       
       By Senator Evers
       
       
       
       
       2-00659-12                                            20121496__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to agritourism; providing legislative
    3         intent to eliminate duplication of regulatory
    4         authority over agritourism; prohibiting a local
    5         government from prohibiting, restricting, regulating,
    6         or otherwise limiting an activity of agritourism;
    7         providing an exception; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Limitation of duplication of government
   12  regulation.—It is the intent of the Legislature to eliminate
   13  duplication of regulatory authority over agritourism as
   14  expressed in this section. Except as otherwise provided for in
   15  this section and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
   16  local government may not adopt any ordinance, regulation, rule,
   17  or policy to prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit an
   18  activity of a bona fide agritourism operation on land classified
   19  as agricultural land pursuant to s. 193.461, Florida Statutes.
   20  This section does not limit the powers and duties of any local
   21  government to address an emergency as provided for in chapter
   22  252, Florida Statutes.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.