Florida Senate - 2021                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/SB 1194, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 1/AD/RM         .            Floor: C            
             04/28/2021 04:26 PM       .      04/28/2021 08:41 PM       
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       Senator Boyd moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to House Amendment (672415) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 4 and 5
    5  insert:
    6         Section 17. Section 311.25, Florida Statutes, is created to
    7  read:
    8         311.25 Florida seaports; local ballot initiatives and
    9  referendums.—
   10         (1) With respect to any port that has received or is
   11  eligible to apply for or receive state funding under this
   12  chapter, a local ballot initiative or referendum may not
   13  restrict maritime commerce in such a port, including, but not
   14  limited to, restricting such commerce based on any of the
   15  following:
   16         (a) Vessel type, size, number, or capacity.
   17         (b) Number, origin, nationality, embarkation, or
   18  disembarkation of passengers or crew or their entry into this
   19  state or any local jurisdiction.
   20         (c) Source, type, loading, or unloading of cargo.
   21         (d) Environmental or health records of a particular vessel
   22  or vessel line.
   23         (2) Any local ballot initiative or referendum that is in
   24  conflict with subsection (1) and that was adopted before, on, or
   25  after July 1, 2021, and any local law, charter amendment,
   26  ordinance, resolution, regulation, or policy adopted in such an
   27  initiative or referendum, is prohibited, void, and expressly
   28  preempted to the state.
   29         Section 18. If any provision of this act or its application
   30  to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity
   31  does not affect other provisions or applications of this act
   32  which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
   33  application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
   34  severable.
   35  
   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete line 41
   39  and insert:
   40         Authority; creating s. 311.25, F.S.; prohibiting a
   41         local ballot initiative or referendum from restricting
   42         maritime commerce in the seaports of this state;
   43         providing that such a local ballot initiative,
   44         referendum, or action adopted therein is prohibited,
   45         void, and expressly preempted to the state; providing
   46         for severability; amending s. 348.0304, F.S.; revising