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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to vessel owner and operation 2
requirements; amending s. 327.4108, F.S.; revising 3
anchoring limitation areas in certain sections of 4
Biscayne Bay in Miami -Dade County; revising the 5
timeframe during which a person may anchor a vessel in 6
an anchoring limitation area within which such 7
anchoring would otherwise be unlawful; amending s. 8
327.70, F.S.; requiring law enforcement officers to 9
conduct national criminal background checks for vessel 10
owners who are issued citations for specified 11
violations; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Subsection (1) and paragraph (c) of su bsection 16
(4) of section 327.4108, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 17
327.4108 Anchoring of vessels in anchoring limitation 18
areas.— 19
(1) The following densely populated urban areas, which 20
have narrow state waterways, residential docking facilities, a nd 21
significant recreational boating traffic, are designated as and 22
shall be considered to be grandfathered -in anchoring limitation 23
areas, within which, except as provided in subsections (4) and 24
(5), a person may not anchor a vessel at any time during the 25
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period between one-half hour after sunset and one -half hour 26
before sunrise and, at any other time, for more than 4 hours in 27
a single day except as provided in subsections (4) and (5) : 28
(a) The section of Middle River lying between Northeast 29
21st Court and the Intracoastal Waterway in Broward County. 30
(b) Sunset Lake in Miami -Dade County. 31
(c) The sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami -Dade County 32
lying between: 33
1. Rivo Alto Island and Di Lido Island. 34
2. Di Lido Island and San Marino Island. 35
3.2. San Marino Island and San Marco Island. 36
4.3. San Marco Island and Biscayne Island. 37
5. Star Island and MacArthur Causeway. 38
6. Palm Island and MacArthur Causeway. 39
7. Hibiscus Island and Palm Island. 40
8. Julia Tuttle Causeway and Kennedy Causeway. 41
9. The Sunset Islands. 42
10. Belle Isle and Rivo Alto Island. 43
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For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "lying between" 45
includes, without limitation, all of the area 200 yards to the 46
west from the western shore of the Sunset Islands and Di Lido 47
Island, all of the area 200 yards to the north from the northern 48
shore of the Sunset Islands, and all of the area 200 yards to 49
the east from the eastern shore of Di Lido Island. 50
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(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2), and (3), a 51
person may anchor a vessel in an anch oring limitation area 52
during a time that would otherwise be unlawful: 53
(c) For the duration of During events described in s. 54
327.48 or other special events, including, but not limited to, 55
public music performances, local government waterfront 56
activities, or fireworks displays. A vessel may anchor for the 57
lesser of the duration of the special event or 3 days, whichever 58
is less. 59
Section 2. Present subsection (5) of section 327.70, 60
Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (6), and a new 61
subsection (5) is added to that section, to read: 62
327.70 Enforcement of this chapter and chapter 328. — 63
(5) When a law enforcement officer issues a citation to a 64
vessel owner for a violation of this chapter, the law 65
enforcement officer must conduct a national crim inal background 66
check on the vessel owner. 67
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 68