Florida Senate - 2024 CS for CS for SB 192 By the Committees on Rules; and Environment and Natural Resources; and Senator Garcia 595-03781-24 2024192c2 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to anchoring limitation areas; 3 amending s. 327.4108, F.S.; revising anchoring 4 limitation areas in certain sections of Biscayne Bay 5 in Miami-Dade County; revising documentation and 6 evidence criteria for proving the location of a vessel 7 within an anchoring limitation area; providing an 8 effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1.Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and paragraph 13 (b) of subsection (6) of section 327.4108, Florida Statutes, are 14 amended to read: 15 327.4108Anchoring of vessels in anchoring limitation 16 areas. 17 (1)The following densely populated urban areas, which have 18 narrow state waterways, residential docking facilities, and 19 significant recreational boating traffic, are designated as and 20 shall be considered to be grandfathered-in anchoring limitation 21 areas, within which a person may not anchor a vessel at any time 22 during the period between one-half hour after sunset and one 23 half hour before sunrise, except as provided in subsections (4) 24 and (5): 25 (c)The sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County lying 26 between: 27 1.Palm Island and State Road A1A. 28 2.Rivo Alto Island and Di Lido Island. 29 3.San Marino Island and Di Lido Island. 30 4.2.San Marino Island and San Marco Island. 31 5.3.San Marco Island and Biscayne Island. 32 (6) 33 (b)1.For a vessel in an anchoring limitation area 34 established pursuant to subsection (2), upon an inquiry by a law 35 enforcement officer or agency, a vessel owner or operator must 36 be given an opportunity to provide proof that the vessel has not 37 exceeded the limitations described in subsection (2). Such proof 38 may include any of the following: 39 a.Documentation showing that the vessel was in another 40 location at least 1 nautical mile away within a period of less 41 than 45 days before the inquiry. 42 b.Electronic evidence, including, but not limited to, 43 navigational devices or tracking devices permanently affixed to 44 the vessel that show the vessel was in another location at least 45 1 nautical mile away within a period of less than 45 days before 46 the inquiry. 47 2.If a vessel owner or operator fails or refuses to 48 provide proof that the vessel has not exceeded the limitations 49 described in subsection (2), the law enforcement officer or 50 agency may issue a citation for a violation of this section. 51 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.