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FL H0261
Bill
Status
Failed
5/5/2023
Primary Sponsor
Infrastructure Strategies Committee
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AI Summary
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission must develop and publish an educational pamphlet on boating safety covering navigational rules, safety equipment, careless operation dangers, engine cutoff switches, and boating under the influence
- Vessels are prohibited from anchoring within 100 yards of single-family residences in designated areas of Sunset Lake and Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County, with exemptions for residential docking facilities, marinas, and existing mooring fields
- Liveries must provide hands-on pre-rental instruction covering vessel operation, local waterway hazards, emergency procedures, and navigation markers; renters who hire a U.S. Coast Guard-licensed professional captain are exempt from the instruction requirement
- Liveries must carry insurance of at least $500,000 per person and $1 million per event and must either obtain a policy that also covers renters or offer renters the opportunity to purchase equivalent coverage, with a signed acknowledgment required if renters decline
- Mandatory boating safety course completion and a $500 fine are required for persons convicted of a single noncriminal boating infraction (lowered from the previous two-infraction threshold within 12 months), with fines deposited into the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund
- Effective date: July 1, 2023
Legislative Description
Boating Safety
Last Action
Died in Rules
5/5/2023
Committee Referrals
Infrastructure Strategies Committee3/24/2023
Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee3/10/2023
Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee1/25/2023
Full Bill Text
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