Senate Bill 0698

    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 698

    By Senator Ostalkiewicz





    12-144-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to antique vessels; amending s.

  3         327.25, F.S.; deleting a requirement for the

  4         registration of an antique vessel; providing an

  5         effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

10  327.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

11         327.25  Classification; registration; fees and charges;

12  surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle

13  stickers.--

14         (2)  ANTIQUE VESSEL REGISTRATION FEE.--

15         (a)  A vessel that is at least 30 years old and, used

16  only for noncommercial purposes, and powered by the vessel's

17  original-type power plant may be registered as an antique

18  vessel.  When applying for registration as an antique vessel,

19  the owner of such a vessel shall submit certification, as

20  prescribed by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

21  Vehicles or from a marine surveyor that the vessel meets the

22  requirements of this paragraph.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

24  law.

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27                          SENATE SUMMARY

28    Deletes the requirement that a registered antique vessel
      have the vessel's original-type power plant.
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