| 1 | Representative Planas offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 208-209 insert: |
| 5 | Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 327.50, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 327.50 Vessel safety regulations; equipment and lighting |
| 8 | requirements.-- |
| 9 | (1)(a) The owner and operator of every vessel on the |
| 10 | waters of this state shall carry, store, maintain, and use |
| 11 | safety equipment in accordance with current United States Coast |
| 12 | Guard safety equipment requirements as specified in the Code of |
| 13 | Federal Regulations, unless expressly exempted by the |
| 14 | department. |
| 15 | (b) No person shall operate a recreational vessel less |
| 16 | than 26 feet in length on the waters of this state unless every |
| 17 | person under 13 6 years of age on board the vessel is wearing a |
| 18 | type I, type II, or type III Coast Guard approved personal |
| 19 | flotation device or is located below deck or in an enclosed |
| 20 | cabin while such vessel is underway. For the purpose of this |
| 21 | section, "underway" shall mean at all times except when a vessel |
| 22 | is anchored, moored, made fast to the shore, or aground. |
| 23 | (c) No person shall use a recreational vessel on the |
| 24 | waters of this state unless at least one type I, type II, or |
| 25 | type III Coast Guard approved personal flotation device is on |
| 26 | board for each person. Recreational vessels 16 feet or more in |
| 27 | length shall have at least one type IV Coast Guard approved |
| 28 | personal flotation device on board in addition to the |
| 29 | requirements of this paragraph. |
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| 34 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 35 | Remove line 40 and insert: |
| 36 | and procedures for such photographs; amending s. 327.50, F.S.; |
| 37 | revising vessel safety requirements for specified persons; |
| 38 | requiring certain personal flotation devices to be on board |
| 39 | recreation vessels; amending ss. 370.021, |
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