Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1254
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Agriculture (Garcia) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1430 and 1431
    4  insert:
    5         Section 51. Section 604.50, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         604.50 Nonresidential farm buildings, and farm fences, and
    8  farm signs.—
    9         (1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any
   10  nonresidential farm building, or farm fence, or farm sign is
   11  exempt from the Florida Building Code and any county or
   12  municipal code or fee, except for code provisions implementing
   13  local, state, or federal floodplain management regulations.
   14         (2) As used in this section, the term:
   15         (a) “Nonresidential farm building” means any temporary or
   16  permanent building or support structure that is classified as a
   17  nonresidential farm building on a farm under s. 553.73(9)(c) or
   18  that is used primarily for agricultural purposes, is located on
   19  land that is an integral part of a farm operation or is
   20  classified as agricultural land under s. 193.461, and is not
   21  intended to be used as a residential dwelling. The term may
   22  include, but is not limited to, a barn, greenhouse, shade house,
   23  farm office, storage building, or poultry house.
   24         (b) “Farm” has the same meaning as provided in s. 823.14.
   25         (c) “Farm sign” means a sign erected, used, or maintained
   26  on a farm by the owner or lessee of the farm which relates
   27  solely to farm produce, merchandise, service, or entertainment
   28  sold, produced, manufactured, or furnished on the farm.
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   31         And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete line 142
   33  and insert:
   34         Aquaculture Interagency Coordinating Council; amending
   35         s. 604.50, F.S.; providing an exemption from the
   36         Florida Building Code and any county or municipal code
   37         or fee for farm signs; providing a definition for the
   38         term “farm sign”; amending