Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1548
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/14/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (Dean)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 60 - 80
    4  and insert:
    5  may remain anchored or moored for 7 business days until
    6  repaired, or in the event of extreme weather, until weather
    7  conditions improve to the point where it is no longer perilous
    8  to operate the vessel.
    9         2. Vessels in transit upon which the owner, operator, or
   10  person in charge of the vessel is incapable of safely operating
   11  the vessel due to physical exhaustion, provided that anchoring
   12  or mooring is limited to one overnight period.
   13         3. Vessels owned or operated by a governmental entity for
   14  law enforcement, firefighting, or rescue purposes.
   15         4. Construction or dredging vessels while on an active job
   16  site.
   17         5. Vessels actively engaged in commercial fishing.
   18         6. Vessels engaged in recreational fishing whereby persons,
   19  onboard or in the water in the immediate vicinity of the vessel,
   20  are actively tending fishing gear other than traps.
   21         7. Vessels present for the duration of events as described
   22  in s. 327.48.
   23         (c) An owner, operator, or person in charge of a vessel may
   24  not anchor or moor a vessel if any of the following
   25  circumstances exist unless the vessel requires safe harbor, in
   26  which case a vessel may remain anchored, moored, or docked until
   27  repaired, which must occur within 7 business days: