Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 594
       
       
        
       By Senator Stargel
       
       
       
       
       
       15-00972-15                                            2015594__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to agritourism; amending s. 570.85,
    3         F.S.; prohibiting a local government from enforcing an
    4         ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy that prohibits,
    5         restricts, regulates, or otherwise limits an
    6         agritourism activity on land classified as
    7         agricultural land; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 570.85, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         570.85 Agritourism.—
   14         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to eliminate
   15  duplication of regulatory authority over agritourism as
   16  expressed in this section. Except as otherwise provided for in
   17  this section, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
   18  local government may not adopt or enforce an ordinance,
   19  regulation, rule, or policy that prohibits, restricts,
   20  regulates, or otherwise limits an agritourism activity on land
   21  classified as agricultural land under s. 193.461. This
   22  subsection does not limit the powers and duties of a local
   23  government to address an emergency as provided in chapter 252.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.