Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 304
       
       
        
       By Senator Stargel
       
       
       
       
       
       15-00277-16                                            2016304__
    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
    4         any local ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy that
    5         prohibits, restricts, regulates, or otherwise limits
    6         an 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 any local an
   19  ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy that prohibits,
   20  restricts, regulates, or otherwise limits an agritourism
   21  activity on land classified as agricultural land under s.
   22  193.461. This subsection does not limit the powers and duties of
   23  a local government to address an emergency as provided in
   24  chapter 252.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.