Florida SB 1682: Telephone Solicitation

Bill Text

1682 
Local Administration of Vessel Restrictions 
2026-02-06T11:16:12Z 
Authorizing counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances to administer, in coordination with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, certain provisions relating to vessels at risk of becoming derelict, the enforcement of long-term anchoring permit requirements, and derelict and migrant vessels, respectively; authorizing counties and municipalities to designate code enforcement officers for specified purposes; providing that certain determinations made by the code enforcement officers are for administrative purposes only and are not criminal findings, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1682 

 By the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and 
 General Government; and Senator Trumbull 

 601-02529-26 20261682c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to local administration of vessel 
 3 restrictions; amending ss. 327.4107, 327.4111, and 
 4 823.11, F.S.; authorizing counties and municipalities 
 5 to adopt ordinances to administer, in coordination 
 6 with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 
 7 certain provisions relating to vessels at risk of 
 8 becoming derelict, the enforcement of long-term 
 9 anchoring permit requirements, and derelict and 
 10 migrant vessels, respectively; authorizing counties 
 11 and municipalities to designate code enforcement 
 12 officers for specified purposes; providing that 
 13 certain determinations made by the code enforcement 
 14 officers are for administrative purposes only and are 
 15 not criminal findings; requiring counties and 
 16 municipalities to comply with specified provisions; 
 17 authorizing the commission to provide technical 
 18 assistance and guidance; providing construction; 
 19 requiring certain designations and actions by code 
 20 enforcement officers to be treated as equivalent to 
 21 specified law enforcement actions under certain 
 22 circumstances; authorizing the commission to adopt 
 23 rules; amending s. 327.4108, F.S.; revising the 
 24 exemption from requirements for vessel relocation for 
 25 certain vessels under certain circumstances; providing 
 26 an effective date. 
 27 
 28 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 29 
 30 Section 1. Present subsections (5) and (6) of section 
 31 327.4107, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6) 
 32 and (7), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to that 
 33 section, to read: 
 34 327.4107 Vessels at risk of becoming derelict on waters of 
 35 this state.— 
 36 (5) A county or municipality may elect to administer, in 
 37 coordination with the commission, this section relating to the 
 38 identification, notice, corrective action, relocation, removal, 
 39 storage, destruction, or disposal of vessels at risk of becoming 
 40 derelict within its jurisdiction by adopting an ordinance to 
 41 that effect. 
 42 (a) A county or municipality that adopts an ordinance under 
 43 this subsection: 
 44 1. May designate a code enforcement officer as defined in 
 45 s. 162.21 to determine whether a vessel meets one or more of the 
 46 at-risk conditions listed in subsection (2). The code 
 47 enforcement officer’s determination is for administrative 
 48 abatement purposes only and may be used solely to initiate 
 49 notice, corrective action, relocation, storage, disposal, or 
 50 cost-recovery actions pursuant to this section and in accordance 
 51 with rules adopted by the commission. The code enforcement 
 52 officer’s determination is not a criminal finding and may not 
 53 serve as a basis for prosecution under this section or any other 
 54 criminal violation relating to vessel conditions or derelict 
 55 vessels. 
 56 2. Shall comply with all notice, documentation, 
 57 environmental compliance, storage, and recordkeeping 
 58 requirements established by the commission and this section 
 59 before taking corrective action on a vessel. The commission may 
 60 provide technical assistance and guidance to the county or 
 61 municipality. 
 62 (b) This subsection may not be construed to prohibit a 
 63 county or municipality from coordinating with law enforcement 
 64 agencies for purposes of criminal investigation or prosecution 
 65 relating to violations of this chapter or chapter 823. A code 
 66 enforcement officer acting pursuant to this subsection may 
 67 provide documentation, photographs, observations, statements, 
 68 and other non-law enforcement support to a law enforcement 
 69 agency, but may not make a criminal determination or take any 
 70 action reserved for law enforcement officers under this chapter. 
 71 (c) For purposes of any commission-administered program 
 72 relating to the prevention, mitigation, removal, relocation, 
 73 storage, or destruction of vessels at risk of becoming derelict, 
 74 including the derelict vessel prevention program