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• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 308.01; Appointment and duties.
  There shall be created in and for the several ports of this state, one or more shipping masters, to be appointed by the mayor with ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 308.02; Bond; penalties.
  Before obtaining the license provided for in s. 308.03, said shipping master shall execute a bond, with two good and sufficient sureties, to be ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 308.03; License and regulation; penalties.
  The mayor and council may grant license in conformity to this chapter, under such rules and regulations as they may prescribe, and such ordinances and ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 308.04; Acting as shipping master without license; penalties.
  Whoever attempts to exercise the calling of a shipping master, or falsely represents himself or herself as a shipping master, in this state, not having ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 309.01; Deposit of material in tidewater regulated.
  (1) It is not lawful for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged or deposit or cause to be deposited, in the tide ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 309.02; Deposit of material on wharf or quay regulated.
  It is not lawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited on any wharf or quay, any ballast, stone, earth, or like ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.001; Purpose.
  The Legislature recognizes that the waters, harbors, and ports of the state are important resources, and it is deemed necessary in the interest of public ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.0015; Piloting regulation; general provisions.
  (1) Piloting is an essential service of such paramount importance that its continued existence must be secured by the state and may not be left ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.002; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Vessel" includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.011; Board of Pilot Commissioners.
  (1) A board is established within the Division of Professions of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to be known as the Board of ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.032; Oath of members of the board.
  Immediately, and before entering upon the duties of said office, the members of the board shall take the constitutional oath of office and shall file ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.042; Organization of board; meetings.
  (1) Immediately after the appointment and qualification of its members, the board shall meet and organize. Said board shall annually elect a chair and a ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.051; Personnel; employment.
  (1) The department may appoint or employ such personnel as may be necessary to assist the department and the board in doing and performing any ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.061; State pilots; number; cross licensing.
  The board shall determine the number of pilots based on the supply and demand for piloting services and the public interest in maintaining efficient and ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.071; Deputy pilot certification.
  (1) In addition to meeting other requirements specified in this chapter, each applicant for certification as a deputy pilot must: (a) Be at least 21 ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.073; State pilot licensing.
  In addition to meeting other requirements specified in this chapter, each applicant for license as a state pilot must: (1) Be at least 21 years ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.075; Deputy pilot training program.
  The licensed state pilots in each port shall submit to the board for its approval a deputy pilot training program of not less than 2 ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.081; Department to examine and license state pilots and certificate deputy pilots; vacancies.
  (1) The department shall examine persons who file application as state pilot in all matters pertaining to the management of vessels and in regard to ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.091; Powers of the department.
  In addition to all other powers conferred by this chapter, the department shall have the following powers: (1) To issue a license as a state ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.101; Grounds for disciplinary action by the board.
  (1) Any act of misconduct, inattention to duty, negligence, or incompetence; any willful violation of any law or rule, including the rules of the road, ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.102; Treatment programs for impaired pilots and deputy pilots.
  (1) The department shall, by rule, designate approved treatment programs for impaired pilots and deputy pilots under this section. The department may adopt rules setting ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.111; Marine incident reports.
  Each collision, grounding, stranding, or other marine peril sustained or caused by a vessel on which there was employed a licensed state pilot or certificated ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.1112; Motor vehicle reports.
  Each licensed state pilot or certificated deputy pilot shall have a duty to report within 48 hours any jurisdiction's revocation or suspension of, or ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.1115; Bridge electronic navigation protection equipment; duty of pilot.
  (1) When a piloted vessel passes under a bridge located in a harbor, in the approaches to a harbor, or in a river, and when ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.121; Application, examination, and biennial fees.
  (1) The department shall, in accordance with rules set by the board, assess and collect the following fees: (a) A fee not to exceed $300 ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.131; Assessment of percentage of gross pilotage.
  The department shall assess the licensed state pilots in the respective ports of the state a percentage of the gross amount of pilotage earned by ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.141; Vessels subject to pilotage.
  (1) All vessels shall have a licensed state pilot or certificated deputy pilot on board to direct the movements of the vessel when entering or ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.142; Pilotage at St. Marys Entrance.
  The board is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Board of Pilotage Commissioners for the corporate authority of St. Marys, Georgia, for reciprocal ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.146; Exemptions from pilotage.
  (1) United States vessels are exempted from the provisions of this chapter while transiting a private channel built, marked, maintained, and controlled for one-way ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.151; Rates of pilotage; Pilotage Rate Review Board.
  (1)(a) For the purposes of this section, "board" means the Pilotage Rate Review Board. (b)1. To carry out the provisions of this section, ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.161; Piloting without a license; penalties.
  (1) Any individual who is not a licensed state pilot or a certificated deputy pilot, and who directs the movement of a vessel on which ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.171; Pilots may incorporate themselves.
  Any one or more licensed state pilots may incorporate in the manner provided under chapter 607 or chapter ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.181; Corporate powers.
  All the rights, powers, and liabilities conferred or imposed by the laws of Florida relating to corporations for profit organized under chapter 607 or under ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.183; Immediate inactivation of license or certificate for certain violations; rules.
  (1) The department shall issue an emergency order placing on inactive status, for a period not to exceed 15 days, the license of any pilot ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 310.185; Rulemaking.
  (1) The board has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter. (2) ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.07; Florida seaport transportation and economic development funding.
  (1) There is created the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program within the Department of Transportation to finance port transportation or port facilities projects ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.09; Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council.
  (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council is created within the Department of Transportation. The council consists of the following 17 members: the ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.105; Florida Seaport Environmental Management Committee; permitting; mitigation.
  (1)(a) There is created the Florida Seaport Environmental Management Committee, which shall be under the direction of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.11; Seaport Employment Training Grant Program.
  (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, in cooperation with the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council, shall establish a Seaport Employment ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.111; Security area designations; access requirements; authority.
  Each seaport authority or governing board of a seaport identified in s. 311.09 that is subject to the statewide minimum seaport security standards in ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.12; Seaport security standards; inspections; compliance; appeals.
  (1)(a) The statewide minimum standards for seaport security for each seaport identified in s. 311.09 shall be those based upon the Florida Seaport ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.121; Qualifications, training, and certification of licensed security officers at Florida seaports.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that seaports in the state be able to mitigate operational security costs without reducing security levels by ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.122; Seaport law enforcement agency; authorization; requirements; powers; training.
  (1) Each seaport in the state is authorized to create a seaport law enforcement agency for its facility, which authority in no way precludes the ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.123; Maritime domain security awareness training program.
  (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council, in conjunction with the Department of Law Enforcement and the Office of Drug Control within the ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.124; Trespassing; detention by a certified seaport security officer.
  (1) Any Class D or Class G seaport security officer certified under the Maritime Transportation Security Act guidelines and s. 311.121 or any employee ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.125; Uniform Port Access Credential System.
  (1) By July 1, 2004, each seaport identified in s. 311.09 and subject to the statewide minimum seaport security standards set forth in s. ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.13; Certain information exempt from disclosure.
  Seaport security plans of a seaport authority created by act of the Legislature or of a seaport department of a county or municipality that operates ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.14; Seaport freight-mobility planning.
  (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council, in cooperation with the Office of the State Public Transportation Administrator within the Department of Transportation, ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.22; Additional authorization for funding certain dredging projects.
  (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council shall establish a program to fund dredging projects in counties having a population of fewer than ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.01; Appointment and removal of harbormasters.
  (1) The Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, all harbormasters required for the several ports of this state. They shall hold their ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.02; Bond.
  Every harbormaster appointed for any port shall give an approved bond in the sum of $500, payable to the Governor of the state, for the ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.03; Deputies.
  Each harbormaster may appoint as many deputies as he or she shall require for the needs of his or her port, such deputies to be ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.04; Duties.
  Every master of any vessel arriving at the ports in this state shall report to the harbormaster for a station, or for a berth at ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.05; Compensation.
  Harbormasters, respectively, shall receive from the master, owner or consignee of vessels coming into the port for which the harbormaster is appointed for the services ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.06; Obstructing or resisting harbormasters; penalties.
  If any person, master, consignee, agent, wharfinger or wharfowner, lessee of a wharf or other person shall oppose or resist the harbormaster or the harbormaster'...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.21; Definition.
  As used in ss. 313.21-313.24, "port" means a port authority or port district, as defined in s. 315.02, or a port ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.22; Vessel movements; penalties.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or chapter 314, each port may regulate vessel movements within its jurisdiction, whether involving public or private facilities ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.23; Harbor safety.
  Each port, in agreement with the United States Coast Guard, state pilots, and other ports in its operating port area, shall adopt guidelines for minimum ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 313.24; Construction.
  Nothing in ss. 313.21-313.24 shall be construed to derogate the duties and responsibilities of a state pilot licensed under chapter ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.01; Appointment.
  The Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, one harbormaster for each port in the state, into which have come, during the past ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.02; Bond.
  Each harbormaster so appointed shall enter into a bond in the penal sum of $2,000, with two or more sureties, payable to the Governor ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.04; Deputies.
  Any harbormaster so appointed may appoint deputies to assist him or her in the performance of his or her duties, the harbormaster paying them for ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.05; Duties as to boarding vessel.
  The harbormaster, by himself or herself or deputy, shall board every vessel entering the port for which the harbormaster is appointed, after such vessel has ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.06; Stationing vessels.
  The master of every vessel arriving in a port for which a harbormaster shall be appointed, under the provisions of this chapter, shall apply to ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.07; Duties as to the loading or unloading of vessels.
  The harbormaster appointed under the provisions of this chapter shall be present at all times, either in person or by deputy, to facilitate the loading ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.08; Fees.
  Such harbormaster shall receive from the master, owner or consignee of vessels coming into the port for which he or she is appointed under this ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.09; Change of station.
  Should any vessel, after having been stationed by such harbormaster, require a change of station, application shall be made by the manager of such wharf ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 314.10; Recovery of double amount.
  Whenever any fee or compensation due the harbormaster under the provisions of this chapter is not paid within 48 hours from the rendition of the ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.01; Short title.
  This law shall be known and may be cited as the "1959 Port Facilities Financing ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.02; Definitions.
  As used in this law, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) The term "port district" or the word "district" shall ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.03; Grant of powers.
  Each unit is hereby authorized and empowered: (1) To acquire, construct, lease, operate and maintain any port facilities either within or without or partly within ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.031; Promoting and advertising port facilities.
  (1) Each unit is authorized and empowered: (a) To publicize, advertise and promote the activities and port facilities herein authorized; (b) To make known the ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.04; Other consents or approvals; use of state lands.
  Except as hereinafter provided in this section, and except as provided in s. 315.03(1), the approval or consent of any other political subdivision ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.05; Port facilities bonds.
  (1) The governing body is authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bonds of a ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.06; Sources of payment and security for bonds.
  (1) The governing body may provide that bonds issued under the provisions of this law shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.07; Contracts for borrowing of money.
  The governing body may contract with any person, firm, corporation or public body or with the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof for ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.08; Trust agreement or resolution.
  In the discretion of the governing body, any bonds issued under the provisions of this law may be secured by a trust agreement by and ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.09; Remedies.
  Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this law or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.10; Refunding bonds.
  The governing body is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds of the unit for the purpose of refunding any ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.11; Exemption from taxation.
  As adequate port facilities are essential for the welfare of the inhabitants and the industrial and commercial development of the area within or served by ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.12; Bonds, legal investments.
  Bonds issued by a unit under the provisions of this law are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.13; Action by resolution.
  All action required or authorized to be taken under the provisions of this law by the governing body may be by resolution, which resolution may ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.15; Additional and alternative method.
  This law shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.16; Liberal construction.
  This law, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the state, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.17; Waiver of term limitation for leases entered into by county with another governmental entity for benefit of a seaport.
  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a lease entered into by a county with another governmental entity for the benefit of a seaport ...
• Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 315.18; Confidentiality of certain records held by deepwater ports.
  Any proposal or counterproposal exchanged between a deepwater port listed in s. 311.09(1) and any nongovernmental entity, relating to the sale, use, or ...

Last modified: November 21, 2006