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Florida Statutes, Title XXII

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Title XXII, Ports and Harbors

7 chapters · 90 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XXII90 Ch 310, Pilots, Piloting, and Pilotage29 Ch 311, Seaport Programs and Facilities18 Ch 315, Port Facilities Financing18 Ch 313, Harbormasters for Ports in General10 Ch 314, Harbormasters for Certain Ports9 Ch 308, Shipping Masters4 Ch 309, Protection of Ports and Harbors2

10 sections·Filtered byTitle XXII✕Ch 313✕

Fla. Stat. § 313.01 Appointment and removal of harbormasters
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(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 offices for the term of 2 years, unless sooner removed. The Governor may make such appointment or fill any vacancy in such …
Fla. Stat. § 313.02 Bond
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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 faithful performance of the harbormaster’s duty, such bond to be approved by the county commissioners of the county in which the port is situate…
Fla. Stat. § 313.03 Deputies
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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 paid by such harbormaster.History.—ch. 3602, 1885; RS 955; GS 1324; RGS 2494; CGL 3904; s. 285, ch. 95-148.
Fla. Stat. § 313.04 Duties
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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 the wharves, and the harbormaster shall regulate and station or assign berths at the wharves to said vessel; and the harbormaster shall remove or cause…

Fla. Stat. § 313.05 Compensation

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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 rendered by the harbormaster or his or her deputy, under the provisions of this section, not exceeding the sum o…

Fla. Stat. § 313.06 Obstructing or resisting harbormasters; penalties

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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’s deputies in the execution of duty, or disobey any order given by either of said officers as to the manner of removing…

Fla. Stat. § 313.21 Definition

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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 operation as provided in s. 125.012.History.—s. 9, ch. 90-54.

Fla. Stat. § 313.22 Vessel movements; penalties

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(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 or areas, by:(a) Scheduling vessels for use of berths, anchorages, or other facilities at the port.(b…

Fla. Stat. § 313.23 Harbor safety

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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 bottom clearance for each berth and channel, for the movement of vessels, and for radio communications of vessel traffic for al…

Fla. Stat. § 313.24 Construction

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Nothing in ss. 313.21-313.24 shall be construed to derogate the duties and responsibilities of a state pilot licensed under chapter 310.History.—s. 9, ch. 90-54.