CS/CS/HB 847 (Stark) and CS/SB 1082 (DiCeglie) amend Section 403.813, Florida Statutes, which currently authorizes exemptions from certain state and local permitting requirements for floating vessel platforms and floating boat lifts under specified circumstances. CS/CS/HB 847 provides that structures associated with a dock or structures wholly contained within a boat slip that do not exceed 500 square feet (or 200 feet in an Outstanding Florida Water) as specified in Section 403.813(1)(s)2., Florida Statutes, create a presumption of compliance with certain environmental impact requirements of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The bills provide that local governments may require only a one-time registration of all other floating vessel platforms where the platform owner self-certifies compliance with the statutory exemption criteria to ensure compliance with ordinances, codes, state-delegated programs or regulations relating to building or zoning, which may not be applied more stringently or inconsistently with the exemption criteria of the statute. Finally, the bills add additional authority for municipalities and counties to adopt an ordinance establishing an idle speed, no wake boating-restricted area within the portion of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within their jurisdiction under specified conditions.  The additional authority would allow for the adoption of idle speed, no wake boating-restricted areas within 500 feet of a sewage pump out facility at a public or private nonresidential marina on a waterway where the sewage pump out facility is within 100 feet of the marked portion of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway. CS/CS/HB 847 passed the House (113-2) and is awaiting action by the Senate. (O'Hara)