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House Bill 1175
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House Bill 1175

Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1175 By Representative Saunders 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act applying to Collier County; amending ss. 3 1, 2, and 3, chapter 89-449, Laws of Florida, 4 to empower county park enforcement officers to 5 issue citations to enforce any county ordinance 6 within the boundaries of any county park, 7 county operated parking facilities, public 8 beaches, beach access areas adjacent to any 9 county park, and public areas immediately 10 adjacent to county parks; revising list of 11 prohibited offenses; amending s. 4, chapter 12 89-449, Laws of Florida, to permit the violator 13 to pay the appropriate fines as prescribed by 14 county ordinance without a mandatory court 15 appearance; providing an effective date. 16 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 19 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 89-449, Laws of 20 Florida, is amended to read: 21 Section 1. Legislative intent.--It is the intent of 22 the Legislature to authorize the Board of County Commissioners 23 of Collier County to designate employees of the Collier County 24 Department of Parks and Recreation as county park enforcement 25 officers. It is declared as a matter of legislative intent 26 that county park enforcement officers be empowered to issue 27 citations to enforce any county ordinance duly enacted by the 28 board of county commissioners to regulate acts within the 29 county parks, and including, but not limited to, ordinances 30 which regulate the use of county parks, public beaches, beach 31 access areas adjacent to county parks, county operated parking 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1175 550-139-97 1 facilities, and public areas immediately adjacent to county 2 parks, to protect sea turtles and prohibit the operation of 3 motor vehicles in, on, or across the beaches of Collier County 4 in order to promote, protect, and enhance the health, safety, 5 and welfare of the citizens of Collier County. 6 Section 2. Section 2 of chapter 89-449, Laws of 7 Florida, is amended to read: 8 Section 2. Jurisdiction.--Any person designated by the 9 board of county commissioners as a county park enforcement 10 officer (park ranger) is hereby authorized to issue citations 11 within the boundaries of any Collier County park, public 12 beaches, beach access areas adjacent to county parks, county 13 operated parking facilities, and public areas immediately 14 adjacent to county parks for violations of any Collier County 15 ordinances, duly enacted by the board of county commissioners 16 to regulate acts within these areas, the county parks 17 including, but not limited to, those ordinances which regulate 18 the use of the parks and prohibit certain acts therein, 19 provide for the nesting and protection of sea turtles, and 20 prohibit the operation of motor vehicles in, on, or across the 21 beaches of Collier County within county parks, when such 22 violation is witnessed by said officer. 23 Section 3. Section 3 of chapter 89-449, Laws of 24 Florida, is amended to read: 25 Section 3. Powers and duties.-- 26 (1) The Board of County Commissioners of Collier 27 County is hereby authorized to designate employees of the 28 Collier County Department of Parks and Recreation as county 29 park enforcement officers (park rangers). It shall be the 30 responsibility of said board to determine by resolution the 31 training and qualifications of any employee so designated. 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1175 550-139-97 1 Such designation and training requirements shall be by 2 resolution adopted at any regular or special meeting of the 3 board. 4 (2) It shall be the duty of any person designated as a 5 county park enforcement officer (park ranger) to issue 6 citations for any offenses which occur within a county park 7 boundary, public beaches, county operated parking facilities, 8 and public areas immediately adjacent to county parks, and 9 which are either prohibited by ordinance enacted by the Board 10 of County Commissioners of Collier County or are specifically 11 prohibited by this section. It shall be such an offense to: 12 (a) Willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper 13 with, or displace or remove any building, bridge, table, 14 bench, fireplace, railing, paving, or paving material, water 15 line or other public utility or parts appurtenant thereof, 16 signs, notices or placard whether temporary or permanent, 17 monuments, stakes, posts, or other boundary markers or other 18 structures or equipment, facilities or park property or any 19 appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal. 20 (b) Cut, break, mutilate, injure, disturb, sever from 21 the ground or remove any growing thing, including, but not 22 limited to, any plant, flower, flower bed, shrub, tree, growth 23 or any branch, item, fruit or leaf thereof; or bring into or 24 have in his possession in any county park any tool or 25 instrument which could be used for the cutting thereof, or any 26 garden or agricultural implements or tools which could be used 27 for the removal thereof; or pile or maintain any material or 28 debris of any kind against or upon the same or attach any 29 rope, cable or other contrivance thereto; or set fire to any 30 trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, grass, plant growth or living 31 timber, or suffer any fire upon land to extend into park 3 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1175 550-139-97 1 lands; or go upon any prohibited lawn, grass plot or planted 2 area, except at such times and in such manner as the director 3 of the parks and recreation department may designate. 4 (c) Throw, discharge, or otherwise place or cause to 5 be placed in the waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream, 6 bay, or other body of water in or adjacent to any county park 7 or any tributary, stream, storm sewer, or drain flowing into 8 such waters, any substance, matter or thing, liquid or solid, 9 which will or may result in the pollution of said waters. 10 (d) Carry, possess, or drink any alcoholic liquor in 11 any park. 12 (e) Enter or exit any park facility except at 13 established entrance ways or exits, or at established times. 14 (f) Attach any posters or directional signs to trees. 15 (g) Cause or permit a dog or other domestic animal to 16 enter any park facility. 17 (h) Build fires except in specified areas in county 18 parks on cooking grills provided therein. 19 (i) Drive any unauthorized vehicle on any area within 20 the park except the paved park roads or parking areas; or park 21 an authorized vehicle in other than an established or 22 designated parking area; or park any unauthorized vehicle in 23 the county park area overnight. 24 (j) Ride a bicycle on other than a paved vehicular 25 road or path designated for that purpose; leave a bicycle in a 26 place other than a bicycle rack when such is provided, or 27 leave a bicycle lying on the ground or paving or any place or 28 position so as to present any obstruction to pedestrian or 29 vehicular traffic. 30 (k) Violate any rule for the use of the park which has 31 been posted on any park sign in a particular park pursuant to 4 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1175 550-139-97 1 approval by the board of county commissioners including rules 2 and regulations posted on the grounds or buildings in said 3 parks. 4 (1) Possess, carry, or transport on or about their 5 person any glass container in any county park beach access 6 area. 7 (m) Injure, kill, molest, collect, possess, or cause 8 direct or indirect injury to any species of sea turtle, gopher 9 tortoises, live sand dollars, shorebirds, birds of prey, live 10 shells, and live sea stars or to interfere, destroy, or tamper 11 in any way with the nesting of the sea turtle, birds of prey, 12 gopher tortoises, or shorebirds. 13 (n) Operate or cause to be operated a hand, animal, 14 motor, or engine driven wheel, track or other vehicle or 15 implement on, over or across any part of the sand dune, hill 16 or ridge nearest the Gulf of Mexico, or the vegetation growing 17 thereon or seaward thereof, or to operate or drive such a 18 vehicle on the area seaward thereof, commonly referred to as 19 the beach. 20 Section 4. Section 4 of chapter 89-449, Laws of 21 Florida, is amended to read: 22 Section 4. Enforcement.--A citation issued by a county 23 park enforcement officer (park ranger) under the provisions of 24 this act shall be in a form prescribed by the board of county 25 commissioners. Such citations shall state the date and time of 26 issuance, name and address of the person in violation, the 27 date of the violation, description of the violation, the 28 Collier County Ordinance and section violated, name of the 29 citing county park enforcement officer (park ranger), and a 30 date and time at which the violator shall appear in county 31 5 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1175 550-139-97 1 court. The violator may elect a nonmandatory court appearance 2 and pay the fine as prescribed by county ordinance. 3 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 4 law. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 6 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.