Title: Agritourism

Summary: Prohibits local governments from enforcing local ordinances, regulations, rules, or policies that prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit agritourism activities on land classified as agricultural land.

Full Text:
An act relating to agritourism; amending s. 570.85, F.S.; prohibiting a local government from enforcing a local ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy that prohibits, restricts, regulates, or otherwise limits an agritourism activity on land classified as agricultural land; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 570. 85, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 570.85 Agritourism.-(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to eliminate duplication of regulatory authority over agritourism as expressed in this section. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local government may not adopt or enforce a local an ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy that prohibits, restricts, regulates, or otherwise limits an agritourism activity on land classified as agricultural land under s. 193.461. This subsection does not limit the powers and duties of a local government to address an emergency as provided in chapter 252. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.