CopyCited 10 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 25931
...Richard also noted that the United States Customs Service had included the boat on its “lookout” list. He issued a citation for some of the minor infractions and arrested Morejon for other violations which constituted misdemeanors under Fla.Stat.Ann. § 327.72....
...law. Fla.Stat.Ann. §
327.50. This section was amended in 1981. Prior to the amendment, the section was codified as § 371.57. It divided boats into classes by size and specified the safety equipment required for each class. See notes to §
327.50. Section
327.72 imposes the penalties for violations of §
327.50 but still refers to §
327.50’s old code section number....
...ed in subsection (1) or not paying the fine specified in subsection (1) within 10 days, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in S.
775.083, or S.
775.084. Fla.Stat.Ann. §
327.72 (footnote omitted). Old § 371.57(l)(a) 1 and 2 required motorboats under sixteen feet to have one lifesaving device and one oar or paddle. The deficiencies observed by the state officers went beyond the non-criminal violations set out in §
327.72....
