Bill Text: FL S0332 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Highway Safety

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-11 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7061 (Ch. 2016-239) [S0332 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S0332-Comm_Sub.html
       Florida Senate - 2016                       CS for CS for SB 332
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; and Transportation; and
       Senator Altman
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to highway safety; amending s.
    3         316.003, F.S.; providing definitions; amending s.
    4         316.027, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term
    5         “vulnerable road user”; conforming provisions to
    6         changes made by the act; amending s. 316.083, F.S.;
    7         revising provisions relating to the passing of a
    8         vehicle; directing a law enforcement officer issuing a
    9         citation for specified violations to note certain
   10         information on the citation; amending s. 316.084,
   11         F.S.; exempting bicycles from provisions for passing a
   12         vehicle on the right under certain circumstances;
   13         amending s. 316.0875, F.S.; revising exceptions to
   14         provisions for designated no-passing zones; amending
   15         s. 316.151, F.S.; revising provisions for turning at
   16         intersections; directing a law enforcement officer
   17         issuing a citation for specified violations to note
   18         certain information on the citation; amending s.
   19         316.1925, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
   20         careless driving; directing a law enforcement officer
   21         issuing a citation for specified violations to note
   22         certain information on the citation; amending s.
   23         316.2065, F.S.; revising provisions for operation of a
   24         bicycle; requiring motor vehicle operators to allow a
   25         group of bicycles to travel through an intersection
   26         under certain circumstances; creating s. 318.142,
   27         F.S.; providing penalties for specified infractions
   28         contributing to bodily injury of a vulnerable user;
   29         amending s. 318.19, F.S.; requiring a hearing for
   30         specified offenses; directing a law enforcement
   31         officer issuing a citation for specified violations to
   32         note certain information on the citation; amending s.
   33         322.0261, F.S., relating to driver improvement
   34         courses; revising the definition of “vulnerable road
   35         users”; amending ss. 212.05, 316.1303, 316.235,
   36         316.545, 316.605, 316.6105, 316.613, 316.622, 316.650,
   37         316.70, 320.01, 320.08, 320.0801, 320.38, 322.031,
   38         450.181, 559.903, 655.960, 732.402, and 860.065, F.S.;
   39         conforming cross-references; reenacting ss.
   40         316.072(4)(b), 316.1923(5), 318.14(2), and
   41         318.18(1)(b), F.S., relating to obedience to and
   42         effect of traffic laws, aggressive careless driving,
   43         noncriminal traffic infractions, and amount of
   44         penalties, respectively, to incorporate amendments
   45         made by the act in references thereto; providing an
   46         effective date.
   47  
   48         WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that everyone must
   49  share the road, and
   50         WHEREAS, there are laws in place, such as ss. 316.2065 and
   51  316.2068, Florida Statutes, that require certain vulnerable road
   52  users to follow safe practices when operating on the roadways of
   53  the state, and
   54         WHEREAS, there are laws in place that similarly require
   55  persons who operate a vehicle on the highways of the state to
   56  operate the vehicle in a safe manner, and
   57         WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature to amend the
   58  Florida Uniform Traffic Control laws to protect vulnerable road
   59  users while balancing their rights against the rights of those
   60  who choose to travel by motor vehicle, NOW, THEREFORE,
   61  
   62  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   63  
   64         Section 1. Section 316.003, Florida Statutes, is reordered
   65  and amended to read:
   66         316.003 Definitions.—The following words and phrases, when
   67  used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively
   68  ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
   69  otherwise requires:
   70         (1) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.—Vehicles of the fire
   71  department (fire patrol), police vehicles, and such ambulances
   72  and emergency vehicles of municipal departments, public service
   73  corporations operated by private corporations, the Fish and
   74  Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of
   75  Environmental Protection, the Department of Health, the
   76  Department of Transportation, and the Department of Corrections
   77  as are designated or authorized by their respective department
   78  or the chief of police of an incorporated city or any sheriff of
   79  any of the various counties.
   80         (3)(2) BICYCLE.—Every vehicle propelled solely by human
   81  power, and every motorized bicycle propelled by a combination of
   82  human power and an electric helper motor capable of propelling
   83  the vehicle at a speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on
   84  level ground upon which any person may ride, having two tandem
   85  wheels, and including any device generally recognized as a
   86  bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels. The
   87  term does not include such a vehicle with a seat height of no
   88  more than 25 inches from the ground when the seat is adjusted to
   89  its highest position or a scooter or similar device. No person
   90  under the age of 16 may operate or ride upon a motorized
   91  bicycle.
   92         (7)(3) BUS.—Any motor vehicle designed for carrying more
   93  than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons
   94  and any motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used
   95  for the transportation of persons for compensation.
   96         (8)(4) BUSINESS DISTRICT.—The territory contiguous to, and
   97  including, a highway when 50 percent or more of the frontage
   98  thereon, for a distance of 300 feet or more, is occupied by
   99  buildings in use for business.
  100         (4)BICYCLE LANE.—A portion of a roadway or highway that
  101  has been designated by pavement markings and signs for the
  102  preferential or exclusive use by bicycles.
  103         (9)(5) CANCELLATION.—Cancellation means that a license
  104  which was issued through error or fraud is declared void and
  105  terminated. A new license may be obtained only as permitted in
  106  this chapter.
  107         (14)(6) CROSSWALK.—
  108         (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection included
  109  within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on
  110  opposite sides of the highway, measured from the curbs or, in
  111  the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway.
  112         (b) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or
  113  elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines
  114  or other markings on the surface.
  115         (15)(7) DAYTIME.—The period from a half hour before sunrise
  116  to a half hour after sunset. Nighttime means at any other hour.
  117         (16)(8) DEPARTMENT.—The Department of Highway Safety and
  118  Motor Vehicles as defined in s. 20.24. Any reference herein to
  119  Department of Transportation shall be construed as referring to
  120  the Department of Transportation, defined in s. 20.23, or the
  121  appropriate division thereof.
  122         (17)(9) DIRECTOR.—The Director of the Division of the
  123  Florida Highway Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and
  124  Motor Vehicles.
  125         (18)(10) DRIVER.—Any person who drives or is in actual
  126  physical control of a vehicle on a highway or who is exercising
  127  control of a vehicle or steering a vehicle being towed by a
  128  motor vehicle.
  129         (20)(11) EXPLOSIVE.—Any chemical compound or mechanical
  130  mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of
  131  producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and
  132  combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions,
  133  quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, friction,
  134  concussion, percussion, or detonator of any part of the compound
  135  or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated
  136  gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of
  137  producing destructive effect on contiguous objects or of
  138  destroying life or limb.
  139         (22)(12) FARM TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
  140  primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing
  141  machines, and other implements of husbandry.
  142         (23)(13) FLAMMABLE LIQUID.—Any liquid which has a flash
  143  point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit or less, as determined by a
  144  Tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device.
  145         (25)(14) GROSS WEIGHT.—The weight of a vehicle without load
  146  plus the weight of any load thereon.
  147         (27)(15) HOUSE TRAILER.—
  148         (a) A trailer or semitrailer which is designed,
  149  constructed, and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or
  150  sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily) and is
  151  equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways, or
  152         (b) A trailer or a semitrailer the chassis and exterior
  153  shell of which is designed and constructed for use as a house
  154  trailer, as defined in paragraph (a), but which is used instead,
  155  permanently or temporarily, for the advertising, sales, display,
  156  or promotion of merchandise or services or for any other
  157  commercial purpose except the transportation of property for
  158  hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a
  159  private carrier.
  160         (28)(16) IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY.—Any vehicle designed and
  161  adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or
  162  livestock-raising operations or for lifting or carrying an
  163  implement of husbandry and in either case not subject to
  164  registration if used upon the highways.
  165         (29)(17) INTERSECTION.—
  166         (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection
  167  of the lateral curblines; or, if none, then the lateral boundary
  168  lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at,
  169  or approximately at, right angles; or the area within which
  170  vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other
  171  angle may come in conflict.
  172         (b) Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more
  173  apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided
  174  highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a
  175  separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway
  176  also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every
  177  crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a
  178  separate intersection.
  179         (30)(18) LANED HIGHWAY.—A highway the roadway of which is
  180  divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular
  181  traffic.
  182         (31)(19) LIMITED ACCESS FACILITY.—A street or highway
  183  especially designed for through traffic and over, from, or to
  184  which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have
  185  no right or easement, or only a limited right or easement, of
  186  access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their
  187  property abuts upon such limited access facility or for any
  188  other reason. Such highways or streets may be parkways from
  189  which trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles are excluded;
  190  or they may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of
  191  street and highway traffic.
  192         (32)(20) LOCAL AUTHORITIES.—Includes all officers and
  193  public officials of the several counties and municipalities of
  194  this state.
  195         (38)(21) MOTOR VEHICLE.—Except when used in s. 316.1001, a
  196  self-propelled vehicle not operated upon rails or guideway, but
  197  not including any bicycle, motorized scooter, electric personal
  198  assistive mobility device, swamp buggy, or moped. For purposes
  199  of s. 316.1001, “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in s.
  200  320.01(1)(a).
  201         (39)(22) MOTORCYCLE.—Any motor vehicle having a seat or
  202  saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not
  203  more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding
  204  a tractor or a moped.
  205         (42)(23) OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.—All signs,
  206  signals, markings, and devices, not inconsistent with this
  207  chapter, placed or erected by authority of a public body or
  208  official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating,
  209  warning, or guiding traffic.
  210         (43)(24) OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.—Any device,
  211  whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by
  212  which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to
  213  proceed.
  214         (44)(25) OPERATOR.—Any person who is in actual physical
  215  control of a motor vehicle upon the highway, or who is
  216  exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a
  217  motor vehicle.
  218         (45)(26) OWNER.—A person who holds the legal title of a
  219  vehicle, or, in the event a vehicle is the subject of an
  220  agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the
  221  right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in
  222  the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested
  223  in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor
  224  of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional
  225  vendee, or lessee, or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner, for
  226  the purposes of this chapter.
  227         (46)(27) PARK OR PARKING.—The standing of a vehicle,
  228  whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the
  229  purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
  230  merchandise or passengers as may be permitted by law under this
  231  chapter.
  232         (47)(28) PEDESTRIAN.—Any person afoot.
  233         (48)(29) PERSON.—Any natural person, firm, copartnership,
  234  association, or corporation.
  235         (49)(30) PNEUMATIC TIRE.—Any tire in which compressed air
  236  is designed to support the load.
  237         (50)(31) POLE TRAILER.—Any vehicle without motive power
  238  designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the
  239  towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed
  240  or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used
  241  for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles,
  242  pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining
  243  themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
  244         (51)(32) POLICE OFFICER.—Any officer authorized to direct
  245  or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic
  246  regulations, including Florida highway patrol officers,
  247  sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and municipal police officers.
  248         (52)(33) PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.—Except as otherwise
  249  provided in paragraph (74)(b) (53)(b), any privately owned way
  250  or place used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having
  251  express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other
  252  persons.
  253         (53)(34) RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.—Any materials or
  254  combination of materials which emit ionizing radiation
  255  spontaneously in which the radioactivity per gram of material,
  256  in any form, is greater than 0.002 microcuries.
  257         (54)(35) RAILROAD.—A carrier of persons or property upon
  258  cars operated upon stationary rails.
  259         (55)(36) RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.—Any sign, signal, or
  260  device erected by authority of a public body or official, or by
  261  a railroad, and intended to give notice of the presence of
  262  railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
  263         (56)(37) RAILROAD TRAIN.—A steam engine, electric or other
  264  motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon
  265  rails, except a streetcar.
  266         (57)(38) RESIDENCE DISTRICT.—The territory contiguous to,
  267  and including, a highway, not comprising a business district,
  268  when the property on such highway, for a distance of 300 feet or
  269  more, is, in the main, improved with residences or residences
  270  and buildings in use for business.
  271         (58)(39) REVOCATION.—Revocation means that a licensee’s
  272  privilege to drive a motor vehicle is terminated. A new license
  273  may be obtained only as permitted by law.
  274         (59)(40) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The right of one vehicle or
  275  pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to
  276  another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such
  277  circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity as to give rise
  278  to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the
  279  other.
  280         (60)(41) ROAD TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
  281  for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry
  282  any load thereon, either independently or as any part of the
  283  weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.
  284         (61)(42) ROADWAY.—That portion of a highway improved,
  285  designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of
  286  the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or
  287  more separate roadways, the term “roadway” as used herein refers
  288  to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways
  289  collectively.
  290         (62)(43) SADDLE MOUNT; FULL MOUNT.—An arrangement whereby
  291  the front wheels of one vehicle rest in a secured position upon
  292  another vehicle. All of the wheels of the towing vehicle are
  293  upon the ground, and only the rear wheels of the towed vehicle
  294  rest upon the ground. Such combinations may include one full
  295  mount, whereby a smaller transport vehicle is placed completely
  296  on the last towed vehicle.
  297         (63)(44) SAFETY ZONE.—The area or space officially set
  298  apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and
  299  protected or so marked by adequate signs or authorized pavement
  300  markings as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart
  301  as a safety zone.
  302         (65)(45) SCHOOL BUS.—Any motor vehicle that complies with
  303  the color and identification requirements of chapter 1006 and is
  304  used to transport children to or from public or private school
  305  or in connection with school activities, but not including buses
  306  operated by common carriers in urban transportation of school
  307  children. The term “school” includes all preelementary,
  308  elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools.
  309         (66)(46) SEMITRAILER.—Any vehicle with or without motive
  310  power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons
  311  or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so
  312  constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load
  313  rests upon, or is carried by, another vehicle.
  314         (67)(47) SIDEWALK.—That portion of a street between the
  315  curbline, or the lateral line, of a roadway and the adjacent
  316  property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
  317         (68)(48) SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT.—Any vehicle not designed
  318  or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property
  319  and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway,
  320  including, but not limited to, ditchdigging apparatus, well
  321  boring apparatus, and road construction and maintenance
  322  machinery, such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket
  323  loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling
  324  graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers,
  325  scarifiers, earthmoving carryalls and scrapers, power shovels
  326  and draglines, and self-propelled cranes and earthmoving
  327  equipment. The term does not include house trailers, dump
  328  trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, cranes or shovels, or
  329  other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or
  330  property to which machinery has been attached.
  331         (69)(49) STAND OR STANDING.—The halting of a vehicle,
  332  whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily, for the
  333  purpose of, and while actually engaged in, receiving or
  334  discharging passengers, as may be permitted by law under this
  335  chapter.
  336         (70)(50) STATE ROAD.—Any highway designated as a state
  337  maintained road by the Department of Transportation.
  338         (71)(51) STOP.—When required, complete cessation from
  339  movement.
  340         (72)(52) STOP OR STOPPING.—When prohibited, any halting,
  341  even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
  342  when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply
  343  with the directions of a law enforcement officer or traffic
  344  control sign or signal.
  345         (74)(53) STREET OR HIGHWAY.—
  346         (a) The entire width between the boundary lines of every
  347  way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to
  348  the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic;
  349         (b) The entire width between the boundary lines of any
  350  privately owned way or place used for vehicular travel by the
  351  owner and those having express or implied permission from the
  352  owner, but not by other persons, or any limited access road
  353  owned or controlled by a special district, whenever, by written
  354  agreement entered into under s. 316.006(2)(b) or (3)(b), a
  355  county or municipality exercises traffic control jurisdiction
  356  over said way or place;
  357         (c) Any area, such as a runway, taxiway, ramp, clear zone,
  358  or parking lot, within the boundary of any airport owned by the
  359  state, a county, a municipality, or a political subdivision,
  360  which area is used for vehicular traffic but which is not open
  361  for vehicular operation by the general public; or
  362         (d) Any way or place used for vehicular traffic on a
  363  controlled access basis within a mobile home park recreation
  364  district which has been created under s. 418.30 and the
  365  recreational facilities of which district are open to the
  366  general public.
  367         (75)(54) SUSPENSION.—Temporary withdrawal of a licensee’s
  368  privilege to drive a motor vehicle.
  369         (81)(55) THROUGH HIGHWAY.—Any highway or portion thereof on
  370  which vehicular traffic is given the right-of-way and at the
  371  entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways
  372  is required to yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through
  373  highway in obedience to either a stop sign or yield sign, or
  374  otherwise in obedience to law.
  375         (82)(56) TIRE WIDTH.—Tire width is that width stated on the
  376  surface of the tire by the manufacturer of the tire, if the
  377  width stated does not exceed 2 inches more than the width of the
  378  tire contacting the surface.
  379         (83)(57) TRAFFIC.—Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals,
  380  and vehicles, streetcars, and other conveyances either singly or
  381  together while using any street or highway for purposes of
  382  travel.
  383         (86)(58) TRAILER.—Any vehicle with or without motive power,
  384  other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or
  385  property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
  386         (89)(59) TRUCK.—Any motor vehicle designed, used, or
  387  maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
  388         (90)(60) TRUCK TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
  389  primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as
  390  to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle
  391  and load so drawn.
  392         (35)(61) MIGRANT OR SEASONAL FARM WORKER.—Any person
  393  employed in hand labor operations in planting, cultivation, or
  394  harvesting agricultural crops.
  395         (21)(62) FARM LABOR VEHICLE.—Any vehicle equipped and used
  396  for the transportation of nine or more migrant or seasonal farm
  397  workers, in addition to the driver, to or from a place of
  398  employment or employment-related activities. The term does not
  399  include:
  400         (a) Any vehicle carrying only members of the immediate
  401  family of the owner or driver.
  402         (b) Any vehicle being operated by a common carrier of
  403  passengers.
  404         (c) Any carpool as defined in s. 450.28(3).
  405         (5)(63) BICYCLE PATH.—Any road, path, or way that is open
  406  to bicycle travel, which road, path, or way is physically
  407  separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or
  408  by a barrier and is located either within the highway right-of
  409  way or within an independent right-of-way.
  410         (10)(64) CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—The head, or his or
  411  her designee, of any law enforcement agency which is authorized
  412  to enforce traffic laws.
  413         (11)(65) CHILD.—A child as defined in s. 39.01, s. 984.03,
  414  or s. 985.03.
  415         (12)(66) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—Any self-propelled or
  416  towed vehicle used on the public highways in commerce to
  417  transport passengers or cargo, if such vehicle:
  418         (a) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or
  419  more;
  420         (b) Is designed to transport more than 15 passengers,
  421  including the driver; or
  422         (c) Is used in the transportation of materials found to be
  423  hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials
  424  Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. ss. 1801 et seq.).
  425  
  426  A vehicle that occasionally transports personal property to and
  427  from a closed-course motorsport facility, as defined in s.
  428  549.09(1)(a), is not a commercial motor vehicle if it is not
  429  used for profit and corporate sponsorship is not involved. As
  430  used in this subsection, the term “corporate sponsorship” means
  431  a payment, donation, gratuity, in-kind service, or other benefit
  432  provided to or derived by a person in relation to the underlying
  433  activity, other than the display of product or corporate names,
  434  logos, or other graphic information on the property being
  435  transported.
  436         (13)(67) COURT.—The court having jurisdiction over traffic
  437  offenses.
  438         (24)(68) GOLF CART.—A motor vehicle designed and
  439  manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or
  440  recreational purposes.
  441         (26)(69) HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.—Any substance or material
  442  which has been determined by the secretary of the United States
  443  Department of Transportation to be capable of imposing an
  444  unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property. This term
  445  includes hazardous waste as defined in s. 403.703(13).
  446         (73)(70) STRAIGHT TRUCK.—Any truck on which the cargo unit
  447  and the motive power unit are located on the same frame so as to
  448  form a single, rigid unit.
  449         (78)(71) TANDEM TRAILER TRUCK.—Any combination of a truck
  450  tractor, semitrailer, and trailer coupled together so as to
  451  operate as a complete unit.
  452         (79)(72) TANDEM TRAILER TRUCK HIGHWAY NETWORK.—A highway
  453  network consisting primarily of four or more lanes, including
  454  all interstate highways; highways designated by the United
  455  States Department of Transportation as elements of the National
  456  Network; and any street or highway designated by the Florida
  457  Department of Transportation for use by tandem trailer trucks,
  458  in accordance with s. 316.515, except roads on which truck
  459  traffic was specifically prohibited on January 6, 1983.
  460         (80)(73) TERMINAL.—Any location where:
  461         (a) Freight either originates, terminates, or is handled in
  462  the transportation process; or
  463         (b) Commercial motor carriers maintain operating
  464  facilities.
  465         (87)(74) TRANSPORTATION.—The conveyance or movement of
  466  goods, materials, livestock, or persons from one location to
  467  another on any road, street, or highway open to travel by the
  468  public.
  469         (92)(75) VEHICLE.—Every device, in, upon, or by which any
  470  person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a
  471  highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary
  472  rails or tracks.
  473         (6)(76) BRAKE HORSEPOWER.—The actual unit of torque
  474  developed per unit of time at the output shaft of an engine, as
  475  measured by a dynamometer.
  476         (36)(77) MOPED.—Any vehicle with pedals to permit
  477  propulsion by human power, having a seat or saddle for the use
  478  of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three
  479  wheels; with a motor rated not in excess of 2 brake horsepower
  480  and not capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed greater
  481  than 30 miles per hour on level ground; and with a power-drive
  482  system that functions directly or automatically without
  483  clutching or shifting gears by the operator after the drive
  484  system is engaged. If an internal combustion engine is used, the
  485  displacement may not exceed 50 cubic centimeters.
  486         (41)(78) NONPUBLIC SECTOR BUS.—Any bus which is used for
  487  the transportation of persons for compensation and which is not
  488  owned, leased, operated, or controlled by a municipal, county,
  489  or state government or a governmentally owned or managed
  490  nonprofit corporation.
  491         (95)(79) WORK ZONE AREA.—The area and its approaches on any
  492  state-maintained highway, county-maintained highway, or
  493  municipal street where construction, repair, maintenance, or
  494  other street-related or highway-related work is being performed
  495  or where one or more lanes is closed to traffic.
  496         (34)(80) MAXI-CUBE VEHICLE.—A specialized combination
  497  vehicle consisting of a truck carrying a separable cargo
  498  carrying unit combined with a semitrailer designed so that the
  499  separable cargo-carrying unit is to be loaded and unloaded
  500  through the semitrailer. The entire combination may not exceed
  501  65 feet in length, and a single component of that combination
  502  may not exceed 34 feet in length.
  503         (77)(81) TANDEM AXLE.—Any two axles whose centers are more
  504  than 40 inches but not more than 96 inches apart and are
  505  individually attached to or articulated from, or both, a common
  506  attachment to the vehicle, including a connecting mechanism
  507  designed to equalize the load between axles.
  508         (40)(82) MOTORIZED SCOOTER.—Any vehicle not having a seat
  509  or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on not
  510  more than three wheels, and not capable of propelling the
  511  vehicle at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour on level
  512  ground.
  513         (19)(83) ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE.—Any
  514  self-balancing, two-nontandem-wheeled device, designed to
  515  transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system
  516  with average power of 750 watts (1 horsepower), the maximum
  517  speed of which, on a paved level surface when powered solely by
  518  such a propulsion system while being ridden by an operator who
  519  weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per hour. Electric
  520  personal assistive mobility devices are not vehicles as defined
  521  in this section.
  522         (85)(84) TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION SYSTEM.—Any system or
  523  device with the capability of activating a control mechanism
  524  mounted on or near traffic signals which alters a traffic
  525  signal’s timing cycle.
  526         (93)(85) VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS.—Any community-based
  527  organization whose primary purpose is to act as an advocate for
  528  the victims and survivors of traffic crashes and for their
  529  families. The victims services offered by these programs may
  530  include grief and crisis counseling, assistance with preparing
  531  victim compensation claims excluding third-party legal action,
  532  or connecting persons with other service providers, and
  533  providing emergency financial assistance.
  534         (37)(86) MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT.—
  535         (a) A contract, agreement, or understanding covering:
  536         1. The transportation of property for compensation or hire
  537  by the motor carrier;
  538         2. Entrance on property by the motor carrier for the
  539  purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for
  540  compensation or hire; or
  541         3. A service incidental to activity described in
  542  subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., including, but not limited
  543  to, storage of property.
  544         (b) “Motor carrier transportation contract” does not
  545  include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access
  546  Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North
  547  America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use,
  548  or possession of intermodal chassis, containers, or other
  549  intermodal equipment.
  550         (84)(87) TRAFFIC INFRACTION DETECTOR.—A vehicle sensor
  551  installed to work in conjunction with a traffic control signal
  552  and a camera or cameras synchronized to automatically record two
  553  or more sequenced photographic or electronic images or streaming
  554  video of only the rear of a motor vehicle at the time the
  555  vehicle fails to stop behind the stop bar or clearly marked stop
  556  line when facing a traffic control signal steady red light. Any
  557  notification under s. 316.0083(1)(b) or traffic citation issued
  558  by the use of a traffic infraction detector must include a
  559  photograph or other recorded image showing both the license tag
  560  of the offending vehicle and the traffic control device being
  561  violated.
  562         (88) TRI-VEHICLE.—An enclosed three-wheeled passenger
  563  vehicle that:
  564         (a) Is designed to operate with three wheels in contact
  565  with the ground;
  566         (b) Has a minimum unladen weight of 900 pounds;
  567         (c) Has a single, completely enclosed, occupant
  568  compartment;
  569         (d) Is produced in a minimum quantity of 300 in any
  570  calendar year;
  571         (e) Is capable of a speed greater than 60 miles per hour on
  572  level ground; and
  573         (f) Is equipped with:
  574         1. Seats that are certified by the vehicle manufacturer to
  575  meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
  576  No. 207, “Seating systems” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.207);
  577         2. A steering wheel used to maneuver the vehicle;
  578         3. A propulsion unit located forward or aft of the enclosed
  579  occupant compartment;
  580         4. A seat belt for each vehicle occupant certified to meet
  581  the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No.
  582  209, “Seat belt assemblies” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.209);
  583         5. A windshield and an appropriate windshield wiper and
  584  washer system that are certified by the vehicle manufacturer to
  585  meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
  586  No. 205, “Glazing Materials” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.205) and Federal
  587  Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 104, “Windshield Wiping and
  588  Washing Systems” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.104); and
  589         6. A vehicle structure certified by the vehicle
  590  manufacturer to meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle
  591  Safety Standard No. 216, “Rollover crush resistance” (49 C.F.R.
  592  s. 571.216).
  593         (76)(89) SWAMP BUGGY.—A motorized off-road vehicle that is
  594  designed or modified to travel over swampy or varied terrain and
  595  that may use large tires or tracks operated from an elevated
  596  platform. The term does not include any vehicle defined in
  597  chapter 261 or otherwise defined or classified in this chapter.
  598         (2)(90) AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE.—Any vehicle equipped with
  599  autonomous technology. The term “autonomous technology” means
  600  technology installed on a motor vehicle that has the capability
  601  to drive the vehicle on which the technology is installed
  602  without the active control or monitoring by a human operator.
  603  The term excludes a motor vehicle enabled with active safety
  604  systems or driver assistance systems, including, without
  605  limitation, a system to provide electronic blind spot
  606  assistance, crash avoidance, emergency braking, parking
  607  assistance, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assistance, lane
  608  departure warning, or traffic jam and queuing assistant, unless
  609  any such system alone or in combination with other systems
  610  enables the vehicle on which the technology is installed to
  611  drive without the active control or monitoring by a human
  612  operator.
  613         (33)(91) LOCAL HEARING OFFICER.—The person, designated by a
  614  department, county, or municipality that elects to authorize
  615  traffic infraction enforcement officers to issue traffic
  616  citations under s. 316.0083(1)(a), who is authorized to conduct
  617  hearings related to a notice of violation issued pursuant to s.
  618  316.0083. The charter county, noncharter county, or municipality
  619  may use its currently appointed code enforcement board or
  620  special magistrate to serve as the local hearing officer. The
  621  department may enter into an interlocal agreement to use the
  622  local hearing officer of a county or municipality.
  623         (64)(92) SANITATION VEHICLE.—A motor vehicle that bears an
  624  emblem that is visible from the roadway and clearly identifies
  625  that the vehicle belongs to or is under contract with a person,
  626  entity, cooperative, board, commission, district, or unit of
  627  local government that provides garbage, trash, refuse, or
  628  recycling collection.
  629         (91)(93) UTILITY SERVICE VEHICLE.—A motor vehicle that
  630  bears an emblem that is visible from the roadway and clearly
  631  identifies that the vehicle belongs to or is under contract with
  632  a person, entity, cooperative, board, commission, district, or
  633  unit of local government that provides electric, natural gas,
  634  water, wastewater, cable, telephone, or communications services.
  635         (94)VULNERABLE USER OF A PUBLIC ROADWAY OR VULNERABLE
  636  USER.—
  637         (a)A pedestrian, including a person actually engaged in
  638  work upon a highway, work upon utility facilities along a
  639  highway, or the provision of emergency services within the
  640  right-of-way;
  641         (b)A person operating, or who is a passenger on, a
  642  bicycle, scooter, or moped lawfully on the roadway;
  643         (c)A person riding an animal; or
  644         (d)A person lawfully operating on a public roadway,
  645  crosswalk, or shoulder of the roadway:
  646         1.A farm tractor or similar vehicle designed primarily for
  647  farm use;
  648         2.A horse-drawn carriage;
  649         3.An electric personal assistive mobility device; or
  650         4.A wheelchair.
  651         Section 2. Subsection (1) and paragraphs (e) and (f) of
  652  subsection (2) of section 316.027, Florida Statutes, are amended
  653  to read:
  654         316.027 Crash involving death or personal injuries.—
  655         (1) As used in this section, the term:
  656         (a) “serious bodily injury” means an injury to a person,
  657  including the driver, which consists of a physical condition
  658  that creates a substantial risk of death, serious personal
  659  disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function
  660  of a bodily member or organ.
  661         (b) “Vulnerable road user” means:
  662         1. A pedestrian, including a person actually engaged in
  663  work upon a highway, or in work upon utility facilities along a
  664  highway, or engaged in the provision of emergency services
  665  within the right-of-way;
  666         2. A person operating a bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, or
  667  moped lawfully on the roadway;
  668         3. A person riding an animal; or
  669         4. A person lawfully operating on a public right-of-way,
  670  crosswalk, or shoulder of the roadway:
  671         a. A farm tractor or similar vehicle designed primarily for
  672  farm use;
  673         b. A skateboard, roller skates, or in-line skates;
  674         c. A horse-drawn carriage;
  675         d. An electric personal assistive mobility device; or
  676         e. A wheelchair.
  677         (2)
  678         (e) A driver who violates paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or
  679  paragraph (c) shall have his or her driver license revoked for
  680  at least 3 years as provided in s. 322.28(4).
  681         1. A person convicted of violating paragraph (a), paragraph
  682  (b), or paragraph (c) shall, before his or her driving privilege
  683  may be reinstated, present to the department proof of completion
  684  of a victim’s impact panel session in a judicial circuit if such
  685  a panel exists, or if such a panel does not exist, a department
  686  approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of
  687  vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as
  688  provided in s. 322.0261(2).
  689         2. The department may reinstate an offender’s driving
  690  privilege after he or she satisfies the 3-year revocation period
  691  as provided in s. 322.28(4) and successfully completes either a
  692  victim’s impact panel session or a department-approved driver
  693  improvement course relating to the rights of vulnerable road
  694  users relative to vehicles on the roadway as provided in s.
  695  322.0261(2).
  696         3. For purposes of this paragraph, an offender’s driving
  697  privilege may be reinstated only after the department verifies
  698  that the offender participated in and successfully completed a
  699  victim’s impact panel session or a department-approved driver
  700  improvement course.
  701         (f) For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and
  702  determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944,
  703  an offense listed in this subsection is ranked one level above
  704  the ranking specified in s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 for the
  705  offense committed if the victim of the offense was a vulnerable
  706  road user.
  707         Section 3. Section 316.083, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  708  read:
  709         316.083 Overtaking and passing a vehicle.—The following
  710  provisions rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of a
  711  vehicle vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to
  712  those limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter
  713  stated:
  714         (1) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle
  715  proceeding in the same direction shall give an appropriate
  716  signal as provided for in s. 316.156, shall pass to the left
  717  thereof at a safe distance, and shall not again drive to the
  718  right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken
  719  vehicle.
  720         (2) The driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a person
  721  operating a bicycle or other vulnerable user of a public roadway
  722  nonmotorized vehicle must pass the person operating the bicycle
  723  or other vulnerable user nonmotorized vehicle at a safe distance
  724  of not less than 3 feet between any part of or attachment to the
  725  motor vehicle, anything extending from the motor vehicle, or any
  726  trailer or other thing being towed by the motor vehicle and the
  727  bicycle, the person operating the bicycle, or other vulnerable
  728  user nonmotorized vehicle.
  729         (3)(2) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is
  730  permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to
  731  the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on audible signal
  732  or upon the visible blinking of the headlamps of the overtaking
  733  vehicle if such overtaking is being attempted at nighttime, and
  734  shall not increase the speed of his or her vehicle until
  735  completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
  736         (4)(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  737  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  738  chapter 318. If a violation of this section contributed to the
  739  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law
  740  enforcement officer issuing the citation for the violation shall
  741  note such information on the citation.
  742         Section 4. Section 316.084, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  743  read:
  744         316.084 When overtaking on the right is permitted.—
  745         (1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass on the
  746  right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
  747         (a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a
  748  left turn;
  749         (b) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not
  750  occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for two or more
  751  lines of moving traffic in each direction;
  752         (c) Upon a one-way street, or upon any roadway on which
  753  traffic is restricted to one direction of movement, where the
  754  roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for
  755  two or more lines of moving vehicles.
  756         (2) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another
  757  vehicle on the right only under conditions permitting such
  758  movement in safety. In no event shall such movement be made by
  759  driving off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the
  760  roadway.
  761         (3)This section does not prohibit a bicycle that is in a
  762  bicycle lane or on the shoulder of a roadway or highway from
  763  passing another vehicle on the right.
  764         (4)(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  765  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  766  chapter 318.
  767         Section 5. Section 316.0875, Florida Statutes, is amended
  768  to read:
  769         316.0875 No-passing zones.—
  770         (1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities
  771  are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under
  772  their respective jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or
  773  driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous
  774  and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway,
  775  indicate the beginning and end of such zones, and, when such
  776  signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an
  777  ordinarily observant person, each every driver of a vehicle
  778  shall obey the directions thereof.
  779         (2) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no
  780  passing zone as set forth in subsection (1), a no driver may
  781  not, shall at any time, drive on the left side of the roadway
  782  with such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement
  783  striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its
  784  length.
  785         (3) This section does not apply to a person who safely and
  786  briefly drives to the left of the center of the roadway or
  787  pavement striping only to the extent necessary to:
  788         (a)Avoid When an obstruction; exists making it necessary
  789  to drive to the left of the center of the highway, nor
  790         (b)Turn To the driver of a vehicle turning left into or
  791  from an alley, private road, or driveway; or
  792         (c)Comply with the requirements regarding a safe distance
  793  to pass a vulnerable user, as required by s. 316.083(2).
  794         (4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  795  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  796  chapter 318.
  797         Section 6. Section 316.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  798  read:
  799         316.151 Required position and method of turning at
  800  intersections.—
  801         (1)(a)Right turn.The driver of a vehicle intending to
  802  turn right at an intersection onto a highway, public or private
  803  roadway, or driveway shall do so as follows:
  804         1.(a) Right turn.Both the approach for a right turn and a
  805  right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right
  806  hand curb or edge of the roadway.
  807         2.When overtaking and passing a bicycle or other
  808  vulnerable user proceeding in the same direction, the driver of
  809  a motor vehicle shall give an appropriate signal as provided for
  810  in s. 316.155 and shall make the right turn only if it can be
  811  made at a safe distance from the bicycle or other vulnerable
  812  user.
  813         3.When crossing a sidewalk, bicycle lane, or bicycle path
  814  to turn right, the driver of a motor vehicle shall yield the
  815  right-of-way to a bicycle or pedestrian.
  816         (b) Left turn.—The driver of a vehicle intending to turn
  817  left at an any intersection onto a highway, public or private
  818  roadway, or driveway shall do so as follows:
  819         1.The driver shall approach the intersection in the
  820  extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in
  821  the direction of travel of such vehicle. Thereafter, and, after
  822  entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to
  823  leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic
  824  moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.
  825         2. A person riding a bicycle and intending to turn left in
  826  accordance with this section is entitled to the full use of the
  827  lane from which the turn may legally be made. Whenever
  828  practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the
  829  intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.
  830         (c) Left turn by bicycle.In addition to the method of
  831  making a left turn described in paragraph (b), a person riding a
  832  bicycle and intending to turn left may do so as follows has the
  833  option of following the course described hereafter:
  834         a. The rider shall approach the turn as close as
  835  practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway;
  836         b. After proceeding across the intersecting roadway, the
  837  turn shall be made as close as practicable to the curb or edge
  838  of the roadway on the far side of the intersection; and,
  839         c. Before proceeding, the bicyclist shall comply with any
  840  official traffic control device or police officer regulating
  841  traffic on the highway along which the bicyclist intends to
  842  proceed.
  843         (2) The state, county, and local authorities in their
  844  respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic control
  845  devices to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and
  846  thereby require and direct that a different course from that
  847  specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an
  848  intersection. When such devices are so placed, the no driver of
  849  a vehicle may not turn a vehicle at an intersection other than
  850  as directed and required by such devices.
  851         (3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  852  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  853  chapter 318. If a violation of this section contributes to the
  854  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law
  855  enforcement officer issuing the citation for the violation shall
  856  note such information on the citation.
  857         Section 7. Section 316.1925, Florida Statutes, is amended
  858  to read:
  859         316.1925 Careless driving.—
  860         (1) A Any person operating a vehicle upon the streets or
  861  highways within the state shall drive the same in a careful and
  862  prudent manner, having regard for the width, grade, curves,
  863  corners, traffic, and all other attendant circumstances, so as
  864  not to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person. A
  865  person who fails Failure to drive in such manner commits shall
  866  constitute careless driving and a violation of this section.
  867         (2) Any person who violates this section shall be cited for
  868  a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318.
  869         (2)If a violation under subsection (1) contributed to the
  870  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law
  871  enforcement officer issuing the citation for the violation shall
  872  note such information on the citation.
  873         Section 8. Subsections (1), (5), and (6) of section
  874  316.2065, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  875         316.2065 Bicycle regulations.—
  876         (1) A bicycle is a vehicle under Florida law and shall be
  877  operated in the same manner as any other vehicle and every
  878  person operating a bicycle propelling a vehicle by human power
  879  has all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to the
  880  driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except as to
  881  special regulations in this chapter, and except as to provisions
  882  of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.
  883         (5)(a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at
  884  less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and
  885  under the conditions then existing shall ride in the bicycle
  886  lane marked for bicycle use or, if there is no bicycle lane in
  887  the roadway is marked for bicycle use, as close as practicable
  888  to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any
  889  of the following situations:
  890         1. When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle
  891  proceeding in the same direction.
  892         2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or
  893  into a private road or driveway.
  894         3. When reasonably necessary to avoid any condition or
  895  potential conflict, including, but not limited to, a fixed or
  896  moving object, parked or moving vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian,
  897  animal, surface hazard, turn lane, or substandard-width lane,
  898  which makes it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or
  899  edge or within a bicycle lane. For the purposes of this
  900  subsection, a “substandard-width lane” is a lane that is too
  901  narrow for a bicycle and another vehicle to travel safely side
  902  by side within the lane.
  903         (b) Any person operating a bicycle upon a one-way highway
  904  with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near the left
  905  hand curb or edge of such roadway as practicable.
  906         (6)(a) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or in a
  907  bicycle lane may not ride more than two abreast except on
  908  bicycle paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive
  909  use of bicycles. Persons riding two abreast may not impede
  910  traffic when traveling at less than the normal speed of traffic
  911  at the time and place and under the conditions then existing and
  912  shall ride within a single lane.
  913         (b)When stopping at a stop sign, persons riding bicycles
  914  in groups of four or more, after coming to a full stop and
  915  obeying all traffic laws, may proceed through the stop sign in a
  916  group and motor vehicle operators shall allow the entire group
  917  to travel through the intersection before moving forward.
  918         Section 9. Section 318.142, Florida Statutes, is created to
  919  read:
  920         318.142Infractions contributing to bodily injury of a
  921  vulnerable user of a public roadway.—In addition to any other
  922  penalty imposed for a violation under s. 316.192, if the
  923  violation contributed to the bodily injury of a vulnerable user
  924  of a public roadway as defined in s. 316.003, the law
  925  enforcement officer issuing the citation for the infraction
  926  shall note such information on the citation and the designated
  927  official may impose a fine of not more than $2,500.
  928         Section 10. Section 318.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  929  read:
  930         318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.—Any
  931  person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall
  932  not have the provisions of s. 318.14(2), (4), and (9) available
  933  to him or her but must appear before the designated official at
  934  the time and location of the scheduled hearing:
  935         (1) Any infraction which results in a crash that causes the
  936  death of another;
  937         (2) Any infraction which results in a crash that causes
  938  “serious bodily injury” of another as defined in s. 316.1933(1);
  939         (3) Any infraction of s. 316.172(1)(b);
  940         (4) Any infraction of s. 316.520(1) or (2); or
  941         (5) Any infraction of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s.
  942  316.189 of exceeding the speed limit by 30 m.p.h. or more; or
  943         (6)Any infraction of s. 316.083, s. 316.151, or s.
  944  316.1925 which contributes to bodily injury of a vulnerable user
  945  of a public roadway as defined in s. 316.003. If an infraction
  946  listed in this subsection contributes to the bodily injury of a
  947  vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law enforcement officer
  948  issuing the citation for the infraction shall note such
  949  information on the citation.
  950         Section 11. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  951  212.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  952         212.05 Sales, storage, use tax.—It is hereby declared to be
  953  the legislative intent that every person is exercising a taxable
  954  privilege who engages in the business of selling tangible
  955  personal property at retail in this state, including the
  956  business of making mail order sales, or who rents or furnishes
  957  any of the things or services taxable under this chapter, or who
  958  stores for use or consumption in this state any item or article
  959  of tangible personal property as defined herein and who leases
  960  or rents such property within the state.
  961         (1) For the exercise of such privilege, a tax is levied on
  962  each taxable transaction or incident, which tax is due and
  963  payable as follows:
  964         (c) At the rate of 6 percent of the gross proceeds derived
  965  from the lease or rental of tangible personal property, as
  966  defined herein; however, the following special provisions apply
  967  to the lease or rental of motor vehicles:
  968         1. When a motor vehicle is leased or rented for a period of
  969  less than 12 months:
  970         a. If the motor vehicle is rented in Florida, the entire
  971  amount of such rental is taxable, even if the vehicle is dropped
  972  off in another state.
  973         b. If the motor vehicle is rented in another state and
  974  dropped off in Florida, the rental is exempt from Florida tax.
  975         2. Except as provided in subparagraph 3., for the lease or
  976  rental of a motor vehicle for a period of not less than 12
  977  months, sales tax is due on the lease or rental payments if the
  978  vehicle is registered in this state; provided, however, that no
  979  tax shall be due if the taxpayer documents use of the motor
  980  vehicle outside this state and tax is being paid on the lease or
  981  rental payments in another state.
  982         3. The tax imposed by this chapter does not apply to the
  983  lease or rental of a commercial motor vehicle as defined in s.
  984  316.003(12)(a) 316.003(66)(a) to one lessee or rentee for a
  985  period of not less than 12 months when tax was paid on the
  986  purchase price of such vehicle by the lessor. To the extent tax
  987  was paid with respect to the purchase of such vehicle in another
  988  state, territory of the United States, or the District of
  989  Columbia, the Florida tax payable shall be reduced in accordance
  990  with the provisions of s. 212.06(7). This subparagraph shall
  991  only be available when the lease or rental of such property is
  992  an established business or part of an established business or
  993  the same is incidental or germane to such business.
  994         Section 12. Subsection (1) of section 316.1303, Florida
  995  Statutes, is amended to read:
  996         316.1303 Traffic regulations to assist mobility-impaired
  997  persons.—
  998         (1) Whenever a pedestrian who is mobility impaired is in
  999  the process of crossing a public street or highway with the
 1000  assistance of a guide dog or service animal designated as such
 1001  with a visible means of identification, a walker, a crutch, an
 1002  orthopedic cane, or a wheelchair, the driver of a vehicle
 1003  approaching the intersection, as defined in s. 316.003
 1004  316.003(17), shall bring his or her vehicle to a full stop
 1005  before arriving at the intersection and, before proceeding,
 1006  shall take precautions necessary to avoid injuring the
 1007  pedestrian.
 1008         Section 13. Subsection (5) of section 316.235, Florida
 1009  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1010         316.235 Additional lighting equipment.—
 1011         (5) A bus, as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(3), may be
 1012  equipped with a deceleration lighting system which cautions
 1013  following vehicles that the bus is slowing, preparing to stop,
 1014  or is stopped. Such lighting system shall consist of amber
 1015  lights mounted in horizontal alignment on the rear of the
 1016  vehicle at or near the vertical centerline of the vehicle, not
 1017  higher than the lower edge of the rear window or, if the vehicle
 1018  has no rear window, not higher than 72 inches from the ground.
 1019  Such lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than
 1020  300 feet to the rear in normal sunlight. Lights are permitted to
 1021  light and flash during deceleration, braking, or standing and
 1022  idling of the bus. Vehicular hazard warning flashers may be used
 1023  in conjunction with or in lieu of a rear-mounted deceleration
 1024  lighting system.
 1025         Section 14. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and paragraph
 1026  (a) of subsection (4) of section 316.545, Florida Statutes, are
 1027  amended to read:
 1028         316.545 Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor
 1029  fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review.—
 1030         (2)
 1031         (b) The officer or inspector shall inspect the license
 1032  plate or registration certificate of the commercial motor
 1033  vehicle, as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66), to determine if
 1034  its gross weight is in compliance with the declared gross
 1035  vehicle weight. If its gross weight exceeds the declared weight,
 1036  the penalty shall be 5 cents per pound on the difference between
 1037  such weights. In those cases when the commercial motor vehicle,
 1038  as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66), is being operated over the
 1039  highways of the state with an expired registration or with no
 1040  registration from this or any other jurisdiction or is not
 1041  registered under the applicable provisions of chapter 320, the
 1042  penalty herein shall apply on the basis of 5 cents per pound on
 1043  that scaled weight which exceeds 35,000 pounds on laden truck
 1044  tractor-semitrailer combinations or tandem trailer truck
 1045  combinations, 10,000 pounds on laden straight trucks or straight
 1046  truck-trailer combinations, or 10,000 pounds on any unladen
 1047  commercial motor vehicle. If the license plate or registration
 1048  has not been expired for more than 90 days, the penalty imposed
 1049  under this paragraph may not exceed $1,000. In the case of
 1050  special mobile equipment as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48),
 1051  which qualifies for the license tax provided for in s.
 1052  320.08(5)(b), being operated on the highways of the state with
 1053  an expired registration or otherwise not properly registered
 1054  under the applicable provisions of chapter 320, a penalty of $75
 1055  shall apply in addition to any other penalty which may apply in
 1056  accordance with this chapter. A vehicle found in violation of
 1057  this section may be detained until the owner or operator
 1058  produces evidence that the vehicle has been properly registered.
 1059  Any costs incurred by the retention of the vehicle shall be the
 1060  sole responsibility of the owner. A person who has been assessed
 1061  a penalty pursuant to this paragraph for failure to have a valid
 1062  vehicle registration certificate pursuant to the provisions of
 1063  chapter 320 is not subject to the delinquent fee authorized in
 1064  s. 320.07 if such person obtains a valid registration
 1065  certificate within 10 working days after such penalty was
 1066  assessed.
 1067         (4)(a) No commercial motor vehicle, as defined in s.
 1068  316.003 316.003(66), shall be operated over the highways of this
 1069  state unless it has been properly registered under the
 1070  provisions of s. 207.004. Whenever any law enforcement officer
 1071  identified in s. 207.023(1), upon inspecting the vehicle or
 1072  combination of vehicles, determines that the vehicle is in
 1073  violation of s. 207.004, a penalty in the amount of $50 shall be
 1074  assessed, and the vehicle may be detained until payment is
 1075  collected by the law enforcement officer.
 1076         Section 15. Subsection (2) of section 316.605, Florida
 1077  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1078         316.605 Licensing of vehicles.—
 1079         (2) Any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in s. 316.003
 1080  316.003(66), operating over the highways of this state with an
 1081  expired registration, with no registration from this or any
 1082  other jurisdiction, or with no registration under the applicable
 1083  provisions of chapter 320 shall be in violation of s. 320.07(3)
 1084  and shall subject the owner or operator of such vehicle to the
 1085  penalty provided. In addition, a commercial motor vehicle found
 1086  in violation of this section may be detained by any law
 1087  enforcement officer until the owner or operator produces
 1088  evidence that the vehicle has been properly registered and that
 1089  any applicable delinquent penalties have been paid.
 1090         Section 16. Subsection (6) of section 316.6105, Florida
 1091  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1092         316.6105 Violations involving operation of motor vehicle in
 1093  unsafe condition or without required equipment; procedure for
 1094  disposition.—
 1095         (6) This section does not apply to commercial motor
 1096  vehicles as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66) or transit buses
 1097  owned or operated by a governmental entity.
 1098         Section 17. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
 1099  316.613, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1100         316.613 Child restraint requirements.—
 1101         (2) As used in this section, the term “motor vehicle” means
 1102  a motor vehicle as defined in s. 316.003 that is operated on the
 1103  roadways, streets, and highways of the state. The term does not
 1104  include:
 1105         (a) A school bus as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(45).
 1106         Section 18. Subsection (8) of section 316.622, Florida
 1107  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1108         316.622 Farm labor vehicles.—
 1109         (8) The department shall provide to the Department of
 1110  Business and Professional Regulation each quarter a copy of each
 1111  accident report involving a farm labor vehicle, as defined in s.
 1112  316.003 316.003(62), commencing with the first quarter of the
 1113  2006-2007 fiscal year.
 1114         Section 19. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1115  316.650, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1116         316.650 Traffic citations.—
 1117         (1)
 1118         (b) The department shall prepare, and supply to every
 1119  traffic enforcement agency in the state, an appropriate
 1120  affidavit-of-compliance form that shall be issued along with the
 1121  form traffic citation for any violation of s. 316.610 and that
 1122  indicates the specific defect needing to be corrected. However,
 1123  such affidavit of compliance shall not be issued in the case of
 1124  a violation of s. 316.610 by a commercial motor vehicle as
 1125  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66). Such affidavit-of-compliance
 1126  form shall be distributed in the same manner and to the same
 1127  parties as is the form traffic citation.
 1128         Section 20. Subsection (1) of section 316.70, Florida
 1129  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1130         316.70 Nonpublic sector buses; safety rules.—
 1131         (1) The Department of Transportation shall establish and
 1132  revise standards to assure the safe operation of nonpublic
 1133  sector buses, as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(78), which
 1134  standards shall be those contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382, 385,
 1135  and 390-397 and which shall be directed towards assuring that:
 1136         (a) Nonpublic sector buses are safely maintained, equipped,
 1137  and operated.
 1138         (b) Nonpublic sector buses are carrying the insurance
 1139  required by law and carrying liability insurance on the checked
 1140  baggage of passengers not to exceed the standard adopted by the
 1141  United States Department of Transportation.
 1142         (c) Florida license tags are purchased for nonpublic sector
 1143  buses pursuant to s. 320.38.
 1144         (d) The driving records of drivers of nonpublic sector
 1145  buses are checked by their employers at least once each year to
 1146  ascertain whether the driver has a suspended or revoked driver
 1147  license.
 1148         Section 21. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
 1149  320.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1150         320.01 Definitions, general.—As used in the Florida
 1151  Statutes, except as otherwise provided, the term:
 1152         (1) “Motor vehicle” means:
 1153         (a) An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer,
 1154  truck tractor and semitrailer combination, or any other vehicle
 1155  operated on the roads of this state, used to transport persons
 1156  or property, and propelled by power other than muscular power,
 1157  but the term does not include traction engines, road rollers,
 1158  special mobile equipment as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48),
 1159  vehicles that run only upon a track, bicycles, swamp buggies, or
 1160  mopeds.
 1161         Section 22. Section 320.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1162  read:
 1163         320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
 1164  there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
 1165  operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
 1166  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(2), tri-vehicles as defined in s.
 1167  316.003, and mobile homes, as defined in s. 320.01, which shall
 1168  be paid to and collected by the department or its agent upon the
 1169  registration or renewal of registration of the following:
 1170         (1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.—
 1171         (a) Any motorcycle: $10 flat.
 1172         (b) Any moped: $5 flat.
 1173         (c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
 1174  or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this
 1175  subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in
 1176  the amount of $2.50 shall be paid. The proceeds of such
 1177  additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety
 1178  Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement
 1179  program implemented pursuant to s. 322.025, the Florida
 1180  Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s. 322.0255,
 1181  or the general operations of the department.
 1182         (d) An ancient or antique motorcycle: $7.50 flat, of which
 1183  $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1184         (2) AUTOMOBILES OR TRI-VEHICLES FOR PRIVATE USE.—
 1185         (a) An ancient or antique automobile, as defined in s.
 1186  320.086, or a street rod, as defined in s. 320.0863: $7.50 flat.
 1187         (b) Net weight of less than 2,500 pounds: $14.50 flat.
 1188         (c) Net weight of 2,500 pounds or more, but less than 3,500
 1189  pounds: $22.50 flat.
 1190         (d) Net weight of 3,500 pounds or more: $32.50 flat.
 1191         (3) TRUCKS.—
 1192         (a) Net weight of less than 2,000 pounds: $14.50 flat.
 1193         (b) Net weight of 2,000 pounds or more, but not more than
 1194  3,000 pounds: $22.50 flat.
 1195         (c) Net weight more than 3,000 pounds, but not more than
 1196  5,000 pounds: $32.50 flat.
 1197         (d) A truck defined as a “goat,” or other vehicle if used
 1198  in the field by a farmer or in the woods for the purpose of
 1199  harvesting a crop, including naval stores, during such
 1200  harvesting operations, and which is not principally operated
 1201  upon the roads of the state: $7.50 flat. The term “goat” means a
 1202  motor vehicle designed, constructed, and used principally for
 1203  the transportation of citrus fruit within citrus groves or for
 1204  the transportation of crops on farms, and which can also be used
 1205  for hauling associated equipment or supplies, including required
 1206  sanitary equipment, and the towing of farm trailers.
 1207         (e) An ancient or antique truck, as defined in s. 320.086:
 1208  $7.50 flat.
 1209         (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
 1210  VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
 1211         (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
 1212  than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be
 1213  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1214         (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
 1215  than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
 1216  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1217         (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
 1218  than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be deposited
 1219  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1220         (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
 1221  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
 1222  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1223         (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
 1224  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
 1225  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1226         (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
 1227  than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
 1228  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1229         (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
 1230  than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited into the
 1231  General Revenue Fund.
 1232         (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
 1233  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
 1234  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1235         (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
 1236  than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be deposited
 1237  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1238         (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
 1239  than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be deposited
 1240  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1241         (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
 1242  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
 1243  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1244         (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
 1245  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1246  Fund.
 1247         (m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
 1248  truck tractor used within a 150-mile radius of its home address
 1249  is eligible for a license plate for a fee of $324 flat if:
 1250         1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
 1251  forestry products; or
 1252         2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
 1253  forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
 1254  associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
 1255  the truck tractor.
 1256  
 1257  Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be deposited
 1258  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1259         (n) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for
 1260  hire vehicle, which is engaged exclusively in transporting raw,
 1261  unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural
 1262  products within a 150-mile radius of its home address, is
 1263  eligible for a restricted license plate for a fee of:
 1264         1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
 1265  than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
 1266  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1267         2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
 1268  44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
 1269  point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
 1270  point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
 1271  water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
 1272  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1273  
 1274  Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
 1275  exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
 1276  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
 1277  incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers
 1278  delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
 1279  documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility prior to
 1280  issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
 1281  paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
 1282  must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
 1283  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
 1284  user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
 1285         (5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
 1286  SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
 1287         (a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
 1288  of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 flat per registration year
 1289  or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the
 1290  General Revenue Fund.
 1291         2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
 1292  fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 flat per permanent registration, of
 1293  which $18 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1294         (b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
 1295  for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
 1296  construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
 1297  designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
 1298  described above over public roads: $44 flat, of which $11.50
 1299  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1300         (c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
 1301  and from school or school or church activities or functions
 1302  within their own county: $41 flat, of which $11 shall be
 1303  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1304         (d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01, which is used to
 1305  tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02, a disabled, abandoned,
 1306  stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as defined in s.
 1307  320.01, or a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01:
 1308  $41 flat, of which $11 shall be deposited into the General
 1309  Revenue Fund.
 1310         (e) A wrecker that is used to tow any nondisabled motor
 1311  vehicle, a vessel, or any other cargo unless used as defined in
 1312  paragraph (d), as follows:
 1313         1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
 1314  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
 1315  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1316         2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
 1317  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
 1318  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1319         3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
 1320  than 26,000 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
 1321  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1322         4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
 1323  than 35,000 pounds: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited
 1324  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1325         5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
 1326  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
 1327  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1328         6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
 1329  than 55,000 pounds: $772 flat, of which $200 shall be deposited
 1330  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1331         7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
 1332  than 62,000 pounds: $915 flat, of which $237 shall be deposited
 1333  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1334         8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
 1335  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
 1336  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1337         9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
 1338  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1339  Fund.
 1340         (f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50
 1341  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1342         (6) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
 1343         (a) Under nine passengers: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall
 1344  be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per cwt,
 1345  of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1346  Fund.
 1347         (b) Nine passengers and over: $17 flat, of which $4.50
 1348  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per
 1349  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1350  Revenue Fund.
 1351         (7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
 1352         (a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 flat per
 1353  year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be deposited into
 1354  the General Revenue Fund.
 1355         (b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
 1356  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 per
 1357  cwt, of which 25 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1358  Revenue Fund.
 1359         (8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
 1360         (a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
 1361  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per
 1362  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1363  Revenue Fund.
 1364         (b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 flat, of which
 1365  $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
 1366  $1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
 1367  General Revenue Fund.
 1368         (9) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.—
 1369         (a) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
 1370  s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $27
 1371  flat, of which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1372  Fund.
 1373         (b) A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
 1374  $13.50 flat, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General
 1375  Revenue Fund.
 1376         (c) A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
 1377         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1378  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1379         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1380  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1381         (d) A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
 1382         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1383  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1384         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1385  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1386         (e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
 1387         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1388  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1389         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1390  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1391         (10) PARK TRAILERS; TRAVEL TRAILERS; FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILERS;
 1392  35 FEET TO 40 FEET.—
 1393         (a) Park trailers.—Any park trailer, as defined in s.
 1394  320.01(1)(b)7.: $25 flat.
 1395         (b) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined in
 1396  s. 320.01(1)(b), that exceeds 35 feet: $25 flat.
 1397         (11) MOBILE HOMES.—
 1398         (a) A mobile home not exceeding 35 feet in length: $20
 1399  flat.
 1400         (b) A mobile home over 35 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1401  40 feet: $25 flat.
 1402         (c) A mobile home over 40 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1403  45 feet: $30 flat.
 1404         (d) A mobile home over 45 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1405  50 feet: $35 flat.
 1406         (e) A mobile home over 50 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1407  55 feet: $40 flat.
 1408         (f) A mobile home over 55 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1409  60 feet: $45 flat.
 1410         (g) A mobile home over 60 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1411  65 feet: $50 flat.
 1412         (h) A mobile home over 65 feet in length: $80 flat.
 1413         (12) DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.—A franchised
 1414  motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
 1415  boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
 1416  license plate: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
 1417  the General Revenue Fund.
 1418         (13) EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.—Any exempt or
 1419  official license plate: $4 flat, of which $1 shall be deposited
 1420  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1421         (14) LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—A motor
 1422  vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
 1423  miles thereof: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
 1424  the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per cwt, of which 50 cents
 1425  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1426         (15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
 1427  transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 flat, of which
 1428  $26.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1429         Section 23. Subsection (1) of section 320.0801, Florida
 1430  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1431         320.0801 Additional license tax on certain vehicles.—
 1432         (1) In addition to the license taxes specified in s. 320.08
 1433  and in subsection (2), there is hereby levied and imposed an
 1434  annual license tax of 10 cents for the operation of a motor
 1435  vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, and moped, as defined in s.
 1436  316.003 316.003(77), which tax shall be paid to the department
 1437  or its agent upon the registration or renewal of registration of
 1438  the vehicle. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.20,
 1439  revenues collected from the tax imposed in this subsection shall
 1440  be deposited in the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund and
 1441  used solely for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
 1442  ss. 395.401, 395.4015, 395.404, and 395.4045 and s. 11, chapter
 1443  87-399, Laws of Florida.
 1444         Section 24. Section 320.38, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1445  read:
 1446         320.38 When nonresident exemption not allowed.—The
 1447  provisions of s. 320.37 authorizing the operation of motor
 1448  vehicles over the roads of this state by nonresidents of this
 1449  state when such vehicles are duly registered or licensed under
 1450  the laws of some other state or foreign country do not apply to
 1451  any nonresident who accepts employment or engages in any trade,
 1452  profession, or occupation in this state, except a nonresident
 1453  migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s. 316.003
 1454  316.003(61). In every case in which a nonresident, except a
 1455  nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s.
 1456  316.003 316.003(61), accepts employment or engages in any trade,
 1457  profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her
 1458  children to be educated in the public schools of this state,
 1459  such nonresident shall, within 10 days after the commencement of
 1460  such employment or education, register his or her motor vehicles
 1461  in this state if such motor vehicles are proposed to be operated
 1462  on the roads of this state. Any person who is enrolled as a
 1463  student in a college or university and who is a nonresident but
 1464  who is in this state for a period of up to 6 months engaged in a
 1465  work-study program for which academic credits are earned from a
 1466  college whose credits or degrees are accepted for credit by at
 1467  least three accredited institutions of higher learning, as
 1468  defined in s. 1005.02, is not required to have a Florida
 1469  registration for the duration of the work-study program if the
 1470  person’s vehicle is properly registered in another jurisdiction.
 1471  Any nonresident who is enrolled as a full-time student in such
 1472  institution of higher learning is also exempt for the duration
 1473  of such enrollment.
 1474         Section 25. Subsection (2) of section 322.0261, Florida
 1475  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1476         322.0261 Driver improvement course; requirement to maintain
 1477  driving privileges; failure to complete; department approval of
 1478  course.—
 1479         (2) With respect to an operator convicted of, or who
 1480  pleaded nolo contendere to, a traffic offense giving rise to a
 1481  crash identified in paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b), the
 1482  department shall require that the operator, in addition to other
 1483  applicable penalties, attend a department-approved driver
 1484  improvement course in order to maintain his or her driving
 1485  privileges. The department shall include in the course
 1486  curriculum instruction specifically addressing the rights of
 1487  vulnerable road users as defined in s. 316.003 316.027 relative
 1488  to vehicles on the roadway. If the operator fails to complete
 1489  the course within 90 days after receiving notice from the
 1490  department, the operator’s driver license shall be canceled by
 1491  the department until the course is successfully completed.
 1492         Section 26. Subsection (1) of section 322.031, Florida
 1493  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1494         322.031 Nonresident; when license required.—
 1495         (1) In each case in which a nonresident, except a
 1496  nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s.
 1497  316.003 316.003(61), accepts employment or engages in a trade,
 1498  profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her
 1499  children to be educated in the public schools of this state,
 1500  such nonresident shall, within 30 days after beginning such
 1501  employment or education, be required to obtain a Florida driver
 1502  license if such nonresident operates a motor vehicle on the
 1503  highways of this state. The spouse or dependent child of such
 1504  nonresident shall also be required to obtain a Florida driver
 1505  license within that 30-day period before operating a motor
 1506  vehicle on the highways of this state.
 1507         Section 27. Subsection (3) of section 450.181, Florida
 1508  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1509         450.181 Definitions.—As used in part II, unless the context
 1510  clearly requires a different meaning:
 1511         (3) The term “migrant laborer” has the same meaning as
 1512  migrant or seasonal farm workers as defined in s. 316.003
 1513  316.003(61).
 1514         Section 28. Subsection (5) of section 559.903, Florida
 1515  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1516         559.903 Definitions.—As used in this act:
 1517         (5) “Motor vehicle” means any automobile, truck, bus,
 1518  recreational vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, or other motor
 1519  powered vehicle, but does not include trailers, mobile homes,
 1520  travel trailers, trailer coaches without independent motive
 1521  power, watercraft or aircraft, or special mobile equipment as
 1522  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48).
 1523         Section 29. Subsection (1) of section 655.960, Florida
 1524  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1525         655.960 Definitions; ss. 655.960-655.965.—As used in this
 1526  section and ss. 655.961-655.965, unless the context otherwise
 1527  requires:
 1528         (1) “Access area” means any paved walkway or sidewalk which
 1529  is within 50 feet of any automated teller machine. The term does
 1530  not include any street or highway open to the use of the public,
 1531  as defined in s. 316.003(74)(a) or (b) 316.003(53)(a) or (b),
 1532  including any adjacent sidewalk, as defined in s. 316.003
 1533  316.003(47).
 1534         Section 30. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 1535  732.402, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1536         732.402 Exempt property.—
 1537         (2) Exempt property shall consist of:
 1538         (b) Two motor vehicles as defined in s. 316.003
 1539  316.003(21), which do not, individually as to either such motor
 1540  vehicle, have a gross vehicle weight in excess of 15,000 pounds,
 1541  held in the decedent’s name and regularly used by the decedent
 1542  or members of the decedent’s immediate family as their personal
 1543  motor vehicles.
 1544         Section 31. Subsection (1) of section 860.065, Florida
 1545  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1546         860.065 Commercial transportation; penalty for use in
 1547  commission of a felony.—
 1548         (1) It is unlawful for any person to attempt to obtain,
 1549  solicit to obtain, or obtain any means of public or commercial
 1550  transportation or conveyance, including vessels, aircraft,
 1551  railroad trains, or commercial motor vehicles as defined in s.
 1552  316.003 316.003(66), with the intent to use such public or
 1553  commercial transportation or conveyance to commit any felony or
 1554  to facilitate the commission of any felony.
 1555         Section 32. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1556  made by this act to section 316.1925, Florida Statutes, in a
 1557  reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
 1558  316.072, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1559         316.072 Obedience to and effect of traffic laws.—
 1560         (4) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TO OBEY CHAPTER;
 1561  EXCEPTIONS.—
 1562         (b) Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of
 1563  this chapter, except those contained in ss. 316.192, 316.1925,
 1564  and 316.193, shall not apply to persons, teams, or motor
 1565  vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon
 1566  the surface of a highway, but shall apply to such persons and
 1567  vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
 1568         Section 33. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1569  made by this act to sections 316.083 and 316.084, Florida
 1570  Statutes, in references thereto, subsection (5) of section
 1571  316.1923, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1572         316.1923 Aggressive careless driving.—“Aggressive careless
 1573  driving” means committing two or more of the following acts
 1574  simultaneously or in succession:
 1575         (5) Improperly passing as defined in s. 316.083, s.
 1576  316.084, or s. 316.085.
 1577         Section 34. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1578  made by this act to section 318.19, Florida Statutes, in a
 1579  reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 318.14, Florida
 1580  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1581         318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception;
 1582  procedures.—
 1583         (2) Except as provided in ss. 316.1001(2) and 316.0083, any
 1584  person cited for a violation requiring a mandatory hearing
 1585  listed in s. 318.19 or any other criminal traffic violation
 1586  listed in chapter 316 must sign and accept a citation indicating
 1587  a promise to appear. The officer may indicate on the traffic
 1588  citation the time and location of the scheduled hearing and must
 1589  indicate the applicable civil penalty established in s. 318.18.
 1590  For all other infractions under this section, except for
 1591  infractions under s. 316.1001, the officer must certify by
 1592  electronic, electronic facsimile, or written signature that the
 1593  citation was delivered to the person cited. This certification
 1594  is prima facie evidence that the person cited was served with
 1595  the citation.
 1596         Section 35. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1597  made by this act to section 316.2065, Florida Statutes, in a
 1598  reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1599  318.18, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1600         318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
 1601  noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
 1602  offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
 1603         (1) Fifteen dollars for:
 1604         (b) All infractions of s. 316.2065, unless otherwise
 1605  specified.
 1606         Section 36. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.

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