Bill Text: FL S1092 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Appropriations [S1092 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1092-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Appropriations [S1092 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1092-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1092 By Senator Simpson 18-00964A-14 20141092__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Review 3 Board; transferring the board from the Department of 4 Transportation to the Department of Agriculture and 5 Consumer Services; amending s. 316.545, F.S.; revising 6 membership of the board; requiring appointment of 7 additional members; providing qualifications for such 8 members; directing the Governor to make appointments 9 to the board by a certain date; providing effective 10 dates. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Effective October 1, 2014, the powers, duties, 15 functions, records, personnel, property, pending issues, 16 existing contracts, administrative authority, pending review 17 proceedings, administrative rules, and unexpended balances of 18 appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Commercial 19 Motor Vehicle Review Board within the Department of 20 Transportation are transferred by a type two transfer as defined 21 in s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the Department of 22 Agriculture and Consumer Services. 23 Section 2. Effective October 1, 2014, subsection (7) of 24 section 316.545, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 25 316.545 Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor 26 fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review.— 27 (7) There is created within the Department of Agriculture 28 and Consumer ServicesDepartment of Transportationthe 29 Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board, consisting of twothree30 permanent members who shall be theSecretary of the Department31of Transportation, the executive director of the Department of32Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and theCommissioner of 33 Agriculture and the executive director of the Department of Law 34 Enforcement, or their authorized representatives, and three 35 members appointed by the Governor. The boardwhichmay review 36 any penalty imposed upon any vehicle or person under the 37 provisions of this chapter relating to weights imposed on the 38 highways by the axles and wheels of motor vehicles, to special 39 fuel and motor fuel tax compliance, or to violations of safety 40 regulations. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 41 and the Department of Transportation shall provide the board 42 with such assistance, information, and documents as requested by 43 the board to enable the board to fulfill its duties and 44 responsibilities. 45 (a) The Commissioner of AgricultureSecretary of the46Department of Transportationor his or her authorized 47 representative shall be the chair of the review board. 48 (b) Members of the board appointed by the Governor shall 49 each serve a 4-year term. Each appointed member must be a 50 registered voter and a citizen of this state and must possess 51 business experience in the private sector. There must be one 52 appointed member each from the agriculture industry, the 53 trucking industry, and the road construction industryEach54permanent member of the review board may designate one55additional person to be a member of the review board. 56 (c) Members of the board shall serve without compensation; 57 however, appointed members are entitled to per diem and travel 58 expenses pursuant to s. 112.061The review board may execute its59responsibilities by meeting as a single group or as subgroups60consisting of one authorized representative of each permanent61member. 62 (d) The chair of the review board is responsible for the 63 administrative functions of the review board. 64 (e) The review board may hold sessions and conduct 65 proceedings at any place within the state. 66 Section 3. The appointments by the Governor to the 67 Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board, in accordance with the 68 changes made by this act to s. 316.545, Florida Statutes, shall 69 be made no later than September 1, 2014, for terms beginning on 70 October 1, 2014. 71 Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 72 act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2014.