Bill Text: FL S1452 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Taximeters

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 467 (Ch. 2017-85) [S1452 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S1452-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 1452
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Book
       
       
       
       
       
       596-03005-17                                          20171452c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to taximeters; amending s. 531.37,
    3         F.S.; revising the definition of the term “weights and
    4         measures”; amending s. 531.61, F.S.; deleting a
    5         provision exempting certain taximeters from specified
    6         permit requirements; amending s. 531.63, F.S.;
    7         deleting a provision prohibiting the annual permit
    8         fees for taximeters from exceeding $50; providing an
    9         effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 531.37, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         531.37 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:
   16         (1) “Weights and measures” means all weights and measures
   17  of every kind, instruments, and devices for weighing and
   18  measuring, and any appliance and accessories associated with any
   19  or all such instruments and devices, excluding taximeters,
   20  transportation measurement systems, and those weights and
   21  measures used for the purpose of inspecting the accuracy of
   22  devices used in conjunction with aviation fuel.
   23         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 531.61, Florida
   24  Statutes, is amended, and present subsections (2) and (3) of
   25  that section are redesignated as subsections (1) and (2),
   26  respectively, to read:
   27         531.61 Exemptions from permit requirement.—Commercial
   28  weights or measures instruments or devices are exempt from the
   29  requirements of ss. 531.60-531.66 if:
   30         (1) The device is a taximeter that is licensed, permitted,
   31  or registered by a municipality, county, or other local
   32  government and is tested for accuracy and compliance with state
   33  standards by the local government in cooperation with the state
   34  as authorized in s. 531.421.
   35         Section 3. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section
   36  531.63, Florida Statutes, is amended, and present paragraphs (h)
   37  and (i) of that subsection are redesignated as paragraphs (g)
   38  and (h), respectively, to read:
   39         531.63 Maximum permit fees.—The commercial use permit fees
   40  established for weights or measures instruments or devices shall
   41  be in an amount necessary to administer this chapter but may not
   42  exceed the amounts provided in this section.
   43         (2) For other measuring devices, the annual permit fees per
   44  device may not exceed the following:
   45         (g) Taximeters.......................................$50.
   46         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.