Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/SB 1632, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Latvala moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1954 and 1955
    4  insert:
    5         Section 24. Subsection (1) of section 479.262, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read
    7         479.262 Tourist-oriented directional sign program.—
    8         (1) A tourist-oriented directional sign program to provide
    9  directions to rural tourist-oriented businesses, services, and
   10  activities may be established at intersections on rural and
   11  conventional state, county, or municipal roads only in rural
   12  counties identified by criteria and population in s. 288.0656
   13  when approved and permitted by county or local government
   14  entities within their respective jurisdictional areas at
   15  intersections on rural and conventional state, county, or
   16  municipal roads. A county or local government that which issues
   17  permits for a tourist-oriented directional sign program is shall
   18  be responsible for sign construction, maintenance, and program
   19  operation in compliance with subsection (3) for roads on the
   20  state highway system and may establish permit fees sufficient to
   21  offset associated costs. A tourist-oriented directional sign may
   22  not be used on roads in urban areas or at interchanges on
   23  freeways or expressways.
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   26         And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete line 117
   28  and insert:
   29         sign program on limited access highways; amending s.
   30         479.262, F.S.; clarifying provisions relating to a
   31         tourist-oriented directional sign program; limiting
   32         the placement of such signs to intersections on
   33         certain rural roads; prohibiting such signs in urban
   34         areas; amending s.