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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1911
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Kyle offered the following:
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13 Amendment to Amendment (635611) (with title amendment)
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17 Section 16. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of
18 subsection (3) of section 316.515, Florida Statutes, are
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21 316.515 Maximum width, height, length.--
22 (1) WIDTH LIMITATION.--The total outside width of any
23 vehicle or the load thereon may not exceed 102 inches,
24 exclusive of safety devices determined by the department to be
25 necessary for the safe and efficient operation of motor
26 vehicles. The use of public roads that do not have at least
27 one through lane of 12 feet or more in width in each
28 direction, and the use of public roads deemed unsafe for wider
29 vehicles on the basis of safety and engineering analyses, by
30 vehicles exceeding 96 inches in width may be restricted by the
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1 and roads under their respective jurisdictions. The total
2 outside width of a noncommercial travel trailer, camping
3 trailer, truck camper, motor home, or private motor coach as
4 defined in s. 320.01 may be more than 102 inches if:
5 (a) The excess width is attributable to appurtenances
6 that do not extend beyond the exterior rearview mirrors
7 installed on the motor home by the manufacturer or the
8 exterior rearview mirrors of the tow vehicle; and
9 (b) The exterior rearview mirrors only extend the
10 distance necessary to provide the appropriate field of view
11 for the vehicle before the appurtenances are attached.
12 (3) LENGTH LIMITATION.--Except as otherwise provided
13 in this section, length limitations apply solely to a
14 semitrailer or trailer, and not to a truck tractor or to the
15 overall length of a combination of vehicles. No combination
16 of commercial motor vehicles coupled together and operating on
17 the public roads may consist of more than one truck tractor
18 and two trailing units. Unless otherwise specifically provided
19 for in this section, a combination of vehicles not qualifying
20 as commercial motor vehicles may consist of no more than two
21 units coupled together; such nonqualifying combination of
22 vehicles may not exceed a total length of 65 feet, inclusive
23 of the load carried thereon, but exclusive of safety and
24 energy conservation devices approved by the department for use
25 on vehicles using public roads. Notwithstanding any other
26 provision of this section, a truck tractor-semitrailer
27 combination engaged in the transportation of automobiles or
28 boats may transport motor vehicles or boats on part of the
29 power unit; and, except as may otherwise be mandated under
30 federal law, an automobile or boat transporter semitrailer may
31 not exceed 50 feet in length, exclusive of the load; however,
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1 the load may extend up to an additional 6 feet beyond the rear
2 of the trailer. The 50-feet length limitation does not apply
3 to non-stinger-steered automobile or boat transporters that
4 are 65 feet or less in overall length, exclusive of the load
5 carried thereon, or to stinger-steered automobile or boat
6 transporters that are 75 feet or less in overall length,
7 exclusive of the load carried thereon. For purposes of this
8 subsection, a "stinger-steered automobile or boat transporter"
9 is an automobile or boat transporter configured as a
10 semitrailer combination wherein the fifth wheel is located on
11 a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the
12 power unit. Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), any
13 straight truck or truck tractor-semitrailer combination
14 engaged in the transportation of horticultural trees may allow
15 the load to extend up to an additional 10 feet beyond the rear
16 of the vehicle, provided said trees are resting against a
17 retaining bar mounted above the truck bed so that the root
18 balls of the trees rest on the floor and to the front of the
19 truck bed and the tops of the trees extend up over and to the
20 rear of the truck bed, and provided the overhanging portion of
21 the load is covered with protective fabric.
22 (a) Straight trucks.--No straight truck may exceed a
23 length of 40 feet in extreme overall dimension, exclusive of
24 safety and energy conservation devices approved by the
25 department for use on vehicles using public roads. A straight
26 truck may tow no more than one trailer, and such trailer may
27 not exceed a length of 28 feet. However, such trailer
28 limitation does not apply if the overall length of the
29 truck-trailer combination is 65 feet or less, including the
30 load thereon. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
31 section, a truck-trailer combination engaged in the
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1 transportation of boats, or boat trailers whose design
2 dictates a front-to-rear stacking method shall not exceed the
3 length limitations of this paragraph exclusive of the load;
4 however, the load may extend up to an additional 6 feet beyond
5 the rear of the trailer.
6 (15) MOTOR HOMES.--No motor home may exceed a length
7 of 45 feet exclusive of bumpers and safety devices.
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11 And the title is amended as follows:
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15 revising width limits with respect to certain
16 noncommercial travel trailers, camping
17 trailers, truck campers, motor homes, and
18 private motor coaches; providing a length limit
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