House Bill 0407

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 407

        By Representatives J. Miller and C. Green






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to toll facilities; amending s.

  3         338.155, F.S.; exempting certain vehicles on

  4         official business from the payment of tolls on

  5         toll facilities; providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 338.155, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         338.155  Payment of toll on toll facilities required;

12  exemptions.--

13         (1)  No persons are permitted to use any toll facility

14  without payment of tolls, except employees of the agency

15  operating the toll project when using the toll facility on

16  official state business, state military personnel while on

17  official military business, handicapped persons as provided in

18  this section, persons exempt from toll payment by the

19  authorizing resolution for bonds issued to finance the

20  facility, and persons exempt on a temporary basis where use of

21  such toll facility is required as a detour route. Any law

22  enforcement officer Florida highway patrol officer, sheriff,

23  deputy sheriff, or municipal police officer operating a marked

24  or unmarked official vehicle is exempt from toll payment when

25  on official law enforcement business. Any person operating a

26  fire vehicle when on official business or a rescue vehicle

27  when on official business is exempt from toll payment.  The

28  secretary, or the secretary's designee, may suspend the

29  payment of tolls on a toll facility when necessary to assist

30  in emergency evacuation. The failure to pay a prescribed toll

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 407

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  1  constitutes a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a

  2  moving violation pursuant to s. 318.18.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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      Exempts marked and unmarked law enforcement vehicles on
  8    official law enforcement business, fire vehicles on
      official business, and rescue vehicles on official
  9    business from the payment of tolls on toll facilities.

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