HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1213

    Amendment No. 004 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Transportation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 8, line 13, through page 10, line 22,

15  remove:  all of said lines,

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17  and insert:

18         Section 5.  Section 316.2127, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

20         316.2127 Operation of utility vehicles and golf carts

21  on certain roadways by homeowners associations for maintenance

22  purposes.--

23         (1)  For general maintenance, security, and landscaping

24  purposes, a utility vehicle or golf cart as defined in s.

25  320.01, may be operated by a homeowners' association, as

26  defined in s. 720.01, or its agents, upon any county road or

27  city street within the area controlled or maintained by the

28  association.

29         (2)  For general maintenance, security, and landscaping

30  purposes, a utility vehicle or golf cart as defined in s.

31  320.01, may be operated by a homeowners' association, as

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1213

    Amendment No. 004 (for drafter's use only)





  1  defined in s. 720.01, or its agents, on a part of the State

  2  Highway System only under the following conditions:

  3         (a)  To cross a portion of the State Highway System

  4  which intersects a county road or a city street within an area

  5  controlled or maintained by the association.

  6         (b)  To cross, at midblock, a part of the State Highway

  7  System where the highway bisects property controlled or

  8  maintained by a homeowners' association.

  9         (c)  The Department of Transportation has reviewed and

10  approved the use of that portion of the State Highway System

11  by utility vehicles or golf carts.

12         (3)  A utility vehicle or golf cart may be operated on

13  public roads or streets pursuant to this section only under

14  the following conditions:

15         (a)  The association or its agents may operate the

16  utility vehicle or golf cart only during hours between sunrise

17  and sunset.

18         (b)  The utility vehicle or golf cart must be equipped

19  with efficient brakes, a reliable steering apparatus, safe

20  tires, a rearview mirror, and red reflectorized warning

21  devices in both the front and the rear.

22         (c)  The utility vehicle or golf cart may not be

23  operated on public roads or streets by any person under the

24  age of 14.

25         (4)  A violation of this section is a noncriminal

26  traffic infraction, punishable pursuant to chapter 318 as

27  either a moving violation for infractions of subsection (1),

28  subsection (2), or paragraph (a) of subsection (3), or as a

29  nonmoving violation for infractions of paragraphs (b) or (c)

30  of subsection (3).

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