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2002
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Senator Crist moved the following amendment to amendment
(635224):
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 366

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 790904

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11  Senator Crist moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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16            page 4, line 22, delete those lines

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19         Section 3.  Subsection (3) of section 316.2397, Florida

20  Statutes, is amended to read:

21         316.2397  Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.--

22         (3)  Vehicles of the fire department and fire patrol,

23  including vehicles of volunteer firefighters as permitted

24  under s. 316.2398, vehicles of medical staff physicians or

25  technicians of medical facilities licensed by the state as

26  authorized under s. 316.2398, ambulances as authorized under

27  this chapter, and buses and taxicabs as authorized under s.

28  316.2399 are permitted to show or display red lights. Vehicles

29  of the fire department, fire patrol, police vehicles, and such

30  ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal and county

31  departments, public service corporations operated by private

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  1  corporations, the Department of Environmental Protection, the

  2  Department of Transportation, and the Department of

  3  Agriculture and Consumer Services as are designated or

  4  authorized by their respective department or the chief of

  5  police of an incorporated city or any sheriff of any county

  6  are hereby authorized to operate emergency lights and sirens

  7  in an emergency. Wreckers, mosquito control fog and spray

  8  vehicles, and emergency vehicles of governmental departments

  9  or public service corporations may show or display amber

10  lights when in actual operation or when a hazard exists

11  provided they are not used going to and from the scene of

12  operation or hazard without specific authorization of a law

13  enforcement officer or law enforcement agency. Wreckers may

14  use amber rotating or flashing lights while performing

15  recoveries and loading on the roadside day or night, and while

16  towing a vehicle on wheel lifts, slings, or under reach only

17  if the operator of the wrecker deems such lights necessary. A

18  flatbed, car carrier, or rollback may not use amber rotating

19  or flashing lights when hauling a vehicle on the bed unless it

20  creates a hazard to other motorists because of protruding

21  objects. Further, escort vehicles will be permitted to show or

22  display amber lights when in the actual process of escorting

23  overdimensioned equipment, material, or buildings as

24  authorized by law. Vehicles of private watch, guard, or patrol

25  agencies licensed pursuant to chapter 493 may show or display

26  amber lights while patrolling condominium, cooperative, and

27  private residential and business communities by which employed

28  and which traverse public streets or highways.

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