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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 757

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11  Representative(s) Gardiner offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with directory language and title

14  amendments) 

15         On page 55, between lines 6 & 7 of the bill

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18         (3)  The department has the authority to direct the

19  immediate relocation or removal of any bench, transit shelter,

20  or waste disposal receptacle which endangers life or property,

21  except that transit bus benches which have been placed in

22  service prior to April 1, 1992, do not have to comply with

23  bench size and advertising display size requirements which

24  have been established by the department prior to March 1,

25  1992.  Any transit bus bench that was in service prior to

26  April 1, 1992, may be replaced with a bus bench of the same

27  size or smaller, if the bench is damaged or destroyed or

28  otherwise becomes unusable. The Department is authorized to

29  promulgate rules relating to the regulation of bench size and

30  advertising display size requirements. However, if a

31  municipality or county within which a bench is to be located

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  1  has adopted an ordinance or other applicable regulation that

  2  establishes bench size or advertising display sign

  3  requirements different from requirements specified in

  4  department rule, then the local government requirement shall

  5  be applicable within the respective municipality or county.

  6  Placement of any bench or advertising display on the National

  7  Highway System under a local ordinance or regulation adopted

  8  pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to approval of

  9  the Federal Highway Administration.

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12  == D I R E C T O R Y   L A N G U A G E   A M E N D M E N T ==

13  And the directory language is amended as follows:

14         On page 55, lines 1-2,

15  remove:  all of said lines

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18    Section 32.  Subsection (3) of section 337.408, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended, subsection (5) is renumbered as

20  subsection (6), and a new

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 5, line 14 after the semicolon,

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28         restating the Department of Transportation's

29         rulemaking authority regarding regulation of

30         bus benches; providing for local government

31         regulation of dimensions of bus benches and

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  1         advertising displays to supersede the

  2         department's regulations, in certain

  3         circumstances; requiring approval of Federal

  4         Highway Administration for bus benches and

  5         advertising displays on the National Highway

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