Senate Bill sb1194c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                           CS for SB 1194

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senators Wise and
    Bullard




    306-2285-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to traffic; amending s.

  3         316.006, F.S.; providing for jurisdiction and

  4         authority of municipalities to grant permits,

  5         licenses, or franchises or otherwise regulate

  6         sightseeing operations; specifying that no

  7         liability arises for municipalities for

  8         exercising their rights to regulate sightseeing

  9         operations; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of

14  section 316.006, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         316.006  Jurisdiction.--Jurisdiction to control traffic

16  is vested as follows:

17         (2)  MUNICIPALITIES.--

18         (c)  Without limiting, modifying, or restricting any

19  other statutory, contractual, or common-law municipal powers,

20  the Legislature expressly reaffirms the policy of this state

21  that municipalities may grant permits, licenses, or franchises

22  or may otherwise regulate sightseeing operations on public

23  rights-of-way within their jurisdictions. This paragraph is

24  solely intended to clarify that liability does not arise for

25  municipalities or their permittees, licensees, or franchisees

26  under chapter 542 for regulating sightseeing operations as

27  described in this paragraph.

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29  This subsection shall not limit those counties which have the

30  charter powers to provide and regulate arterial, toll, and

31  other roads, bridges, tunnels, and related facilities from the

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    Florida Senate - 2004                           CS for SB 1194
    306-2285-04




 1  proper exercise of those powers by the placement and

 2  maintenance of traffic control devices which conform to the

 3  manual and specifications of the Department of Transportation

 4  on streets and highways located within municipal boundaries.

 5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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