| 1 | The Committee on Transportation recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to traffic control; amending s. 316.006, |
| 7 | F.S.; providing for jurisdiction and authority of |
| 8 | municipalities to grant permits, licenses, or franchises |
| 9 | or otherwise regulate sightseeing operations; specifying |
| 10 | that no liability arises for municipalities for exercising |
| 11 | their rights to regulate sightseeing operations; providing |
| 12 | an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of |
| 17 | section 316.006, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 18 | 316.006 Jurisdiction.--Jurisdiction to control traffic is |
| 19 | vested as follows: |
| 20 | (2) MUNICIPALITIES.-- |
| 21 | (c) Without limiting, modifying, or restricting any other |
| 22 | statutory, contractual, or common law municipal powers, the |
| 23 | Legislature expressly reaffirms the policy of this state that |
| 24 | municipalities may grant permits, licenses, or franchises or may |
| 25 | otherwise regulate sightseeing operations on public rights-of- |
| 26 | way within their jurisdictions. This paragraph is solely |
| 27 | intended to clarify that liability does not arise for |
| 28 | municipalities or their permittees, licensees, or franchisees |
| 29 | under chapter 542 for regulating sightseeing operations as |
| 30 | described in this paragraph. |
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| 32 | This subsection shall not limit those counties which have the |
| 33 | charter powers to provide and regulate arterial, toll, and other |
| 34 | roads, bridges, tunnels, and related facilities from the proper |
| 35 | exercise of those powers by the placement and maintenance of |
| 36 | traffic control devices which conform to the manual and |
| 37 | specifications of the Department of Transportation on streets |
| 38 | and highways located within municipal boundaries. |
| 39 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |