Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 454
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 The Committee on Transportation (Margolis) recommended the
12 following substitute for amendment to amendment (392828):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 3. Section 316.092, Florida Statutes, is
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20 316.092 Use of limited access facility shoulder by
21 public transit buses.--In coordination with the Florida
22 Department of Transportation and the appropriate entities that
23 have jurisdiction of the roadway facility, public transit
24 buses shall be authorized to operate on the shoulder of a
25 limited access facility only when main line traffic speeds are
26 less than 35 miles per hour. Drivers of buses being operated
27 on the shoulder may not exceed the speed of main line traffic
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29 per hour. Drivers of buses being operated on the shoulder must
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7 And the title is amended as follows:
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11 creating s. 316.092, F.S.; allowing public
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