| 1 | Representative(s) Gannon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 205 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 9. Effective July 1, 2005, subsections (61) and |
| 6 | (62) of section 316.003, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 7 | 316.003 Definitions.--The following words and phrases, |
| 8 | when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively |
| 9 | ascribed to them in this section, except where the context |
| 10 | otherwise requires: |
| 11 | (61) MIGRANT OR SEASONAL FARM WORKER.--Any person employed |
| 12 | in hand labor operations in the planting, cultivation, or |
| 13 | harvesting of agricultural crops who is not indigenous to, or |
| 14 | domiciled in, the locale where so employed. |
| 15 | (62) FARM LABOR VEHICLE.--Any vehicle designed, used, or |
| 16 | maintained for the transportation of nine or more migrant or |
| 17 | seasonal farm workers, in addition to the driver, to or from a |
| 18 | place of employment or employment-related activities. The term |
| 19 | does not include: |
| 20 | (a) Any vehicle carrying only members of the immediate |
| 21 | family of the owner or driver thereof. |
| 22 | (b) Any vehicle being operated by a common carrier of |
| 23 | passengers. |
| 24 | (c) Any carpool as defined in s. 450.28(3). MIGRANT FARM |
| 25 | WORKER CARRIER.--Any person who transports, or who contracts or |
| 26 | arranges for the transportation of, nine or more migrant farm |
| 27 | workers to or from their employment by motor vehicle other than |
| 28 | a passenger automobile or station wagon, except a migrant farm |
| 29 | worker transporting himself or herself or the migrant farm |
| 30 | worker's immediate family. |
| 31 | Section 10. Effective July 1, 2005, section 316.620, |
| 32 | Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
| 33 | Section 11. Effective July 1, 2005, section 316.622, |
| 34 | Florida Statutes, is created to read: |
| 35 | 316.622 Farm labor vehicles.-- |
| 36 | (1) Each owner or operator of a farm labor vehicle that is |
| 37 | operated on the public highways of this state shall ensure that |
| 38 | such vehicle conforms to vehicle safety standards prescribed by |
| 39 | the Secretary of Labor under s. 401(b) of the Migrant and |
| 40 | Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. s. |
| 41 | 1841(b), and other applicable federal and state safety |
| 42 | standards. |
| 43 | (2) On or after January 1, 2007, every farm labor vehicle |
| 44 | with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less |
| 45 | shall be equipped at each passenger position with a seat belt |
| 46 | assembly that meets the requirements established under Federal |
| 47 | Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, 49 C.F.R. s. 571.208. |
| 48 | (3) A farm labor contractor may not operate a farm labor |
| 49 | vehicle to transport migrant or seasonal farm workers unless the |
| 50 | display sticker described in s. 450.33 is clearly displayed on |
| 51 | the vehicle. |
| 52 | (4) The owner or operator of a farm labor vehicle shall |
| 53 | have prominently displayed in the vehicle at all times, a |
| 54 | standardized notification instructing passengers to fasten their |
| 55 | seatbelts. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
| 56 | shall create the official notification which shall be a standard |
| 57 | size and design to be used statewide. |
| 58 | (5) A violation of the provisions of this section shall |
| 59 | not constitute negligence per se, nor shall such violation be |
| 60 | used as prima facie evidence of negligence or be considered in |
| 61 | mitigation of damages, but such violation may be considered as |
| 62 | evidence of comparative negligence, in any civil action. |
| 63 | (6) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic |
| 64 | infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in |
| 65 | chapter 318. |
| 66 | Section 12. Effective July 1, 2005, section 320.38, |
| 67 | Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 68 | 320.38 When nonresident exemption not allowed.--The |
| 69 | provisions of s. 320.37 authorizing the operation of motor |
| 70 | vehicles over the roads of this state by nonresidents of this |
| 71 | state when such vehicles are duly registered or licensed under |
| 72 | the laws of some other state or foreign country do not apply to |
| 73 | any nonresident who accepts employment or engages in any trade, |
| 74 | profession, or occupation in this state, except a nonresident |
| 75 | migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s. 316.003(61). In |
| 76 | every case in which a nonresident, except a nonresident or |
| 77 | seasonal migrant farm worker as defined in s. 316.003(61), |
| 78 | accepts employment or engages in any trade, profession, or |
| 79 | occupation in this state or enters his or her children to be |
| 80 | educated in the public schools of this state, such nonresident |
| 81 | shall, within 10 days after the commencement of such employment |
| 82 | or education, register his or her motor vehicles in this state |
| 83 | if such motor vehicles are proposed to be operated on the roads |
| 84 | of this state. Any person who is enrolled as a student in a |
| 85 | college or university and who is a nonresident but who is in |
| 86 | this state for a period of up to 6 months engaged in a work- |
| 87 | study program for which academic credits are earned from a |
| 88 | college whose credits or degrees are accepted for credit by at |
| 89 | least three accredited institutions of higher learning, as |
| 90 | defined in s. 1005.02, is not required to have a Florida |
| 91 | registration for the duration of the work-study program if the |
| 92 | person's vehicle is properly registered in another jurisdiction. |
| 93 | Any nonresident who is enrolled as a full-time student in such |
| 94 | institution of higher learning is also exempt for the duration |
| 95 | of such enrollment. |
| 96 | Section 13. Effective July 1, 2005, subsection (1) of |
| 97 | section 322.031, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 98 | 322.031 Nonresident; when license required.-- |
| 99 | (1) In every case in which a nonresident, except a |
| 100 | nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s. |
| 101 | 316.003(61), accepts employment or engages in any trade, |
| 102 | profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her |
| 103 | children to be educated in the public schools of this state, |
| 104 | such nonresident shall, within 30 days after the commencement of |
| 105 | such employment or education, be required to obtain a Florida |
| 106 | driver's license if such nonresident operates a motor vehicle on |
| 107 | the highways of this state. The spouse or dependent child of |
| 108 | such nonresident shall also be required to obtain a Florida |
| 109 | driver's license within that 30-day period prior to operating a |
| 110 | motor vehicle on the highways of this state. |
| 111 | Section 14. Effective July 1, 2005, subsection (3) of |
| 112 | section 450.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 113 | 450.181 Definitions.--As used in part II, unless the |
| 114 | context clearly requires a different meaning: |
| 115 | (3) The term "migrant laborer" has the same meaning as |
| 116 | migrant or seasonal farm workers as defined in s. 316.003(61). |
| 117 | Section 15. Effective July 1, 2005, subsection (3) of |
| 118 | section 450.28, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 119 | 450.28 Definitions.-- |
| 120 | (3) "Carpool" means an arrangement made by the workers |
| 121 | themselves using one such worker's own vehicle reached by and |
| 122 | between farm workers for transportation to and from work and for |
| 123 | which the driver or owner of the vehicle is not paid by any |
| 124 | third person other than the members of the carpool. |
| 125 | Section 16. Effective July 1, 2005, subsection (9) of |
| 126 | section 450.33, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection |
| 127 | (12) is added to that section, to read: |
| 128 | 450.33 Duties of farm labor contractor.--Every farm labor |
| 129 | contractor must: |
| 130 | (9) Produce evidence to the department that each vehicle |
| 131 | he or she uses for the transportation of employees complies with |
| 132 | the requirements and specifications established in chapter 316, |
| 133 | s. 316.622 316.620, or Pub. L. No. 93-518 as amended by Pub. L. |
| 134 | No. 97-470 meeting Department of Transportation requirements or, |
| 135 | in lieu thereof, bears a valid inspection sticker showing that |
| 136 | the vehicle has passed the inspection in the state in which the |
| 137 | vehicle is registered. |
| 138 | (12) Clearly display on each vehicle used to transport |
| 139 | farm workers a display sticker issued by the department. This |
| 140 | display sticker shall indicate that the vehicle is authorized by |
| 141 | the department for use in transporting farm workers and the |
| 142 | expiration date of the authorization. |
| 143 | Section 17. Except as otherwise provided herein, this act |
| 144 | shall take effect October 1, 2005. |
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| 147 | ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ============= |
| 148 | Remove line 32 and insert: |
| 149 | an appropriation; amending s. 316.003, F.S.; revising and |
| 150 | providing definitions; repealing s. 316.620, F.S., |
| 151 | relating to transportation of migrant farm workers; |
| 152 | creating s. 316.622, F.S.; requiring owners and operators |
| 153 | of farm labor vehicles to conform such vehicles to certain |
| 154 | standards; requiring seat belts at each passenger position |
| 155 | in certain vehicles; requiring certain operators to |
| 156 | display a certain sticker on the vehicle; requiring a |
| 157 | certain sign to be displayed in the vehicle; providing |
| 158 | that a violation shall not constitute negligence and shall |
| 159 | not be considered in mitigation of damages; providing for |
| 160 | consideration of a violation as evidence of comparative |
| 161 | fault in a civil action; providing penalties; amending ss. |
| 162 | 320.38, 322.031, and 450.181, F.S.; conforming provisions; |
| 163 | amending s. 450.28, F.S.; revising a definition; amending |
| 164 | s. 450.33, F.S.; conforming a cross reference; requiring |
| 165 | the department to issue a vehicle authorization sticker |
| 166 | denoting the authorization of a vehicle for use in the |
| 167 | transportation of farm workers; requiring the display of |
| 168 | the sticker; providing effective dates. |