| 1 | The State Infrastructure Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to for-hire bus drivers; creating s. |
| 7 | 125.5805, F.S.; requiring counties to adopt ordinances |
| 8 | relating to registration of drivers who transport school |
| 9 | students for hire; providing requirements for drivers, |
| 10 | including background screening and commercial driver |
| 11 | licensure; providing responsibilities relating to |
| 12 | background screening; providing for reimbursement of |
| 13 | costs; providing for applicability; providing an effective |
| 14 | date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Section 125.5805, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 125.5805 For-hire bus drivers; transport of school |
| 21 | students; required local ordinances; minimum requirements; |
| 22 | reimbursement of costs; exclusion.-- |
| 23 | (1) No later than January 1, 2006, all counties must adopt |
| 24 | an ordinance that requires every driver of a motor vehicle that |
| 25 | is regularly used for the transportation of students to or from |
| 26 | school, or to or from school activities, who receives |
| 27 | compensation for such services to register with the county. |
| 28 | (2) The ordinance shall require, at a minimum, that by |
| 29 | January 1, 2006, each driver: |
| 30 | (a) Must meet level 2 background screening standards as |
| 31 | set forth in chapter 435. The county shall submit the |
| 32 | fingerprints of each driver to the Department of Law Enforcement |
| 33 | for state processing and the Department of Law Enforcement shall |
| 34 | forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 35 | for national processing. The Department of Law Enforcement shall |
| 36 | render an invoice to the county for the fingerprints submitted |
| 37 | each month. The county shall screen background results to |
| 38 | determine if the applicant meets the level 2 background |
| 39 | screening standards. |
| 40 | (b) Must hold a valid commercial driver's license with a |
| 41 | passenger endorsement. |
| 42 | (3) Each driver shall reimburse the county for any costs |
| 43 | of background screening or for any other expenses related to |
| 44 | administration of the ordinance. |
| 45 | (4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to |
| 46 | drivers employed by a public school or private school who meet |
| 47 | the requirements of s. 1012.45 or s. 1002.42. |
| 48 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |