| 1 | A bill to be entitled | 
| 2 | An act relating to the Department of Transportation;  | 
| 3 | amending s. 20.23, F.S.; providing for the salary and  | 
| 4 | benefits of the executive director of the Florida  | 
| 5 | Transportation Commission to be set in accordance with the  | 
| 6 | Senior Management Service; amending s. 125.42, F.S.;  | 
| 7 | providing for counties to incur certain costs related to  | 
| 8 | relocation or removal of certain utility facilities under  | 
| 9 | specified circumstances; amending s. 163.3177, F.S.;  | 
| 10 | revising requirements for comprehensive plans; providing a  | 
| 11 | timeframe for submission of certain information to the  | 
| 12 | state land planning agency; providing for airports, land  | 
| 13 | adjacent to airports, and certain interlocal agreements  | 
| 14 | relating thereto in certain elements of the plan; amending  | 
| 15 | s. 163.3178, F.S.; providing that certain port-related  | 
| 16 | facilities are not developments of regional impact under  | 
| 17 | certain circumstances; amending s. 163.3182, F.S.,  | 
| 18 | relating to transportation concurrency backlog  | 
| 19 | authorities; providing legislative findings and  | 
| 20 | declarations; expanding the power of authorities to borrow  | 
| 21 | money to include issuing certain debt obligations;  | 
| 22 | providing a maximum maturity date for certain debt  | 
| 23 | incurred to finance or refinance certain transportation  | 
| 24 | concurrency backlog projects; authorizing authorities to  | 
| 25 | continue operations and administer certain trust funds for  | 
| 26 | the period of the remaining outstanding debt; requiring  | 
| 27 | local transportation concurrency backlog trust funds to  | 
| 28 | continue to be funded for certain purposes; providing for  | 
| 29 | increased ad valorem tax increment funding for such trust  | 
| 30 | funds under certain circumstances; revising provisions for  | 
| 31 | dissolution of an authority; amending s. 287.055, F.S.;  | 
| 32 | conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 316.0741, F.S.;  | 
| 33 | redefining the term "hybrid vehicle"; authorizing the  | 
| 34 | driving of a hybrid, low-emission, or energy-efficient  | 
| 35 | vehicle in a high-occupancy-vehicle lane regardless of  | 
| 36 | occupancy; requiring certain vehicles to comply with  | 
| 37 | specified federal standards to be driven in an HOV lane  | 
| 38 | regardless of occupancy; revising provisions for issuance  | 
| 39 | of a decal and certificate; providing for the Department  | 
| 40 | of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to limit or  | 
| 41 | discontinue issuance of decals for the use of HOV  | 
| 42 | facilities by hybrid and low-emission and energy-efficient  | 
| 43 | vehicles under certain circumstances; directing the  | 
| 44 | department to review a specified federal rule and make a  | 
| 45 | report to the Legislature; exempting certain vehicles from  | 
| 46 | the payment of certain tolls; amending s. 316.193, F.S.;  | 
| 47 | revising the prohibition against driving under the  | 
| 48 | influence of alcohol; revising the blood-alcohol or  | 
| 49 | breath-alcohol level at which certain penalties apply;  | 
| 50 | revising requirement for placement of an ignition  | 
| 51 | interlock device; amending s. 316.2397, F.S.; allowing  | 
| 52 | county correctional agencies to use blue lights on  | 
| 53 | vehicles when responding to emergencies; amending s.  | 
| 54 | 316.302, F.S.; revising references to rules, regulations,  | 
| 55 | and criteria governing commercial motor vehicles engaged  | 
| 56 | in intrastate commerce; providing that the department  | 
| 57 | performs duties assigned to the Field Administrator of the  | 
| 58 | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the  | 
| 59 | federal rules and may enforce those rules; amending ss.  | 
| 60 | 316.613 and 316.614, F.S.; revising the definition of  | 
| 61 | "motor vehicle" for purposes of child restraint and safety  | 
| 62 | belt usage requirements; amending s. 316.656, F.S.;  | 
| 63 | revising the prohibition against a judge accepting a plea  | 
| 64 | to a lesser offense from a person charged under certain  | 
| 65 | DUI provisions; revising the blood-alcohol or breath- | 
| 66 | alcohol level at which the prohibition applies; amending  | 
| 67 | s. 318.18, F.S.; providing that a license may not be  | 
| 68 | suspended for failure to pay tolls if a SunPass is  | 
| 69 | registered to the vehicle involved; amending s. 320.02,  | 
| 70 | F.S.; removing a requirement for a motorcycle endorsement  | 
| 71 | at the time of original registration of a motorcycle,  | 
| 72 | motor-driven cycle, or moped; amending s. 322.64, F.S.;  | 
| 73 | providing that refusal to submit to a breath, urine, or  | 
| 74 | blood test disqualifies a person from operating a  | 
| 75 | commercial motor vehicle; providing a period of  | 
| 76 | disqualification if a person has an unlawful blood-alcohol  | 
| 77 | or breath-alcohol level; providing for issuance of a  | 
| 78 | notice of disqualification; revising the requirements for  | 
| 79 | a formal review hearing following a person's  | 
| 80 | disqualification from operating a commercial motor  | 
| 81 | vehicle; amending s. 334.044, F.S.; revising powers and  | 
| 82 | duties of the department; requiring the department to  | 
| 83 | maintain certain training programs; authorizing such  | 
| 84 | programs to provide for incremental increases to base  | 
| 85 | salary for employees successfully completing training  | 
| 86 | phases; providing that a county, municipality, or special  | 
| 87 | district may not own or operate an asphalt plant or a  | 
| 88 | portable or stationary concrete batch plant having an  | 
| 89 | independent mixer; provides exemptions; amending s.  | 
| 90 | 337.0261, F.S.; providing legislative intent; revising the  | 
| 91 | sunset date for the Strategic Aggregate Review Task Force;  | 
| 92 | providing for an assessment of aggregate construction  | 
| 93 | materials in the state; providing duties of the Department  | 
| 94 | of Transportation, the Department of Environmental  | 
| 95 | Protection, the Department of Community Affairs, and the  | 
| 96 | Florida Geological Survey; providing for measures of the  | 
| 97 | assessment; directing the Strategic Aggregate Review Task  | 
| 98 | Force to prepare findings and make reports to the  | 
| 99 | Governor, the Legislature, and the department; authorizing  | 
| 100 | the department to adopt rules; providing an appropriation;  | 
| 101 | amending s. 337.11, F.S.; providing for the department to  | 
| 102 | pay a portion of certain proposal development costs;  | 
| 103 | requiring the department to advertise certain contracts as  | 
| 104 | design-build contracts; directing the department to adopt  | 
| 105 | rules for certain procedures; amending ss. 337.14 and  | 
| 106 | 337.16, F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending s.  | 
| 107 | 337.18, F.S.; requiring the contractor to maintain a copy  | 
| 108 | of the required payment and performance bond at certain  | 
| 109 | locations and provide a copy upon request; providing that  | 
| 110 | a copy may be obtained directly from the department;  | 
| 111 | removing a provision requiring a copy be recorded in the  | 
| 112 | public records of the county; amending s. 337.185, F.S.;  | 
| 113 | providing for the State Arbitration Board to arbitrate  | 
| 114 | certain claims relating to maintenance contracts;  | 
| 115 | providing for a member of the board to be elected by  | 
| 116 | maintenance companies as well as construction companies;  | 
| 117 | amending s. 337.403, F.S.; providing for the department or  | 
| 118 | local governmental entity to pay certain costs of removal  | 
| 119 | or relocation of a utility facility that is found to be  | 
| 120 | interfering with the use, maintenance, improvement,  | 
| 121 | extension, or expansion of a public road or publicly owned  | 
| 122 | rail corridor under described circumstances; amending s.  | 
| 123 | 337.408, F.S.; providing for public pay telephones and  | 
| 124 | advertising thereon to be installed within the right-of- | 
| 125 | way limits of any municipal, county, or state road;  | 
| 126 | amending s. 338.01, F.S.; requiring new and replacement  | 
| 127 | electronic toll collection systems to be interoperable  | 
| 128 | with the department's system; amending s. 338.165, F.S.;  | 
| 129 | revising provisions for use of certain toll revenue;  | 
| 130 | providing for application; amending s. 338.2216, F.S.;  | 
| 131 | directing the Florida Turnpike Enterprise to implement new  | 
| 132 | technologies and processes in its operations and  | 
| 133 | collection of tolls and other amounts; providing contract  | 
| 134 | bid requirements for fuel and food on the turnpike system;  | 
| 135 | amending s. 338.223, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;  | 
| 136 | amending s. 338.231, F.S.; revising provisions for  | 
| 137 | establishing and collecting tolls; authorizing collection  | 
| 138 | of amounts to cover costs of toll collection and payment  | 
| 139 | methods; requiring public notice and hearing; amending s.  | 
| 140 | 339.12, F.S.; revising requirements for aid and  | 
| 141 | contributions by governmental entities for transportation  | 
| 142 | projects; revising limits under which the department may  | 
| 143 | enter into an agreement with a county for a project or  | 
| 144 | project phase not in the adopted work program; authorizing  | 
| 145 | the department to enter into certain long-term repayment  | 
| 146 | agreements; amending s. 339.135, F.S.; revising the  | 
| 147 | department's authority to amend the adopted work program;  | 
| 148 | providing for a notification and review process for  | 
| 149 | certain work program amendments; amending s. 339.155,  | 
| 150 | F.S.; revising provisions for development of the Florida  | 
| 151 | Transportation Plan; amending s. 339.2816, F.S., relating  | 
| 152 | to the small county road assistance program; providing for  | 
| 153 | resumption of certain funding for the program; revising  | 
| 154 | the criteria for counties eligible to participate in the  | 
| 155 | program; amending ss. 339.2819 and 339.285, F.S.;  | 
| 156 | conforming cross-references; amending s. 341.301, F.S.;  | 
| 157 | providing definitions relating to commuter rail service,  | 
| 158 | rail corridors, and railroad operation for purposes of the  | 
| 159 | rail program within the department; amending s. 341.302,  | 
| 160 | F.S.; authorizing the department to assume certain  | 
| 161 | liability on a rail corridor; authorizing the department  | 
| 162 | to indemnify and hold harmless a railroad company when the  | 
| 163 | department acquires a rail corridor from the company;  | 
| 164 | providing allocation of risk; providing a specific cap on  | 
| 165 | the amount of the contractual duty for such  | 
| 166 | indemnification; authorizing the department to purchase  | 
| 167 | and provide insurance in relation to rail corridors;  | 
| 168 | authorizing marketing and promotional expenses; extending  | 
| 169 | provisions to other governmental entities providing  | 
| 170 | commuter rail service on public right-of-way; creating s.  | 
| 171 | 341.3023, F.S.; requiring the department to review and  | 
| 172 | study commuter rail programs and intercity rail  | 
| 173 | transportation systems; requiring a report to the Governor  | 
| 174 | and the Legislature; repealing part III of ch. 343 F.S.;  | 
| 175 | abolishing the Tampa Bay Commuter Transit Authority;  | 
| 176 | amending s. 348.0003, F.S.; providing for financial  | 
| 177 | disclosure for expressway, transportation, bridge, and  | 
| 178 | toll authorities; amending s. 348.0004, F.S.; providing  | 
| 179 | for certain expressway authorities to index toll rate  | 
| 180 | increases; amending s. 479.01, F.S.; revising provisions  | 
| 181 | for outdoor advertising; revising the definition of the  | 
| 182 | term "automatic changeable facing"; amending s. 479.07,  | 
| 183 | F.S.; revising a prohibition against signs on the State  | 
| 184 | Highway System; revising requirements for display of the  | 
| 185 | sign permit tag; directing the department to establish by  | 
| 186 | rule a fee for furnishing a replacement permit tag;  | 
| 187 | revising the pilot project for permitted signs to include  | 
| 188 | Hillsborough County and areas within the boundaries of the  | 
| 189 | City of Miami; amending s. 479.08, F.S.; revising  | 
| 190 | provisions for denial or revocation of a sign permit;  | 
| 191 | amending s. 479.156, F.S.; revising provisions for a  | 
| 192 | municipality or county to permit and regulate wall murals;  | 
| 193 | amending s. 479.261, F.S.; revising provisions for the  | 
| 194 | logo sign program; revising requirements for businesses to  | 
| 195 | participate in the program; authorizing the department to  | 
| 196 | adopt rules for removing and adding businesses on a  | 
| 197 | rotating basis; removing a provision for an application  | 
| 198 | fee; revising the provisions for an annual permit fee;  | 
| 199 | providing for rules to phase in the fee; creating a  | 
| 200 | business partnership pilot program; authorizing the Palm  | 
| 201 | Beach County School District to display names of business  | 
| 202 | partners on district property in unincorporated areas;  | 
| 203 | exempting the program from specified provisions; amending  | 
| 204 | s. 768.28, F.S.; expanding the list of entities considered  | 
| 205 | agents of the state; providing for construction in  | 
| 206 | relation to certain federal laws; requiring the department  | 
| 207 | to ensure certain providers of railroad related services  | 
| 208 | meet certain requirements; requiring the department to  | 
| 209 | conduct a study of transportation alternatives for the  | 
| 210 | Interstate 95 corridor; requiring a report to the Governor  | 
| 211 | and the Legislature; transferring the Office of Motor  | 
| 212 | Carrier Compliance to the Division of the Florida Highway  | 
| 213 | Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor  | 
| 214 | Vehicles; providing for assistance to certain legislative  | 
| 215 | substantive committees by the Division of Statutory  | 
| 216 | Revision of the Office of Legislative Services for certain  | 
| 217 | purposes; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis  | 
| 218 | and Government Accountability to review the operations and  | 
| 219 | efficiencies of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and  | 
| 220 | submit a report on its findings to the Legislature;  | 
| 221 | reenacting ss. 316.066(3)(a), 316.072(4)(b), 316.1932(3),  | 
| 222 | 316.1933(4), 316.1937(1) and (2)(d), 316.1939(1)(b),  | 
| 223 | 316.656(1), 318.143(4) and (5), 318.17(3), 320.055(1)(c),  | 
| 224 | 322.03(2), 322.0602(2)(a), 322.21(8), 322.25(5),  | 
| 225 | 322.26(1)(a), 322.2615(14)(a) and (16), 322.2616(15) and  | 
| 226 | (19), 322.264(1)(b), 322.271(2)(a), (c) and (4),  | 
| 227 | 322.2715(2), (3)(a), (c), and (4), 322.28(2),  | 
| 228 | 322.282(2)(a), 322.291(1)(a), 322.34(9)(a), 322.62(3),  | 
| 229 | 322.63(2)(d) and (6), 322.64(1), (2), (7)(a), (8)(b),  | 
| 230 | (14), and (15), 323.001(4)(f), 324.023, 324.131,  | 
| 231 | 327.35(6), 337.195(1), 440.02(17)(c), 440.09(7)(b),  | 
| 232 | 493.6106(1)(d), 627.7275(2)(a), 627.758(4), 790.06(2)(f)  | 
| 233 | and (10)(f), 903.36(2), and 907.041(4)(c), F.S., relating  | 
| 234 | to written reports of crashes, obedience to and effect of  | 
| 235 | traffic laws, tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or  | 
| 236 | controlled substances, implied consent, refusal, blood  | 
| 237 | test for impairment or intoxication in cases of death or  | 
| 238 | serious bodily injury, right to use reasonable force,  | 
| 239 | ignition interlock devices, requiring, unlawful acts,  | 
| 240 | refusal to submit to testing, penalties, mandatory  | 
| 241 | adjudication, prohibition against accepting plea to lesser  | 
| 242 | included offense, sanctions for infractions by minors,  | 
| 243 | offenses excepted, registration periods, renewal periods,  | 
| 244 | drivers must be licensed, penalties, youthful drunk driver  | 
| 245 | visitation program, license fees, procedure for handling  | 
| 246 | and collecting fees, when court to forward license to  | 
| 247 | department and report convictions, temporary reinstatement  | 
| 248 | of driving privileges, mandatory revocation of license by  | 
| 249 | department, suspension of license, right to review,  | 
| 250 | suspension of license, persons under 21 years of age,  | 
| 251 | right to review, "habitual traffic offender" defined,  | 
| 252 | authority to modify revocation, cancellation, or  | 
| 253 | suspension order, ignition interlock device, period of  | 
| 254 | suspension or revocation, procedure when court revokes or  | 
| 255 | suspends license or driving privilege and orders  | 
| 256 | reinstatement, driver improvement schools or dui programs,  | 
| 257 | required in certain suspension and revocation cases,  | 
| 258 | driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled, or  | 
| 259 | disqualified, driving under the influence, commercial  | 
| 260 | motor vehicle operators, alcohol or drug testing,  | 
| 261 | commercial motor vehicle operators, holder of commercial  | 
| 262 | driver's license, driving with unlawful blood-alcohol  | 
| 263 | level, refusal to submit to breath, urine, or blood test,  | 
| 264 | wrecker operator storage facilities, vehicle holds,  | 
| 265 | financial responsibility for bodily injury or death,  | 
| 266 | period of suspension, boating under the influence,  | 
| 267 | penalties, "designated drivers," limits on liability,  | 
| 268 | definitions, coverage, license requirements, posting,  | 
| 269 | motor vehicle liability, surety on auto club traffic  | 
| 270 | arrest bond, conditions, limit, bail bond, license to  | 
| 271 | carry concealed weapon or firearm, guaranteed arrest bond  | 
| 272 | certificates as cash bail, and pretrial detention and  | 
| 273 | release, to incorporate references in changes made by the  | 
| 274 | act; providing effective dates. | 
| 275 | 
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| 276 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
| 277 | 
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| 278 |      Section 1.  Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section  | 
| 279 | 20.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 280 |      20.23  Department of Transportation.--There is created a  | 
| 281 | Department of Transportation which shall be a decentralized  | 
| 282 | agency. | 
| 283 |      (2) | 
| 284 |      (h)  The commission shall appoint an executive director and  | 
| 285 | assistant executive director, who shall serve under the  | 
| 286 | direction, supervision, and control of the commission. The  | 
| 287 | executive director, with the consent of the commission, shall  | 
| 288 | employ such staff as are necessary to perform adequately the  | 
| 289 | functions of the commission, within budgetary limitations. All  | 
| 290 | employees of the commission are exempt from part II of chapter  | 
| 291 | 110 and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The  | 
| 292 | salary and benefits of the executive director shall be set in  | 
| 293 | accordance with the Senior Management Service. The salaries and  | 
| 294 | benefits of all other employees of the commission shall be set  | 
| 295 | in accordance with the Selected Exempt Service; provided,  | 
| 296 | however, that the commission has shall have complete authority  | 
| 297 | for fixing the salary of the executive director and assistant  | 
| 298 | executive director. | 
| 299 |      Section 2.  Subsection (5) of section 125.42, Florida  | 
| 300 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 301 |      125.42  Water, sewage, gas, power, telephone, other  | 
| 302 | utility, and television lines along county roads and highways.-- | 
| 303 |      (5)  In the event of widening, repair, or reconstruction of  | 
| 304 | any such road, the licensee shall move or remove such water,  | 
| 305 | sewage, gas, power, telephone, and other utility lines and  | 
| 306 | television lines at no cost to the county except as provided in  | 
| 307 | s. 337.403(1)(e). | 
| 308 |      Section 3.  Paragraphs (a), (h), and (j) of subsection (6)  | 
| 309 | of section 163.3177, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
| 310 |      163.3177  Required and optional elements of comprehensive  | 
| 311 | plan; studies and surveys.-- | 
| 312 |      (6)  In addition to the requirements of subsections (1)-(5)  | 
| 313 | and (12), the comprehensive plan shall include the following  | 
| 314 | elements: | 
| 315 |      (a)  A future land use plan element designating proposed  | 
| 316 | future general distribution, location, and extent of the uses of  | 
| 317 | land for residential uses, commercial uses, industry,  | 
| 318 | agriculture, recreation, conservation, education, public  | 
| 319 | buildings and grounds, other public facilities, and other  | 
| 320 | categories of the public and private uses of land. Counties are  | 
| 321 | encouraged to designate rural land stewardship areas, pursuant  | 
| 322 | to the provisions of paragraph (11)(d), as overlays on the  | 
| 323 | future land use map. Each future land use category must be  | 
| 324 | defined in terms of uses included, and must include standards to  | 
| 325 | be followed in the control and distribution of population  | 
| 326 | densities and building and structure intensities. The proposed  | 
| 327 | distribution, location, and extent of the various categories of  | 
| 328 | land use shall be shown on a land use map or map series which  | 
| 329 | shall be supplemented by goals, policies, and measurable  | 
| 330 | objectives. The future land use plan shall be based upon  | 
| 331 | surveys, studies, and data regarding the area, including the  | 
| 332 | amount of land required to accommodate anticipated growth; the  | 
| 333 | projected population of the area; the character of undeveloped  | 
| 334 | land; the availability of water supplies, public facilities, and  | 
| 335 | services; the need for redevelopment, including the renewal of  | 
| 336 | blighted areas and the elimination of nonconforming uses which  | 
| 337 | are inconsistent with the character of the community; the  | 
| 338 | compatibility of uses on lands adjacent to or closely proximate  | 
| 339 | to military installations; lands adjacent to an airport as  | 
| 340 | defined in s. 330.35 and consistent with provisions in s.  | 
| 341 | 333.02; and, in rural communities, the need for job creation,  | 
| 342 | capital investment, and economic development that will  | 
| 343 | strengthen and diversify the community's economy. The future  | 
| 344 | land use plan may designate areas for future planned development  | 
| 345 | use involving combinations of types of uses for which special  | 
| 346 | regulations may be necessary to ensure development in accord  | 
| 347 | with the principles and standards of the comprehensive plan and  | 
| 348 | this act. The future land use plan element shall include  | 
| 349 | criteria to be used to achieve the compatibility of adjacent or  | 
| 350 | closely proximate lands with military installations; lands  | 
| 351 | adjacent to an airport as defined in s. 330.35 and consistent  | 
| 352 | with provisions in s. 333.02. In addition, for rural  | 
| 353 | communities, the amount of land designated for future planned  | 
| 354 | industrial use shall be based upon surveys and studies that  | 
| 355 | reflect the need for job creation, capital investment, and the  | 
| 356 | necessity to strengthen and diversify the local economies, and  | 
| 357 | shall not be limited solely by the projected population of the  | 
| 358 | rural community. The future land use plan of a county may also  | 
| 359 | designate areas for possible future municipal incorporation. The  | 
| 360 | land use maps or map series shall generally identify and depict  | 
| 361 | historic district boundaries and shall designate historically  | 
| 362 | significant properties meriting protection. For coastal  | 
| 363 | counties, the future land use element must include, without  | 
| 364 | limitation, regulatory incentives and criteria that encourage  | 
| 365 | the preservation of recreational and commercial working  | 
| 366 | waterfronts as defined in s. 342.07. The future land use element  | 
| 367 | must clearly identify the land use categories in which public  | 
| 368 | schools are an allowable use. When delineating the land use  | 
| 369 | categories in which public schools are an allowable use, a local  | 
| 370 | government shall include in the categories sufficient land  | 
| 371 | proximate to residential development to meet the projected needs  | 
| 372 | for schools in coordination with public school boards and may  | 
| 373 | establish differing criteria for schools of different type or  | 
| 374 | size. Each local government shall include lands contiguous to  | 
| 375 | existing school sites, to the maximum extent possible, within  | 
| 376 | the land use categories in which public schools are an allowable  | 
| 377 | use. The failure by a local government to comply with these  | 
| 378 | school siting requirements will result in the prohibition of the  | 
| 379 | local government's ability to amend the local comprehensive  | 
| 380 | plan, except for plan amendments described in s. 163.3187(1)(b),  | 
| 381 | until the school siting requirements are met. Amendments  | 
| 382 | proposed by a local government for purposes of identifying the  | 
| 383 | land use categories in which public schools are an allowable use  | 
| 384 | are exempt from the limitation on the frequency of plan  | 
| 385 | amendments contained in s. 163.3187. The future land use element  | 
| 386 | shall include criteria that encourage the location of schools  | 
| 387 | proximate to urban residential areas to the extent possible and  | 
| 388 | shall require that the local government seek to collocate public  | 
| 389 | facilities, such as parks, libraries, and community centers,  | 
| 390 | with schools to the extent possible and to encourage the use of  | 
| 391 | elementary schools as focal points for neighborhoods. For  | 
| 392 | schools serving predominantly rural counties, defined as a  | 
| 393 | county with a population of 100,000 or fewer, an agricultural  | 
| 394 | land use category shall be eligible for the location of public  | 
| 395 | school facilities if the local comprehensive plan contains  | 
| 396 | school siting criteria and the location is consistent with such  | 
| 397 | criteria. Local governments required to update or amend their  | 
| 398 | comprehensive plan to include criteria and address compatibility  | 
| 399 | of lands adjacent to an airport as defined in s. 330.35 and  | 
| 400 | consistent with provisions in s. 333.02 adjacent or closely  | 
| 401 | proximate lands with existing military installations in their  | 
| 402 | future land use plan element shall transmit the update or  | 
| 403 | amendment to the state land planning agency department by June  | 
| 404 | 30, 2011 2006. | 
| 405 |      (h)1.  An intergovernmental coordination element showing  | 
| 406 | relationships and stating principles and guidelines to be used  | 
| 407 | in the accomplishment of coordination of the adopted  | 
| 408 | comprehensive plan with the plans of school boards, regional  | 
| 409 | water supply authorities, and other units of local government  | 
| 410 | providing services but not having regulatory authority over the  | 
| 411 | use of land, with the comprehensive plans of adjacent  | 
| 412 | municipalities, the county, adjacent counties, or the region,  | 
| 413 | with the state comprehensive plan and with the applicable  | 
| 414 | regional water supply plan approved pursuant to s. 373.0361, as  | 
| 415 | the case may require and as such adopted plans or plans in  | 
| 416 | preparation may exist. This element of the local comprehensive  | 
| 417 | plan shall demonstrate consideration of the particular effects  | 
| 418 | of the local plan, when adopted, upon the development of  | 
| 419 | adjacent municipalities, the county, adjacent counties, or the  | 
| 420 | region, or upon the state comprehensive plan, as the case may  | 
| 421 | require. | 
| 422 |      a.  The intergovernmental coordination element shall  | 
| 423 | provide for procedures to identify and implement joint planning  | 
| 424 | areas, especially for the purpose of annexation, municipal  | 
| 425 | incorporation, and joint infrastructure service areas. | 
| 426 |      b.  The intergovernmental coordination element shall  | 
| 427 | provide for recognition of campus master plans prepared pursuant  | 
| 428 | to s. 1013.30, and airport master plans pursuant to paragraph  | 
| 429 | (k). | 
| 430 |      c.  The intergovernmental coordination element may provide  | 
| 431 | for a voluntary dispute resolution process as established  | 
| 432 | pursuant to s. 186.509 for bringing to closure in a timely  | 
| 433 | manner intergovernmental disputes. A local government may  | 
| 434 | develop and use an alternative local dispute resolution process  | 
| 435 | for this purpose. | 
| 436 |      d.  The intergovernmental coordination element shall  | 
| 437 | provide for interlocal agreements, as established pursuant to s.  | 
| 438 | 333.03(1)(b). | 
| 439 |      2.  The intergovernmental coordination element shall  | 
| 440 | further state principles and guidelines to be used in the  | 
| 441 | accomplishment of coordination of the adopted comprehensive plan  | 
| 442 | with the plans of school boards and other units of local  | 
| 443 | government providing facilities and services but not having  | 
| 444 | regulatory authority over the use of land. In addition, the  | 
| 445 | intergovernmental coordination element shall describe joint  | 
| 446 | processes for collaborative planning and decisionmaking on  | 
| 447 | population projections and public school siting, the location  | 
| 448 | and extension of public facilities subject to concurrency, and  | 
| 449 | siting facilities with countywide significance, including  | 
| 450 | locally unwanted land uses whose nature and identity are  | 
| 451 | established in an agreement. Within 1 year of adopting their  | 
| 452 | intergovernmental coordination elements, each county, all the  | 
| 453 | municipalities within that county, the district school board,  | 
| 454 | and any unit of local government service providers in that  | 
| 455 | county shall establish by interlocal or other formal agreement  | 
| 456 | executed by all affected entities, the joint processes described  | 
| 457 | in this subparagraph consistent with their adopted  | 
| 458 | intergovernmental coordination elements. | 
| 459 |      3.  To foster coordination between special districts and  | 
| 460 | local general-purpose governments as local general-purpose  | 
| 461 | governments implement local comprehensive plans, each  | 
| 462 | independent special district must submit a public facilities  | 
| 463 | report to the appropriate local government as required by s.  | 
| 464 | 189.415. | 
| 465 |      4.a.  Local governments must execute an interlocal  | 
| 466 | agreement with the district school board, the county, and  | 
| 467 | nonexempt municipalities pursuant to s. 163.31777. The local  | 
| 468 | government shall amend the intergovernmental coordination  | 
| 469 | element to provide that coordination between the local  | 
| 470 | government and school board is pursuant to the agreement and  | 
| 471 | shall state the obligations of the local government under the  | 
| 472 | agreement. | 
| 473 |      b.  Plan amendments that comply with this subparagraph are  | 
| 474 | exempt from the provisions of s. 163.3187(1). | 
| 475 |      5.  The state land planning agency shall establish a  | 
| 476 | schedule for phased completion and transmittal of plan  | 
| 477 | amendments to implement subparagraphs 1., 2., and 3. from all  | 
| 478 | jurisdictions so as to accomplish their adoption by December 31,  | 
| 479 | 1999. A local government may complete and transmit its plan  | 
| 480 | amendments to carry out these provisions prior to the scheduled  | 
| 481 | date established by the state land planning agency. The plan  | 
| 482 | amendments are exempt from the provisions of s. 163.3187(1). | 
| 483 |      6.  By January 1, 2004, any county having a population  | 
| 484 | greater than 100,000, and the municipalities and special  | 
| 485 | districts within that county, shall submit a report to the  | 
| 486 | Department of Community Affairs which: | 
| 487 |      a.  Identifies all existing or proposed interlocal service  | 
| 488 | delivery agreements regarding the following: education; sanitary  | 
| 489 | sewer; public safety; solid waste; drainage; potable water;  | 
| 490 | parks and recreation; and transportation facilities. | 
| 491 |      b.  Identifies any deficits or duplication in the provision  | 
| 492 | of services within its jurisdiction, whether capital or  | 
| 493 | operational. Upon request, the Department of Community Affairs  | 
| 494 | shall provide technical assistance to the local governments in  | 
| 495 | identifying deficits or duplication. | 
| 496 |      7.  Within 6 months after submission of the report, the  | 
| 497 | Department of Community Affairs shall, through the appropriate  | 
| 498 | regional planning council, coordinate a meeting of all local  | 
| 499 | governments within the regional planning area to discuss the  | 
| 500 | reports and potential strategies to remedy any identified  | 
| 501 | deficiencies or duplications. | 
| 502 |      8.  Each local government shall update its  | 
| 503 | intergovernmental coordination element based upon the findings  | 
| 504 | in the report submitted pursuant to subparagraph 6. The report  | 
| 505 | may be used as supporting data and analysis for the  | 
| 506 | intergovernmental coordination element. | 
| 507 |      (j)  For each unit of local government within an urbanized  | 
| 508 | area designated for purposes of s. 339.175, a transportation  | 
| 509 | element, which shall be prepared and adopted in lieu of the  | 
| 510 | requirements of paragraph (b) and paragraphs (7)(a), (b), (c),  | 
| 511 | and (d) and which shall address the following issues: | 
| 512 |      1.  Traffic circulation, including major thoroughfares and  | 
| 513 | other routes, including bicycle and pedestrian ways. | 
| 514 |      2.  All alternative modes of travel, such as public  | 
| 515 | transportation, pedestrian, and bicycle travel. | 
| 516 |      3.  Parking facilities. | 
| 517 |      4.  Aviation, rail, seaport facilities, access to those  | 
| 518 | facilities, and intermodal terminals. | 
| 519 |      5.  The availability of facilities and services to serve  | 
| 520 | existing land uses and the compatibility between future land use  | 
| 521 | and transportation elements. | 
| 522 |      6.  The capability to evacuate the coastal population prior  | 
| 523 | to an impending natural disaster. | 
| 524 |      7.  Airports, projected airport and aviation development,  | 
| 525 | and land use compatibility around airports that includes areas  | 
| 526 | defined in ss. 333.01 and 333.02. | 
| 527 |      8.  An identification of land use densities, building  | 
| 528 | intensities, and transportation management programs to promote  | 
| 529 | public transportation systems in designated public  | 
| 530 | transportation corridors so as to encourage population densities  | 
| 531 | sufficient to support such systems. | 
| 532 |      9.  May include transportation corridors, as defined in s.  | 
| 533 | 334.03, intended for future transportation facilities designated  | 
| 534 | pursuant to s. 337.273. If transportation corridors are  | 
| 535 | designated, the local government may adopt a transportation  | 
| 536 | corridor management ordinance. | 
| 537 |      Section 4.  Subsection (3) of section 163.3178, Florida  | 
| 538 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 539 |      163.3178  Coastal management.-- | 
| 540 |      (3)  Expansions to port harbors, spoil disposal sites,  | 
| 541 | navigation channels, turning basins, harbor berths, and other  | 
| 542 | related inwater harbor facilities of ports listed in s.  | 
| 543 | 403.021(9); port transportation facilities and projects listed  | 
| 544 | in s. 311.07(3)(b); and intermodal transportation facilities  | 
| 545 | identified pursuant to s. 311.09(3) and facilities determined by  | 
| 546 | the Department of Community Affairs and applicable general  | 
| 547 | purpose local government to be port-related industrial or  | 
| 548 | commercial projects located within 3 miles of or in a port  | 
| 549 | master plan area which rely upon the utilization of port and  | 
| 550 | intermodal transportation facilities shall not be developments  | 
| 551 | of regional impact where such expansions, projects, or  | 
| 552 | facilities are consistent with comprehensive master plans that  | 
| 553 | are in compliance with this section. | 
| 554 |      Section 5.  Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of  | 
| 555 | section 163.3182, Florida Statutes, and paragraph (d) of  | 
| 556 | subsection (3), paragraph (a) of subsection (4), and subsections  | 
| 557 | (5) and (8) of that section are amended, to read: | 
| 558 |      163.3182  Transportation concurrency backlogs.-- | 
| 559 |      (2)  CREATION OF TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY BACKLOG  | 
| 560 | AUTHORITIES.-- | 
| 561 |      (c)  The Legislature finds and declares that there exists  | 
| 562 | in many counties and municipalities areas with significant  | 
| 563 | transportation deficiencies and inadequate transportation  | 
| 564 | facilities; that many such insufficiencies and inadequacies  | 
| 565 | severely limit or prohibit the satisfaction of transportation  | 
| 566 | concurrency standards; that such transportation insufficiencies  | 
| 567 | and inadequacies affect the health, safety, and welfare of the  | 
| 568 | residents of such counties and municipalities; that such  | 
| 569 | transportation insufficiencies and inadequacies adversely affect  | 
| 570 | economic development and growth of the tax base for the areas in  | 
| 571 | which such insufficiencies and inadequacies exist; and that the  | 
| 572 | elimination of transportation deficiencies and inadequacies and  | 
| 573 | the satisfaction of transportation concurrency standards are  | 
| 574 | paramount public purposes for the state and its counties and  | 
| 575 | municipalities. | 
| 576 |      (3)  POWERS OF A TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY BACKLOG  | 
| 577 | AUTHORITY.--Each transportation concurrency backlog authority  | 
| 578 | has the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes  | 
| 579 | of this section, including the following powers in addition to  | 
| 580 | others granted in this section: | 
| 581 |      (d)  To borrow money, including, but not limited to,  | 
| 582 | issuing debt obligations, such as, but not limited to, bonds,  | 
| 583 | notes, certificates, and similar debt instruments; to apply for  | 
| 584 | and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other  | 
| 585 | forms of financial assistance from the Federal Government or the  | 
| 586 | state, county, or any other public body or from any sources,  | 
| 587 | public or private, for the purposes of this part; to give such  | 
| 588 | security as may be required; to enter into and carry out  | 
| 589 | contracts or agreements; and to include in any contracts for  | 
| 590 | financial assistance with the Federal Government for or with  | 
| 591 | respect to a transportation concurrency backlog project and  | 
| 592 | related activities such conditions imposed pursuant to federal  | 
| 593 | laws as the transportation concurrency backlog authority  | 
| 594 | considers reasonable and appropriate and which are not  | 
| 595 | inconsistent with the purposes of this section. | 
| 596 |      (4)  TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY BACKLOG PLANS.-- | 
| 597 |      (a)  Each transportation concurrency backlog authority  | 
| 598 | shall adopt a transportation concurrency backlog plan as a part  | 
| 599 | of the local government comprehensive plan within 6 months after  | 
| 600 | the creation of the authority. The plan shall: | 
| 601 |      1.  Identify all transportation facilities that have been  | 
| 602 | designated as deficient and require the expenditure of moneys to  | 
| 603 | upgrade, modify, or mitigate the deficiency. | 
| 604 |      2.  Include a priority listing of all transportation  | 
| 605 | facilities that have been designated as deficient and do not  | 
| 606 | satisfy concurrency requirements pursuant to s. 163.3180, and  | 
| 607 | the applicable local government comprehensive plan. | 
| 608 |      3.  Establish a schedule for financing and construction of  | 
| 609 | transportation concurrency backlog projects that will eliminate  | 
| 610 | transportation concurrency backlogs within the jurisdiction of  | 
| 611 | the authority within 10 years after the transportation  | 
| 612 | concurrency backlog plan adoption. The schedule shall be adopted  | 
| 613 | as part of the local government comprehensive plan.  | 
| 614 | Notwithstanding such schedule requirements, as long as the  | 
| 615 | schedule provides for the elimination of all transportation  | 
| 616 | concurrency backlogs within 10 years after the adoption of the  | 
| 617 | concurrency backlog plan, the final maturity date of any debt  | 
| 618 | incurred to finance or refinance the related projects may be no  | 
| 619 | later than 40 years after the date such debt is incurred and the  | 
| 620 | authority may continue operations and administer the trust fund  | 
| 621 | established as provided in subsection (5) for as long as such  | 
| 622 | debt remains outstanding. | 
| 623 |      (5)  ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL TRUST FUND.--The transportation  | 
| 624 | concurrency backlog authority shall establish a local  | 
| 625 | transportation concurrency backlog trust fund upon creation of  | 
| 626 | the authority. Each local trust fund shall be administered by  | 
| 627 | the transportation concurrency backlog authority within which a  | 
| 628 | transportation concurrency backlog has been identified. Each  | 
| 629 | local trust fund shall continue to be funded pursuant to this  | 
| 630 | section for as long as the projects set forth in the related  | 
| 631 | transportation concurrency backlog plan remain to be completed  | 
| 632 | or until any debt incurred to finance or refinance the related  | 
| 633 | projects are no longer outstanding, whichever occurs later.  | 
| 634 | Beginning in the first fiscal year after the creation of the  | 
| 635 | authority, each local trust fund shall be funded by the proceeds  | 
| 636 | of an ad valorem tax increment collected within each  | 
| 637 | transportation concurrency backlog area to be determined  | 
| 638 | annually and shall be a minimum of 25 percent of the difference  | 
| 639 | between the amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b), except  | 
| 640 | that if all of the affected taxing authorities agree pursuant to  | 
| 641 | an interlocal agreement, a particular local trust fund may be  | 
| 642 | funded by the proceeds of an ad valorem tax increment greater  | 
| 643 | than 25 percent of the difference between the amounts set forth  | 
| 644 | in paragraphs (a) and (b): | 
| 645 |      (a)  The amount of ad valorem tax levied each year by each  | 
| 646 | taxing authority, exclusive of any amount from any debt service  | 
| 647 | millage, on taxable real property contained within the  | 
| 648 | jurisdiction of the transportation concurrency backlog authority  | 
| 649 | and within the transportation backlog area; and | 
| 650 |      (b)  The amount of ad valorem taxes which would have been  | 
| 651 | produced by the rate upon which the tax is levied each year by  | 
| 652 | or for each taxing authority, exclusive of any debt service  | 
| 653 | millage, upon the total of the assessed value of the taxable  | 
| 654 | real property within the transportation concurrency backlog area  | 
| 655 | as shown on the most recent assessment roll used in connection  | 
| 656 | with the taxation of such property of each taxing authority  | 
| 657 | prior to the effective date of the ordinance funding the trust  | 
| 658 | fund. | 
| 659 |      (8)  DISSOLUTION.--Upon completion of all transportation  | 
| 660 | concurrency backlog projects and repayment or defeasance of all  | 
| 661 | debt issued to finance or refinance such projects, a  | 
| 662 | transportation concurrency backlog authority shall be dissolved,  | 
| 663 | and its assets and liabilities shall be transferred to the  | 
| 664 | county or municipality within which the authority is located.  | 
| 665 | All remaining assets of the authority must be used for  | 
| 666 | implementation of transportation projects within the  | 
| 667 | jurisdiction of the authority. The local government  | 
| 668 | comprehensive plan shall be amended to remove the transportation  | 
| 669 | concurrency backlog plan. | 
| 670 |      Section 6.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (9) of section  | 
| 671 | 287.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 672 |      287.055  Acquisition of professional architectural,  | 
| 673 | engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping  | 
| 674 | services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited;  | 
| 675 | penalties.-- | 
| 676 |      (9)  APPLICABILITY TO DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS.-- | 
| 677 |      (c)  Except as otherwise provided in s. 337.11(8)(7), the  | 
| 678 | Department of Management Services shall adopt rules for the  | 
| 679 | award of design-build contracts to be followed by state  | 
| 680 | agencies. Each other agency must adopt rules or ordinances for  | 
| 681 | the award of design-build contracts. Municipalities, political  | 
| 682 | subdivisions, school districts, and school boards shall award  | 
| 683 | design-build contracts by the use of a competitive proposal  | 
| 684 | selection process as described in this subsection, or by the use  | 
| 685 | of a qualifications-based selection process pursuant to  | 
| 686 | subsections (3), (4), and (5) for entering into a contract  | 
| 687 | whereby the selected firm will, subsequent to competitive  | 
| 688 | negotiations, establish a guaranteed maximum price and  | 
| 689 | guaranteed completion date. If the procuring agency elects the  | 
| 690 | option of qualifications-based selection, during the selection  | 
| 691 | of the design-build firm the procuring agency shall employ or  | 
| 692 | retain a licensed design professional appropriate to the project  | 
| 693 | to serve as the agency's representative. Procedures for the use  | 
| 694 | of a competitive proposal selection process must include as a  | 
| 695 | minimum the following: | 
| 696 |      1.  The preparation of a design criteria package for the  | 
| 697 | design and construction of the public construction project. | 
| 698 |      2.  The qualification and selection of no fewer than three  | 
| 699 | design-build firms as the most qualified, based on the  | 
| 700 | qualifications, availability, and past work of the firms,  | 
| 701 | including the partners or members thereof. | 
| 702 |      3.  The criteria, procedures, and standards for the  | 
| 703 | evaluation of design-build contract proposals or bids, based on  | 
| 704 | price, technical, and design aspects of the public construction  | 
| 705 | project, weighted for the project. | 
| 706 |      4.  The solicitation of competitive proposals, pursuant to  | 
| 707 | a design criteria package, from those qualified design-build  | 
| 708 | firms and the evaluation of the responses or bids submitted by  | 
| 709 | those firms based on the evaluation criteria and procedures  | 
| 710 | established prior to the solicitation of competitive proposals. | 
| 711 |      5.  For consultation with the employed or retained design  | 
| 712 | criteria professional concerning the evaluation of the responses  | 
| 713 | or bids submitted by the design-build firms, the supervision or  | 
| 714 | approval by the agency of the detailed working drawings of the  | 
| 715 | project; and for evaluation of the compliance of the project  | 
| 716 | construction with the design criteria package by the design  | 
| 717 | criteria professional. | 
| 718 |      6.  In the case of public emergencies, for the agency head  | 
| 719 | to declare an emergency and authorize negotiations with the best  | 
| 720 | qualified design-build firm available at that time. | 
| 721 |      Section 7.  Section 316.0741, Florida Statutes, is amended  | 
| 722 | to read: | 
| 723 |      316.0741  High-occupancy-vehicle High occupancy vehicle  | 
| 724 | lanes.-- | 
| 725 |      (1)  As used in this section, the term: | 
| 726 |      (a)  "High-occupancy-vehicle High occupancy vehicle lane"  | 
| 727 | or "HOV lane" means a lane of a public roadway designated for  | 
| 728 | use by vehicles in which there is more than one occupant unless  | 
| 729 | otherwise authorized by federal law. | 
| 730 |      (b)  "Hybrid vehicle" means a motor vehicle: | 
| 731 |      1.  That draws propulsion energy from onboard sources of  | 
| 732 | stored energy which are both an internal combustion or heat  | 
| 733 | engine using combustible fuel and a rechargeable energy-storage  | 
| 734 | system; and | 
| 735 |      2.  That, in the case of a passenger automobile or light  | 
| 736 | truck, has received a certificate of conformity under the Clean  | 
| 737 | Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 7401 et seq., and meets or exceeds the  | 
| 738 | equivalent qualifying California standards for a low-emission  | 
| 739 | vehicle. | 
| 740 |      (2)  The number of persons that must be in a vehicle to  | 
| 741 | qualify for legal use of the HOV lane and the hours during which  | 
| 742 | the lane will serve as an HOV lane, if it is not designated as  | 
| 743 | such on a full-time basis, must also be indicated on a traffic  | 
| 744 | control device. | 
| 745 |      (3)  Except as provided in subsection (4), a vehicle may  | 
| 746 | not be driven in an HOV lane if the vehicle is occupied by fewer  | 
| 747 | than the number of occupants indicated by a traffic control  | 
| 748 | device. A driver who violates this section shall be cited for a  | 
| 749 | moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318. | 
| 750 |      (4)(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  | 
| 751 | section, an inherently low-emission vehicle (ILEV) that is  | 
| 752 | certified and labeled in accordance with federal regulations may  | 
| 753 | be driven in an HOV lane at any time, regardless of its  | 
| 754 | occupancy. In addition, upon the state's receipt of written  | 
| 755 | notice from the proper federal regulatory agency authorizing  | 
| 756 | such use, a vehicle defined as a hybrid vehicle under this  | 
| 757 | section may be driven in an HOV lane at any time, regardless of  | 
| 758 | its occupancy. | 
| 759 |      (b)  All eligible hybrid and all eligible other low- | 
| 760 | emission and energy-efficient vehicles driven in an HOV lane  | 
| 761 | must comply with the minimum fuel economy standards in 23 U.S.C.  | 
| 762 | s. 166(f)(3)(B). | 
| 763 |      (c)  Upon issuance of the applicable Environmental  | 
| 764 | Protection Agency final rule pursuant to 23 U.S.C. s. 166(e),  | 
| 765 | relating to the eligibility of hybrid and other low-emission and  | 
| 766 | energy-efficient vehicles for operation in an HOV lane  | 
| 767 | regardless of occupancy, the Department of Transportation shall  | 
| 768 | review the rule and recommend to the Legislature any statutory  | 
| 769 | changes necessary for compliance with the federal rule. The  | 
| 770 | department shall provide its recommendations no later than 30  | 
| 771 | days following issuance of the final rule. | 
| 772 |      (5)  The department shall issue a decal and registration  | 
| 773 | certificate, to be renewed annually, reflecting the HOV lane  | 
| 774 | designation on such vehicles meeting the criteria in subsection  | 
| 775 | (4) authorizing driving in an HOV lane at any time such use. The  | 
| 776 | department may charge a fee for a decal, not to exceed the costs  | 
| 777 | of designing, producing, and distributing each decal, or $5,  | 
| 778 | whichever is less. The proceeds from sale of the decals shall be  | 
| 779 | deposited in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. The  | 
| 780 | department may, for reasons of operation and management of HOV  | 
| 781 | facilities, limit or discontinue issuance of decals for the use  | 
| 782 | of HOV facilities by hybrid and low-emission and energy- | 
| 783 | efficient vehicles, regardless of occupancy, if it has been  | 
| 784 | determined by the Department of Transportation that the  | 
| 785 | facilities are degraded as defined by 23 U.S.C. s. 166(d)(2). | 
| 786 |      (6)  Vehicles having decals by virtue of compliance with  | 
| 787 | the minimum fuel economy standards under 23 U.S.C. s.  | 
| 788 | 166(f)(3)(B), and which are registered for use in high-occupancy  | 
| 789 | toll lanes or express lanes in accordance with Department of  | 
| 790 | Transportation rule, shall be allowed to use any HOV lanes  | 
| 791 | redesignated as high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes  | 
| 792 | without payment of a toll. | 
| 793 |      (5)  As used in this section, the term "hybrid vehicle"  | 
| 794 | means a motor vehicle: | 
| 795 |      (a)  That draws propulsion energy from onboard sources of  | 
| 796 | stored energy which are both: | 
| 797 |      1.  An internal combustion or heat engine using combustible  | 
| 798 | fuel; and | 
| 799 |      2.  A rechargeable energy storage system; and | 
| 800 |      (b)  That, in the case of a passenger automobile or light  | 
| 801 | truck: | 
| 802 |      1.  Has received a certificate of conformity under the  | 
| 803 | Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 7401 et seq.; and | 
| 804 |      2.  Meets or exceeds the equivalent qualifying California  | 
| 805 | standards for a low-emission vehicle. | 
| 806 |      (7)(6)  The department may adopt rules necessary to  | 
| 807 | administer this section. | 
| 808 |      Section 8.  Subsection (4) of section 316.193, Florida  | 
| 809 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 810 |      316.193  Driving under the influence; penalties.-- | 
| 811 |      (4)(a)  Any person who is convicted of a violation of  | 
| 812 | subsection (1) and who has a blood-alcohol level or breath- | 
| 813 | alcohol level of 0.15 0.20 or higher, or any person who is  | 
| 814 | convicted of a violation of subsection (1) and who at the time  | 
| 815 | of the offense was accompanied in the vehicle by a person under  | 
| 816 | the age of 18 years, shall be punished: | 
| 817 |      1.(a)  By a fine of: | 
| 818 |      a.1.  Not less than $500 or more than $1,000 for a first  | 
| 819 | conviction. | 
| 820 |      b.2.  Not less than $1,000 or more than $2,000 for a second  | 
| 821 | conviction. | 
| 822 |      c.3.  Not less than $2,000 for a third or subsequent  | 
| 823 | conviction. | 
| 824 |      2.(b)  By imprisonment for: | 
| 825 |      a.1.  Not more than 9 months for a first conviction. | 
| 826 |      b.2.  Not more than 12 months for a second conviction. | 
| 827 |      (b)  For the purposes of this subsection, only the instant  | 
| 828 | offense is required to be a violation of subsection (1) by a  | 
| 829 | person who has a blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of  | 
| 830 | 0.15 0.20 or higher. | 
| 831 |      (c)  In addition to the penalties in subparagraphs (a)1.  | 
| 832 | and 2. paragraphs (a) and (b), the court shall order the  | 
| 833 | mandatory placement, at the convicted person's sole expense, of  | 
| 834 | an ignition interlock device approved by the department in  | 
| 835 | accordance with s. 316.1938 upon all vehicles that are  | 
| 836 | individually or jointly leased or owned and routinely operated  | 
| 837 | by the convicted person for not less than up to 6 continuous  | 
| 838 | months for the first offense and for not less than at least 2  | 
| 839 | continuous years for a second offense, when the convicted person  | 
| 840 | qualifies for a permanent or restricted license. The  | 
| 841 | installation of such device may not occur before July 1, 2003. | 
| 842 |      Section 9.  Subsection (2) of section 316.2397, Florida  | 
| 843 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 844 |      316.2397  Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.-- | 
| 845 |      (2)  It is expressly prohibited for any vehicle or  | 
| 846 | equipment, except police vehicles, to show or display blue  | 
| 847 | lights. However, vehicles owned, operated, or leased by the  | 
| 848 | Department of Corrections or any county correctional agency, may  | 
| 849 | show or display blue lights when responding to emergencies. | 
| 850 |      Section 10.  Effective October 1, 2008, paragraph (b) of  | 
| 851 | subsection (1) and subsections (6) and (8) of section 316.302,  | 
| 852 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
| 853 |      316.302  Commercial motor vehicles; safety regulations;  | 
| 854 | transporters and shippers of hazardous materials; enforcement.-- | 
| 855 |      (1) | 
| 856 |      (b)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, all  | 
| 857 | owners or drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are engaged  | 
| 858 | in intrastate commerce are subject to the rules and regulations  | 
| 859 | contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382, 385, and 390-397, with the  | 
| 860 | exception of 49 C.F.R. s. 390.5 as it relates to the definition  | 
| 861 | of bus, as such rules and regulations existed on October 1, 2007  | 
| 862 | 2005. | 
| 863 |      (6)  The state Department of Transportation shall perform  | 
| 864 | the duties that are assigned to the Field Administrator, Federal  | 
| 865 | Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regional Federal Highway  | 
| 866 | Administrator under the federal rules, and an agent of that  | 
| 867 | department, as described in s. 316.545(9), may enforce those  | 
| 868 | rules. | 
| 869 |      (8)  For the purpose of enforcing this section, any law  | 
| 870 | enforcement officer of the Department of Transportation or duly  | 
| 871 | appointed agent who holds a current safety inspector  | 
| 872 | certification from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance may  | 
| 873 | require the driver of any commercial vehicle operated on the  | 
| 874 | highways of this state to stop and submit to an inspection of  | 
| 875 | the vehicle or the driver's records. If the vehicle or driver is  | 
| 876 | found to be operating in an unsafe condition, or if any required  | 
| 877 | part or equipment is not present or is not in proper repair or  | 
| 878 | adjustment, and the continued operation would present an unduly  | 
| 879 | hazardous operating condition, the officer may require the  | 
| 880 | vehicle or the driver to be removed from service pursuant to the  | 
| 881 | North American Standard Uniform Out-of-Service Criteria, until  | 
| 882 | corrected. However, if continuous operation would not present an  | 
| 883 | unduly hazardous operating condition, the officer may give  | 
| 884 | written notice requiring correction of the condition within 14  | 
| 885 | days. | 
| 886 |      (a)  Any member of the Florida Highway Patrol or any law  | 
| 887 | enforcement officer employed by a sheriff's office or municipal  | 
| 888 | police department authorized to enforce the traffic laws of this  | 
| 889 | state pursuant to s. 316.640 who has reason to believe that a  | 
| 890 | vehicle or driver is operating in an unsafe condition may, as  | 
| 891 | provided in subsection (10), enforce the provisions of this  | 
| 892 | section. | 
| 893 |      (b)  Any person who fails to comply with an officer's  | 
| 894 | request to submit to an inspection under this subsection commits  | 
| 895 | a violation of s. 843.02 if the person resists the officer  | 
| 896 | without violence or a violation of s. 843.01 if the person  | 
| 897 | resists the officer with violence. | 
| 898 |      Section 11.  Subsection (2) of section 316.613, Florida  | 
| 899 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 900 |      316.613  Child restraint requirements.-- | 
| 901 |      (2)  As used in this section, the term "motor vehicle"  | 
| 902 | means a motor vehicle as defined in s. 316.003 which that is  | 
| 903 | operated on the roadways, streets, and highways of the state.  | 
| 904 | The term does not include: | 
| 905 |      (a)  A school bus as defined in s. 316.003(45). | 
| 906 |      (b)  A bus used for the transportation of persons for  | 
| 907 | compensation, other than a bus regularly used to transport  | 
| 908 | children to or from school, as defined in s. 316.615(1) (b), or  | 
| 909 | in conjunction with school activities. | 
| 910 |      (c)  A farm tractor or implement of husbandry. | 
| 911 |      (d)  A truck having a gross vehicle weight rating of more  | 
| 912 | than 26,000 of net weight of more than 5,000 pounds. | 
| 913 |      (e)  A motorcycle, moped, or bicycle. | 
| 914 |      Section 12.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section  | 
| 915 | 316.614, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 916 |      316.614  Safety belt usage.-- | 
| 917 |      (3)  As used in this section: | 
| 918 |      (a)  "Motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in s.  | 
| 919 | 316.003 which that is operated on the roadways, streets, and  | 
| 920 | highways of this state. The term does not include: | 
| 921 |      1.  A school bus. | 
| 922 |      2.  A bus used for the transportation of persons for  | 
| 923 | compensation. | 
| 924 |      3.  A farm tractor or implement of husbandry. | 
| 925 |      4.  A truck having a gross vehicle weight rating of more  | 
| 926 | than 26,000 of a net weight of more than 5,000 pounds. | 
| 927 |      5.  A motorcycle, moped, or bicycle. | 
| 928 |      Section 13.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section  | 
| 929 | 316.656, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 930 |      316.656  Mandatory adjudication; prohibition against  | 
| 931 | accepting plea to lesser included offense.-- | 
| 932 |      (2)(a)  No trial judge may accept a plea of guilty to a  | 
| 933 | lesser offense from a person charged under the provisions of  | 
| 934 | this act who has been given a breath or blood test to determine  | 
| 935 | blood or breath alcohol content, the results of which show a  | 
| 936 | blood or breath alcohol content by weight of 0.15 0.20 percent  | 
| 937 | or more. | 
| 938 |      Section 14.  Subsection (7) of section 318.18, Florida  | 
| 939 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 940 |      318.18  Amount of penalties.--The penalties required for a  | 
| 941 | noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal  | 
| 942 | offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows: | 
| 943 |      (7)  Mandatory $100 fine for each violation of s. 316.1001  | 
| 944 | plus the amount of the unpaid toll shown on the traffic citation  | 
| 945 | for each citation issued. The clerk of the court shall forward  | 
| 946 | $25 of the $100 fine received, plus the amount of the unpaid  | 
| 947 | toll that is shown on the citation, to the governmental entity  | 
| 948 | that issued the citation, or on whose behalf the citation was  | 
| 949 | issued. If a plea arrangement is reached prior to the date set  | 
| 950 | for a scheduled evidentiary hearing and adjudication is  | 
| 951 | withheld, there shall be a mandatory fine assessed per citation  | 
| 952 | of not less than $50 and not more than $100, plus the amount of  | 
| 953 | the unpaid toll for each citation issued. The clerk of the court  | 
| 954 | shall forward $25 of the fine imposed plus the amount of the  | 
| 955 | unpaid toll that is shown on the citation to the governmental  | 
| 956 | entity that issued the citation or on whose behalf the citation  | 
| 957 | was issued. The court shall have specific authority to  | 
| 958 | consolidate issued citations for the same defendant for the  | 
| 959 | purpose of sentencing and aggregate jurisdiction. In addition,  | 
| 960 | the department shall suspend for 60 days the driver's license of  | 
| 961 | a person who is convicted of 10 violations of s. 316.1001 within  | 
| 962 | a 36-month period; however, the department shall not suspend the  | 
| 963 | driver's license if, at the time of the violations, a valid and  | 
| 964 | active SunPass account is registered to the vehicle identified  | 
| 965 | in the citations. Any funds received by a governmental entity  | 
| 966 | for this violation may be used for any lawful purpose related to  | 
| 967 | the operation or maintenance of a toll facility. | 
| 968 |      Section 15.  Effective July 1, 2008, subsection (1) of  | 
| 969 | section 320.02, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 28 of  | 
| 970 | chapter 2006-290, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: | 
| 971 |      320.02  Registration required; application for  | 
| 972 | registration; forms.-- | 
| 973 |      (1)  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every  | 
| 974 | owner or person in charge of a motor vehicle that is operated or  | 
| 975 | driven on the roads of this state shall register the vehicle in  | 
| 976 | this state. The owner or person in charge shall apply to the  | 
| 977 | department or to its authorized agent for registration of each  | 
| 978 | such vehicle on a form prescribed by the department. Prior to  | 
| 979 | the original registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,  | 
| 980 | or moped, the owner, if a natural person, must present proof  | 
| 981 | that he or she has a valid motorcycle endorsement as required in  | 
| 982 | chapter 322. A registration is not required for any motor  | 
| 983 | vehicle that is not operated on the roads of this state during  | 
| 984 | the registration period. | 
| 985 |      Section 16.  Section 322.64, Florida Statutes, is amended  | 
| 986 | to read: | 
| 987 |      322.64  Holder of commercial driver's license; persons  | 
| 988 | operating a commercial motor vehicle; driving with unlawful  | 
| 989 | blood-alcohol level; refusal to submit to breath, urine, or  | 
| 990 | blood test.-- | 
| 991 |      (1)(a)  A law enforcement officer or correctional officer  | 
| 992 | shall, on behalf of the department, disqualify from operating  | 
| 993 | any commercial motor vehicle a person who while operating or in  | 
| 994 | actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle is  | 
| 995 | arrested for a violation of s. 316.193, relating to unlawful  | 
| 996 | blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level, or a person who has  | 
| 997 | refused to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test authorized  | 
| 998 | by s. 322.63 arising out of the operation or actual physical  | 
| 999 | control of a commercial motor vehicle. A law enforcement officer  | 
| 1000 | or correctional officer shall, on behalf of the department,  | 
| 1001 | disqualify the holder of a commercial driver's license from  | 
| 1002 | operating any commercial motor vehicle if the licenseholder,  | 
| 1003 | while operating or in actual physical control of a motor  | 
| 1004 | vehicle, is arrested for a violation of s. 316.193, relating to  | 
| 1005 | unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level, or refused  | 
| 1006 | to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test authorized by s.  | 
| 1007 | 322.63. Upon disqualification of the person, the officer shall  | 
| 1008 | take the person's driver's license and issue the person a 10-day  | 
| 1009 | temporary permit for the operation of noncommercial vehicles  | 
| 1010 | only if the person is otherwise eligible for the driving  | 
| 1011 | privilege and shall issue the person a notice of  | 
| 1012 | disqualification. If the person has been given a blood, breath,  | 
| 1013 | or urine test, the results of which are not available to the  | 
| 1014 | officer at the time of the arrest, the agency employing the  | 
| 1015 | officer shall transmit such results to the department within 5  | 
| 1016 | days after receipt of the results. If the department then  | 
| 1017 | determines that the person was arrested for a violation of s.  | 
| 1018 | 316.193 and that the person had a blood-alcohol level or breath- | 
| 1019 | alcohol level of 0.08 or higher, the department shall disqualify  | 
| 1020 | the person from operating a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to  | 
| 1021 | subsection (3). | 
| 1022 |      (b)  The disqualification under paragraph (a) shall be  | 
| 1023 | pursuant to, and the notice of disqualification shall inform the  | 
| 1024 | driver of, the following: | 
| 1025 |      1.a.  The driver refused to submit to a lawful breath,  | 
| 1026 | blood, or urine test and he or she is disqualified from  | 
| 1027 | operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 1 year, for  | 
| 1028 | a first refusal, or permanently, if he or she has previously  | 
| 1029 | been disqualified as a result of a refusal to submit to such a  | 
| 1030 | test; or | 
| 1031 |      b.  The driver was driving or in actual physical control of  | 
| 1032 | a commercial motor vehicle, or any motor vehicle if the driver  | 
| 1033 | holds a commercial driver's license, had an unlawful blood- | 
| 1034 | alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher, and his  | 
| 1035 | or her driving privilege shall be disqualified for a period of 1  | 
| 1036 | year for a first offense or permanently disqualified if his or  | 
| 1037 | her driving privilege has been previously disqualified under  | 
| 1038 | this section. violated s. 316.193 by driving with an unlawful  | 
| 1039 | blood-alcohol level and he or she is disqualified from operating  | 
| 1040 | a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 6 months for a first  | 
| 1041 | offense or for a period of 1 year if he or she has previously  | 
| 1042 | been disqualified, or his or her driving privilege has been  | 
| 1043 | previously suspended, for a violation of s. 316.193. | 
| 1044 |      2.  The disqualification period for operating commercial  | 
| 1045 | vehicles shall commence on the date of arrest or issuance of the  | 
| 1046 | notice of disqualification, whichever is later. | 
| 1047 |      3.  The driver may request a formal or informal review of  | 
| 1048 | the disqualification by the department within 10 days after the  | 
| 1049 | date of arrest or issuance of the notice of disqualification,  | 
| 1050 | whichever is later. | 
| 1051 |      4.  The temporary permit issued at the time of arrest or  | 
| 1052 | disqualification expires will expire at midnight of the 10th day  | 
| 1053 | following the date of disqualification. | 
| 1054 |      5.  The driver may submit to the department any materials  | 
| 1055 | relevant to the disqualification arrest. | 
| 1056 |      (2)  Except as provided in paragraph (1)(a), the law  | 
| 1057 | enforcement officer shall forward to the department, within 5  | 
| 1058 | days after the date of the arrest or the issuance of the notice  | 
| 1059 | of disqualification, whichever is later, a copy of the notice of  | 
| 1060 | disqualification, the driver's license of the person  | 
| 1061 | disqualified arrested, and a report of the arrest, including, if  | 
| 1062 | applicable, an affidavit stating the officer's grounds for  | 
| 1063 | belief that the person disqualified arrested was operating or in  | 
| 1064 | actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, or holds  | 
| 1065 | a commercial driver's license, and had an unlawful blood-alcohol  | 
| 1066 | or breath-alcohol level in violation of s. 316.193; the results  | 
| 1067 | of any breath or blood or urine test or an affidavit stating  | 
| 1068 | that a breath, blood, or urine test was requested by a law  | 
| 1069 | enforcement officer or correctional officer and that the person  | 
| 1070 | arrested refused to submit; a copy of the notice of  | 
| 1071 | disqualification citation issued to the person arrested; and the  | 
| 1072 | officer's description of the person's field sobriety test, if  | 
| 1073 | any. The failure of the officer to submit materials within the  | 
| 1074 | 5-day period specified in this subsection or subsection (1) does  | 
| 1075 | shall not affect the department's ability to consider any  | 
| 1076 | evidence submitted at or prior to the hearing. The officer may  | 
| 1077 | also submit a copy of a videotape of the field sobriety test or  | 
| 1078 | the attempt to administer such test and a copy of the crash  | 
| 1079 | report, if any. | 
| 1080 |      (3)  If the department determines that the person arrested  | 
| 1081 | should be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle  | 
| 1082 | pursuant to this section and if the notice of disqualification  | 
| 1083 | has not already been served upon the person by a law enforcement  | 
| 1084 | officer or correctional officer as provided in subsection (1),  | 
| 1085 | the department shall issue a notice of disqualification and,  | 
| 1086 | unless the notice is mailed pursuant to s. 322.251, a temporary  | 
| 1087 | permit which expires 10 days after the date of issuance if the  | 
| 1088 | driver is otherwise eligible. | 
| 1089 |      (4)  If the person disqualified arrested requests an  | 
| 1090 | informal review pursuant to subparagraph (1)(b)3., the  | 
| 1091 | department shall conduct the informal review by a hearing  | 
| 1092 | officer employed by the department. Such informal review hearing  | 
| 1093 | shall consist solely of an examination by the department of the  | 
| 1094 | materials submitted by a law enforcement officer or correctional  | 
| 1095 | officer and by the person disqualified arrested, and the  | 
| 1096 | presence of an officer or witness is not required. | 
| 1097 |      (5)  After completion of the informal review, notice of the  | 
| 1098 | department's decision sustaining, amending, or invalidating the  | 
| 1099 | disqualification must be provided to the person. Such notice  | 
| 1100 | must be mailed to the person at the last known address shown on  | 
| 1101 | the department's records, and to the address provided in the law  | 
| 1102 | enforcement officer's report if such address differs from the  | 
| 1103 | address of record, within 21 days after the expiration of the  | 
| 1104 | temporary permit issued pursuant to subsection (1) or subsection  | 
| 1105 | (3). | 
| 1106 |      (6)(a)  If the person disqualified arrested requests a  | 
| 1107 | formal review, the department must schedule a hearing to be held  | 
| 1108 | within 30 days after such request is received by the department  | 
| 1109 | and must notify the person of the date, time, and place of the  | 
| 1110 | hearing. | 
| 1111 |      (b)  Such formal review hearing shall be held before a  | 
| 1112 | hearing officer employed by the department, and the hearing  | 
| 1113 | officer shall be authorized to administer oaths, examine  | 
| 1114 | witnesses and take testimony, receive relevant evidence, issue  | 
| 1115 | subpoenas for the officers and witnesses identified in documents  | 
| 1116 | as provided in subsection (2), regulate the course and conduct  | 
| 1117 | of the hearing, and make a ruling on the disqualification. The  | 
| 1118 | department and the person disqualified arrested may subpoena  | 
| 1119 | witnesses, and the party requesting the presence of a witness  | 
| 1120 | shall be responsible for the payment of any witness fees. If the  | 
| 1121 | person who requests a formal review hearing fails to appear and  | 
| 1122 | the hearing officer finds such failure to be without just cause,  | 
| 1123 | the right to a formal hearing is waived and the department shall  | 
| 1124 | conduct an informal review of the disqualification under  | 
| 1125 | subsection (4). | 
| 1126 |      (c)  A party may seek enforcement of a subpoena under  | 
| 1127 | paragraph (b) by filing a petition for enforcement in the  | 
| 1128 | circuit court of the judicial circuit in which the person  | 
| 1129 | failing to comply with the subpoena resides. A failure to comply  | 
| 1130 | with an order of the court shall result in a finding of contempt  | 
| 1131 | of court. However, a person shall not be in contempt while a  | 
| 1132 | subpoena is being challenged. | 
| 1133 |      (d)  The department must, within 7 days after a formal  | 
| 1134 | review hearing, send notice to the person of the hearing  | 
| 1135 | officer's decision as to whether sufficient cause exists to  | 
| 1136 | sustain, amend, or invalidate the disqualification. | 
| 1137 |      (7)  In a formal review hearing under subsection (6) or an  | 
| 1138 | informal review hearing under subsection (4), the hearing  | 
| 1139 | officer shall determine by a preponderance of the evidence  | 
| 1140 | whether sufficient cause exists to sustain, amend, or invalidate  | 
| 1141 | the disqualification. The scope of the review shall be limited  | 
| 1142 | to the following issues: | 
| 1143 |      (a)  If the person was disqualified from operating a  | 
| 1144 | commercial motor vehicle for driving with an unlawful blood- | 
| 1145 | alcohol level in violation of s. 316.193: | 
| 1146 |      1.  Whether the arresting law enforcement officer had  | 
| 1147 | probable cause to believe that the person was driving or in  | 
| 1148 | actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, or any  | 
| 1149 | motor vehicle if the driver holds a commercial driver's license,  | 
| 1150 | in this state while he or she had any alcohol, chemical  | 
| 1151 | substances, or controlled substances in his or her body. | 
| 1152 |      2.  Whether the person was placed under lawful arrest for a  | 
| 1153 | violation of s. 316.193. | 
| 1154 |      2.3.  Whether the person had an unlawful blood-alcohol  | 
| 1155 | level or breath-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher as provided in  | 
| 1156 | s. 316.193. | 
| 1157 |      (b)  If the person was disqualified from operating a  | 
| 1158 | commercial motor vehicle for refusal to submit to a breath,  | 
| 1159 | blood, or urine test: | 
| 1160 |      1.  Whether the law enforcement officer had probable cause  | 
| 1161 | to believe that the person was driving or in actual physical  | 
| 1162 | control of a commercial motor vehicle, or any motor vehicle if  | 
| 1163 | the driver holds a commercial driver's license, in this state  | 
| 1164 | while he or she had any alcohol, chemical substances, or  | 
| 1165 | controlled substances in his or her body. | 
| 1166 |      2.  Whether the person refused to submit to the test after  | 
| 1167 | being requested to do so by a law enforcement officer or  | 
| 1168 | correctional officer. | 
| 1169 |      3.  Whether the person was told that if he or she refused  | 
| 1170 | to submit to such test he or she would be disqualified from  | 
| 1171 | operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 1 year or,  | 
| 1172 | in the case of a second refusal, permanently. | 
| 1173 |      (8)  Based on the determination of the hearing officer  | 
| 1174 | pursuant to subsection (7) for both informal hearings under  | 
| 1175 | subsection (4) and formal hearings under subsection (6), the  | 
| 1176 | department shall: | 
| 1177 |      (a)  Sustain the disqualification for a period of 1 year  | 
| 1178 | for a first refusal, or permanently if such person has been  | 
| 1179 | previously disqualified from operating a commercial motor  | 
| 1180 | vehicle as a result of a refusal to submit to such tests. The  | 
| 1181 | disqualification period commences on the date of the arrest or  | 
| 1182 | issuance of the notice of disqualification, whichever is later. | 
| 1183 |      (b)  Sustain the disqualification: | 
| 1184 |      1.  For a period of 1 year if the person was driving or in  | 
| 1185 | actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, or any  | 
| 1186 | motor vehicle if the driver holds a commercial driver's license,  | 
| 1187 | and had an unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level  | 
| 1188 | of 0.08 or higher; or 6 months for a violation of s. 316.193 or  | 
| 1189 | for a period of 1 year | 
| 1190 |      2.  Permanently if the person has been previously  | 
| 1191 | disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle or his or  | 
| 1192 | her driving privilege has been previously suspended for driving  | 
| 1193 | or being in actual physical control of a commercial motor  | 
| 1194 | vehicle, or any motor vehicle if the driver holds a commercial  | 
| 1195 | driver's license, and had an unlawful blood-alcohol level or  | 
| 1196 | breath-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher as a result of a  | 
| 1197 | violation of s. 316.193. | 
| 1198 | 
  | 
| 1199 | The disqualification period commences on the date of the arrest  | 
| 1200 | or issuance of the notice of disqualification, whichever is  | 
| 1201 | later. | 
| 1202 |      (9)  A request for a formal review hearing or an informal  | 
| 1203 | review hearing shall not stay the disqualification. If the  | 
| 1204 | department fails to schedule the formal review hearing to be  | 
| 1205 | held within 30 days after receipt of the request therefor, the  | 
| 1206 | department shall invalidate the disqualification. If the  | 
| 1207 | scheduled hearing is continued at the department's initiative,  | 
| 1208 | the department shall issue a temporary driving permit limited to  | 
| 1209 | noncommercial vehicles which is shall be valid until the hearing  | 
| 1210 | is conducted if the person is otherwise eligible for the driving  | 
| 1211 | privilege. Such permit shall not be issued to a person who  | 
| 1212 | sought and obtained a continuance of the hearing. The permit  | 
| 1213 | issued under this subsection shall authorize driving for  | 
| 1214 | business purposes or employment use only. | 
| 1215 |      (10)  A person who is disqualified from operating a  | 
| 1216 | commercial motor vehicle under subsection (1) or subsection (3)  | 
| 1217 | is eligible for issuance of a license for business or employment  | 
| 1218 | purposes only under s. 322.271 if the person is otherwise  | 
| 1219 | eligible for the driving privilege. However, such business or  | 
| 1220 | employment purposes license shall not authorize the driver to  | 
| 1221 | operate a commercial motor vehicle. | 
| 1222 |      (11)  The formal review hearing may be conducted upon a  | 
| 1223 | review of the reports of a law enforcement officer or a  | 
| 1224 | correctional officer, including documents relating to the  | 
| 1225 | administration of a breath test or blood test or the refusal to  | 
| 1226 | take either test. However, as provided in subsection (6), the  | 
| 1227 | driver may subpoena the officer or any person who administered  | 
| 1228 | or analyzed a breath or blood test. | 
| 1229 |      (12)  The formal review hearing and the informal review  | 
| 1230 | hearing are exempt from the provisions of chapter 120. The  | 
| 1231 | department is authorized to adopt rules for the conduct of  | 
| 1232 | reviews under this section. | 
| 1233 |      (13)  A person may appeal any decision of the department  | 
| 1234 | sustaining the disqualification from operating a commercial  | 
| 1235 | motor vehicle by a petition for writ of certiorari to the  | 
| 1236 | circuit court in the county wherein such person resides or  | 
| 1237 | wherein a formal or informal review was conducted pursuant to s.  | 
| 1238 | 322.31. However, an appeal shall not stay the disqualification.  | 
| 1239 | This subsection shall not be construed to provide for a de novo  | 
| 1240 | appeal. | 
| 1241 |      (14)  The decision of the department under this section  | 
| 1242 | shall not be considered in any trial for a violation of s.  | 
| 1243 | 316.193, s. 322.61, or s. 322.62, nor shall any written  | 
| 1244 | statement submitted by a person in his or her request for  | 
| 1245 | departmental review under this section be admissible into  | 
| 1246 | evidence against him or her in any such trial. The disposition  | 
| 1247 | of any related criminal proceedings shall not affect a  | 
| 1248 | disqualification imposed pursuant to this section. | 
| 1249 |      (15)  This section does not preclude the suspension of the  | 
| 1250 | driving privilege pursuant to s. 322.2615. The driving privilege  | 
| 1251 | of a person who has been disqualified from operating a  | 
| 1252 | commercial motor vehicle also may be suspended for a violation  | 
| 1253 | of s. 316.193. | 
| 1254 |      Section 17.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a  | 
| 1255 | county, municipality, or special district may not own or operate  | 
| 1256 | an asphalt plant or a portable or stationary concrete batch  | 
| 1257 | plant having an independent mixer; however, this prohibition  | 
| 1258 | does not apply to any county that owns or is under contract to  | 
| 1259 | purchase an asphalt plant as of April 15, 2008, and that  | 
| 1260 | furnishes its plant-generated asphalt solely for use by local  | 
| 1261 | governments or company's under contract with local governments  | 
| 1262 | for projects within the boundaries of such county. Sale of plant  | 
| 1263 | generated asphalt to private entities or local governments  | 
| 1264 | outside the boundaries of such county is prohibited. | 
| 1265 |      Section 18.  Subsection (16) of section 344.044, Florida  | 
| 1266 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (34) is added to that  | 
| 1267 | section, to read: | 
| 1268 |      334.044  Department; powers and duties.--The department  | 
| 1269 | shall have the following general powers and duties: | 
| 1270 |      (16)  To plan, acquire, lease, construct, maintain, and  | 
| 1271 | operate toll facilities; to authorize the issuance and refunding  | 
| 1272 | of bonds; and to establish fix and collect tolls, variable rate  | 
| 1273 | tolls, or other charges for travel on any such facilities. | 
| 1274 |      (34)  To maintain training programs for department  | 
| 1275 | employees and prospective employees who are graduates from an  | 
| 1276 | approved engineering curriculum of 4 years or more in a school,  | 
| 1277 | college, or university approved by the Board of Professional  | 
| 1278 | Engineers to provide broad practical expertise in the field of  | 
| 1279 | transportation engineering leading to licensure as a  | 
| 1280 | professional engineer. The department shall maintain training  | 
| 1281 | programs for department employees to provide broad practical  | 
| 1282 | experience and enhanced knowledge in the areas of right-of-way  | 
| 1283 | property management, real estate appraisal, and business  | 
| 1284 | valuation relating to department right-of-way acquisition  | 
| 1285 | activities. These training programs may provide for incremental  | 
| 1286 | increases to base salary for all employees enrolled in the  | 
| 1287 | programs upon successful completion of training phases. | 
| 1288 |      Section 19.  Subsection (2)and paragraph (g) of subsection  | 
| 1289 | (5) of section 337.0261, Florida Statutes, are amended, and  | 
| 1290 | subsection (6) is added to that section, to read: | 
| 1291 |      337.0261  Construction aggregate materials.-- | 
| 1292 |      (2)  LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature finds that there  | 
| 1293 | is a strategic and critical need for an available supply of  | 
| 1294 | construction aggregate materials within the state and that a  | 
| 1295 | disruption of the supply would cause a significant detriment to  | 
| 1296 | the state's construction industry, transportation system, and  | 
| 1297 | overall health, safety, and welfare. The Legislature further  | 
| 1298 | finds: | 
| 1299 |      (a)  Construction aggregate materials are a finite natural  | 
| 1300 | resource. | 
| 1301 |      (b)  Construction aggregate materials mining is an industry  | 
| 1302 | of critical importance to the state and is therefore in the  | 
| 1303 | public interest. | 
| 1304 |      (c)  There is a need for a reliable, predictable, and  | 
| 1305 | sustainable supply of construction aggregate materials so that  | 
| 1306 | public and private construction is maintained without  | 
| 1307 | interruption. | 
| 1308 |      (d)  There are a limited number of aggregate resource  | 
| 1309 | counties within the State where aggregate and sand resources  | 
| 1310 | exist. | 
| 1311 |      (5)  STRATEGIC AGGREGATES REVIEW TASK FORCE.-- | 
| 1312 |      (g)  The task force shall be dissolved on March July 1,  | 
| 1313 | 2010 2008. | 
| 1314 |      (6)  STRATEGIC AGGREGATE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (SARA).-- | 
| 1315 |      (a)  The department shall organize and provide  | 
| 1316 | administrative support in the preparation of the strategic  | 
| 1317 | aggregate resource assessment. The department, in consultation  | 
| 1318 | with the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department  | 
| 1319 | of Community Affairs, the regional planning councils, shall work  | 
| 1320 | with local governments in the preparation of the strategic  | 
| 1321 | aggregate resource assessment. | 
| 1322 |      1.  For construction aggregate materials the strategic  | 
| 1323 | aggregate resource assessment shall: | 
| 1324 |      a.  Identify and map areas where construction aggregate  | 
| 1325 | materials deposits are located in the state. | 
| 1326 |      b.  Identify and superimpose on the aggregate map a high to  | 
| 1327 | low quality grading classification to identify the areas that  | 
| 1328 | contain the materials needed for road building and repair. | 
| 1329 |      c.  Identify and superimpose on the aggregate map the areas  | 
| 1330 | of natural resources subject to federal or state permitting  | 
| 1331 | requirements in order to identify any potential conflicts  | 
| 1332 | between the location of geologically valuable resources and  | 
| 1333 | natural land and water resources. | 
| 1334 |      d.  Identify and superimpose on the aggregate map the areas  | 
| 1335 | of existing future land use elements of local comprehensive  | 
| 1336 | plans and local zoning regulations in order to identify with  | 
| 1337 | natural resources and existing communities and any potential  | 
| 1338 | conflicts between the areas where growth and development is  | 
| 1339 | planned or placed adjacent to or over deposits of construction  | 
| 1340 | aggregate materials. | 
| 1341 |      e.  Provide a projection of 5-year, 25-year, and 50-year  | 
| 1342 | demand for aggregate. | 
| 1343 |      f.  Provide an estimate of volume of aggregate available  | 
| 1344 | from already permitted mines to meet demand projections. | 
| 1345 |      g.  Identify the availability and estimate the volume of  | 
| 1346 | alternative material, including recycled and reused construction  | 
| 1347 | aggregate, which may substitute for construction aggregate. | 
| 1348 |      h.  Identify international and out-of-state construction  | 
| 1349 | aggregate materials available to meet demand projections. | 
| 1350 |      2.  For infrastructure the strategic aggregate resource  | 
| 1351 | assessment shall: | 
| 1352 |      a.  Provide a rating structure assessing the ability to  | 
| 1353 | mine the deposits in an economic manner, taking into account the  | 
| 1354 | proximity of the materials to the available markets, the  | 
| 1355 | thickness of overburden, and the quantity and quality of the  | 
| 1356 | materials. In assessing the economic viability of a geologic  | 
| 1357 | deposit the strategic aggregate resource assessment shall take  | 
| 1358 | into account the proximity to rail and port facilities where  | 
| 1359 | similar or replacement products can be imported at a lower cost  | 
| 1360 | than producing them locally. | 
| 1361 |      b.  Identify the current and potential capacity of  | 
| 1362 | construction aggregate material imports into the state utilizing  | 
| 1363 | current and planned rail, connecting roadways, and port  | 
| 1364 | infrastructure. | 
| 1365 |      3.  In addition to the information gathered in  | 
| 1366 | subparagraphs 1. and 2., for each of the six "Materials Resource  | 
| 1367 | Planning Areas" identified in the Department of Transportation  | 
| 1368 | report titled, "Strategic Aggregates Study: Sources,  | 
| 1369 | Constraints, and Economic Value of Limestone and Sand in  | 
| 1370 | Florida," dated February 2007, the strategic aggregate resource  | 
| 1371 | assessment shall: | 
| 1372 |      a.  Provide a summary of all regional and local regulatory  | 
| 1373 | jurisdictions impacting the approval of mining, including, but  | 
| 1374 | not limited to, county, municipal, and special district  | 
| 1375 | regulations. | 
| 1376 |      b.  Provide a description of federal, state, and local  | 
| 1377 | environmental regulatory issues impacting access to construction  | 
| 1378 | aggregate reserves. | 
| 1379 |      c.  Identify and map rare, threatened, or endangered  | 
| 1380 | habitats, water resources, and other natural resources subject  | 
| 1381 | to federal, state, and local protection or regulation. | 
| 1382 |      d.  Identify local transportation infrastructure issues  | 
| 1383 | impacting the distribution of aggregate materials, including  | 
| 1384 | level of service and quality of roads, rail access, and, as  | 
| 1385 | appropriate, port capacity and access. | 
| 1386 |      e.  Identify alternatives for when the local construction  | 
| 1387 | mining aggregate supply is exhausted. | 
| 1388 |      (b)  The strategic aggregate resource assessment shall be  | 
| 1389 | updated every 5 years and be included as part of the Florida  | 
| 1390 | Transportation Plan. | 
| 1391 |      (c)  The Strategic Aggregate Review Task Force shall  | 
| 1392 | prepare the findings of the strategic aggregate resource  | 
| 1393 | assessment in an initial report submitted to the Governor, the  | 
| 1394 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of  | 
| 1395 | Representatives no later than February 1, 2010. Subsequent  | 
| 1396 | reports shall be submitted by department on February 1 following  | 
| 1397 | each 5-year strategic aggregate resource assessment update. | 
| 1398 |      (d)  Information acquired by means of the strategic  | 
| 1399 | aggregate resource assessment may be submitted by willing land  | 
| 1400 | owners to the Florida Geological Survey for inclusion in the  | 
| 1401 | state data repository. Proprietary or business information  | 
| 1402 | submitted to or acquired by the Florida Geological Survey shall  | 
| 1403 | be maintained in an electronic database under the control of the  | 
| 1404 | Florida Geological Survey and protected as trade secrets  | 
| 1405 | pursuant to s. 815.045. | 
| 1406 |      (e)  The department is authorized to adopt rules pursuant  | 
| 1407 | to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section and in  | 
| 1408 | the preparation of the strategic aggregate resource assessment. | 
| 1409 |      (f)  There is appropriated from the State Transportation  | 
| 1410 | Trust Fund, for fiscal year 2008-2009 only, the sum of $700,000,  | 
| 1411 | which shall require a 50-percent nonstate match, to be used for  | 
| 1412 | the purposes of this subsection. | 
| 1413 |      Section 20.  Subsections (8) through (15) of section  | 
| 1414 | 337.11, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (9)  | 
| 1415 | through (16), respectively, present subsection (7) is renumbered  | 
| 1416 | as subsection (8) and amended, and a new subsection (7) is added  | 
| 1417 | to that section, to read: | 
| 1418 |      337.11  Contracting authority of department; bids;  | 
| 1419 | emergency repairs, supplemental agreements, and change orders;  | 
| 1420 | combined design and construction contracts; progress payments;  | 
| 1421 | records; requirements of vehicle registration.-- | 
| 1422 |      (7)  If the department determines that it is in the best  | 
| 1423 | interest of the public, the department may pay a stipend to  | 
| 1424 | unsuccessful firms who have submitted responsive proposals for  | 
| 1425 | construction or maintenance contracts. The decision and amount  | 
| 1426 | of a stipend will be based upon department analysis of the  | 
| 1427 | estimated proposal development costs and the anticipated degree  | 
| 1428 | of competition during the procurement process. Stipends shall be  | 
| 1429 | used to encourage competition and compensate unsuccessful firms  | 
| 1430 | for a portion of their proposal development costs. The  | 
| 1431 | department shall retain the right to use ideas from unsuccessful  | 
| 1432 | firms that accept a stipend. | 
| 1433 |      (8)(7)(a)  If the head of the department determines that it  | 
| 1434 | is in the best interests of the public, the department may  | 
| 1435 | combine the design and construction phases of a building, a  | 
| 1436 | major bridge, a limited access facility, or a rail corridor  | 
| 1437 | project into a single contract. Such contract is referred to as  | 
| 1438 | a design-build contract. The department shall advertise for bid  | 
| 1439 | a minimum of 25 percent of the construction contracts which add  | 
| 1440 | capacity in the 5-year adopted work program as design-build  | 
| 1441 | contracts. Design-build contracts may be advertised and awarded  | 
| 1442 | notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (3)(c). However,  | 
| 1443 | construction activities may not begin on any portion of such  | 
| 1444 | projects for which the department has not yet obtained title to  | 
| 1445 | the necessary rights-of-way and easements for the construction  | 
| 1446 | of that portion of the project has vested in the state or a  | 
| 1447 | local governmental entity and all railroad crossing and utility  | 
| 1448 | agreements have been executed. Title to rights-of-way shall be  | 
| 1449 | deemed to have vested in the state when the title has been  | 
| 1450 | dedicated to the public or acquired by prescription. | 
| 1451 |      (b)  The department shall adopt by rule procedures for  | 
| 1452 | administering design-build contracts. Such procedures shall  | 
| 1453 | include, but not be limited to: | 
| 1454 |      1.  Prequalification requirements. | 
| 1455 |      2.  Public announcement procedures. | 
| 1456 |      3.  Scope of service requirements. | 
| 1457 |      4.  Letters of interest requirements. | 
| 1458 |      5.  Short-listing criteria and procedures. | 
| 1459 |      6.  Bid proposal requirements. | 
| 1460 |      7.  Technical review committee. | 
| 1461 |      8.  Selection and award processes. | 
| 1462 |      9.  Stipend requirements. | 
| 1463 |      (c)  The department must receive at least three letters of  | 
| 1464 | interest in order to proceed with a request for proposals. The  | 
| 1465 | department shall request proposals from no fewer than three of  | 
| 1466 | the design-build firms submitting letters of interest. If a  | 
| 1467 | design-build firm withdraws from consideration after the  | 
| 1468 | department requests proposals, the department may continue if at  | 
| 1469 | least two proposals are received. | 
| 1470 |      Section 21.  Subsection (7) of section 337.14, Florida  | 
| 1471 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 1472 |      337.14  Application for qualification; certificate of  | 
| 1473 | qualification; restrictions; request for hearing.-- | 
| 1474 |      (7)  No "contractor" as defined in s. 337.165(1)(d) or his  | 
| 1475 | or her "affiliate" as defined in s. 337.165(1)(a) qualified with  | 
| 1476 | the department under this section may also qualify under s.  | 
| 1477 | 287.055 or s. 337.105 to provide testing services, construction,  | 
| 1478 | engineering, and inspection services to the department. This  | 
| 1479 | limitation shall not apply to any design-build prequalification  | 
| 1480 | under s. 337.11(8)(7). | 
| 1481 |      Section 22.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section  | 
| 1482 | 337.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 1483 |      337.16  Disqualification of delinquent contractors from  | 
| 1484 | bidding; determination of contractor nonresponsibility; denial,  | 
| 1485 | suspension, and revocation of certificates of qualification;  | 
| 1486 | grounds; hearing.-- | 
| 1487 |      (2)  For reasons other than delinquency in progress, the  | 
| 1488 | department, for good cause, may determine any contractor not  | 
| 1489 | having a certificate of qualification nonresponsible for a  | 
| 1490 | specified period of time or may deny, suspend, or revoke any  | 
| 1491 | certificate of qualification. Good cause includes, but is not  | 
| 1492 | limited to, circumstances in which a contractor or the  | 
| 1493 | contractor's official representative: | 
| 1494 |      (a)  Makes or submits to the department false, deceptive,  | 
| 1495 | or fraudulent statements or materials in any bid proposal to the  | 
| 1496 | department, any application for a certificate of qualification,  | 
| 1497 | any certification of payment pursuant to s. 337.11(11)(10), or  | 
| 1498 | any administrative or judicial proceeding; | 
| 1499 |      Section 23.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section  | 
| 1500 | 337.18 is amended to read: | 
| 1501 |      337.18  Surety bonds for construction or maintenance  | 
| 1502 | contracts; requirement with respect to contract award; bond  | 
| 1503 | requirements; defaults; damage assessments.-- | 
| 1504 |      (1) | 
| 1505 |      (b)  Prior to beginning any work under the contract, the  | 
| 1506 | contractor shall maintain a copy of the payment and performance  | 
| 1507 | bond required under this section at its principal place of  | 
| 1508 | business and at the jobsite office, if one is established, and  | 
| 1509 | the contractor shall provide a copy of the payment and  | 
| 1510 | performance bond within 5 days after receipt of any written  | 
| 1511 | request therefor. A copy of the payment and performance bond  | 
| 1512 | required under this section may also be obtained directly from  | 
| 1513 | the department via a request made pursuant to chapter 119. Upon  | 
| 1514 | execution of the contract, and prior to beginning any work under  | 
| 1515 | the contract, the contractor shall record in the public records  | 
| 1516 | of the county where the improvement is located the payment and  | 
| 1517 | performance bond required under this section. A claimant shall  | 
| 1518 | have a right of action against the contractor and surety for the  | 
| 1519 | amount due him or her, including unpaid finance charges due  | 
| 1520 | under the claimant's contract. Such action shall not involve the  | 
| 1521 | department in any expense. | 
| 1522 |      Section 24.  Subsections (1), (2), and (7) of section  | 
| 1523 | 337.185, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
| 1524 |      337.185  State Arbitration Board.-- | 
| 1525 |      (1)  To facilitate the prompt settlement of claims for  | 
| 1526 | additional compensation arising out of construction and  | 
| 1527 | maintenance contracts between the department and the various  | 
| 1528 | contractors with whom it transacts business, the Legislature  | 
| 1529 | does hereby establish the State Arbitration Board, referred to  | 
| 1530 | in this section as the "board." For the purpose of this section,  | 
| 1531 | "claim" shall mean the aggregate of all outstanding claims by a  | 
| 1532 | party arising out of a construction or maintenance contract.  | 
| 1533 | Every contractual claim in an amount up to $250,000 per contract  | 
| 1534 | or, at the claimant's option, up to $500,000 per contract or,  | 
| 1535 | upon agreement of the parties, up to $1 million per contract  | 
| 1536 | that cannot be resolved by negotiation between the department  | 
| 1537 | and the contractor shall be arbitrated by the board after  | 
| 1538 | acceptance of the project by the department. As an exception,  | 
| 1539 | either party to the dispute may request that the claim be  | 
| 1540 | submitted to binding private arbitration. A court of law may not  | 
| 1541 | consider the settlement of such a claim until the process  | 
| 1542 | established by this section has been exhausted. | 
| 1543 |      (2)  The board shall be composed of three members. One  | 
| 1544 | member shall be appointed by the head of the department, and one  | 
| 1545 | member shall be elected by those construction or maintenance  | 
| 1546 | companies who are under contract with the department. The third  | 
| 1547 | member shall be chosen by agreement of the other two members.  | 
| 1548 | Whenever the third member has a conflict of interest regarding  | 
| 1549 | affiliation with one of the parties, the other two members shall  | 
| 1550 | select an alternate member for that hearing. The head of the  | 
| 1551 | department may select an alternative or substitute to serve as  | 
| 1552 | the department member for any hearing or term. Each member shall  | 
| 1553 | serve a 2-year term. The board shall elect a chair, each term,  | 
| 1554 | who shall be the administrator of the board and custodian of its  | 
| 1555 | records. | 
| 1556 |      (7)  The members of the board may receive compensation for  | 
| 1557 | the performance of their duties hereunder, from administrative  | 
| 1558 | fees received by the board, except that no employee of the  | 
| 1559 | department may receive compensation from the board. The  | 
| 1560 | compensation amount shall be determined by the board, but shall  | 
| 1561 | not exceed $125 per hour, up to a maximum of $1,000 per day for  | 
| 1562 | each member authorized to receive compensation. Nothing in this  | 
| 1563 | section shall prevent the member elected by construction or  | 
| 1564 | maintenance companies from being an employee of an association  | 
| 1565 | affiliated with the industry, even if the sole responsibility of  | 
| 1566 | that member is service on the board. Travel expenses for the  | 
| 1567 | industry member may be paid by an industry association, if  | 
| 1568 | necessary. The board may allocate funds annually for clerical  | 
| 1569 | and other administrative services. | 
| 1570 |      Section 25.  Subsection (1) of section 337.403, Florida  | 
| 1571 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 1572 |      337.403  Relocation of utility; expenses.-- | 
| 1573 |      (1)  Any utility heretofore or hereafter placed upon,  | 
| 1574 | under, over, or along any public road or publicly owned rail  | 
| 1575 | corridor that is found by the authority to be unreasonably  | 
| 1576 | interfering in any way with the convenient, safe, or continuous  | 
| 1577 | use, or the maintenance, improvement, extension, or expansion,  | 
| 1578 | of such public road or publicly owned rail corridor shall, upon  | 
| 1579 | 30 days' written notice to the utility or its agent by the  | 
| 1580 | authority, be removed or relocated by such utility at its own  | 
| 1581 | expense except as provided in paragraphs (a)-(f) (a), (b), and  | 
| 1582 | (c). | 
| 1583 |      (a)  If the relocation of utility facilities, as referred  | 
| 1584 | to in s. 111 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, Pub. L. No.  | 
| 1585 | 627 of the 84th Congress, is necessitated by the construction of  | 
| 1586 | a project on the federal-aid interstate system, including  | 
| 1587 | extensions thereof within urban areas, and the cost of such  | 
| 1588 | project is eligible and approved for reimbursement by the  | 
| 1589 | Federal Government to the extent of 90 percent or more under the  | 
| 1590 | Federal Aid Highway Act, or any amendment thereof, then in that  | 
| 1591 | event the utility owning or operating such facilities shall  | 
| 1592 | relocate such facilities upon order of the department, and the  | 
| 1593 | state shall pay the entire expense properly attributable to such  | 
| 1594 | relocation after deducting therefrom any increase in the value  | 
| 1595 | of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old  | 
| 1596 | facility. | 
| 1597 |      (b)  When a joint agreement between the department and the  | 
| 1598 | utility is executed for utility improvement, relocation, or  | 
| 1599 | removal work to be accomplished as part of a contract for  | 
| 1600 | construction of a transportation facility, the department may  | 
| 1601 | participate in those utility improvement, relocation, or removal  | 
| 1602 | costs that exceed the department's official estimate of the cost  | 
| 1603 | of such work by more than 10 percent. The amount of such  | 
| 1604 | participation shall be limited to the difference between the  | 
| 1605 | official estimate of all the work in the joint agreement plus 10  | 
| 1606 | percent and the amount awarded for this work in the construction  | 
| 1607 | contract for such work. The department may not participate in  | 
| 1608 | any utility improvement, relocation, or removal costs that occur  | 
| 1609 | as a result of changes or additions during the course of the  | 
| 1610 | contract. | 
| 1611 |      (c)  When an agreement between the department and utility  | 
| 1612 | is executed for utility improvement, relocation, or removal work  | 
| 1613 | to be accomplished in advance of a contract for construction of  | 
| 1614 | a transportation facility, the department may participate in the  | 
| 1615 | cost of clearing and grubbing necessary to perform such work. | 
| 1616 |      (d)  If the utility facility being removed or relocated was  | 
| 1617 | initially installed to exclusively serve the department, its  | 
| 1618 | tenants, or both the department and its tenants, the department  | 
| 1619 | shall bear the costs of removal or relocation of that utility  | 
| 1620 | facility. The department shall not be responsible, however, for  | 
| 1621 | bearing the cost of removal or relocation of any subsequent  | 
| 1622 | additions to that facility for the purpose of serving others. | 
| 1623 |      (e)  If, pursuant to an agreement between a utility and the  | 
| 1624 | authority entered into after the effective date of this  | 
| 1625 | subsection, the utility conveys, subordinates, or relinquishes a  | 
| 1626 | compensable property right to the authority for the purpose of  | 
| 1627 | accommodating the acquisition or use of the right-of-way by the  | 
| 1628 | authority, without the agreement expressly addressing future  | 
| 1629 | responsibility for cost of removal or relocation of the utility,  | 
| 1630 | then the authority shall bear the cost of such removal or  | 
| 1631 | relocation. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to impair or  | 
| 1632 | restrict, or be used to interpret, the terms of any such  | 
| 1633 | agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this  | 
| 1634 | paragraph. | 
| 1635 |      (f)  If the utility is an electric facility being relocated  | 
| 1636 | underground in order to enhance vehicular, bicycle, and  | 
| 1637 | pedestrian safety and in which ownership of the electric  | 
| 1638 | facility to be placed underground has been transferred from a  | 
| 1639 | private to a public utility within the past 5 years, the  | 
| 1640 | department shall incur all costs of the relocation. | 
| 1641 |      Section 26.  Subsections (4) and (5) of section 337.408,  | 
| 1642 | Florida Statutes, are amended, subsection (7) is renumbered as  | 
| 1643 | subsection (8), and a new subsection (7) is added to that  | 
| 1644 | section, to read: | 
| 1645 |      337.408  Regulation of benches, transit shelters, street  | 
| 1646 | light poles, waste disposal receptacles, and modular news racks  | 
| 1647 | within rights-of-way.-- | 
| 1648 |      (4)  The department has the authority to direct the  | 
| 1649 | immediate relocation or removal of any bench, transit shelter,  | 
| 1650 | waste disposal receptacle, public pay telephone, or modular news  | 
| 1651 | rack which endangers life or property, except that transit bus  | 
| 1652 | benches which have been placed in service prior to April 1,  | 
| 1653 | 1992, are not required to comply with bench size and advertising  | 
| 1654 | display size requirements which have been established by the  | 
| 1655 | department prior to March 1, 1992. Any transit bus bench that  | 
| 1656 | was in service prior to April 1, 1992, may be replaced with a  | 
| 1657 | bus bench of the same size or smaller, if the bench is damaged  | 
| 1658 | or destroyed or otherwise becomes unusable. The department is  | 
| 1659 | authorized to adopt rules relating to the regulation of bench  | 
| 1660 | size and advertising display size requirements. If a  | 
| 1661 | municipality or county within which a bench is to be located has  | 
| 1662 | adopted an ordinance or other applicable regulation that  | 
| 1663 | establishes bench size or advertising display sign requirements  | 
| 1664 | different from requirements specified in department rule, the  | 
| 1665 | local government requirement shall be applicable within the  | 
| 1666 | respective municipality or county. Placement of any bench or  | 
| 1667 | advertising display on the National Highway System under a local  | 
| 1668 | ordinance or regulation adopted pursuant to this subsection  | 
| 1669 | shall be subject to approval of the Federal Highway  | 
| 1670 | Administration. | 
| 1671 |      (5)  No bench, transit shelter, waste disposal receptacle,  | 
| 1672 | public pay telephone, or modular news rack, or advertising  | 
| 1673 | thereon, shall be erected or so placed on the right-of-way of  | 
| 1674 | any road which conflicts with the requirements of federal law,  | 
| 1675 | regulations, or safety standards, thereby causing the state or  | 
| 1676 | any political subdivision the loss of federal funds. Competition  | 
| 1677 | among persons seeking to provide bench, transit shelter, waste  | 
| 1678 | disposal receptacle, or modular news rack services or  | 
| 1679 | advertising on such benches, shelters, receptacles, or news  | 
| 1680 | racks may be regulated, restricted, or denied by the appropriate  | 
| 1681 | local government entity consistent with the provisions of this  | 
| 1682 | section. | 
| 1683 |      (7)  Public pay telephones, including advertising displayed  | 
| 1684 | thereon, may be installed within the right-of-way limits of any  | 
| 1685 | municipal, county, or state road, except on a limited access  | 
| 1686 | highway, provided that such pay telephones are installed by a  | 
| 1687 | provider duly authorized and regulated by the Public Service  | 
| 1688 | Commission pursuant to s. 364.3375, that such pay telephones are  | 
| 1689 | operated in accordance with all applicable state and federal  | 
| 1690 | telecommunications regulations, and that written authorization  | 
| 1691 | has been given to a public pay telephone provider by the  | 
| 1692 | appropriate municipal or county government. Each advertisement  | 
| 1693 | shall be limited to a size no greater than 8 square feet and no  | 
| 1694 | public pay telephone booth shall display more than 3 such  | 
| 1695 | advertisements at any given time. No advertisements shall be  | 
| 1696 | allowed on public pay telephones located in rest areas, welcome  | 
| 1697 | centers, and other such facilities located on an interstate  | 
| 1698 | highway. | 
| 1699 |      Section 27.  Subsection (6) is added to section 338.01,  | 
| 1700 | Florida Statutes, to read: | 
| 1701 |      338.01  Authority to establish and regulate limited access  | 
| 1702 | facilities.-- | 
| 1703 |      (6)  All new limited access facilities and existing  | 
| 1704 | transportation facilities on which new or replacement electronic  | 
| 1705 | toll collection systems are installed shall be interoperable  | 
| 1706 | with the department's electronic toll collection system. | 
| 1707 |      Section 28.  Subsections (7) and (8) of section 338.165,  | 
| 1708 | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (8) and (9),  | 
| 1709 | respectively, subsections (2) and (4) are amended, and a new  | 
| 1710 | subsection (7) is added to that section, to read: | 
| 1711 |      338.165  Continuation of tolls.-- | 
| 1712 |      (2)  If the revenue-producing project is on the State  | 
| 1713 | Highway System, any remaining toll revenue shall be used within  | 
| 1714 | the county or counties in which the revenue-producing project is  | 
| 1715 | located for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of any  | 
| 1716 | road on the State Highway System or public transit within the  | 
| 1717 | county or counties in which the revenue-producing project is  | 
| 1718 | located, except as provided in s. 348.0004. | 
| 1719 |      (4)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,  | 
| 1720 | pursuant to s. 11, Art. VII of the State Constitution, and  | 
| 1721 | subject to the requirements of subsection (2), the Department of  | 
| 1722 | Transportation may request the Division of Bond Finance to issue  | 
| 1723 | bonds secured by toll revenues to be collected on the Alligator  | 
| 1724 | Alley, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the Beeline-East Expressway,  | 
| 1725 | the Navarre Bridge, and the Pinellas Bayway to fund  | 
| 1726 | transportation projects located within the county or counties in  | 
| 1727 | which the project is located and contained in the adopted work  | 
| 1728 | program of the department. | 
| 1729 |      (7)  This section does not apply to high-occupancy toll  | 
| 1730 | lanes or express lanes. | 
| 1731 |      Section 29.  Paragraphs (d) and (e) are added to subsection  | 
| 1732 | (1) of section 338.2216, Florida Statutes, to read: | 
| 1733 |      338.2216  Florida Turnpike Enterprise; powers and  | 
| 1734 | authority.-- | 
| 1735 |      (1) | 
| 1736 |      (d)  The Florida Turnpike Enterprise is directed to pursue  | 
| 1737 | and implement new technologies and processes in its operations  | 
| 1738 | and collection of tolls and the collection of other amounts  | 
| 1739 | associated with road and infrastructure usage. Such technologies  | 
| 1740 | and processes shall include, without limitation, video billing  | 
| 1741 | and variable pricing. | 
| 1742 |      (e)1.  The Florida Turnpike Enterprise shall not under any  | 
| 1743 | circumstances contract with any vendor for the retail sale of  | 
| 1744 | fuel along the Florida Turnpike if such contract is negotiated  | 
| 1745 | or bid together with any other contract, including, but not  | 
| 1746 | limited to, the retail sale of food, maintenance services, or  | 
| 1747 | construction, with the exception that any contract for the  | 
| 1748 | retail sale of fuel along the Florida Turnpike shall be bid and  | 
| 1749 | contracted together with the retail sale of food at any  | 
| 1750 | convenience store attached to the fuel station. | 
| 1751 |      2.  All contracts related to service plazas, including, but  | 
| 1752 | not limited to, the sale of fuel, the retail sale of food,  | 
| 1753 | maintenance services, or construction, except for services  | 
| 1754 | provided as defined in s. 287.055(2)(a), awarded by the Florida  | 
| 1755 | Turnpike Enterprise shall be procured through individual  | 
| 1756 | competitive solicitations and awarded to the most cost-effective   | 
| 1757 | responder. This paragraph does not prohibit the award of more  | 
| 1758 | than one individual contract to a single vendor if he or she  | 
| 1759 | submits the most cost-effective response. | 
| 1760 |      Section 30.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section  | 
| 1761 | 338.223, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 1762 |      338.223  Proposed turnpike projects.-- | 
| 1763 |      (1) | 
| 1764 |      (b)  Any proposed turnpike project or improvement shall be  | 
| 1765 | developed in accordance with the Florida Transportation Plan and  | 
| 1766 | the work program pursuant to s. 339.135. Turnpike projects that  | 
| 1767 | add capacity, alter access, affect feeder roads, or affect the  | 
| 1768 | operation of the local transportation system shall be included  | 
| 1769 | in the transportation improvement plan of the affected  | 
| 1770 | metropolitan planning organization. If such turnpike project  | 
| 1771 | does not fall within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan planning  | 
| 1772 | organization, the department shall notify the affected county  | 
| 1773 | and provide for public hearings in accordance with s.  | 
| 1774 | 339.155(5)(6)(c). | 
| 1775 |      Section 31.  Section 338.231, Florida Statutes, is amended  | 
| 1776 | to read: | 
| 1777 |      338.231  Turnpike tolls, fixing; pledge of tolls and other  | 
| 1778 | revenues.--The department shall at all times fix, adjust,  | 
| 1779 | charge, and collect such tolls and amounts for the use of the  | 
| 1780 | turnpike system as are required in order to provide a fund  | 
| 1781 | sufficient with other revenues of the turnpike system to pay the  | 
| 1782 | cost of maintaining, improving, repairing, and operating such  | 
| 1783 | turnpike system; to pay the principal of and interest on all  | 
| 1784 | bonds issued to finance or refinance any portion of the turnpike  | 
| 1785 | system as the same become due and payable; and to create  | 
| 1786 | reserves for all such purposes. | 
| 1787 |      (1)  In the process of effectuating toll rate increases  | 
| 1788 | over the period 1988 through 1992, the department shall, to the  | 
| 1789 | maximum extent feasible, equalize the toll structure, within  | 
| 1790 | each vehicle classification, so that the per mile toll rate will  | 
| 1791 | be approximately the same throughout the turnpike system. New  | 
| 1792 | turnpike projects may have toll rates higher than the uniform  | 
| 1793 | system rate where such higher toll rates are necessary to  | 
| 1794 | qualify the project in accordance with the financial criteria in  | 
| 1795 | the turnpike law. Such higher rates may be reduced to the  | 
| 1796 | uniform system rate when the project is generating sufficient  | 
| 1797 | revenues to pay the full amount of debt service and operating  | 
| 1798 | and maintenance costs at the uniform system rate. If, after 15  | 
| 1799 | years of opening to traffic, the annual revenue of a turnpike  | 
| 1800 | project does not meet or exceed the annual debt service  | 
| 1801 | requirements and operating and maintenance costs attributable to  | 
| 1802 | such project, the department shall, to the maximum extent  | 
| 1803 | feasible, establish a toll rate for the project which is higher  | 
| 1804 | than the uniform system rate as necessary to meet such annual  | 
| 1805 | debt service requirements and operating and maintenance costs.  | 
| 1806 | The department may, to the extent feasible, establish a  | 
| 1807 | temporary toll rate at less than the uniform system rate for the  | 
| 1808 | purpose of building patronage for the ultimate benefit of the  | 
| 1809 | turnpike system. In no case shall the temporary rate be  | 
| 1810 | established for more than 1 year. The requirements of this  | 
| 1811 | subsection shall not apply when the application of such  | 
| 1812 | requirements would violate any covenant established in a  | 
| 1813 | resolution or trust indenture relating to the issuance of  | 
| 1814 | turnpike bonds. | 
| 1815 |      (1)(2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the  | 
| 1816 | department may defer the scheduled July 1, 1993, toll rate  | 
| 1817 | increase on the Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike  | 
| 1818 | until July 1, 1995. The department may also advance funds to the  | 
| 1819 | Turnpike General Reserve Trust Fund to replace estimated lost  | 
| 1820 | revenues resulting from this deferral. The amount advanced must  | 
| 1821 | be repaid within 12 years from the date of advance; however, the  | 
| 1822 | repayment is subordinate to all other debt financing of the  | 
| 1823 | turnpike system outstanding at the time repayment is due. | 
| 1824 |      (2)(3)  The department shall publish a proposed change in  | 
| 1825 | the toll rate for the use of an existing toll facility, in the  | 
| 1826 | manner provided for in s. 120.54, which will provide for public  | 
| 1827 | notice and the opportunity for a public hearing before the  | 
| 1828 | adoption of the proposed rate change. When the department is  | 
| 1829 | evaluating a proposed turnpike toll project under s. 338.223 and  | 
| 1830 | has determined that there is a high probability that the project  | 
| 1831 | will pass the test of economic feasibility predicated on  | 
| 1832 | proposed toll rates, the toll rate that is proposed to be  | 
| 1833 | charged after the project is constructed must be adopted during  | 
| 1834 | the planning and project development phase of the project, in  | 
| 1835 | the manner provided for in s. 120.54, including public notice  | 
| 1836 | and the opportunity for a public hearing. For such a new  | 
| 1837 | project, the toll rate becomes effective upon the opening of the  | 
| 1838 | project to traffic. | 
| 1839 |      (3)(a)(4)  For the period July 1, 1998, through June 30,  | 
| 1840 | 2017, the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible,  | 
| 1841 | program sufficient funds in the tentative work program such that  | 
| 1842 | the percentage of turnpike toll and bond financed commitments in  | 
| 1843 | Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as compared  | 
| 1844 | to total turnpike toll and bond financed commitments shall be at  | 
| 1845 | least 90 percent of the share of net toll collections  | 
| 1846 | attributable to users of the turnpike system in Dade County,  | 
| 1847 | Broward County, and Palm Beach County as compared to total net  | 
| 1848 | toll collections attributable to users of the turnpike system.  | 
| 1849 | The requirements of this subsection do not apply when the  | 
| 1850 | application of such requirements would violate any covenant  | 
| 1851 | established in a resolution or trust indenture relating to the  | 
| 1852 | issuance of turnpike bonds. The department at any time for  | 
| 1853 | economic considerations may establish lower temporary toll rates  | 
| 1854 | for a new or existing toll facility for a period not to exceed 1  | 
| 1855 | year, after which the toll rates promulgated under s. 120.54  | 
| 1856 | shall become effective. | 
| 1857 |      (b)  The department shall also fix, adjust, charge, and  | 
| 1858 | collect such amounts needed to cover the costs of administering  | 
| 1859 | the different toll collection and payment methods and types of  | 
| 1860 | accounts being offered and utilized, in the manner provided for  | 
| 1861 | in s. 120.54, which will provide for public notice and the  | 
| 1862 | opportunity for a public hearing before adoption. Such amounts  | 
| 1863 | may stand alone, or be incorporated in a toll rate structure, or  | 
| 1864 | be a combination thereof. | 
| 1865 |      (4)(5)  When bonds are outstanding which have been issued  | 
| 1866 | to finance or refinance any turnpike project, the tolls and all  | 
| 1867 | other revenues derived from the turnpike system and pledged to  | 
| 1868 | such bonds shall be set aside as may be provided in the  | 
| 1869 | resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or the trust  | 
| 1870 | agreement securing the same. The tolls or other revenues or  | 
| 1871 | other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the  | 
| 1872 | department are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge  | 
| 1873 | without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien  | 
| 1874 | of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties  | 
| 1875 | having claims of any kind in tort or contract or otherwise  | 
| 1876 | against the department irrespective of whether such parties have  | 
| 1877 | notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement  | 
| 1878 | by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in  | 
| 1879 | the records of the department. | 
| 1880 |      (5)(6)  In each fiscal year while any of the bonds of the  | 
| 1881 | Broward County Expressway Authority series 1984 and series 1986- | 
| 1882 | A remain outstanding, the department is authorized to pledge  | 
| 1883 | revenues from the turnpike system to the payment of principal  | 
| 1884 | and interest of such series of bonds and the operation and  | 
| 1885 | maintenance expenses of the Sawgrass Expressway, to the extent  | 
| 1886 | gross toll revenues of the Sawgrass Expressway are insufficient  | 
| 1887 | to make such payments. The terms of an agreement relative to the  | 
| 1888 | pledge of turnpike system revenue will be negotiated with the  | 
| 1889 | parties of the 1984 and 1986 Broward County Expressway Authority  | 
| 1890 | lease-purchase agreements, and subject to the covenants of those  | 
| 1891 | agreements. The agreement shall establish that the Sawgrass  | 
| 1892 | Expressway shall be subject to the planning, management, and  | 
| 1893 | operating control of the department limited only by the terms of  | 
| 1894 | the lease-purchase agreements. The department shall provide for  | 
| 1895 | the payment of operation and maintenance expenses of the  | 
| 1896 | Sawgrass Expressway until such agreement is in effect. This  | 
| 1897 | pledge of turnpike system revenues shall be subordinate to the  | 
| 1898 | debt service requirements of any future issue of turnpike bonds,  | 
| 1899 | the payment of turnpike system operation and maintenance  | 
| 1900 | expenses, and subject to provisions of any subsequent resolution  | 
| 1901 | or trust indenture relating to the issuance of such turnpike  | 
| 1902 | bonds. | 
| 1903 |      (6)(7)  The use and disposition of revenues pledged to  | 
| 1904 | bonds are subject to the provisions of ss. 338.22-338.241 and  | 
| 1905 | such regulations as the resolution authorizing the issuance of  | 
| 1906 | such bonds or such trust agreement may provide. | 
| 1907 |      Section 32.  Subsection (4) of section 339.12, Florida  | 
| 1908 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 1909 |      339.12  Aid and contributions by governmental entities for  | 
| 1910 | department projects; federal aid.-- | 
| 1911 |      (4)(a)  Prior to accepting the contribution of road bond  | 
| 1912 | proceeds, time warrants, or cash for which reimbursement is  | 
| 1913 | sought, the department shall enter into agreements with the  | 
| 1914 | governing body of the governmental entity for the project or  | 
| 1915 | project phases in accordance with specifications agreed upon  | 
| 1916 | between the department and the governing body of the  | 
| 1917 | governmental entity. The department in no instance is to receive  | 
| 1918 | from such governmental entity an amount in excess of the actual  | 
| 1919 | cost of the project or project phase. By specific provision in  | 
| 1920 | the written agreement between the department and the governing  | 
| 1921 | body of the governmental entity, the department may agree to  | 
| 1922 | reimburse the governmental entity for the actual amount of the  | 
| 1923 | bond proceeds, time warrants, or cash used on a highway project  | 
| 1924 | or project phases that are not revenue producing and are  | 
| 1925 | contained in the department's adopted work program, or any  | 
| 1926 | public transportation project contained in the adopted work  | 
| 1927 | program. Subject to appropriation of funds by the Legislature,  | 
| 1928 | the department may commit state funds for reimbursement of such  | 
| 1929 | projects or project phases. Reimbursement to the governmental  | 
| 1930 | entity for such a project or project phase must be made from  | 
| 1931 | funds appropriated by the Legislature, and reimbursement for the  | 
| 1932 | cost of the project or project phase is to begin in the year the  | 
| 1933 | project or project phase is scheduled in the work program as of  | 
| 1934 | the date of the agreement. Funds advanced pursuant to this  | 
| 1935 | section, which were originally designated for transportation  | 
| 1936 | purposes and so reimbursed to a county or municipality, shall be  | 
| 1937 | used by the county or municipality for any transportation  | 
| 1938 | expenditure authorized under s. 336.025(7). Also, cities and  | 
| 1939 | counties may receive funds from persons, and reimburse those  | 
| 1940 | persons, for the purposes of this section. Such persons may  | 
| 1941 | include, but are not limited to, those persons defined in s.  | 
| 1942 | 607.01401(19). | 
| 1943 |      (b)  Prior to entering an agreement to advance a project or  | 
| 1944 | project phase pursuant to this subsection and subsection (5),  | 
| 1945 | the department shall first update the estimated cost of the  | 
| 1946 | project or project phase and certify that the estimate is  | 
| 1947 | accurate and consistent with the amount estimated in the adopted  | 
| 1948 | work program. If the original estimate and the updated estimate  | 
| 1949 | vary, the department shall amend the adopted work program  | 
| 1950 | according to the amendatory procedures for the work program set  | 
| 1951 | forth in s. 339.135(7). The amendment shall reflect all  | 
| 1952 | corresponding increases and decreases to the affected projects  | 
| 1953 | within the adopted work program. | 
| 1954 |      (c)  The department may enter into agreements under this  | 
| 1955 | subsection for a project or project phase not included in the  | 
| 1956 | adopted work program. As used in this paragraph, the term  | 
| 1957 | "project phase" means acquisition of rights-of-way,  | 
| 1958 | construction, construction inspection, and related support  | 
| 1959 | phases. The project or project phase must be a high priority of  | 
| 1960 | the governmental entity. Reimbursement for a project or project  | 
| 1961 | phase must be made from funds appropriated by the Legislature  | 
| 1962 | pursuant to s. 339.135(5). All other provisions of this  | 
| 1963 | subsection apply to agreements entered into under this  | 
| 1964 | paragraph. The total amount of project agreements for projects  | 
| 1965 | or project phases not included in the adopted work program  | 
| 1966 | authorized by this paragraph may not at any time exceed $500  | 
| 1967 | $100 million, of which a maximum of $200 million may be related  | 
| 1968 | to the purchase of rights-of-way. However, notwithstanding such  | 
| 1969 | $500 $100 million limit and any similar limit in s. 334.30,  | 
| 1970 | project advances for any inland county with a population greater  | 
| 1971 | than 500,000 dedicating amounts equal to $500 million or more of  | 
| 1972 | its Local Government Infrastructure Surtax pursuant to s.  | 
| 1973 | 212.055(2) for improvements to the State Highway System which  | 
| 1974 | are included in the local metropolitan planning organization's  | 
| 1975 | or the department's long-range transportation plans shall be  | 
| 1976 | excluded from the calculation of the statewide limit of project  | 
| 1977 | advances. | 
| 1978 |      (d)  The department may enter into agreements under this  | 
| 1979 | subsection with any county that has a population of 150,000 or  | 
| 1980 | less as determined by the most recent official estimate pursuant  | 
| 1981 | to s. 186.901 for a project or project phase not included in the  | 
| 1982 | adopted work program. As used in this paragraph, the term  | 
| 1983 | "project phase" means acquisition of rights-of-way,  | 
| 1984 | construction, construction inspection, and related support  | 
| 1985 | phases. The project or project phase must be a high priority of  | 
| 1986 | the governmental entity. Reimbursement for a project or project  | 
| 1987 | phase must be made from funds appropriated by the Legislature  | 
| 1988 | pursuant to s. 339.135(5). All other provisions of this  | 
| 1989 | subsection apply to agreements entered into under this  | 
| 1990 | paragraph. The total amount of project agreements for projects  | 
| 1991 | or project phases not included in the adopted work program  | 
| 1992 | authorized by this paragraph may not at any time exceed $200  | 
| 1993 | million. The project must be included in the local government's  | 
| 1994 | adopted comprehensive plan. The department is authorized to  | 
| 1995 | enter into long-term repayment agreements of up to 30 years. | 
| 1996 |      Section 33.  Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (7) of  | 
| 1997 | section 339.135, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
| 1998 |      339.135  Work program; legislative budget request;  | 
| 1999 | definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.-- | 
| 2000 |      (7)  AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM.-- | 
| 2001 |      (c)  The department may amend the adopted work program to  | 
| 2002 | transfer fixed capital outlay appropriations for projects within  | 
| 2003 | the same appropriations category or between appropriations  | 
| 2004 | categories, including the following amendments which shall be  | 
| 2005 | subject to the procedures in paragraph (d): | 
| 2006 |      1.  Any amendment which deletes any project or project  | 
| 2007 | phase; | 
| 2008 |      2.  Any amendment which adds a project estimated to cost  | 
| 2009 | over $500,000 $150,000 in funds appropriated by the Legislature; | 
| 2010 |      3.  Any amendment which advances or defers to another  | 
| 2011 | fiscal year, a right-of-way phase, a construction phase, or a  | 
| 2012 | public transportation project phase estimated to cost over  | 
| 2013 | $500,000 in funds appropriated by the Legislature, except an  | 
| 2014 | amendment advancing a phase to the current fiscal year by 1  | 
| 2015 | fiscal year or deferring a phase for a period of 90 days or  | 
| 2016 | less; or | 
| 2017 |      4.  Any amendment which advances or defers to another  | 
| 2018 | fiscal year, any preliminary engineering phase or design phase  | 
| 2019 | estimated to cost over $500,000 $150,000 in funds appropriated  | 
| 2020 | by the Legislature, except an amendment advancing a phase to the  | 
| 2021 | current fiscal year by 1 fiscal year or deferring a phase for a  | 
| 2022 | period of 90 days or less. | 
| 2023 |      (d)1.  Whenever the department proposes any amendment to  | 
| 2024 | the adopted work program, as defined in subparagraph (c)1. or  | 
| 2025 | subparagraph (c)3., which deletes or defers a construction phase  | 
| 2026 | on a capacity project, it shall notify each county affected by  | 
| 2027 | the amendment and each municipality within the county. The  | 
| 2028 | notification shall be issued in writing to the chief elected  | 
| 2029 | official of each affected county, each municipality within the  | 
| 2030 | county, and to the chair of each affected metropolitan planning  | 
| 2031 | organization. Each affected county and each municipality within  | 
| 2032 | a county are encouraged to coordinate with one another to  | 
| 2033 | determine how the amendment impacts local concurrency management  | 
| 2034 | and regional transportation planning efforts. Each affected  | 
| 2035 | county and each municipality within the county shall have 14  | 
| 2036 | calendar days to provide written comments to the department  | 
| 2037 | regarding how the amendment will impact its respective  | 
| 2038 | concurrency management systems, including whether any  | 
| 2039 | development permits were issued contingent upon the capacity  | 
| 2040 | improvement, if applicable. After receipt of written comments  | 
| 2041 | from the affected local governments, the department shall  | 
| 2042 | include any written comments submitted by the affected local  | 
| 2043 | governments in its preparation of the proposed amendment. | 
| 2044 |      2.  Following the 14-day comment period in subparagraph 1.,  | 
| 2045 | if applicable, whenever the department proposes any amendment to  | 
| 2046 | the adopted work program, which amendment is defined in  | 
| 2047 | subparagraph (c)1., subparagraph (c)2., subparagraph (c)3., or  | 
| 2048 | subparagraph (c)4., it shall submit the proposed amendment to  | 
| 2049 | the Governor for approval and shall immediately notify the  | 
| 2050 | chairs of the legislative appropriations committees, the chairs  | 
| 2051 | of the legislative transportation committees, and each member of  | 
| 2052 | the Legislature who represents a district affected by the  | 
| 2053 | proposed amendment. The department shall also notify, each  | 
| 2054 | metropolitan planning organization affected by the proposed  | 
| 2055 | amendment, and each unit of local government affected by the  | 
| 2056 | proposed amendment unless the department provided to each  | 
| 2057 | organization or government the notification required in  | 
| 2058 | subparagraph 1. Such proposed amendment shall provide a complete  | 
| 2059 | justification of the need for the proposed amendment. | 
| 2060 |      3.2.  The Governor shall not approve a proposed amendment  | 
| 2061 | until 14 days following the notification required in  | 
| 2062 | subparagraph 2. 1. | 
| 2063 |      4.3.  If either of the chairs of the legislative  | 
| 2064 | appropriations committees or the President of the Senate or the  | 
| 2065 | Speaker of the House of Representatives objects in writing to a  | 
| 2066 | proposed amendment within 14 days following notification and  | 
| 2067 | specifies the reasons for such objection, the Governor shall  | 
| 2068 | disapprove the proposed amendment. | 
| 2069 |      Section 34.  Section 339.155, Florida Statutes, is amended  | 
| 2070 | to read: | 
| 2071 |      339.155  Transportation planning.-- | 
| 2072 |      (1)  THE FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION PLAN.--The department shall  | 
| 2073 | develop and annually update a statewide transportation plan, to  | 
| 2074 | be known as the Florida Transportation Plan. The plan shall be  | 
| 2075 | designed so as to be easily read and understood by the general  | 
| 2076 | public. The purpose of the Florida Transportation Plan is to  | 
| 2077 | establish and define the state's long-range transportation goals  | 
| 2078 | and objectives to be accomplished over a period of at least 20  | 
| 2079 | years within the context of the State Comprehensive Plan, and  | 
| 2080 | any other statutory mandates and authorizations and based upon  | 
| 2081 | the prevailing principles of: preserving the existing  | 
| 2082 | transportation infrastructure; enhancing Florida's economic  | 
| 2083 | competitiveness; and improving travel choices to ensure  | 
| 2084 | mobility. The Florida Transportation Plan shall consider the  | 
| 2085 | needs of the entire state transportation system and examine the  | 
| 2086 | use of all modes of transportation to effectively and  | 
| 2087 | efficiently meet such needs. | 
| 2088 |      (2)  SCOPE OF PLANNING PROCESS.--The department shall carry  | 
| 2089 | out a transportation planning process in conformance with s.  | 
| 2090 | 334.046(1). which provides for consideration of projects and  | 
| 2091 | strategies that will: | 
| 2092 |      (a)  Support the economic vitality of the United States,  | 
| 2093 | Florida, and the metropolitan areas, especially by enabling  | 
| 2094 | global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency; | 
| 2095 |      (b)  Increase the safety and security of the transportation  | 
| 2096 | system for motorized and nonmotorized users; | 
| 2097 |      (c)  Increase the accessibility and mobility options  | 
| 2098 | available to people and for freight; | 
| 2099 |      (d)  Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy  | 
| 2100 | conservation, and improve quality of life; | 
| 2101 |      (e)  Enhance the integration and connectivity of the  | 
| 2102 | transportation system, across and between modes throughout  | 
| 2103 | Florida, for people and freight; | 
| 2104 |      (f)  Promote efficient system management and operation; and | 
| 2105 |      (g)  Emphasize the preservation of the existing  | 
| 2106 | transportation system. | 
| 2107 |      (3)  FORMAT, SCHEDULE, AND REVIEW.--The Florida  | 
| 2108 | Transportation Plan shall be a unified, concise planning  | 
| 2109 | document that clearly defines the state's long-range  | 
| 2110 | transportation goals and objectives and documents the  | 
| 2111 | department's short-range objectives developed to further such  | 
| 2112 | goals and objectives. The plan shall: | 
| 2113 |      (a)  Include a glossary that clearly and succinctly defines  | 
| 2114 | any and all phrases, words, or terms of art included in the  | 
| 2115 | plan, with which the general public may be unfamiliar. and shall  | 
| 2116 | consist of, at a minimum, the following components: | 
| 2117 |      (b)(a)  Document A long-range component documenting the  | 
| 2118 | goals and long-term objectives necessary to implement the  | 
| 2119 | results of the department's findings from its examination of the  | 
| 2120 | prevailing principles and criteria provided under listed in  | 
| 2121 | subsection (2) and s. 334.046(1). The long-range component must | 
| 2122 |      (c)  Be developed in cooperation with the metropolitan  | 
| 2123 | planning organizations and reconciled, to the maximum extent  | 
| 2124 | feasible, with the long-range plans developed by metropolitan  | 
| 2125 | planning organizations pursuant to s. 339.175. The plan must  | 
| 2126 | also | 
| 2127 |      (d)  Be developed in consultation with affected local  | 
| 2128 | officials in nonmetropolitan areas and with any affected Indian  | 
| 2129 | tribal governments. The plan must | 
| 2130 |      (e)  Provide an examination of transportation issues likely  | 
| 2131 | to arise during at least a 20-year period. The long-range  | 
| 2132 | component shall | 
| 2133 |      (f)  Be updated at least once every 5 years, or more often  | 
| 2134 | as necessary, to reflect substantive changes to federal or state  | 
| 2135 | law. | 
| 2136 |      (b)  A short-range component documenting the short-term  | 
| 2137 | objectives and strategies necessary to implement the goals and  | 
| 2138 | long-term objectives contained in the long-range component. The  | 
| 2139 | short-range component must define the relationship between the  | 
| 2140 | long-range goals and the short-range objectives, specify those  | 
| 2141 | objectives against which the department's achievement of such  | 
| 2142 | goals will be measured, and identify transportation strategies  | 
| 2143 | necessary to efficiently achieve the goals and objectives in the  | 
| 2144 | plan. It must provide a policy framework within which the  | 
| 2145 | department's legislative budget request, the strategic  | 
| 2146 | information resource management plan, and the work program are  | 
| 2147 | developed. The short-range component shall serve as the  | 
| 2148 | department's annual agency strategic plan pursuant to s.  | 
| 2149 | 186.021. The short-range component shall be developed consistent  | 
| 2150 | with available and forecasted state and federal funds. The  | 
| 2151 | short-range component shall also be submitted to the Florida  | 
| 2152 | Transportation Commission. | 
| 2153 |      (4)  ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT.--The department shall  | 
| 2154 | develop an annual performance report evaluating the operation of  | 
| 2155 | the department for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall  | 
| 2156 | also include a summary of the financial operations of the  | 
| 2157 | department and shall annually evaluate how well the adopted work  | 
| 2158 | program meets the short-term objectives contained in the short- | 
| 2159 | range component of the Florida Transportation Plan. This  | 
| 2160 | performance report shall be submitted to the Florida  | 
| 2161 | Transportation Commission and the legislative appropriations and  | 
| 2162 | transportation committees. | 
| 2163 |      (4)(5)  ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS.-- | 
| 2164 |      (a)  Upon request by local governmental entities, the  | 
| 2165 | department may in its discretion develop and design  | 
| 2166 | transportation corridors, arterial and collector streets,  | 
| 2167 | vehicular parking areas, and other support facilities which are  | 
| 2168 | consistent with the plans of the department for major  | 
| 2169 | transportation facilities. The department may render to local  | 
| 2170 | governmental entities or their planning agencies such technical  | 
| 2171 | assistance and services as are necessary so that local plans and  | 
| 2172 | facilities are coordinated with the plans and facilities of the  | 
| 2173 | department. | 
| 2174 |      (b)  Each regional planning council, as provided for in s.  | 
| 2175 | 186.504, or any successor agency thereto, shall develop, as an  | 
| 2176 | element of its strategic regional policy plan, transportation  | 
| 2177 | goals and policies. The transportation goals and policies must  | 
| 2178 | be prioritized to comply with the prevailing principles provided  | 
| 2179 | in subsection (2) and s. 334.046(1). The transportation goals  | 
| 2180 | and policies shall be consistent, to the maximum extent  | 
| 2181 | feasible, with the goals and policies of the metropolitan  | 
| 2182 | planning organization and the Florida Transportation Plan. The  | 
| 2183 | transportation goals and policies of the regional planning  | 
| 2184 | council will be advisory only and shall be submitted to the  | 
| 2185 | department and any affected metropolitan planning organization  | 
| 2186 | for their consideration and comments. Metropolitan planning  | 
| 2187 | organization plans and other local transportation plans shall be  | 
| 2188 | developed consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with the  | 
| 2189 | regional transportation goals and policies. The regional  | 
| 2190 | planning council shall review urbanized area transportation  | 
| 2191 | plans and any other planning products stipulated in s. 339.175  | 
| 2192 | and provide the department and respective metropolitan planning  | 
| 2193 | organizations with written recommendations which the department  | 
| 2194 | and the metropolitan planning organizations shall take under  | 
| 2195 | advisement. Further, the regional planning councils shall  | 
| 2196 | directly assist local governments which are not part of a  | 
| 2197 | metropolitan area transportation planning process in the  | 
| 2198 | development of the transportation element of their comprehensive  | 
| 2199 | plans as required by s. 163.3177. | 
| 2200 |      (c)  Regional transportation plans may be developed in  | 
| 2201 | regional transportation areas in accordance with an interlocal  | 
| 2202 | agreement entered into pursuant to s. 163.01 by two or more  | 
| 2203 | contiguous metropolitan planning organizations; one or more  | 
| 2204 | metropolitan planning organizations and one or more contiguous  | 
| 2205 | counties, none of which is a member of a metropolitan planning  | 
| 2206 | organization; a multicounty regional transportation authority  | 
| 2207 | created by or pursuant to law; two or more contiguous counties  | 
| 2208 | that are not members of a metropolitan planning organization; or  | 
| 2209 | metropolitan planning organizations comprised of three or more  | 
| 2210 | counties. | 
| 2211 |      (d)  The interlocal agreement must, at a minimum, identify  | 
| 2212 | the entity that will coordinate the development of the regional  | 
| 2213 | transportation plan; delineate the boundaries of the regional  | 
| 2214 | transportation area; provide the duration of the agreement and  | 
| 2215 | specify how the agreement may be terminated, modified, or  | 
| 2216 | rescinded; describe the process by which the regional  | 
| 2217 | transportation plan will be developed; and provide how members  | 
| 2218 | of the entity will resolve disagreements regarding  | 
| 2219 | interpretation of the interlocal agreement or disputes relating  | 
| 2220 | to the development or content of the regional transportation  | 
| 2221 | plan. Such interlocal agreement shall become effective upon its  | 
| 2222 | recordation in the official public records of each county in the  | 
| 2223 | regional transportation area. | 
| 2224 |      (e)  The regional transportation plan developed pursuant to  | 
| 2225 | this section must, at a minimum, identify regionally significant  | 
| 2226 | transportation facilities located within a regional  | 
| 2227 | transportation area and contain a prioritized list of regionally  | 
| 2228 | significant projects. The level-of-service standards for  | 
| 2229 | facilities to be funded under this subsection shall be adopted  | 
| 2230 | by the appropriate local government in accordance with s.  | 
| 2231 | 163.3180(10). The projects shall be adopted into the capital  | 
| 2232 | improvements schedule of the local government comprehensive plan  | 
| 2233 | pursuant to s. 163.3177(3). | 
| 2234 |      (5)(6)  PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN  | 
| 2235 | TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.-- | 
| 2236 |      (a)  During the development of the long-range component of  | 
| 2237 | the Florida Transportation Plan and prior to substantive  | 
| 2238 | revisions, the department shall provide citizens, affected  | 
| 2239 | public agencies, representatives of transportation agency  | 
| 2240 | employees, other affected employee representatives, private  | 
| 2241 | providers of transportation, and other known interested parties  | 
| 2242 | with an opportunity to comment on the proposed plan or  | 
| 2243 | revisions. These opportunities shall include, at a minimum,  | 
| 2244 | publishing a notice in the Florida Administrative Weekly and  | 
| 2245 | within a newspaper of general circulation within the area of  | 
| 2246 | each department district office. | 
| 2247 |      (b)  During development of major transportation  | 
| 2248 | improvements, such as those increasing the capacity of a  | 
| 2249 | facility through the addition of new lanes or providing new  | 
| 2250 | access to a limited or controlled access facility or  | 
| 2251 | construction of a facility in a new location, the department  | 
| 2252 | shall hold one or more hearings prior to the selection of the  | 
| 2253 | facility to be provided; prior to the selection of the site or  | 
| 2254 | corridor of the proposed facility; and prior to the selection of  | 
| 2255 | and commitment to a specific design proposal for the proposed  | 
| 2256 | facility. Such public hearings shall be conducted so as to  | 
| 2257 | provide an opportunity for effective participation by interested  | 
| 2258 | persons in the process of transportation planning and site and  | 
| 2259 | route selection and in the specific location and design of  | 
| 2260 | transportation facilities. The various factors involved in the  | 
| 2261 | decision or decisions and any alternative proposals shall be  | 
| 2262 | clearly presented so that the persons attending the hearing may  | 
| 2263 | present their views relating to the decision or decisions which  | 
| 2264 | will be made. | 
| 2265 |      (c)  Opportunity for design hearings: | 
| 2266 |      1.  The department, prior to holding a design hearing,  | 
| 2267 | shall duly notify all affected property owners of record, as  | 
| 2268 | recorded in the property appraiser's office, by mail at least 20  | 
| 2269 | days prior to the date set for the hearing. The affected  | 
| 2270 | property owners shall be: | 
| 2271 |      a.  Those whose property lies in whole or in part within  | 
| 2272 | 300 feet on either side of the centerline of the proposed  | 
| 2273 | facility. | 
| 2274 |      b.  Those whom the department determines will be  | 
| 2275 | substantially affected environmentally, economically, socially,  | 
| 2276 | or safetywise. | 
| 2277 |      2.  For each subsequent hearing, the department shall  | 
| 2278 | publish notice prior to the hearing date in a newspaper of  | 
| 2279 | general circulation for the area affected. These notices must be  | 
| 2280 | published twice, with the first notice appearing at least 15  | 
| 2281 | days, but no later than 30 days, before the hearing. | 
| 2282 |      3.  A copy of the notice of opportunity for the hearing  | 
| 2283 | must be furnished to the United States Department of  | 
| 2284 | Transportation and to the appropriate departments of the state  | 
| 2285 | government at the time of publication. | 
| 2286 |      4.  The opportunity for another hearing shall be afforded  | 
| 2287 | in any case when proposed locations or designs are so changed  | 
| 2288 | from those presented in the notices specified above or at a  | 
| 2289 | hearing as to have a substantially different social, economic,  | 
| 2290 | or environmental effect. | 
| 2291 |      5.  The opportunity for a hearing shall be afforded in each  | 
| 2292 | case in which the department is in doubt as to whether a hearing  | 
| 2293 | is required. | 
| 2294 |      Section 35.  Subsection (3) and paragraphs (b) and (c) of  | 
| 2295 | subsection (4) of section 339.2816, Florida Statutes, are  | 
| 2296 | amended to read: | 
| 2297 |      339.2816  Small County Road Assistance Program.-- | 
| 2298 |      (3)  Beginning with fiscal year 1999-2000 until fiscal year  | 
| 2299 | 2009-2010, and beginning again with fiscal year 2012-2013, up to  | 
| 2300 | $25 million annually from the State Transportation Trust Fund  | 
| 2301 | may be used for the purposes of funding the Small County Road  | 
| 2302 | Assistance Program as described in this section. | 
| 2303 |      (4) | 
| 2304 |      (b)  In determining a county's eligibility for assistance  | 
| 2305 | under this program, the department may consider whether the  | 
| 2306 | county has attempted to keep county roads in satisfactory  | 
| 2307 | condition, including the amount of local option fuel tax and ad  | 
| 2308 | valorem millage rate imposed by the county. The department may  | 
| 2309 | also consider the extent to which the county has offered to  | 
| 2310 | provide a match of local funds with state funds provided under  | 
| 2311 | the program. At a minimum, small counties shall be eligible only  | 
| 2312 | if: | 
| 2313 |      1.  The county has enacted the maximum rate of the local  | 
| 2314 | option fuel tax authorized by s. 336.025(1)(a)., and has imposed  | 
| 2315 | an ad valorem millage rate of at least 8 mills; or | 
| 2316 |      2.  The county has imposed an ad valorem millage rate of 10  | 
| 2317 | mills. | 
| 2318 |      (c)  The following criteria shall be used to prioritize  | 
| 2319 | road projects for funding under the program: | 
| 2320 |      1.  The primary criterion is the physical condition of the  | 
| 2321 | road as measured by the department. | 
| 2322 |      2.  As secondary criteria the department may consider: | 
| 2323 |      a.  Whether a road is used as an evacuation route. | 
| 2324 |      b.  Whether a road has high levels of agricultural travel. | 
| 2325 |      c.  Whether a road is considered a major arterial route. | 
| 2326 |      d.  Whether a road is considered a feeder road. | 
| 2327 |      e.  Whether a road is located in a fiscally constrained  | 
| 2328 | county, as defined in s. 218.67(1). | 
| 2329 |      f.e.  Other criteria related to the impact of a project on  | 
| 2330 | the public road system or on the state or local economy as  | 
| 2331 | determined by the department. | 
| 2332 |      Section 36.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section 339.2819,  | 
| 2333 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
| 2334 |      339.2819  Transportation Regional Incentive Program.-- | 
| 2335 |      (1)  There is created within the Department of  | 
| 2336 | Transportation a Transportation Regional Incentive Program for  | 
| 2337 | the purpose of providing funds to improve regionally significant  | 
| 2338 | transportation facilities in regional transportation areas  | 
| 2339 | created pursuant to s. 339.155(4)(5). | 
| 2340 |      (3)  The department shall allocate funding available for  | 
| 2341 | the Transportation Regional Incentive Program to the districts  | 
| 2342 | based on a factor derived from equal parts of population and  | 
| 2343 | motor fuel collections for eligible counties in regional  | 
| 2344 | transportation areas created pursuant to s. 339.155(4)(5). | 
| 2345 |      Section 37.  Subsection (6) of section 339.285, Florida  | 
| 2346 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 2347 |      339.285  Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable  | 
| 2348 | Transportation.-- | 
| 2349 |      (6)  Preference shall be given to bridge projects located  | 
| 2350 | on corridors that connect to the Strategic Intermodal System,  | 
| 2351 | created under s. 339.64, and that have been identified as  | 
| 2352 | regionally significant in accordance with s. 339.155(4)(5)(c),  | 
| 2353 | (d), and (e). | 
| 2354 |      Section 38.  Subsections (8) through (14) are added to  | 
| 2355 | section 341.301, Florida Statutes, to read: | 
| 2356 |      341.301  Definitions; ss. 341.302 and 341.303.--As used in  | 
| 2357 | ss. 341.302 and 341.303, the term: | 
| 2358 |      (8)  "Commuter rail passenger or passengers" means and  | 
| 2359 | includes any and all persons, ticketed or unticketed, using the  | 
| 2360 | commuter rail service on a department owned rail corridor: | 
| 2361 |      (a)  On board trains, locomotives, rail cars, or rail  | 
| 2362 | equipment employed in commuter rail service or entraining and  | 
| 2363 | detraining therefrom; | 
| 2364 |      (b)  On or about the rail corridor for any purpose related  | 
| 2365 | to the commuter rail service, including, without limitation,  | 
| 2366 | parking, inquiring about commuter rail service or purchasing  | 
| 2367 | tickets therefor and coming to, waiting for, leaving from, or  | 
| 2368 | observing trains, locomotives, rail cars, or rail equipment; or | 
| 2369 |      (c)  Meeting, assisting, or in the company of any person  | 
| 2370 | described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b). | 
| 2371 |      (9)  "Commuter rail service" means the transportation of  | 
| 2372 | commuter rail passengers and other passengers by rail pursuant  | 
| 2373 | to a rail program provided by the department or any other  | 
| 2374 | governmental entities. | 
| 2375 |      (10)  "Rail corridor invitee" means and includes any and  | 
| 2376 | all persons who are on or about a department-owned rail  | 
| 2377 | corridor: | 
| 2378 |      (a)  For any purpose related to any ancillary development  | 
| 2379 | thereon; or | 
| 2380 |      (b)  Meeting, assisting, or in the company of any person  | 
| 2381 | described in paragraph (a). | 
| 2382 |      (11)  "Rail corridor" means a linear contiguous strip of  | 
| 2383 | real property that is used for rail service. The term includes  | 
| 2384 | the corridor and structures essential to the operation of a  | 
| 2385 | railroad, including the land, structures, improvements, rights- | 
| 2386 | of-way, easements, rail lines, rail beds, guideway structures,  | 
| 2387 | switches, yards, parking facilities, power relays, switching  | 
| 2388 | houses, rail stations, ancillary development, and any other  | 
| 2389 | facilities or equipment used for the purposes of construction,  | 
| 2390 | operation, or maintenance of a railroad that provides rail  | 
| 2391 | service. | 
| 2392 |      (12)  "Railroad operations" means the use of the rail  | 
| 2393 | corridor to conduct commuter rail service, intercity rail  | 
| 2394 | passenger service, or freight rail service. | 
| 2395 |      (13)  "Ancillary development" includes any lessee or  | 
| 2396 | licensee of the department, including, but not limited to, other  | 
| 2397 | governmental entities, vendors, retailers, restaurateurs, or  | 
| 2398 | contract service providers, within a department-owned rail  | 
| 2399 | corridor, except for providers of commuter rail service,  | 
| 2400 | intercity rail passenger service, or freight rail service. | 
| 2401 |      (14)  "Governmental entity or entities" means as defined in  | 
| 2402 | s. 11.45, including a "public agency" as defined in s. 163.01. | 
| 2403 |      Section 39.  Section 341.302, Florida Statutes, is amended  | 
| 2404 | to read: | 
| 2405 |      341.302  Rail program, duties and responsibilities of the  | 
| 2406 | department.--The department, in conjunction with other  | 
| 2407 | governmental entities units and the private sector, shall  | 
| 2408 | develop and implement a rail program of statewide application  | 
| 2409 | designed to ensure the proper maintenance, safety,  | 
| 2410 | revitalization, and expansion of the rail system to assure its  | 
| 2411 | continued and increased availability to respond to statewide  | 
| 2412 | mobility needs. Within the resources provided pursuant to  | 
| 2413 | chapter 216, and as authorized under federal law Title 49 C.F.R.  | 
| 2414 | part 212, the department shall: | 
| 2415 |      (1)  Provide the overall leadership, coordination, and  | 
| 2416 | financial and technical assistance necessary to assure the  | 
| 2417 | effective responses of the state's rail system to current and  | 
| 2418 | anticipated mobility needs. | 
| 2419 |      (2)  Promote and facilitate the implementation of advanced  | 
| 2420 | rail systems, including high-speed rail and magnetic levitation  | 
| 2421 | systems. | 
| 2422 |      (3)  Develop and periodically update the rail system plan,  | 
| 2423 | on the basis of an analysis of statewide transportation needs.  | 
| 2424 | The plan shall be consistent with the Florida Transportation  | 
| 2425 | Plan developed pursuant to s. 339.155. The rail system plan  | 
| 2426 | shall include an identification of priorities, programs, and  | 
| 2427 | funding levels required to meet statewide needs. The rail system  | 
| 2428 | plan shall be developed in a manner that will assure the maximum  | 
| 2429 | use of existing facilities and the optimum integration and  | 
| 2430 | coordination of the various modes of transportation, public and  | 
| 2431 | private, in the most cost-effective manner possible. The rail  | 
| 2432 | system plan shall be updated at least every 2 years and include  | 
| 2433 | plans for both passenger rail service and freight rail service. | 
| 2434 |      (4)  As part of the work program of the department,  | 
| 2435 | formulate a specific program of projects and financing to  | 
| 2436 | respond to identified railroad needs. | 
| 2437 |      (5)  Provide technical and financial assistance to units of  | 
| 2438 | local government to address identified rail transportation  | 
| 2439 | needs. | 
| 2440 |      (6)  Secure and administer federal grants, loans, and  | 
| 2441 | apportionments for rail projects within this state when  | 
| 2442 | necessary to further the statewide program. | 
| 2443 |      (7)  Develop and administer state standards concerning the  | 
| 2444 | safety and performance of rail systems, hazardous material  | 
| 2445 | handling, and operations. Such standards shall be developed  | 
| 2446 | jointly with representatives of affected rail systems, with full  | 
| 2447 | consideration given to nationwide industry norms, and shall  | 
| 2448 | define the minimum acceptable standards for safety and  | 
| 2449 | performance. | 
| 2450 |      (8)  Conduct, at a minimum, inspections of track and  | 
| 2451 | rolling stock; train signals and related equipment; hazardous  | 
| 2452 | materials transportation, including the loading, unloading, and  | 
| 2453 | labeling of hazardous materials at shippers', receivers', and  | 
| 2454 | transfer points; and train operating practices to determine  | 
| 2455 | adherence to state and federal standards. Department personnel  | 
| 2456 | may enforce any safety regulation issued under the Federal  | 
| 2457 | Government's preemptive authority over interstate commerce. | 
| 2458 |      (9)  Assess penalties, in accordance with the applicable  | 
| 2459 | federal regulations, for the failure to adhere to the state  | 
| 2460 | standards. | 
| 2461 |      (10)  Administer rail operating and construction programs,  | 
| 2462 | which programs shall include the regulation of maximum train  | 
| 2463 | operating speeds, the opening and closing of public grade  | 
| 2464 | crossings, the construction and rehabilitation of public grade  | 
| 2465 | crossings, and the installation of traffic control devices at  | 
| 2466 | public grade crossings, the administering of the programs by the  | 
| 2467 | department including participation in the cost of the programs. | 
| 2468 |      (11)  Coordinate and facilitate the relocation of railroads  | 
| 2469 | from congested urban areas to nonurban areas when relocation has  | 
| 2470 | been determined feasible and desirable from the standpoint of  | 
| 2471 | safety, operational efficiency, and economics. | 
| 2472 |      (12)  Implement a program of branch line continuance  | 
| 2473 | projects when an analysis of the industrial and economic  | 
| 2474 | potential of the line indicates that public involvement is  | 
| 2475 | required to preserve essential rail service and facilities. | 
| 2476 |      (13)  Provide new rail service and equipment when: | 
| 2477 |      (a)  Pursuant to the transportation planning process, a  | 
| 2478 | public need has been determined to exist; | 
| 2479 |      (b)  The cost of providing such service does not exceed the  | 
| 2480 | sum of revenues from fares charged to users, services purchased  | 
| 2481 | by other public agencies, local fund participation, and specific  | 
| 2482 | legislative appropriation for this purpose; and | 
| 2483 |      (c)  Service cannot be reasonably provided by other  | 
| 2484 | governmental or privately owned rail systems. | 
| 2485 | 
  | 
| 2486 | The department may own, lease, and otherwise encumber  | 
| 2487 | facilities, equipment, and appurtenances thereto, as necessary  | 
| 2488 | to provide new rail services; or the department may provide such  | 
| 2489 | service by contracts with privately owned service providers. | 
| 2490 |      (14)  Furnish required emergency rail transportation  | 
| 2491 | service if no other private or public rail transportation  | 
| 2492 | operation is available to supply the required service and such  | 
| 2493 | service is clearly in the best interest of the people in the  | 
| 2494 | communities being served. Such emergency service may be  | 
| 2495 | furnished through contractual arrangement, actual operation of  | 
| 2496 | state-owned equipment and facilities, or any other means  | 
| 2497 | determined appropriate by the secretary. | 
| 2498 |      (15)  Assist in the development and implementation of  | 
| 2499 | marketing programs for rail services and of information systems  | 
| 2500 | directed toward assisting rail systems users. | 
| 2501 |      (16)  Conduct research into innovative or potentially  | 
| 2502 | effective rail technologies and methods and maintain expertise  | 
| 2503 | in state-of-the-art rail developments. | 
| 2504 |      (17)  In conjunction with the acquisition, ownership,  | 
| 2505 | construction, operation, maintenance, and management of a rail  | 
| 2506 | corridor, have the authority to: | 
| 2507 |      (a)  Assume the obligation by contract to forever protect,  | 
| 2508 | defend, and indemnify and hold harmless the freight rail  | 
| 2509 | operator, or its successors, from whom the department has  | 
| 2510 | acquired a real property interest in the rail corridor, and that  | 
| 2511 | freight rail operator's officers, agents, and employees, from  | 
| 2512 | and against any liability, cost, and expense including, but not  | 
| 2513 | limited to, commuter rail passengers, rail corridor invitees,  | 
| 2514 | and trespassers in the rail corridor, regardless of whether the  | 
| 2515 | loss, damage, destruction, injury, or death giving rise to any  | 
| 2516 | such liability, cost, or expense is caused in whole or in part  | 
| 2517 | and to whatever nature or degree by the fault, failure,  | 
| 2518 | negligence, misconduct, nonfeasance, or misfeasance of such  | 
| 2519 | freight rail operator, its successors, or its officers, agents,  | 
| 2520 | and employees, or any other person or persons whomsoever,  | 
| 2521 | provided that such assumption of liability of the department by  | 
| 2522 | contract shall not in any instance exceed the following  | 
| 2523 | parameters of allocation of risk: | 
| 2524 |      1.  The department may be solely responsible for any loss,  | 
| 2525 | injury, or damage to commuter rail passengers, rail corridor  | 
| 2526 | invitees, or trespassers, regardless of circumstances or cause,  | 
| 2527 | subject to subparagraphs 2., 3., and 4. | 
| 2528 |      2.  When only one train is involved in an incident, the  | 
| 2529 | department may be solely responsible for any loss, injury, or  | 
| 2530 | damage if the train is a department train or other train  | 
| 2531 | pursuant to subparagraph 3., but only if in an instance when  | 
| 2532 | only a freight rail operator train is involved the freight rail  | 
| 2533 | operator is solely responsible for any loss, injury, or damage,  | 
| 2534 | except for commuter rail passengers, rail corridor invitees, and  | 
| 2535 | trespassers; and, the freight rail operator is solely  | 
| 2536 | responsible for its property and all of its people in any  | 
| 2537 | instance when its train is involved in an incident. | 
| 2538 |      3.  For the purposes of this subsection, any train involved  | 
| 2539 | in an incident that is neither the department's train nor the  | 
| 2540 | freight rail operator's train, hereinafter referred to in this  | 
| 2541 | subsection as an "other train," may be treated as a department  | 
| 2542 | train, solely for purposes of any allocation of liability  | 
| 2543 | between the department and the freight rail operator only, but  | 
| 2544 | only if the department and the freight rail operator share  | 
| 2545 | responsibility equally as to third parties outside the rail  | 
| 2546 | corridor who incur loss, injury, or damage as a result of any  | 
| 2547 | incident involving both a department train and a freight rail  | 
| 2548 | operator train; and, the allocation as between the department  | 
| 2549 | and the freight rail operator, regardless of whether the other  | 
| 2550 | train is treated as a department train, shall remain one-half  | 
| 2551 | each as to third parties outside the rail corridor who incur  | 
| 2552 | loss, injury, or damage as a result of the incident, and the  | 
| 2553 | involvement of any other train shall not alter the sharing of  | 
| 2554 | equal responsibility as to third parties outside the rail  | 
| 2555 | corridor who incur loss, injury, or damage as a result of the  | 
| 2556 | incident. | 
| 2557 |      4.  When more than one train is involved in an incident: | 
| 2558 |      a.  If only a department train and a freight rail  | 
| 2559 | operator's train, or only another train as described in  | 
| 2560 | subparagraph 3. and a freight rail operator's train, are  | 
| 2561 | involved in an incident, the department may be responsible for  | 
| 2562 | its property and all of its people, all commuter rail  | 
| 2563 | passengers, rail corridor invitees, and trespassers, but only if  | 
| 2564 | the freight rail operator is responsible for its property and  | 
| 2565 | all of its people; and the department and the freight rail  | 
| 2566 | operator share responsibility one-half each as to third parties  | 
| 2567 | outside the rail corridor who incur loss, injury, or damage as a  | 
| 2568 | result of the incident. | 
| 2569 |      b.  If a department train, a freight rail operator train,  | 
| 2570 | and any other train are involved in an incident, the allocation  | 
| 2571 | of liability as between the department and the freight rail  | 
| 2572 | operator, regardless of whether the other train is treated as a  | 
| 2573 | department train, shall remain one-half each as to third parties  | 
| 2574 | outside the rail corridor who incur loss, injury, or damage as a  | 
| 2575 | result of the incident; the involvement of any other train shall  | 
| 2576 | not alter the sharing of equal responsibility as to third  | 
| 2577 | parties outside the rail corridor who incur loss, injury, or  | 
| 2578 | damage as a result of the incident; and, if the owner, operator,  | 
| 2579 | or insurer of the other train makes any payment to injured third  | 
| 2580 | parties outside the rail corridor who incur loss, injury, or  | 
| 2581 | damage as a result of the incident, the allocation of credit  | 
| 2582 | between the department and the freight rail operator as to such  | 
| 2583 | payment shall not in any case reduce the freight rail operator's  | 
| 2584 | third party sharing allocation of one-half under this paragraph  | 
| 2585 | to less than one-third of the total third party liability. | 
| 2586 |      5.  Any such contractual duty to protect, defend,  | 
| 2587 | indemnify, and hold harmless such a freight rail operator shall  | 
| 2588 | expressly: include a specific cap on the amount of the  | 
| 2589 | contractual duty, which amount shall not exceed $200 million  | 
| 2590 | without prior legislative approval; require the department to  | 
| 2591 | purchase liability insurance and establish a self-insurance  | 
| 2592 | retention fund in the amount of the specific cap established  | 
| 2593 | under this paragraph; provide that no such contractual duty  | 
| 2594 | shall in any case be effective nor otherwise extend the  | 
| 2595 | department's liability in scope and effect beyond the  | 
| 2596 | contractual liability insurance and self-insurance retention  | 
| 2597 | fund required pursuant to this paragraph; and provide that the  | 
| 2598 | freight rail operator's compensation to the department for  | 
| 2599 | future use of the department's rail corridor shall include a  | 
| 2600 | monetary contribution to the cost of such liability coverage for  | 
| 2601 | the sole benefit of the freight rail operator. | 
| 2602 |      (b)  Purchase liability insurance which amount shall not  | 
| 2603 | exceed $200 million and establish a self-insurance retention  | 
| 2604 | fund for the purpose of paying the deductible limit established  | 
| 2605 | in the insurance policies it may obtain, including coverage for  | 
| 2606 | the department, any freight rail operator as described in  | 
| 2607 | paragraph (a), commuter rail service providers, governmental  | 
| 2608 | entities, or ancillary development; however, the insureds shall  | 
| 2609 | pay a reasonable monetary contribution to the cost of such  | 
| 2610 | liability coverage for the sole benefit of the insured. Such  | 
| 2611 | insurance and self-insurance retention fund may provide coverage  | 
| 2612 | for all damages, including, but not limited to, compensatory,  | 
| 2613 | special, and exemplary, and be maintained to provide an adequate  | 
| 2614 | fund to cover claims and liabilities for loss, injury, or damage  | 
| 2615 | arising out of or connected with the ownership, operation,  | 
| 2616 | maintenance, and management of a rail corridor. | 
| 2617 |      (c)  Incur expenses for the purchase of advertisements,  | 
| 2618 | marketing, and promotional items. | 
| 2619 |  | 
| 2620 | Neither the assumption by contract to protect, defend,  | 
| 2621 | indemnify, and hold harmless; the purchase of insurance; nor the  | 
| 2622 | establishment of a self-insurance retention fund shall be deemed  | 
| 2623 | to be a waiver of any defense of sovereign immunity for torts  | 
| 2624 | nor deemed to increase the limits of the department's or the  | 
| 2625 | governmental entity's liability for torts as provided in s.  | 
| 2626 | 768.28. The requirements of s. 287.022(1) shall not apply to the  | 
| 2627 | purchase of any insurance hereunder. The provisions of this  | 
| 2628 | subsection shall apply and inure fully as to any other  | 
| 2629 | governmental entity providing commuter rail service and  | 
| 2630 | constructing, operating, maintaining, or managing a rail  | 
| 2631 | corridor on publicly owned right-of-way under contract by the  | 
| 2632 | governmental entity with the department or a governmental entity  | 
| 2633 | designated by the department. | 
| 2634 |      (18)(17)  Exercise such other functions, powers, and duties  | 
| 2635 | in connection with the rail system plan as are necessary to  | 
| 2636 | develop a safe, efficient, and effective statewide  | 
| 2637 | transportation system. | 
| 2638 |      Section 40.  Section 341.3023, Florida Statutes, is created  | 
| 2639 | to read: | 
| 2640 |      341.3023  Commuter rail programs and intercity rail  | 
| 2641 | transportation system study.-- | 
| 2642 |      (1)  The department shall undertake a comprehensive review  | 
| 2643 | and study of commuter railroad programs and intercity railroad  | 
| 2644 | transportation system plans and their impacts in the state  | 
| 2645 | through 2028. | 
| 2646 |      (2)  The review and study shall encompass and include  | 
| 2647 | information concerning: | 
| 2648 |      (a)  Commuter rail programs and intercity rail  | 
| 2649 | transportation system facility and improvement needs and plans,  | 
| 2650 | including those associated with connectivity to such facilities  | 
| 2651 | and improvements, outlined or contained in, without limitation  | 
| 2652 | thereto, the current Florida Transportation Plan developed  | 
| 2653 | pursuant to s. 339.155(1); regional transportation plans  | 
| 2654 | developed pursuant to s. 339.155(5); the Strategic Intermodal  | 
| 2655 | System Plan developed pursuant to s. 339.64; the adopted work  | 
| 2656 | plan developed pursuant to s. 339.135; long-range transportation  | 
| 2657 | plans developed pursuant to s. 339.175(7); transportation  | 
| 2658 | improvement plans of relevant metropolitan planning  | 
| 2659 | organizations developed pursuant to s. 339.175(8); plans,  | 
| 2660 | information, and studies prepared for or by the authorities  | 
| 2661 | created in parts I, II, III, and V of chapter 343; relevant  | 
| 2662 | studies and information previously prepared by the department  | 
| 2663 | and the Transportation Commission; and the transportation and  | 
| 2664 | capital improvement elements of relevant approved local  | 
| 2665 | government comprehensive plans. | 
| 2666 |      (b)  A detailed review of funding in the state for commuter  | 
| 2667 | rail programs and intercity rail transportation system  | 
| 2668 | improvements, projects, facilities, equipment, rights-of-way,  | 
| 2669 | operating costs, and other costs during the previous 20 years  | 
| 2670 | from state, federal, and local government sources. | 
| 2671 |      (c)  An assessment of the impacts of commuter rail programs  | 
| 2672 | and intercity rail transportation system improvements, projects,  | 
| 2673 | and facilities that have been undertaken in the state during the  | 
| 2674 | previous 20 years and their impact on the state, regional, and  | 
| 2675 | local transportation system and Florida's economic development. | 
| 2676 |      (d)  Proposed commuter rail programs and intercity rail  | 
| 2677 | transportation system improvements, projects, and facilities  | 
| 2678 | throughout the state to be undertaken during the next 20 years,  | 
| 2679 | including, based upon the best available, existing data, a  | 
| 2680 | detailed listing of specific projects with estimates of the  | 
| 2681 | costs of each specific project; projected timelines for such  | 
| 2682 | improvements, projects, and facilities; and the estimated  | 
| 2683 | priority of each such improvement, project, and facility. | 
| 2684 |      (e)  A map of those proposed improvements, projects, and  | 
| 2685 | facilities. | 
| 2686 |      (f)  A finance plan based upon reasonable projections of  | 
| 2687 | anticipated revenues available to the department and units of  | 
| 2688 | local government, including both 10-year and 20-year cost- | 
| 2689 | feasible components, for such improvements, projects, and  | 
| 2690 | facilities that demonstrates how or what portion of such  | 
| 2691 | improvements, projects, and facilities can be implemented. | 
| 2692 |      (g)  A feasibility study of the best alternatives for  | 
| 2693 | implementing intercity passenger railroad service between the  | 
| 2694 | Tampa Bay region and the greater Orlando area. | 
| 2695 |      (h)  A proposed prioritization process, including  | 
| 2696 | alternatives, for commuter railroad and intercity railroad  | 
| 2697 | improvements, projects, and facilities. | 
| 2698 |      (i)  Funding alternatives for commuter rail programs and  | 
| 2699 | intercity rail transportation system improvements, projects, and  | 
| 2700 | facilities including specific resources, both public and  | 
| 2701 | private, that are reasonably expected to be available to  | 
| 2702 | accomplish such improvements, projects, and facilities and any  | 
| 2703 | innovative financing techniques that might be used to fund such  | 
| 2704 | improvements, projects, and facilities. | 
| 2705 |      (3)  The report shall also include detailed information and  | 
| 2706 | findings about negative impacts caused by current, or projected  | 
| 2707 | to be caused by proposed, commuter rail programs and intercity  | 
| 2708 | rail transportation system projects or freight railroad traffic  | 
| 2709 | in urban areas of the state. For the purpose of this section,  | 
| 2710 | "negative impacts" means those caused by noise, vibration, and  | 
| 2711 | vehicular traffic congestion and delays occurring at rail and  | 
| 2712 | road intersections. "Urban areas" means those areas within or  | 
| 2713 | adjacent to a municipality generally characterized by high  | 
| 2714 | density development and building patterns, greater concentration  | 
| 2715 | of population, and a high level and concentration of public  | 
| 2716 | services and facilities. The Orlando commuter rail project means  | 
| 2717 | the Central Florida Rail Corridor, a line of railroad between  | 
| 2718 | Deland and Poinciana. The report shall include, without  | 
| 2719 | limitation: | 
| 2720 |      (a)  Options and alternatives for eliminating negative  | 
| 2721 | impacts associated with increased freight railroad traffic and  | 
| 2722 | freight railroad congestions within urban areas resulting from  | 
| 2723 | commuter rail programs or intercity rail transportation system  | 
| 2724 | improvements, projects, and facilities, including specifically  | 
| 2725 | those associated with the Orlando commuter railroad project. | 
| 2726 |      (b)  Proposed freight railroad improvements, projects, and  | 
| 2727 | facilities to be undertaken in the next 20 years, including  | 
| 2728 | those associated with the Orlando commuter railroad project, to  | 
| 2729 | eliminate such negative impacts, including, based upon the best  | 
| 2730 | available, existing data, a detailed listing of specific  | 
| 2731 | projects with estimates of the costs of each specific  | 
| 2732 | improvement, project, and facility; projected timelines for such  | 
| 2733 | improvements, projects, and facilities; the estimated priority  | 
| 2734 | of each such improvement, project, and facility; and the  | 
| 2735 | benefits to public safety, economic development, and downtown  | 
| 2736 | development and redevelopment from such improvements, projects,  | 
| 2737 | and facilities. | 
| 2738 |      (c)  A map of those proposed improvements, projects, and  | 
| 2739 | facilities. | 
| 2740 |      (d)  A finance plan based upon reasonable projections of  | 
| 2741 | anticipated revenues available to the department and units of  | 
| 2742 | local government, including both 10-year and 20-year cost- | 
| 2743 | feasible components, for such improvements, projects, and  | 
| 2744 | facilities that demonstrates how or what portion of such  | 
| 2745 | improvements, projects, and facilities can be implemented, as it  | 
| 2746 | is the intent of the Legislature and the public policy of the  | 
| 2747 | state that such negative impacts of commuter rail programs, and  | 
| 2748 | intercity rail transportation system projects funded by the  | 
| 2749 | state, including those associated with the Orlando commuter  | 
| 2750 | railroad project, be eliminated not later than 8 years after  | 
| 2751 | commuter rail programs and intercity rail transportation system  | 
| 2752 | projects begin operation. | 
| 2753 |      (4)  The report containing the information required  | 
| 2754 | pursuant to subsections (1), (2), and (3) shall be delivered to  | 
| 2755 | the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the  | 
| 2756 | House of Representatives, and the leaders of the minority  | 
| 2757 | parties of the Senate and House of Representatives on or before  | 
| 2758 | January 15, 2009. | 
| 2759 |      Section 41.  Part III of chapter 343, Florida Statutes,  | 
| 2760 | consisting of sections 343.71, 343.72, 343.73, 343.74, 343.75,  | 
| 2761 | 343.76, and 343.77, is repealed. | 
| 2762 |      Section 42.  Subsection (4) of section 348.0003, Florida  | 
| 2763 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 2764 |      348.0003  Expressway authority; formation; membership.-- | 
| 2765 |      (4)(a)  An authority may employ an executive secretary, an  | 
| 2766 | executive director, its own counsel and legal staff, technical  | 
| 2767 | experts, and such engineers and employees, permanent or  | 
| 2768 | temporary, as it may require and shall determine the  | 
| 2769 | qualifications and fix the compensation of such persons, firms,  | 
| 2770 | or corporations. An authority may employ a fiscal agent or  | 
| 2771 | agents; however, the authority must solicit sealed proposals  | 
| 2772 | from at least three persons, firms, or corporations for the  | 
| 2773 | performance of any services as fiscal agents. An authority may  | 
| 2774 | delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such of its  | 
| 2775 | power as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the  | 
| 2776 | Florida Expressway Authority Act, subject always to the  | 
| 2777 | supervision and control of the authority. Members of an  | 
| 2778 | authority may be removed from office by the Governor for  | 
| 2779 | misconduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office. | 
| 2780 |      (b)  Members of an authority are entitled to receive from  | 
| 2781 | the authority their travel and other necessary expenses incurred  | 
| 2782 | in connection with the business of the authority as provided in  | 
| 2783 | s. 112.061, but they may not draw salaries or other  | 
| 2784 | compensation. | 
| 2785 |      (c)  Members of each expressway an authority,  | 
| 2786 | transportation authority, bridge authority, or toll authority,  | 
| 2787 | created pursuant to this chapter, chapter 343, or chapter 349,  | 
| 2788 | or pursuant to any other legislative enactment, shall be  | 
| 2789 | required to comply with the applicable financial disclosure  | 
| 2790 | requirements of s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution. This  | 
| 2791 | subsection does not subject a statutorily created expressway  | 
| 2792 | authority, transportation authority, bridge authority, or toll  | 
| 2793 | authority, other than one created under this part, to any of the  | 
| 2794 | requirements of this part other than those contained in this  | 
| 2795 | subsection. | 
| 2796 |      Section 43.  Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (1) of  | 
| 2797 | section 348.0004, Florida Statutes, to read: | 
| 2798 |      348.0004  Purposes and powers.-- | 
| 2799 |      (1) | 
| 2800 |      (c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, expressway  | 
| 2801 | authorities as defined in chapter 348 shall index toll rates on  | 
| 2802 | toll facilities to the annual Consumer Price Index or similar  | 
| 2803 | inflation indicators. Toll rate index for inflation under this  | 
| 2804 | subsection must be adopted and approved by the expressway  | 
| 2805 | authority board at a public meeting and may be made no more  | 
| 2806 | frequently than once a year and must be made no less frequently  | 
| 2807 | than once every 5 years as necessary to accommodate cash toll  | 
| 2808 | rate schedules. Toll rates may be increased beyond these limits  | 
| 2809 | as directed by bond documents, covenants, or governing body  | 
| 2810 | authorization or pursuant to department administrative rule. | 
| 2811 |      Section 44.  Subsection (1) of section 479.01, Florida  | 
| 2812 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 2813 |      479.01  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term: | 
| 2814 |      (1)  "Automatic changeable facing" means a facing that  | 
| 2815 | which through a mechanical system is capable of delivering two  | 
| 2816 | or more advertising messages through an automated or remotely  | 
| 2817 | controlled process and shall not rotate so rapidly as to cause  | 
| 2818 | distraction to a motorist. | 
| 2819 |      Section 45.  Subsections (1), (5), and (9) of section  | 
| 2820 | 479.07, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
| 2821 |      479.07  Sign permits.-- | 
| 2822 |      (1)  Except as provided in ss. 479.105(1)(e) and 479.16, a  | 
| 2823 | person may not erect, operate, use, or maintain, or cause to be  | 
| 2824 | erected, operated, used, or maintained, any sign on the State  | 
| 2825 | Highway System outside an urban incorporated area, as defined in  | 
| 2826 | s. 334.03(32), or on any portion of the interstate or federal- | 
| 2827 | aid primary highway system without first obtaining a permit for  | 
| 2828 | the sign from the department and paying the annual fee as  | 
| 2829 | provided in this section. For purposes of this section, "on any  | 
| 2830 | portion of the State Highway System, interstate, or federal-aid  | 
| 2831 | primary system" shall mean a sign located within the controlled  | 
| 2832 | area which is visible from any portion of the main-traveled way  | 
| 2833 | of such system. | 
| 2834 |      (5)(a)  For each permit issued, the department shall  | 
| 2835 | furnish to the applicant a serially numbered permanent metal  | 
| 2836 | permit tag. The permittee is responsible for maintaining a valid  | 
| 2837 | permit tag on each permitted sign facing at all times. The tag  | 
| 2838 | shall be securely attached to the sign facing or, if there is no  | 
| 2839 | facing, on the pole nearest the highway; and it shall be  | 
| 2840 | attached in such a manner as to be plainly visible from the  | 
| 2841 | main-traveled way. Effective July 1, 2011, the tag shall be  | 
| 2842 | securely attached to the upper 50 percent of the pole nearest  | 
| 2843 | the highway and shall be attached in such a manner as to be  | 
| 2844 | plainly visible from the main-traveled way. The permit will  | 
| 2845 | become void unless the permit tag is properly and permanently  | 
| 2846 | displayed at the permitted site within 30 days after the date of  | 
| 2847 | permit issuance. If the permittee fails to erect a completed  | 
| 2848 | sign on the permitted site within 270 days after the date on  | 
| 2849 | which the permit was issued, the permit will be void, and the  | 
| 2850 | department may not issue a new permit to that permittee for the  | 
| 2851 | same location for 270 days after the date on which the permit  | 
| 2852 | became void. | 
| 2853 |      (b)  If a permit tag is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the  | 
| 2854 | permittee to whom the tag was issued may must apply to the  | 
| 2855 | department for a replacement tag. The department shall establish  | 
| 2856 | by rule a service fee for replacement tags in an amount that  | 
| 2857 | will recover the actual cost of providing the replacement tag.  | 
| 2858 | Upon receipt of the application accompanied by the a service fee  | 
| 2859 | of $3, the department shall issue a replacement permit tag.  | 
| 2860 | Alternatively, the permittee may provide its own replacement tag  | 
| 2861 | pursuant to department specifications which the department shall  | 
| 2862 | establish by rule at the time it establishes the service fee for  | 
| 2863 | replacement tags. | 
| 2864 |      (9)(a)  A permit shall not be granted for any sign for  | 
| 2865 | which a permit had not been granted by the effective date of  | 
| 2866 | this act unless such sign is located at least: | 
| 2867 |      1.  One thousand five hundred feet from any other permitted  | 
| 2868 | sign on the same side of the highway, if on an interstate  | 
| 2869 | highway. | 
| 2870 |      2.  One thousand feet from any other permitted sign on the  | 
| 2871 | same side of the highway, if on a federal-aid primary highway. | 
| 2872 | 
  | 
| 2873 | The minimum spacing provided in this paragraph does not preclude  | 
| 2874 | the permitting of V-type, back-to-back, side-to-side, stacked,  | 
| 2875 | or double-faced signs at the permitted sign site. If a sign is  | 
| 2876 | visible from the controlled area of more than one highway  | 
| 2877 | subject to the jurisdiction of the department, the sign shall  | 
| 2878 | meet the permitting requirements of, and, if the sign meets the  | 
| 2879 | applicable permitting requirements, be permitted to, the highway  | 
| 2880 | with the more stringent permitting requirements. | 
| 2881 |      (b)  A permit shall not be granted for a sign pursuant to  | 
| 2882 | this chapter to locate such sign on any portion of the  | 
| 2883 | interstate or federal-aid primary highway system, which sign: | 
| 2884 |      1.  Exceeds 50 feet in sign structure height above the  | 
| 2885 | crown of the main-traveled way, if outside an incorporated area; | 
| 2886 |      2.  Exceeds 65 feet in sign structure height above the  | 
| 2887 | crown of the main-traveled way, if inside an incorporated area;  | 
| 2888 | or | 
| 2889 |      3.  Exceeds 950 square feet of sign facing including all  | 
| 2890 | embellishments. | 
| 2891 |      (c)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (a)1., there is  | 
| 2892 | established a pilot program in Orange, Hillsborough, and Osceola  | 
| 2893 | Counties, and within the boundaries of the City of Miami, under  | 
| 2894 | which the distance between permitted signs on the same side of  | 
| 2895 | an interstate highway may be reduced to 1,000 feet if all other  | 
| 2896 | requirements of this chapter are met and if: | 
| 2897 |      1.  The local government has adopted a plan, program,  | 
| 2898 | resolution, ordinance, or other policy encouraging the voluntary  | 
| 2899 | removal of signs in a downtown, historic, redevelopment, infill,  | 
| 2900 | or other designated area which also provides for a new or  | 
| 2901 | replacement sign to be erected on an interstate highway within  | 
| 2902 | that jurisdiction if a sign in the designated area is removed; | 
| 2903 |      2.  The sign owner and the local government mutually agree  | 
| 2904 | to the terms of the removal and replacement; and | 
| 2905 |      3.  The local government notifies the department of its  | 
| 2906 | intention to allow such removal and replacement as agreed upon  | 
| 2907 | pursuant to subparagraph 2. | 
| 2908 | 
  | 
| 2909 | The department shall maintain statistics tracking the use of the  | 
| 2910 | provisions of this pilot program based on the notifications  | 
| 2911 | received by the department from local governments under this  | 
| 2912 | paragraph. | 
| 2913 |      Section 46.  Section 479.08, Florida Statutes, is amended  | 
| 2914 | to read: | 
| 2915 |      479.08  Denial or revocation of permit.--The department has  | 
| 2916 | the authority to deny or revoke any permit requested or granted  | 
| 2917 | under this chapter in any case in which it determines that the  | 
| 2918 | application for the permit contains knowingly false or knowingly  | 
| 2919 | misleading information. The department has the authority to  | 
| 2920 | revoke any permit granted under this chapter in any case in  | 
| 2921 | which or that the permittee has violated any of the provisions  | 
| 2922 | of this chapter, unless such permittee, within 30 days after the  | 
| 2923 | receipt of notice by the department, corrects such false or  | 
| 2924 | misleading information and complies with the provisions of this  | 
| 2925 | chapter. For the purpose of this section, the notice of  | 
| 2926 | violation issued by the department shall describe in detail the  | 
| 2927 | alleged violation. Any person aggrieved by any action of the  | 
| 2928 | department in denying or revoking a permit under this chapter  | 
| 2929 | may, within 30 days after receipt of the notice, apply to the  | 
| 2930 | department for an administrative hearing pursuant to chapter  | 
| 2931 | 120. If a timely request for hearing has been filed and the  | 
| 2932 | department issues a final order revoking a permit, such  | 
| 2933 | revocation shall be effective 30 days after the date of  | 
| 2934 | rendition. Except for department action pursuant to s.  | 
| 2935 | 479.107(1), the filing of a timely and proper notice of appeal  | 
| 2936 | shall operate to stay the revocation until the department's  | 
| 2937 | action is upheld. | 
| 2938 |      Section 47.  Section 479.156, Florida Statutes, is amended  | 
| 2939 | to read: | 
| 2940 |      479.156  Wall murals.--Notwithstanding any other provision  | 
| 2941 | of this chapter, a municipality or county may permit and  | 
| 2942 | regulate wall murals within areas designated by such government.  | 
| 2943 | If a municipality or county permits wall murals, a wall mural  | 
| 2944 | that displays a commercial message and is within 660 feet of the  | 
| 2945 | nearest edge of the right-of-way within an area adjacent to the  | 
| 2946 | interstate highway system or the federal-aid primary highway  | 
| 2947 | system shall be located in an area that is zoned for industrial  | 
| 2948 | or commercial use and the municipality or county shall establish  | 
| 2949 | and enforce regulations for such areas that, at a minimum, set  | 
| 2950 | forth criteria governing the size, lighting, and spacing of wall  | 
| 2951 | murals consistent with the intent of the Highway Beautification  | 
| 2952 | Act of 1965 and with customary use. Whenever a municipality or  | 
| 2953 | county exercises such control and makes a determination of   | 
| 2954 | customary use, pursuant to 23 U.S.C. s. 131(d), such  | 
| 2955 | determination shall be accepted in lieu of controls in the  | 
| 2956 | agreement between the state and the United States Department of  | 
| 2957 | Transportation, and the department shall certify effective local  | 
| 2958 | control pursuant to 23 U.S.C. s. 131(d) and C.F.R. s.  | 
| 2959 | 750.706(c). A wall mural that is subject to municipal or county  | 
| 2960 | regulation and the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 must be  | 
| 2961 | approved by the Department of Transportation pursuant to and the  | 
| 2962 | Federal Highway Administration and may not violate the agreement  | 
| 2963 | and between the state and the United States Department of  | 
| 2964 | Transportation or violate federal regulations enforced by the  | 
| 2965 | Department of Transportation under s. 479.02(1). The existence  | 
| 2966 | of a wall mural as defined in s. 479.01(27) shall not be  | 
| 2967 | considered in determining whether a sign as defined in s.  | 
| 2968 | 479.01(17), either existing or new, is in compliance with s.  | 
| 2969 | 479.07(9)(a). | 
| 2970 |      Section 48.  Subsections (1), (3), (4), and (5) of section  | 
| 2971 | 479.261, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
| 2972 |      479.261  Logo sign program.-- | 
| 2973 |      (1)  The department shall establish a logo sign program for  | 
| 2974 | the rights-of-way of the interstate highway system to provide  | 
| 2975 | information to motorists about available gas, food, lodging, and  | 
| 2976 | camping, attractions, and other services which are approved by  | 
| 2977 | the Federal Highway Administration at interchanges, through the  | 
| 2978 | use of business logos, and may include additional interchanges  | 
| 2979 | under the program. A logo sign for nearby attractions may be  | 
| 2980 | added to this program if allowed by federal rules. | 
| 2981 |      (a)  An attraction as used in this chapter is defined as an  | 
| 2982 | establishment, site, facility, or landmark which is open a  | 
| 2983 | minimum of 5 days a week for 52 weeks a year; which charges an  | 
| 2984 | admission for entry; which has as its principal focus family- | 
| 2985 | oriented entertainment, cultural, educational, recreational,  | 
| 2986 | scientific, or historical activities; and which is publicly  | 
| 2987 | recognized as a bona fide tourist attraction. However, the  | 
| 2988 | permits for businesses seeking to participate in the attractions  | 
| 2989 | logo sign program shall be awarded by the department annually to  | 
| 2990 | the highest bidders, notwithstanding the limitation on fees in  | 
| 2991 | subsection (5), which are qualified for available space at each  | 
| 2992 | qualified location, but the fees therefor may not be less than  | 
| 2993 | the fees established for logo participants in other logo  | 
| 2994 | categories. | 
| 2995 |      (b)  The department shall incorporate the use of RV- | 
| 2996 | friendly markers on specific information logo signs for  | 
| 2997 | establishments that cater to the needs of persons driving  | 
| 2998 | recreational vehicles. Establishments that qualify for  | 
| 2999 | participation in the specific information logo program and that  | 
| 3000 | also qualify as "RV-friendly" may request the RV-friendly marker  | 
| 3001 | on their specific information logo sign. An RV-friendly marker  | 
| 3002 | must consist of a design approved by the Federal Highway  | 
| 3003 | Administration. The department shall adopt rules in accordance  | 
| 3004 | with chapter 120 to administer this paragraph, including rules  | 
| 3005 | setting forth the minimum requirements that establishments must  | 
| 3006 | meet in order to qualify as RV-friendly. These requirements  | 
| 3007 | shall include large parking spaces, entrances, and exits that  | 
| 3008 | can easily accommodate recreational vehicles and facilities  | 
| 3009 | having appropriate overhead clearances, if applicable. | 
| 3010 |      (c)  The department is authorized to implement by rule a  | 
| 3011 | rotation-based logo program providing for the removal and  | 
| 3012 | addition of participating businesses in the program. | 
| 3013 |      (3)  Logo signs may be installed upon the issuance of an  | 
| 3014 | annual permit by the department or its agent and payment of a an  | 
| 3015 | application and permit fee to the department or its agent. | 
| 3016 |      (4)  The department may contract pursuant to s. 287.057 for  | 
| 3017 | the provision of services related to the logo sign program,  | 
| 3018 | including recruitment and qualification of businesses, review of  | 
| 3019 | applications, permit issuance, and fabrication, installation,  | 
| 3020 | and maintenance of logo signs. The department may reject all  | 
| 3021 | proposals and seek another request for proposals or otherwise  | 
| 3022 | perform the work. If the department contracts for the provision  | 
| 3023 | of services for the logo sign program, the contract must  | 
| 3024 | require, unless the business owner declines, that businesses  | 
| 3025 | that previously entered into agreements with the department to  | 
| 3026 | privately fund logo sign construction and installation be  | 
| 3027 | reimbursed by the contractor for the cost of the signs which has  | 
| 3028 | not been recovered through a previously agreed upon waiver of  | 
| 3029 | fees. The contract also may allow the contractor to retain a  | 
| 3030 | portion of the annual fees as compensation for its services. | 
| 3031 |      (5)  Permit fees for businesses that participate in the  | 
| 3032 | logo program must be established in an amount not less than that  | 
| 3033 | sufficient to offset the total cost to the department for the  | 
| 3034 | program, including contract costs. The department shall provide  | 
| 3035 | the services in the most efficient and cost-effective manner  | 
| 3036 | through department staff or by contracting for some or all of  | 
| 3037 | the services. Such annual permit fee shall not exceed $1,250.  | 
| 3038 | Annual permit fees shall be set by department rule based upon  | 
| 3039 | factors such as population, traffic volume, market demand, and  | 
| 3040 | costs. The annual permit fees shall be phased in by rule over a  | 
| 3041 | 4-year period of time. | 
| 3042 |      Section 49.  Business partnerships; display of names.-- | 
| 3043 |      (1)  School districts are encouraged to partner with local  | 
| 3044 | businesses for the purposes of mentorship opportunities,  | 
| 3045 | development of employment options and additional funding  | 
| 3046 | sources, and other mutual benefits. | 
| 3047 |      (2)  As a pilot program through June 30, 2011, the Palm  | 
| 3048 | Beach County School District may publicly display the names and  | 
| 3049 | recognitions of their business partners on school district  | 
| 3050 | property in unincorporated areas. Examples of appropriate  | 
| 3051 | business partner recognition include "Project Graduation" and  | 
| 3052 | athletic sponsorships. The district shall make every effort to  | 
| 3053 | display business partner names in a manner that is consistent  | 
| 3054 | with the county standards for uniformity in size, color, and  | 
| 3055 | placement of the signs. Whenever the provisions of this section  | 
| 3056 | are inconsistent with the provisions of the county ordinances or  | 
| 3057 | regulations relating to signs or the provisions of chapter 125,  | 
| 3058 | chapter 166, or chapter 479, Florida Statutes, in the  | 
| 3059 | unincorporated areas, the provisions of this section shall  | 
| 3060 | prevail. | 
| 3061 |      Section 50.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (10) of section  | 
| 3062 | 768.28, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 3063 |      768.28  Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions;  | 
| 3064 | recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of  | 
| 3065 | limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management  | 
| 3066 | programs.-- | 
| 3067 |      (10) | 
| 3068 |      (d)1.  For the purposes of this section, operators,  | 
| 3069 | dispatchers, and providers of security for rail services and  | 
| 3070 | rail facility maintenance providers in any rail corridor owned  | 
| 3071 | by the Department of Transportation the South Florida Rail  | 
| 3072 | Corridor, or any of their employees or agents, performing such  | 
| 3073 | services under contract with and on behalf of the South Florida  | 
| 3074 | Regional Transportation Authority or the Department of  | 
| 3075 | Transportation, or a governmental entity that is under contract  | 
| 3076 | with the Department of Transportation to perform such services  | 
| 3077 | or a governmental entity designated by the Department of  | 
| 3078 | Transportation, shall be considered agents of the state while  | 
| 3079 | acting within the scope of and pursuant to guidelines  | 
| 3080 | established in said contract or by rule. This subsection shall  | 
| 3081 | not be construed as designating persons providing contracted  | 
| 3082 | operator, dispatcher, security services, rail facility  | 
| 3083 | maintenance, or other services as employees or agents of the  | 
| 3084 | state for the purposes of the Federal Employers Liability Act,  | 
| 3085 | the Federal Railway Labor Act, or chapter 440. | 
| 3086 |      2.  The Department of Transportation shall ensure that  | 
| 3087 | operators, dispatchers, and providers of security for rail  | 
| 3088 | services and rail facility maintenance providers in any rail  | 
| 3089 | corridor owned by the Department of Transportation meet  | 
| 3090 | requirements, as applicable to the service provided,  | 
| 3091 | demonstrating that, at a minimum, the provider: | 
| 3092 |      a.  Has complete knowledge of railroad specific dispatch  | 
| 3093 | operating rules, physical characteristics of the rail line for  | 
| 3094 | which the provider is responsible, and overall railroad  | 
| 3095 | operations including responsibilities of various departments  | 
| 3096 | within the railroad organization. | 
| 3097 |      b.  Has complete knowledge of railroad track maintenance  | 
| 3098 | standards and the Federal Railroad Administration Track Safety  | 
| 3099 | Standards, 49 C.F.R. part 213, and the Railroad Worker  | 
| 3100 | Protection, 49 C.F.R. part 214. | 
| 3101 |      c.  Meets the requirements of 49 C.F.R. s. 213.7,  | 
| 3102 | specifying the minimum qualifications and abilities for those  | 
| 3103 | persons to supervise the restoration and renewal of railroad  | 
| 3104 | track and for those persons to inspect such track for compliance  | 
| 3105 | with railroad specific maintenance standards and Federal  | 
| 3106 | Railroad Administration track safety standards. | 
| 3107 |      d.  Has complete knowledge of railroad signal maintenance  | 
| 3108 | standards and Federal Railroad Administration Grade Crossing  | 
| 3109 | Signal System Safety Standards, 49 C.F.R. part 234, and the  | 
| 3110 | Railroad Worker Protection, 49 C.F.R. part 214. | 
| 3111 |      e.  Has the ability to read and understand highly complex  | 
| 3112 | wiring diagrams and technical instruction manuals relating to  | 
| 3113 | railroad signals. | 
| 3114 |      f.  Understands rail corridor operating and safety rules. | 
| 3115 |      g.  Has the ability to develop and comply with Federal  | 
| 3116 | Transit Administration Management plans. | 
| 3117 |      h.  Has the ability to develop and comply with Federal  | 
| 3118 | Railroad Administration Safety and Security Program plans. | 
| 3119 |      Section 51.  The Department of Transportation, in  | 
| 3120 | consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement, the  | 
| 3121 | Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Community  | 
| 3122 | Affairs, and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic  | 
| 3123 | Development, and regional planning councils within whose  | 
| 3124 | jurisdictional area the I-95 corridor lies, shall complete a  | 
| 3125 | study of transportation alternatives for the travel corridor  | 
| 3126 | parallel to Interstate 95 which takes into account the  | 
| 3127 | transportation, emergency management, homeland security, and  | 
| 3128 | economic development needs of the state. The report must include  | 
| 3129 | identification of cost effective measures that may be  | 
| 3130 | implemented to alleviate congestion on Interstate 95, facilitate  | 
| 3131 | emergency and security responses, and foster economic  | 
| 3132 | development. The Department of Transportation shall send the  | 
| 3133 | report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker  | 
| 3134 | of the House of Representatives, and each affected metropolitan  | 
| 3135 | planning organization by June 30, 2009. | 
| 3136 |      Section 52.  (1)  The Office of Motor Carrier Compliance of  | 
| 3137 | the Department of Transportation is hereby transferred by a type  | 
| 3138 | two transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to  | 
| 3139 | the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol of the Department of  | 
| 3140 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The Department of Highway  | 
| 3141 | Safety and Motor Vehicles shall be reimbursed by the Department  | 
| 3142 | of Transportation for such expenses incurred to provide motor  | 
| 3143 | carrier compliance functions within the division of the Florida  | 
| 3144 | Highway Patrol. This amount shall be determined annually by the  | 
| 3145 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles based upon the  | 
| 3146 | appropriation provided for these functions, less any federal  | 
| 3147 | grant funds, in the General Appropriations Act. | 
| 3148 |      (2)  The Legislature recognizes that there is a need to  | 
| 3149 | conform the Florida Statutes to the organizational changes in  | 
| 3150 | this section and that there may be a need to resolve apparent  | 
| 3151 | conflicts with any other legislation that has been or may be  | 
| 3152 | enacted during the 2008 Regular Session. Therefore, in the  | 
| 3153 | interim between this act becoming a law and the 2009 Regular  | 
| 3154 | Session of the Legislature or an earlier special session  | 
| 3155 | addressing this issue, the Division of Statutory Revision shall  | 
| 3156 | provide the relevant substantive committees of the Senate and  | 
| 3157 | the House of Representatives with assistance, upon request, to  | 
| 3158 | enable such committees to prepare draft legislation to conform  | 
| 3159 | the Florida Statutes and any legislation enacted during 2008 to  | 
| 3160 | the provisions of this section. | 
| 3161 |      Section 53.  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and  | 
| 3162 | Government Accountability shall review the operations and  | 
| 3163 | efficiencies of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and submit a  | 
| 3164 | report on its findings to the President of the Senate, the  | 
| 3165 | Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the majority and  | 
| 3166 | minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives. | 
| 3167 |      Section 54.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3168 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3169 | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section  | 
| 3170 | 316.066, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3171 |      316.066  Written reports of crashes.-- | 
| 3172 |      (3)(a)  Every law enforcement officer who in the regular  | 
| 3173 | course of duty investigates a motor vehicle crash: | 
| 3174 |      1.  Which crash resulted in death or personal injury shall,  | 
| 3175 | within 10 days after completing the investigation, forward a  | 
| 3176 | written report of the crash to the department or traffic records  | 
| 3177 | center. | 
| 3178 |      2.  Which crash involved a violation of s. 316.061(1) or s.  | 
| 3179 | 316.193 shall, within 10 days after completing the  | 
| 3180 | investigation, forward a written report of the crash to the  | 
| 3181 | department or traffic records center. | 
| 3182 |      3.  In which crash a vehicle was rendered inoperative to a  | 
| 3183 | degree which required a wrecker to remove it from traffic may,  | 
| 3184 | within 10 days after completing the investigation, forward a  | 
| 3185 | written report of the crash to the department or traffic records  | 
| 3186 | center if such action is appropriate, in the officer's  | 
| 3187 | discretion. | 
| 3188 |      Section 55.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3189 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3190 | reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section  | 
| 3191 | 316.072, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3192 |      316.072  Obedience to and effect of traffic laws.-- | 
| 3193 |      (4)  PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TO OBEY CHAPTER;  | 
| 3194 | EXCEPTIONS.-- | 
| 3195 |      (b)  Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of  | 
| 3196 | this chapter, except those contained in ss. 316.192, 316.1925,  | 
| 3197 | and 316.193, shall not apply to persons, teams, or motor  | 
| 3198 | vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon  | 
| 3199 | the surface of a highway, but shall apply to such persons and  | 
| 3200 | vehicles when traveling to or from such work. | 
| 3201 |      Section 56.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3202 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3203 | reference thereto, subsection (3) of section 316.1932, Florida  | 
| 3204 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3205 |      316.1932  Tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or  | 
| 3206 | controlled substances; implied consent; refusal.-- | 
| 3207 |      (3)  Notwithstanding any provision of law pertaining to the  | 
| 3208 | confidentiality of hospital records or other medical records,  | 
| 3209 | information relating to the alcoholic content of the blood or  | 
| 3210 | breath or the presence of chemical substances or controlled  | 
| 3211 | substances in the blood obtained pursuant to this section shall  | 
| 3212 | be released to a court, prosecuting attorney, defense attorney,  | 
| 3213 | or law enforcement officer in connection with an alleged  | 
| 3214 | violation of s. 316.193 upon request for such information. | 
| 3215 |      Section 57.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3216 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3217 | reference thereto, subsection (4) of section 316.1933, Florida  | 
| 3218 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3219 |      316.1933  Blood test for impairment or intoxication in  | 
| 3220 | cases of death or serious bodily injury; right to use reasonable  | 
| 3221 | force.-- | 
| 3222 |      (4)  Notwithstanding any provision of law pertaining to the  | 
| 3223 | confidentiality of hospital records or other medical records,  | 
| 3224 | information relating to the alcoholic content of the blood or  | 
| 3225 | the presence of chemical substances or controlled substances in  | 
| 3226 | the blood obtained pursuant to this section shall be released to  | 
| 3227 | a court, prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, or law  | 
| 3228 | enforcement officer in connection with an alleged violation of  | 
| 3229 | s. 316.193 upon request for such information. | 
| 3230 |      Section 58.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3231 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3232 | references thereto, subsection (1) and paragraph (d) of  | 
| 3233 | subsection (2) of section 316.1937, Florida Statutes, are  | 
| 3234 | reenacted to read: | 
| 3235 |      316.1937  Ignition interlock devices, requiring; unlawful  | 
| 3236 | acts.-- | 
| 3237 |      (1)  In addition to any other authorized penalties, the  | 
| 3238 | court may require that any person who is convicted of driving  | 
| 3239 | under the influence in violation of s. 316.193 shall not operate  | 
| 3240 | a motor vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped with a  | 
| 3241 | functioning ignition interlock device certified by the  | 
| 3242 | department as provided in s. 316.1938, and installed in such a  | 
| 3243 | manner that the vehicle will not start if the operator's blood  | 
| 3244 | alcohol level is in excess of 0.05 percent or as otherwise  | 
| 3245 | specified by the court. The court may require the use of an  | 
| 3246 | approved ignition interlock device for a period of not less than  | 
| 3247 | 6 months, if the person is permitted to operate a motor vehicle,  | 
| 3248 | whether or not the privilege to operate a motor vehicle is  | 
| 3249 | restricted, as determined by the court. The court, however,  | 
| 3250 | shall order placement of an ignition interlock device in those  | 
| 3251 | circumstances required by s. 316.193. | 
| 3252 |      (2)  If the court imposes the use of an ignition interlock  | 
| 3253 | device, the court shall: | 
| 3254 |      (d)  Determine the person's ability to pay for installation  | 
| 3255 | of the device if the person claims inability to pay. If the  | 
| 3256 | court determines that the person is unable to pay for  | 
| 3257 | installation of the device, the court may order that any portion  | 
| 3258 | of a fine paid by the person for a violation of s. 316.193 shall  | 
| 3259 | be allocated to defray the costs of installing the device. | 
| 3260 |      Section 59.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3261 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3262 | reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section  | 
| 3263 | 316.1939, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3264 |      316.1939  Refusal to submit to testing; penalties.-- | 
| 3265 |      (1)  Any person who has refused to submit to a chemical or  | 
| 3266 | physical test of his or her breath, blood, or urine, as  | 
| 3267 | described in s. 316.1932, and whose driving privilege was  | 
| 3268 | previously suspended for a prior refusal to submit to a lawful  | 
| 3269 | test of his or her breath, urine, or blood, and: | 
| 3270 |      (b)  Who was placed under lawful arrest for a violation of  | 
| 3271 | s. 316.193 unless such test was requested pursuant to s.  | 
| 3272 | 316.1932(1)(c); | 
| 3273 | 
  | 
| 3274 | commits a misdemeanor of the first degree and is subject to  | 
| 3275 | punishment as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. | 
| 3276 |      Section 60.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3277 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3278 | reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 316.656, Florida  | 
| 3279 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3280 |      316.656  Mandatory adjudication; prohibition against  | 
| 3281 | accepting plea to lesser included offense.-- | 
| 3282 |      (1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, no court  | 
| 3283 | may suspend, defer, or withhold adjudication of guilt or  | 
| 3284 | imposition of sentence for any violation of s. 316.193, for  | 
| 3285 | manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, or  | 
| 3286 | for vehicular homicide. | 
| 3287 |      Section 61.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3288 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3289 | references thereto, subsections (4) and (5) of section 318.143,  | 
| 3290 | Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: | 
| 3291 |      318.143  Sanctions for infractions by minors.-- | 
| 3292 |      (4)  For the first conviction for a violation of s.  | 
| 3293 | 316.193, the court may order the Department of Highway Safety  | 
| 3294 | and Motor Vehicles to revoke the minor's driver's license until  | 
| 3295 | the minor is 18 years of age. For a second or subsequent  | 
| 3296 | conviction for such a violation, the court may order the  | 
| 3297 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to revoke the  | 
| 3298 | minor's driver's license until the minor is 21 years of age. | 
| 3299 |      (5)  A minor who is arrested for a violation of s. 316.193  | 
| 3300 | may be released from custody as soon as: | 
| 3301 |      (a)  The minor is no longer under the influence of  | 
| 3302 | alcoholic beverages, of any chemical substance set forth in s.  | 
| 3303 | 877.111, or of any substance controlled under chapter 893, and  | 
| 3304 | is not affected to the extent that his or her normal faculties  | 
| 3305 | are impaired; | 
| 3306 |      (b)  The minor's blood-alcohol level is less than 0.05  | 
| 3307 | percent; or | 
| 3308 |      (c)  Six hours have elapsed after the minor's arrest. | 
| 3309 |      Section 62.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3310 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3311 | reference thereto, subsection (3) of section 318.17, Florida  | 
| 3312 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3313 |      318.17  Offenses excepted.--No provision of this chapter is  | 
| 3314 | available to a person who is charged with any of the following  | 
| 3315 | offenses: | 
| 3316 |      (3)  Driving, or being in actual physical control of, any  | 
| 3317 | vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, any  | 
| 3318 | chemical substance set forth in s. 877.111, or any substance  | 
| 3319 | controlled under chapter 893, in violation of s. 316.193, or  | 
| 3320 | driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level; | 
| 3321 |      Section 63.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3322 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3323 | reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section  | 
| 3324 | 320.055, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3325 |      320.055  Registration periods; renewal periods.--The  | 
| 3326 | following registration periods and renewal periods are  | 
| 3327 | established: | 
| 3328 |      (1) | 
| 3329 |      (c)  Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a), the  | 
| 3330 | owner of a motor vehicle subject to paragraph (a) who has had  | 
| 3331 | his or her driver's license suspended pursuant to a violation of  | 
| 3332 | s. 316.193 or pursuant to s. 322.26(2) for driving under the  | 
| 3333 | influence must obtain a 6-month registration as a condition of  | 
| 3334 | reinstating the license, subject to renewal during the 3-year  | 
| 3335 | period that financial responsibility requirements apply. The  | 
| 3336 | registration period begins the first day of the birth month of  | 
| 3337 | the owner and ends the last day of the fifth month immediately  | 
| 3338 | following the owner's birth month. For such vehicles, the  | 
| 3339 | department shall issue a vehicle registration certificate that  | 
| 3340 | is valid for 6 months and shall issue a validation sticker that  | 
| 3341 | displays an expiration date of 6 months after the date of  | 
| 3342 | issuance. The license tax required by s. 320.08 and all other  | 
| 3343 | applicable license taxes shall be one-half of the amount  | 
| 3344 | otherwise required, except the service charge required by s.  | 
| 3345 | 320.04 shall be paid in full for each 6-month registration. A  | 
| 3346 | vehicle required to be registered under this paragraph is not  | 
| 3347 | eligible for the extended registration period under paragraph  | 
| 3348 | (b). | 
| 3349 |      Section 64.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3350 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3351 | reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 322.03, Florida  | 
| 3352 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3353 |      322.03  Drivers must be licensed; penalties.-- | 
| 3354 |      (2)  Prior to issuing a driver's license, the department  | 
| 3355 | shall require any person who has been convicted two or more  | 
| 3356 | times of a violation of s. 316.193 or of a substantially similar  | 
| 3357 | alcohol-related or drug-related offense outside this state  | 
| 3358 | within the preceding 5 years, or who has been convicted of three  | 
| 3359 | or more such offenses within the preceding 10 years, to present  | 
| 3360 | proof of successful completion of or enrollment in a department- | 
| 3361 | approved substance abuse education course. If the person fails  | 
| 3362 | to complete such education course within 90 days after issuance,  | 
| 3363 | the department shall cancel the license. Further, prior to  | 
| 3364 | issuing the driver's license the department shall require such  | 
| 3365 | person to present proof of financial responsibility as provided  | 
| 3366 | in s. 324.031. For the purposes of this paragraph, a previous  | 
| 3367 | conviction for violation of former s. 316.028, former s.  | 
| 3368 | 316.1931, or former s. 860.01 shall be considered a previous  | 
| 3369 | conviction for violation of s. 316.193. | 
| 3370 |      Section 65.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3371 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3372 | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section  | 
| 3373 | 322.0602, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3374 |      322.0602  Youthful Drunk Driver Visitation Program.-- | 
| 3375 |      (2)  COURT-ORDERED PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM; PREFERENCE FOR  | 
| 3376 | PARTICIPATION.-- | 
| 3377 |      (a)  If a person is convicted of a violation of s. 316.193,  | 
| 3378 | the court may order, as a term and condition of probation in  | 
| 3379 | addition to any other term or condition required or authorized  | 
| 3380 | by law, that the probationer participate in the Youthful Drunk  | 
| 3381 | Driver Visitation Program. | 
| 3382 |      Section 66.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3383 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3384 | reference thereto, subsection (8) of section 322.21, Florida  | 
| 3385 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3386 |      322.21  License fees; procedure for handling and collecting  | 
| 3387 | fees.-- | 
| 3388 |      (8)  Any person who applies for reinstatement following the  | 
| 3389 | suspension or revocation of the person's driver's license shall  | 
| 3390 | pay a service fee of $35 following a suspension, and $60  | 
| 3391 | following a revocation, which is in addition to the fee for a  | 
| 3392 | license. Any person who applies for reinstatement of a  | 
| 3393 | commercial driver's license following the disqualification of  | 
| 3394 | the person's privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle  | 
| 3395 | shall pay a service fee of $60, which is in addition to the fee  | 
| 3396 | for a license. The department shall collect all of these fees at  | 
| 3397 | the time of reinstatement. The department shall issue proper  | 
| 3398 | receipts for such fees and shall promptly transmit all funds  | 
| 3399 | received by it as follows: | 
| 3400 |      (a)  Of the $35 fee received from a licensee for  | 
| 3401 | reinstatement following a suspension, the department shall  | 
| 3402 | deposit $15 in the General Revenue Fund and $20 in the Highway  | 
| 3403 | Safety Operating Trust Fund. | 
| 3404 |      (b)  Of the $60 fee received from a licensee for  | 
| 3405 | reinstatement following a revocation or disqualification, the  | 
| 3406 | department shall deposit $35 in the General Revenue Fund and $25  | 
| 3407 | in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. | 
| 3408 | 
  | 
| 3409 | If the revocation or suspension of the driver's license was for  | 
| 3410 | a violation of s. 316.193, or for refusal to submit to a lawful  | 
| 3411 | breath, blood, or urine test, an additional fee of $115 must be  | 
| 3412 | charged. However, only one $115 fee may be collected from one  | 
| 3413 | person convicted of violations arising out of the same incident.  | 
| 3414 | The department shall collect the $115 fee and deposit the fee  | 
| 3415 | into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund at the time of  | 
| 3416 | reinstatement of the person's driver's license, but the fee may  | 
| 3417 | not be collected if the suspension or revocation is overturned.  | 
| 3418 | If the revocation or suspension of the driver's license was for  | 
| 3419 | a conviction for a violation of s. 817.234(8) or (9) or s.  | 
| 3420 | 817.505, an additional fee of $180 is imposed for each offense.  | 
| 3421 | The department shall collect and deposit the additional fee into  | 
| 3422 | the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund at the time of  | 
| 3423 | reinstatement of the person's driver's license. | 
| 3424 |      Section 67.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3425 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3426 | reference thereto, subsection (5) of section 322.25, Florida  | 
| 3427 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3428 |      322.25  When court to forward license to department and  | 
| 3429 | report convictions; temporary reinstatement of driving  | 
| 3430 | privileges.-- | 
| 3431 |      (5)  For the purpose of this chapter, the entrance of a  | 
| 3432 | plea of nolo contendere by the defendant to a charge of driving  | 
| 3433 | while intoxicated, driving under the influence, driving with an  | 
| 3434 | unlawful blood-alcohol level, or any other alcohol-related or  | 
| 3435 | drug-related traffic offense similar to the offenses specified  | 
| 3436 | in s. 316.193, accepted by the court and under which plea the  | 
| 3437 | court has entered a fine or sentence, whether in this state or  | 
| 3438 | any other state or country, shall be equivalent to a conviction. | 
| 3439 |      Section 68.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3440 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3441 | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section  | 
| 3442 | 322.26, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3443 |      322.26  Mandatory revocation of license by department.--The  | 
| 3444 | department shall forthwith revoke the license or driving  | 
| 3445 | privilege of any person upon receiving a record of such person's  | 
| 3446 | conviction of any of the following offenses: | 
| 3447 |      (1)(a)  Murder resulting from the operation of a motor  | 
| 3448 | vehicle, DUI manslaughter where the conviction represents a  | 
| 3449 | subsequent DUI-related conviction, or a fourth violation of s.  | 
| 3450 | 316.193 or former s. 316.1931. For such cases, the revocation of  | 
| 3451 | the driver's license or driving privilege shall be permanent. | 
| 3452 |      Section 69.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3453 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3454 | references thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (14) and  | 
| 3455 | subsection (16) of section 322.2615, Florida Statutes, are  | 
| 3456 | reenacted to read: | 
| 3457 |      322.2615  Suspension of license; right to review.-- | 
| 3458 |      (14)(a)  The decision of the department under this section  | 
| 3459 | or any circuit court review thereof may not be considered in any  | 
| 3460 | trial for a violation of s. 316.193, and a written statement  | 
| 3461 | submitted by a person in his or her request for departmental  | 
| 3462 | review under this section may not be admitted into evidence  | 
| 3463 | against him or her in any such trial. | 
| 3464 |      (16)  The department shall invalidate a suspension for  | 
| 3465 | driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol  | 
| 3466 | level imposed under this section if the suspended person is  | 
| 3467 | found not guilty at trial of an underlying violation of s.  | 
| 3468 | 316.193. | 
| 3469 |      Section 70.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3470 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3471 | references thereto, subsections (15) and (19) of section  | 
| 3472 | 322.2616, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: | 
| 3473 |      322.2616  Suspension of license; persons under 21 years of  | 
| 3474 | age; right to review.-- | 
| 3475 |      (15)  The decision of the department under this section  | 
| 3476 | shall not be considered in any trial for a violation of s.  | 
| 3477 | 316.193, nor shall any written statement submitted by a person  | 
| 3478 | in his or her request for departmental review under this section  | 
| 3479 | be admissible into evidence against him or her in any such  | 
| 3480 | trial. The disposition of any related criminal proceedings shall  | 
| 3481 | not affect a suspension imposed under this section. | 
| 3482 |      (19)  A violation of this section is neither a traffic  | 
| 3483 | infraction nor a criminal offense, nor does being detained  | 
| 3484 | pursuant to this section constitute an arrest. A violation of  | 
| 3485 | this section is subject to the administrative action provisions  | 
| 3486 | of this section, which are administered by the department  | 
| 3487 | through its administrative processes. Administrative actions  | 
| 3488 | taken pursuant to this section shall be recorded in the motor  | 
| 3489 | vehicle records maintained by the department. This section does  | 
| 3490 | not bar prosecution under s. 316.193. However, if the department  | 
| 3491 | suspends a person's license under s. 322.2615 for a violation of  | 
| 3492 | s. 316.193, it may not also suspend the person's license under  | 
| 3493 | this section for the same episode that was the basis for the  | 
| 3494 | suspension under s. 322.2615. | 
| 3495 |      Section 71.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3496 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3497 | reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section  | 
| 3498 | 322.264, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3499 |      322.264  "Habitual traffic offender" defined.--A "habitual  | 
| 3500 | traffic offender" is any person whose record, as maintained by  | 
| 3501 | the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, shows that  | 
| 3502 | such person has accumulated the specified number of convictions  | 
| 3503 | for offenses described in subsection (1) or subsection (2)  | 
| 3504 | within a 5-year period: | 
| 3505 |      (1)  Three or more convictions of any one or more of the  | 
| 3506 | following offenses arising out of separate acts: | 
| 3507 |      (b)  Any violation of s. 316.193, former s. 316.1931, or  | 
| 3508 | former s. 860.01; | 
| 3509 | 
  | 
| 3510 | Any violation of any federal law, any law of another state or  | 
| 3511 | country, or any valid ordinance of a municipality or county of  | 
| 3512 | another state similar to a statutory prohibition specified in  | 
| 3513 | subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be counted as a violation  | 
| 3514 | of such prohibition. In computing the number of convictions, all  | 
| 3515 | convictions during the 5 years previous to July 1, 1972, will be  | 
| 3516 | used, provided at least one conviction occurs after that date.  | 
| 3517 | The fact that previous convictions may have resulted in  | 
| 3518 | suspension, revocation, or disqualification under another  | 
| 3519 | section does not exempt them from being used for suspension or  | 
| 3520 | revocation under this section as a habitual offender. | 
| 3521 |      Section 72.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3522 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3523 | references thereto, paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (2) and  | 
| 3524 | subsection (4) of section 322.271, Florida Statutes, are  | 
| 3525 | reenacted to read: | 
| 3526 |      322.271  Authority to modify revocation, cancellation, or  | 
| 3527 | suspension order.-- | 
| 3528 |      (2)(a)  Upon such hearing, the person whose license has  | 
| 3529 | been suspended, canceled, or revoked may show that such  | 
| 3530 | suspension, cancellation, or revocation of his or her license  | 
| 3531 | causes a serious hardship and precludes the person's carrying  | 
| 3532 | out his or her normal business occupation, trade, or employment  | 
| 3533 | and that the use of the person's license in the normal course of  | 
| 3534 | his or her business is necessary to the proper support of the  | 
| 3535 | person or his or her family. Except as otherwise provided in  | 
| 3536 | this subsection, the department shall require proof of the  | 
| 3537 | successful completion of the applicable department-approved  | 
| 3538 | driver training course operating pursuant to s. 318.1451 or DUI  | 
| 3539 | program substance abuse education course and evaluation as  | 
| 3540 | provided in s. 316.193(5). Letters of recommendation from  | 
| 3541 | respected business persons in the community, law enforcement  | 
| 3542 | officers, or judicial officers may also be required to determine  | 
| 3543 | whether such person should be permitted to operate a motor  | 
| 3544 | vehicle on a restricted basis for business or employment use  | 
| 3545 | only and in determining whether such person can be trusted to so  | 
| 3546 | operate a motor vehicle. If a driver's license has been  | 
| 3547 | suspended under the point system or pursuant to s. 322.2615, the  | 
| 3548 | department shall require proof of enrollment in the applicable  | 
| 3549 | department-approved driver training course or licensed DUI  | 
| 3550 | program substance abuse education course, including evaluation  | 
| 3551 | and treatment, if referred, and may require letters of  | 
| 3552 | recommendation described in this subsection to determine if the  | 
| 3553 | driver should be reinstated on a restricted basis. If such  | 
| 3554 | person fails to complete the approved course within 90 days  | 
| 3555 | after reinstatement or subsequently fails to complete treatment,  | 
| 3556 | if applicable, the department shall cancel his or her driver's  | 
| 3557 | license until the course and treatment, if applicable, is  | 
| 3558 | successfully completed, notwithstanding the terms of the court  | 
| 3559 | order or any suspension or revocation of the driving privilege.  | 
| 3560 | The department may temporarily reinstate the driving privilege  | 
| 3561 | on a restricted basis upon verification from the DUI program  | 
| 3562 | that the offender has reentered and is currently participating  | 
| 3563 | in treatment and has completed the DUI education course and  | 
| 3564 | evaluation requirement. If the DUI program notifies the  | 
| 3565 | department of the second failure to complete treatment, the  | 
| 3566 | department shall reinstate the driving privilege only after  | 
| 3567 | notice of completion of treatment from the DUI program. The  | 
| 3568 | privilege of driving on a limited or restricted basis for  | 
| 3569 | business or employment use shall not be granted to a person who  | 
| 3570 | has been convicted of a violation of s. 316.193 until completion  | 
| 3571 | of the DUI program substance abuse education course and  | 
| 3572 | evaluations as provided in s. 316.193(5). Except as provided in  | 
| 3573 | paragraph (b), the privilege of driving on a limited or  | 
| 3574 | restricted basis for business or employment use shall not be  | 
| 3575 | granted to a person whose license is revoked pursuant to s.  | 
| 3576 | 322.28 or suspended pursuant to s. 322.2615 and who has been  | 
| 3577 | convicted of a violation of s. 316.193 two or more times or  | 
| 3578 | whose license has been suspended two or more times for refusal  | 
| 3579 | to submit to a test pursuant to s. 322.2615 or former s.  | 
| 3580 | 322.261. | 
| 3581 |      (c)  For the purpose of this section, a previous conviction  | 
| 3582 | of driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated,  | 
| 3583 | driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level, or any other  | 
| 3584 | similar alcohol-related or drug-related offense outside this  | 
| 3585 | state or a previous conviction of former s. 316.1931, former s.  | 
| 3586 | 316.028, or former s. 860.01 shall be considered a previous  | 
| 3587 | conviction for violation of s. 316.193. | 
| 3588 |      (4)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 322.28(2)(e), a  | 
| 3589 | person whose driving privilege has been permanently revoked  | 
| 3590 | because he or she has been convicted of DUI manslaughter in  | 
| 3591 | violation of s. 316.193 and has no prior convictions for DUI- | 
| 3592 | related offenses may, upon the expiration of 5 years after the  | 
| 3593 | date of such revocation or the expiration of 5 years after the  | 
| 3594 | termination of any term of incarceration under s. 316.193 or  | 
| 3595 | former s. 316.1931, whichever date is later, petition the  | 
| 3596 | department for reinstatement of his or her driving privilege. | 
| 3597 |      (a)  Within 30 days after the receipt of such a petition,  | 
| 3598 | the department shall afford the petitioner an opportunity for a  | 
| 3599 | hearing. At the hearing, the petitioner must demonstrate to the  | 
| 3600 | department that he or she: | 
| 3601 |      1.  Has not been arrested for a drug-related offense during  | 
| 3602 | the 5 years preceding the filing of the petition; | 
| 3603 |      2.  Has not driven a motor vehicle without a license for at  | 
| 3604 | least 5 years prior to the hearing; | 
| 3605 |      3.  Has been drug-free for at least 5 years prior to the  | 
| 3606 | hearing; and | 
| 3607 |      4.  Has completed a DUI program licensed by the department. | 
| 3608 |      (b)  At such hearing, the department shall determine the  | 
| 3609 | petitioner's qualification, fitness, and need to drive. Upon  | 
| 3610 | such determination, the department may, in its discretion,  | 
| 3611 | reinstate the driver's license of the petitioner. Such  | 
| 3612 | reinstatement must be made subject to the following  | 
| 3613 | qualifications: | 
| 3614 |      1.  The license must be restricted for employment purposes  | 
| 3615 | for not less than 1 year; and | 
| 3616 |      2.  Such person must be supervised by a DUI program  | 
| 3617 | licensed by the department and report to the program for such  | 
| 3618 | supervision and education at least four times a year or  | 
| 3619 | additionally as required by the program for the remainder of the  | 
| 3620 | revocation period. Such supervision shall include evaluation,  | 
| 3621 | education, referral into treatment, and other activities  | 
| 3622 | required by the department. | 
| 3623 |      (c)  Such person must assume the reasonable costs of  | 
| 3624 | supervision. If such person fails to comply with the required  | 
| 3625 | supervision, the program shall report the failure to the  | 
| 3626 | department, and the department shall cancel such person's  | 
| 3627 | driving privilege. | 
| 3628 |      (d)  If, after reinstatement, such person is convicted of  | 
| 3629 | an offense for which mandatory revocation of his or her license  | 
| 3630 | is required, the department shall revoke his or her driving  | 
| 3631 | privilege. | 
| 3632 |      (e)  The department shall adopt rules regulating the  | 
| 3633 | providing of services by DUI programs pursuant to this section. | 
| 3634 |      Section 73.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3635 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3636 | references thereto, subsection (2), paragraphs (a) and (c) of  | 
| 3637 | subsection (3), and subsection (4) of section 322.2715, Florida  | 
| 3638 | Statutes, are reenacted to read: | 
| 3639 |      322.2715  Ignition interlock device.-- | 
| 3640 |      (2)  For purposes of this section, any conviction for a  | 
| 3641 | violation of s. 316.193, a previous conviction for a violation  | 
| 3642 | of former s. 316.1931, or a conviction outside this state for  | 
| 3643 | driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated, driving  | 
| 3644 | with an unlawful blood-alcohol level, or any other similar  | 
| 3645 | alcohol-related or drug-related traffic offense is a conviction  | 
| 3646 | of driving under the influence. | 
| 3647 |      (3)  If the person is convicted of: | 
| 3648 |      (a)  A first offense of driving under the influence under  | 
| 3649 | s. 316.193 and has an unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath- | 
| 3650 | alcohol level as specified in s. 316.193(4), or if a person is  | 
| 3651 | convicted of a violation of s. 316.193 and was at the time of  | 
| 3652 | the offense accompanied in the vehicle by a person younger than  | 
| 3653 | 18 years of age, the person shall have the ignition interlock  | 
| 3654 | device installed for 6 months for the first offense and for at  | 
| 3655 | least 2 years for a second offense. | 
| 3656 |      (c)  A third offense of driving under the influence which  | 
| 3657 | occurs within 10 years after a prior conviction for a violation  | 
| 3658 | of s. 316.193, the ignition interlock device shall be installed  | 
| 3659 | for a period of not less than 2 years. | 
| 3660 |      (4)  If the court fails to order the mandatory placement of  | 
| 3661 | the ignition interlock device or fails to order for the  | 
| 3662 | applicable period the mandatory placement of an ignition  | 
| 3663 | interlock device under s. 316.193 or s. 316.1937 at the time of  | 
| 3664 | imposing sentence or within 30 days thereafter, the department  | 
| 3665 | shall immediately require that the ignition interlock device be  | 
| 3666 | installed as provided in this section, except that consideration  | 
| 3667 | may be given to those individuals having a documented medical  | 
| 3668 | condition that would prohibit the device from functioning  | 
| 3669 | normally. This subsection applies to the reinstatement of the  | 
| 3670 | driving privilege following a revocation, suspension, or  | 
| 3671 | cancellation that is based upon a conviction for the offense of  | 
| 3672 | driving under the influence which occurs on or after July 1,  | 
| 3673 | 2005. | 
| 3674 |      Section 74.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3675 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3676 | reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 322.28, Florida  | 
| 3677 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3678 |      322.28  Period of suspension or revocation.-- | 
| 3679 |      (2)  In a prosecution for a violation of s. 316.193 or  | 
| 3680 | former s. 316.1931, the following provisions apply: | 
| 3681 |      (a)  Upon conviction of the driver, the court, along with  | 
| 3682 | imposing sentence, shall revoke the driver's license or driving  | 
| 3683 | privilege of the person so convicted, effective on the date of  | 
| 3684 | conviction, and shall prescribe the period of such revocation in  | 
| 3685 | accordance with the following provisions: | 
| 3686 |      1.  Upon a first conviction for a violation of the  | 
| 3687 | provisions of s. 316.193, except a violation resulting in death,  | 
| 3688 | the driver's license or driving privilege shall be revoked for  | 
| 3689 | not less than 180 days or more than 1 year. | 
| 3690 |      2.  Upon a second conviction for an offense that occurs  | 
| 3691 | within a period of 5 years after the date of a prior conviction  | 
| 3692 | for a violation of the provisions of s. 316.193 or former s.  | 
| 3693 | 316.1931 or a combination of such sections, the driver's license  | 
| 3694 | or driving privilege shall be revoked for not less than 5 years. | 
| 3695 |      3.  Upon a third conviction for an offense that occurs  | 
| 3696 | within a period of 10 years after the date of a prior conviction  | 
| 3697 | for the violation of the provisions of s. 316.193 or former s.  | 
| 3698 | 316.1931 or a combination of such sections, the driver's license  | 
| 3699 | or driving privilege shall be revoked for not less than 10  | 
| 3700 | years. | 
| 3701 | 
  | 
| 3702 | For the purposes of this paragraph, a previous conviction  | 
| 3703 | outside this state for driving under the influence, driving  | 
| 3704 | while intoxicated, driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level,  | 
| 3705 | or any other alcohol-related or drug-related traffic offense  | 
| 3706 | similar to the offense of driving under the influence as  | 
| 3707 | proscribed by s. 316.193 will be considered a previous  | 
| 3708 | conviction for violation of s. 316.193, and a conviction for  | 
| 3709 | violation of former s. 316.028, former s. 316.1931, or former s.  | 
| 3710 | 860.01 is considered a conviction for violation of s. 316.193. | 
| 3711 |      (b)  If the period of revocation was not specified by the  | 
| 3712 | court at the time of imposing sentence or within 30 days  | 
| 3713 | thereafter, and is not otherwise specified by law, the  | 
| 3714 | department shall forthwith revoke the driver's license or  | 
| 3715 | driving privilege for the maximum period applicable under  | 
| 3716 | paragraph (a) for a first conviction and for the minimum period  | 
| 3717 | applicable under paragraph (a) for any subsequent convictions.  | 
| 3718 | The driver may, within 30 days after such revocation by the  | 
| 3719 | department, petition the court for further hearing on the period  | 
| 3720 | of revocation, and the court may reopen the case and determine  | 
| 3721 | the period of revocation within the limits specified in  | 
| 3722 | paragraph (a). | 
| 3723 |      (c)  The forfeiture of bail bond, not vacated within 20  | 
| 3724 | days, in any prosecution for the offense of driving while under  | 
| 3725 | the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or  | 
| 3726 | controlled substances to the extent of depriving the defendant  | 
| 3727 | of his or her normal faculties shall be deemed equivalent to a  | 
| 3728 | conviction for the purposes of this paragraph, and the  | 
| 3729 | department shall forthwith revoke the defendant's driver's  | 
| 3730 | license or driving privilege for the maximum period applicable  | 
| 3731 | under paragraph (a) for a first conviction and for the minimum  | 
| 3732 | period applicable under paragraph (a) for a second or subsequent  | 
| 3733 | conviction; however, if the defendant is later convicted of the  | 
| 3734 | charge, the period of revocation imposed by the department for  | 
| 3735 | such conviction shall not exceed the difference between the  | 
| 3736 | applicable maximum for a first conviction or minimum for a  | 
| 3737 | second or subsequent conviction and the revocation period under  | 
| 3738 | this subsection that has actually elapsed; upon conviction of  | 
| 3739 | such charge, the court may impose revocation for a period of  | 
| 3740 | time as specified in paragraph (a). This paragraph does not  | 
| 3741 | apply if an appropriate motion contesting the forfeiture is  | 
| 3742 | filed within the 20-day period. | 
| 3743 |      (d)  When any driver's license or driving privilege has  | 
| 3744 | been revoked pursuant to the provisions of this section, the  | 
| 3745 | department shall not grant a new license, except upon  | 
| 3746 | reexamination of the licensee after the expiration of the period  | 
| 3747 | of revocation so prescribed. However, the court may, in its  | 
| 3748 | sound discretion, issue an order of reinstatement on a form  | 
| 3749 | furnished by the department which the person may take to any  | 
| 3750 | driver's license examining office for reinstatement by the  | 
| 3751 | department pursuant to s. 322.282. | 
| 3752 |      (e)  The court shall permanently revoke the driver's  | 
| 3753 | license or driving privilege of a person who has been convicted  | 
| 3754 | four times for violation of s. 316.193 or former s. 316.1931 or  | 
| 3755 | a combination of such sections. The court shall permanently  | 
| 3756 | revoke the driver's license or driving privilege of any person  | 
| 3757 | who has been convicted of DUI manslaughter in violation of s.  | 
| 3758 | 316.193. If the court has not permanently revoked such driver's  | 
| 3759 | license or driving privilege within 30 days after imposing  | 
| 3760 | sentence, the department shall permanently revoke the driver's  | 
| 3761 | license or driving privilege pursuant to this paragraph. No  | 
| 3762 | driver's license or driving privilege may be issued or granted  | 
| 3763 | to any such person. This paragraph applies only if at least one  | 
| 3764 | of the convictions for violation of s. 316.193 or former s.  | 
| 3765 | 316.1931 was for a violation that occurred after July 1, 1982.  | 
| 3766 | For the purposes of this paragraph, a conviction for violation  | 
| 3767 | of former s. 316.028, former s. 316.1931, or former s. 860.01 is  | 
| 3768 | also considered a conviction for violation of s. 316.193. Also,  | 
| 3769 | a conviction of driving under the influence, driving while  | 
| 3770 | intoxicated, driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level, or  | 
| 3771 | any other similar alcohol-related or drug-related traffic  | 
| 3772 | offense outside this state is considered a conviction for the  | 
| 3773 | purposes of this paragraph. | 
| 3774 |      Section 75.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3775 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3776 | references thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section  | 
| 3777 | 322.282, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3778 |      322.282  Procedure when court revokes or suspends license  | 
| 3779 | or driving privilege and orders reinstatement.--When a court  | 
| 3780 | suspends or revokes a person's license or driving privilege and,  | 
| 3781 | in its discretion, orders reinstatement as provided by s.  | 
| 3782 | 322.28(2)(d) or former s. 322.261(5): | 
| 3783 |      (2)(a)  The court shall issue an order of reinstatement, on  | 
| 3784 | a form to be furnished by the department, which the person may  | 
| 3785 | take to any driver's license examining office. The department  | 
| 3786 | shall issue a temporary driver's permit to a licensee who  | 
| 3787 | presents the court's order of reinstatement, proof of completion  | 
| 3788 | of a department-approved driver training or substance abuse  | 
| 3789 | education course, and a written request for a hearing under s.  | 
| 3790 | 322.271. The permit shall not be issued if a record check by the  | 
| 3791 | department shows that the person has previously been convicted  | 
| 3792 | for a violation of s. 316.193, former s. 316.1931, former s.  | 
| 3793 | 316.028, former s. 860.01, or a previous conviction outside this  | 
| 3794 | state for driving under the influence, driving while  | 
| 3795 | intoxicated, driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level, or  | 
| 3796 | any similar alcohol-related or drug-related traffic offense;  | 
| 3797 | that the person's driving privilege has been previously  | 
| 3798 | suspended for refusal to submit to a lawful test of breath,  | 
| 3799 | blood, or urine; or that the person is otherwise not entitled to  | 
| 3800 | issuance of a driver's license. This paragraph shall not be  | 
| 3801 | construed to prevent the reinstatement of a license or driving  | 
| 3802 | privilege that is presently suspended for driving with an  | 
| 3803 | unlawful blood-alcohol level or a refusal to submit to a breath,  | 
| 3804 | urine, or blood test and is also revoked for a conviction for a  | 
| 3805 | violation of s. 316.193 or former s. 316.1931, if the suspension  | 
| 3806 | and revocation arise out of the same incident. | 
| 3807 |      Section 76.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3808 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3809 | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section  | 
| 3810 | 322.291, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3811 |      322.291  Driver improvement schools or DUI programs;  | 
| 3812 | required in certain suspension and revocation cases.--Except as  | 
| 3813 | provided in s. 322.03(2), any person: | 
| 3814 |      (1)  Whose driving privilege has been revoked: | 
| 3815 |      (a)  Upon conviction for: | 
| 3816 |      1.  Driving, or being in actual physical control of, any  | 
| 3817 | vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, any  | 
| 3818 | chemical substance set forth in s. 877.111, or any substance  | 
| 3819 | controlled under chapter 893, in violation of s. 316.193; | 
| 3820 |      2.  Driving with an unlawful blood- or breath-alcohol  | 
| 3821 | level; | 
| 3822 |      3.  Manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor  | 
| 3823 | vehicle; | 
| 3824 |      4.  Failure to stop and render aid as required under the  | 
| 3825 | laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle crash  | 
| 3826 | resulting in the death or personal injury of another; | 
| 3827 |      5.  Reckless driving; or | 
| 3828 | 
  | 
| 3829 | shall, before the driving privilege may be reinstated, present  | 
| 3830 | to the department proof of enrollment in a department-approved  | 
| 3831 | advanced driver improvement course operating pursuant to s.  | 
| 3832 | 318.1451 or a substance abuse education course conducted by a  | 
| 3833 | DUI program licensed pursuant to s. 322.292, which shall include  | 
| 3834 | a psychosocial evaluation and treatment, if referred. If the  | 
| 3835 | person fails to complete such course or evaluation within 90  | 
| 3836 | days after reinstatement, or subsequently fails to complete  | 
| 3837 | treatment, if referred, the DUI program shall notify the  | 
| 3838 | department of the failure. Upon receipt of the notice, the  | 
| 3839 | department shall cancel the offender's driving privilege,  | 
| 3840 | notwithstanding the expiration of the suspension or revocation  | 
| 3841 | of the driving privilege. The department may temporarily  | 
| 3842 | reinstate the driving privilege upon verification from the DUI  | 
| 3843 | program that the offender has completed the education course and  | 
| 3844 | evaluation requirement and has reentered and is currently  | 
| 3845 | participating in treatment. If the DUI program notifies the  | 
| 3846 | department of the second failure to complete treatment, the  | 
| 3847 | department shall reinstate the driving privilege only after  | 
| 3848 | notice of completion of treatment from the DUI program. | 
| 3849 |      Section 77.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3850 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3851 | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of section  | 
| 3852 | 322.34, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3853 |      322.34  Driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled,  | 
| 3854 | or disqualified.-- | 
| 3855 |      (9)(a)  A motor vehicle that is driven by a person under  | 
| 3856 | the influence of alcohol or drugs in violation of s. 316.193 is  | 
| 3857 | subject to seizure and forfeiture under ss. 932.701-932.707 and  | 
| 3858 | is subject to liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles  | 
| 3859 | under s. 713.78 if, at the time of the offense, the person's  | 
| 3860 | driver's license is suspended, revoked, or canceled as a result  | 
| 3861 | of a prior conviction for driving under the influence. | 
| 3862 |      Section 78.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3863 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 3864 | reference thereto, subsection (3) of section 322.62, Florida  | 
| 3865 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 3866 |      322.62  Driving under the influence; commercial motor  | 
| 3867 | vehicle operators.-- | 
| 3868 |      (3)  This section does not supersede s. 316.193. Nothing in  | 
| 3869 | this section prohibits the prosecution of a person who drives a  | 
| 3870 | commercial motor vehicle for driving under the influence of  | 
| 3871 | alcohol or controlled substances whether or not such person is  | 
| 3872 | also prosecuted for a violation of this section. | 
| 3873 |      Section 79.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3874 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3875 | references thereto, paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and  | 
| 3876 | subsection (6) of section 322.63, Florida Statutes, are  | 
| 3877 | reenacted to read: | 
| 3878 |      322.63  Alcohol or drug testing; commercial motor vehicle  | 
| 3879 | operators.-- | 
| 3880 |      (2)  The chemical and physical tests authorized by this  | 
| 3881 | section shall only be required if a law enforcement officer has  | 
| 3882 | reasonable cause to believe that a person driving a commercial  | 
| 3883 | motor vehicle has any alcohol, chemical substance, or controlled  | 
| 3884 | substance in his or her body. | 
| 3885 |      (d)  The administration of one test under paragraph (a),  | 
| 3886 | paragraph (b), or paragraph (c) shall not preclude the  | 
| 3887 | administration of a different test under paragraph (a),  | 
| 3888 | paragraph (b), or paragraph (c). However, a urine test may not  | 
| 3889 | be used to determine alcohol concentration and a breath test may  | 
| 3890 | not be used to determine the presence of controlled substances  | 
| 3891 | or chemical substances in a person's body. Notwithstanding the  | 
| 3892 | provisions of this paragraph, in the event a Florida licensee  | 
| 3893 | has been convicted in another state for an offense substantially  | 
| 3894 | similar to s. 316.193 or to s. 322.62, which conviction was  | 
| 3895 | based upon evidence of test results prohibited by this  | 
| 3896 | paragraph, that out-of-state conviction shall constitute a  | 
| 3897 | conviction for the purposes of this chapter. | 
| 3898 |      (6)  Notwithstanding any provision of law pertaining to the  | 
| 3899 | confidentiality of hospital records or other medical records,  | 
| 3900 | information relating to the alcohol content of a person's blood  | 
| 3901 | or the presence of chemical substances or controlled substances  | 
| 3902 | in a person's blood obtained pursuant to this section shall be  | 
| 3903 | released to a court, prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, or  | 
| 3904 | law enforcement officer in connection with an alleged violation  | 
| 3905 | of s. 316.193 or s. 322.62 upon request for such information. | 
| 3906 |      Section 80.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 3907 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 3908 | references thereto, subsections (1) and (2), paragraph (a) of  | 
| 3909 | subsection (7), paragraph (b) of subsection (8), and subsections  | 
| 3910 | (14) and (15) of section 322.64, Florida Statutes, are reenacted  | 
| 3911 | to read: | 
| 3912 |      322.64  Holder of commercial driver's license; driving with  | 
| 3913 | unlawful blood-alcohol level; refusal to submit to breath,  | 
| 3914 | urine, or blood test.-- | 
| 3915 |      (1)(a)  A law enforcement officer or correctional officer  | 
| 3916 | shall, on behalf of the department, disqualify from operating  | 
| 3917 | any commercial motor vehicle a person who while operating or in  | 
| 3918 | actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle is  | 
| 3919 | arrested for a violation of s. 316.193, relating to unlawful  | 
| 3920 | blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level, or a person who has  | 
| 3921 | refused to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test authorized  | 
| 3922 | by s. 322.63 arising out of the operation or actual physical  | 
| 3923 | control of a commercial motor vehicle. Upon disqualification of  | 
| 3924 | the person, the officer shall take the person's driver's license  | 
| 3925 | and issue the person a 10-day temporary permit for the operation  | 
| 3926 | of noncommercial vehicles only if the person is otherwise  | 
| 3927 | eligible for the driving privilege and shall issue the person a  | 
| 3928 | notice of disqualification. If the person has been given a  | 
| 3929 | blood, breath, or urine test, the results of which are not  | 
| 3930 | available to the officer at the time of the arrest, the agency  | 
| 3931 | employing the officer shall transmit such results to the  | 
| 3932 | department within 5 days after receipt of the results. If the  | 
| 3933 | department then determines that the person was arrested for a  | 
| 3934 | violation of s. 316.193 and that the person had a blood-alcohol  | 
| 3935 | level or breath-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher, the department  | 
| 3936 | shall disqualify the person from operating a commercial motor  | 
| 3937 | vehicle pursuant to subsection (3). | 
| 3938 |      (b)  The disqualification under paragraph (a) shall be  | 
| 3939 | pursuant to, and the notice of disqualification shall inform the  | 
| 3940 | driver of, the following: | 
| 3941 |      1.a.  The driver refused to submit to a lawful breath,  | 
| 3942 | blood, or urine test and he or she is disqualified from  | 
| 3943 | operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 1 year, for  | 
| 3944 | a first refusal, or permanently, if he or she has previously  | 
| 3945 | been disqualified as a result of a refusal to submit to such a  | 
| 3946 | test; or | 
| 3947 |      b.  The driver violated s. 316.193 by driving with an  | 
| 3948 | unlawful blood-alcohol level and he or she is disqualified from  | 
| 3949 | operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 6 months  | 
| 3950 | for a first offense or for a period of 1 year if he or she has  | 
| 3951 | previously been disqualified, or his or her driving privilege  | 
| 3952 | has been previously suspended, for a violation of s. 316.193. | 
| 3953 |      2.  The disqualification period for operating commercial  | 
| 3954 | vehicles shall commence on the date of arrest or issuance of  | 
| 3955 | notice of disqualification, whichever is later. | 
| 3956 |      3.  The driver may request a formal or informal review of  | 
| 3957 | the disqualification by the department within 10 days after the  | 
| 3958 | date of arrest or issuance of notice of disqualification,  | 
| 3959 | whichever is later. | 
| 3960 |      4.  The temporary permit issued at the time of arrest or  | 
| 3961 | disqualification will expire at midnight of the 10th day  | 
| 3962 | following the date of disqualification. | 
| 3963 |      5.  The driver may submit to the department any materials  | 
| 3964 | relevant to the arrest. | 
| 3965 |      (2)  Except as provided in paragraph (1)(a), the law  | 
| 3966 | enforcement officer shall forward to the department, within 5  | 
| 3967 | days after the date of the arrest or the issuance of the notice  | 
| 3968 | of disqualification, whichever is later, a copy of the notice of  | 
| 3969 | disqualification, the driver's license of the person arrested,  | 
| 3970 | and a report of the arrest, including, if applicable, an  | 
| 3971 | affidavit stating the officer's grounds for belief that the  | 
| 3972 | person arrested was in violation of s. 316.193; the results of  | 
| 3973 | any breath or blood test or an affidavit stating that a breath,  | 
| 3974 | blood, or urine test was requested by a law enforcement officer  | 
| 3975 | or correctional officer and that the person arrested refused to  | 
| 3976 | submit; a copy of the citation issued to the person arrested;  | 
| 3977 | and the officer's description of the person's field sobriety  | 
| 3978 | test, if any. The failure of the officer to submit materials  | 
| 3979 | within the 5-day period specified in this subsection or  | 
| 3980 | subsection (1) shall not affect the department's ability to  | 
| 3981 | consider any evidence submitted at or prior to the hearing. The  | 
| 3982 | officer may also submit a copy of a videotape of the field  | 
| 3983 | sobriety test or the attempt to administer such test. | 
| 3984 |      (7)  In a formal review hearing under subsection (6) or an  | 
| 3985 | informal review hearing under subsection (4), the hearing  | 
| 3986 | officer shall determine by a preponderance of the evidence  | 
| 3987 | whether sufficient cause exists to sustain, amend, or invalidate  | 
| 3988 | the disqualification. The scope of the review shall be limited  | 
| 3989 | to the following issues: | 
| 3990 |      (a)  If the person was disqualified from operating a  | 
| 3991 | commercial motor vehicle for driving with an unlawful blood- | 
| 3992 | alcohol level in violation of s. 316.193: | 
| 3993 |      1.  Whether the arresting law enforcement officer had  | 
| 3994 | probable cause to believe that the person was driving or in  | 
| 3995 | actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle in this  | 
| 3996 | state while he or she had any alcohol, chemical substances, or  | 
| 3997 | controlled substances in his or her body. | 
| 3998 |      2.  Whether the person was placed under lawful arrest for a  | 
| 3999 | violation of s. 316.193. | 
| 4000 |      3.  Whether the person had an unlawful blood-alcohol level  | 
| 4001 | as provided in s. 316.193. | 
| 4002 |      (8)  Based on the determination of the hearing officer  | 
| 4003 | pursuant to subsection (7) for both informal hearings under  | 
| 4004 | subsection (4) and formal hearings under subsection (6), the  | 
| 4005 | department shall: | 
| 4006 |      (b)  Sustain the disqualification for a period of 6 months  | 
| 4007 | for a violation of s. 316.193 or for a period of 1 year if the  | 
| 4008 | person has been previously disqualified from operating a  | 
| 4009 | commercial motor vehicle or his or her driving privilege has  | 
| 4010 | been previously suspended as a result of a violation of s.  | 
| 4011 | 316.193. The disqualification period commences on the date of  | 
| 4012 | the arrest or issuance of the notice of disqualification,  | 
| 4013 | whichever is later. | 
| 4014 |      (14)  The decision of the department under this section  | 
| 4015 | shall not be considered in any trial for a violation of s.  | 
| 4016 | 316.193, s. 322.61, or s. 322.62, nor shall any written  | 
| 4017 | statement submitted by a person in his or her request for  | 
| 4018 | departmental review under this section be admissible into  | 
| 4019 | evidence against him or her in any such trial. The disposition  | 
| 4020 | of any related criminal proceedings shall not affect a  | 
| 4021 | disqualification imposed pursuant to this section. | 
| 4022 |      (15)  This section does not preclude the suspension of the  | 
| 4023 | driving privilege pursuant to s. 322.2615. The driving privilege  | 
| 4024 | of a person who has been disqualified from operating a  | 
| 4025 | commercial motor vehicle also may be suspended for a violation  | 
| 4026 | of s. 316.193. | 
| 4027 |      Section 81.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4028 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4029 | reference thereto, paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section  | 
| 4030 | 323.001, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4031 |      323.001  Wrecker operator storage facilities; vehicle  | 
| 4032 | holds.-- | 
| 4033 |      (4)  The requirements for a written hold apply when the  | 
| 4034 | following conditions are present: | 
| 4035 |      (f)  The vehicle is impounded or immobilized pursuant to s.  | 
| 4036 | 316.193 or s. 322.34; or | 
| 4037 |      Section 82.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4038 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 4039 | references thereto, section 324.023, Florida Statutes, is  | 
| 4040 | reenacted to read: | 
| 4041 |      324.023  Financial responsibility for bodily injury or  | 
| 4042 | death.--In addition to any other financial responsibility  | 
| 4043 | required by law, every owner or operator of a motor vehicle that  | 
| 4044 | is required to be registered in this state, or that is located  | 
| 4045 | within this state, and who, regardless of adjudication of guilt,  | 
| 4046 | has been found guilty of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo  | 
| 4047 | contendere to a charge of driving under the influence under s.  | 
| 4048 | 316.193 after October 1, 2007, shall, by one of the methods  | 
| 4049 | established in s. 324.031(1), (2), or (3), establish and  | 
| 4050 | maintain the ability to respond in damages for liability on  | 
| 4051 | account of accidents arising out of the use of a motor vehicle  | 
| 4052 | in the amount of $100,000 because of bodily injury to, or death  | 
| 4053 | of, one person in any one crash and, subject to such limits for  | 
| 4054 | one person, in the amount of $300,000 because of bodily injury  | 
| 4055 | to, or death of, two or more persons in any one crash and in the  | 
| 4056 | amount of $50,000 because of property damage in any one crash.  | 
| 4057 | If the owner or operator chooses to establish and maintain such  | 
| 4058 | ability by posting a bond or furnishing a certificate of deposit  | 
| 4059 | pursuant to s. 324.031(2) or (3), such bond or certificate of  | 
| 4060 | deposit must be in an amount not less than $350,000. Such higher  | 
| 4061 | limits must be carried for a minimum period of 3 years. If the  | 
| 4062 | owner or operator has not been convicted of driving under the  | 
| 4063 | influence or a felony traffic offense for a period of 3 years  | 
| 4064 | from the date of reinstatement of driving privileges for a  | 
| 4065 | violation of s. 316.193, the owner or operator shall be exempt  | 
| 4066 | from this section. | 
| 4067 |      Section 83.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4068 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4069 | reference thereto, section 324.131, Florida Statutes, is  | 
| 4070 | reenacted to read: | 
| 4071 |      324.131  Period of suspension.--Such license, registration  | 
| 4072 | and nonresident's operating privilege shall remain so suspended  | 
| 4073 | and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license or  | 
| 4074 | registration be thereafter issued in the name of such person,  | 
| 4075 | including any such person not previously licensed, unless and  | 
| 4076 | until every such judgment is stayed, satisfied in full or to the  | 
| 4077 | extent of the limits stated in s. 324.021(7) and until the said  | 
| 4078 | person gives proof of financial responsibility as provided in s.  | 
| 4079 | 324.031, such proof to be maintained for 3 years. In addition,  | 
| 4080 | if the person's license or registration has been suspended or  | 
| 4081 | revoked due to a violation of s. 316.193 or pursuant to s.  | 
| 4082 | 322.26(2), that person shall maintain noncancelable liability  | 
| 4083 | coverage for each motor vehicle registered in his or her name,  | 
| 4084 | as described in s. 627.7275(2), and must present proof that  | 
| 4085 | coverage is in force on a form adopted by the Department of  | 
| 4086 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, such proof to be maintained  | 
| 4087 | for 3 years. | 
| 4088 |      Section 84.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4089 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4090 | reference thereto, subsection (6) of section 327.35, Florida  | 
| 4091 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4092 |      327.35  Boating under the influence; penalties; "designated  | 
| 4093 | drivers".-- | 
| 4094 |      (6)  With respect to any person convicted of a violation of  | 
| 4095 | subsection (1), regardless of any other penalty imposed: | 
| 4096 |      (a)  For the first conviction, the court shall place the  | 
| 4097 | defendant on probation for a period not to exceed 1 year and, as  | 
| 4098 | a condition of such probation, shall order the defendant to  | 
| 4099 | participate in public service or a community work project for a  | 
| 4100 | minimum of 50 hours. The court must also, as a condition of  | 
| 4101 | probation, order the impoundment or immobilization of the vessel  | 
| 4102 | that was operated by or in the actual control of the defendant  | 
| 4103 | or any one vehicle registered in the defendant's name at the  | 
| 4104 | time of impoundment or immobilization, for a period of 10 days  | 
| 4105 | or for the unexpired term of any lease or rental agreement that  | 
| 4106 | expires within 10 days. The impoundment or immobilization must  | 
| 4107 | not occur concurrently with the incarceration of the defendant.  | 
| 4108 | The impoundment or immobilization order may be dismissed in  | 
| 4109 | accordance with paragraph (e) or paragraph (f). The total period  | 
| 4110 | of probation and incarceration may not exceed 1 year. | 
| 4111 |      (b)  For the second conviction for an offense that occurs  | 
| 4112 | within a period of 5 years after the date of a prior conviction  | 
| 4113 | for violation of this section, the court shall order  | 
| 4114 | imprisonment for not less than 10 days. The court must also, as  | 
| 4115 | a condition of probation, order the impoundment or  | 
| 4116 | immobilization of the vessel that was operated by or in the  | 
| 4117 | actual control of the defendant or any one vehicle registered in  | 
| 4118 | the defendant's name at the time of impoundment or  | 
| 4119 | immobilization, for a period of 30 days or for the unexpired  | 
| 4120 | term of any lease or rental agreement that expires within 30  | 
| 4121 | days. The impoundment or immobilization must not occur  | 
| 4122 | concurrently with the incarceration of the defendant. The  | 
| 4123 | impoundment or immobilization order may be dismissed in  | 
| 4124 | accordance with paragraph (e) or paragraph (f). At least 48  | 
| 4125 | hours of confinement must be consecutive. | 
| 4126 |      (c)  For the third or subsequent conviction for an offense  | 
| 4127 | that occurs within a period of 10 years after the date of a  | 
| 4128 | prior conviction for violation of this section, the court shall  | 
| 4129 | order imprisonment for not less than 30 days. The court must  | 
| 4130 | also, as a condition of probation, order the impoundment or  | 
| 4131 | immobilization of the vessel that was operated by or in the  | 
| 4132 | actual control of the defendant or any one vehicle registered in  | 
| 4133 | the defendant's name at the time of impoundment or  | 
| 4134 | immobilization, for a period of 90 days or for the unexpired  | 
| 4135 | term of any lease or rental agreement that expires within 90  | 
| 4136 | days. The impoundment or immobilization must not occur  | 
| 4137 | concurrently with the incarceration of the defendant. The  | 
| 4138 | impoundment or immobilization order may be dismissed in  | 
| 4139 | accordance with paragraph (e) or paragraph (f). At least 48  | 
| 4140 | hours of confinement must be consecutive. | 
| 4141 |      (d)  The court must at the time of sentencing the defendant  | 
| 4142 | issue an order for the impoundment or immobilization of a  | 
| 4143 | vessel. Within 7 business days after the date that the court  | 
| 4144 | issues the order of impoundment, and once again 30 business days  | 
| 4145 | before the actual impoundment or immobilization of the vessel,  | 
| 4146 | the clerk of the court must send notice by certified mail,  | 
| 4147 | return receipt requested, to the registered owner of each  | 
| 4148 | vessel, if the registered owner is a person other than the  | 
| 4149 | defendant, and to each person of record claiming a lien against  | 
| 4150 | the vessel. | 
| 4151 |      (e)  A person who owns but was not operating the vessel  | 
| 4152 | when the offense occurred may submit to the court a police  | 
| 4153 | report indicating that the vessel was stolen at the time of the  | 
| 4154 | offense or documentation of having purchased the vessel after  | 
| 4155 | the offense was committed from an entity other than the  | 
| 4156 | defendant or the defendant's agent. If the court finds that the  | 
| 4157 | vessel was stolen or that the sale was not made to circumvent  | 
| 4158 | the order and allow the defendant continued access to the  | 
| 4159 | vessel, the order must be dismissed and the owner of the vessel  | 
| 4160 | will incur no costs. If the court denies the request to dismiss  | 
| 4161 | the order of impoundment or immobilization, the petitioner may  | 
| 4162 | request an evidentiary hearing. | 
| 4163 |      (f)  A person who owns but was not operating the vessel  | 
| 4164 | when the offense occurred, and whose vessel was stolen or who  | 
| 4165 | purchased the vessel after the offense was committed directly  | 
| 4166 | from the defendant or the defendant's agent, may request an  | 
| 4167 | evidentiary hearing to determine whether the impoundment or  | 
| 4168 | immobilization should occur. If the court finds that either the  | 
| 4169 | vessel was stolen or the purchase was made without knowledge of  | 
| 4170 | the offense, that the purchaser had no relationship to the  | 
| 4171 | defendant other than through the transaction, and that such  | 
| 4172 | purchase would not circumvent the order and allow the defendant  | 
| 4173 | continued access to the vessel, the order must be dismissed and  | 
| 4174 | the owner of the vessel will incur no costs. | 
| 4175 |      (g)  All costs and fees for the impoundment or  | 
| 4176 | immobilization, including the cost of notification, must be paid  | 
| 4177 | by the owner of the vessel or, if the vessel is leased or  | 
| 4178 | rented, by the person leasing or renting the vessel, unless the  | 
| 4179 | impoundment or immobilization order is dismissed. | 
| 4180 |      (h)  The person who owns a vessel that is impounded or  | 
| 4181 | immobilized under this paragraph, or a person who has a lien of  | 
| 4182 | record against such a vessel and who has not requested a review  | 
| 4183 | of the impoundment pursuant to paragraph (e) or paragraph (f),  | 
| 4184 | may, within 10 days after the date that person has knowledge of  | 
| 4185 | the location of the vessel, file a complaint in the county in  | 
| 4186 | which the owner resides to determine whether the vessel was  | 
| 4187 | wrongfully taken or withheld from the owner or lienholder. Upon  | 
| 4188 | the filing of a complaint, the owner or lienholder may have the  | 
| 4189 | vessel released by posting with the court a bond or other  | 
| 4190 | adequate security equal to the amount of the costs and fees for  | 
| 4191 | impoundment or immobilization, including towing or storage, to  | 
| 4192 | ensure the payment of the costs and fees if the owner or  | 
| 4193 | lienholder does not prevail. When the bond is posted and the fee  | 
| 4194 | is paid as set forth in s. 28.24, the clerk of the court shall  | 
| 4195 | issue a certificate releasing the vessel. At the time of  | 
| 4196 | release, after reasonable inspection, the owner or lienholder  | 
| 4197 | must give a receipt to the towing or storage company indicating  | 
| 4198 | any loss or damage to the vessel or to the contents of the  | 
| 4199 | vessel. | 
| 4200 |      (i)  A defendant, in the court's discretion, may be  | 
| 4201 | required to serve all or any portion of a term of imprisonment  | 
| 4202 | to which the defendant has been sentenced pursuant to this  | 
| 4203 | section in a residential alcoholism treatment program or a  | 
| 4204 | residential drug abuse treatment program. Any time spent in such  | 
| 4205 | a program must be credited by the court toward the term of  | 
| 4206 | imprisonment. | 
| 4207 | 
  | 
| 4208 | For the purposes of this section, any conviction for a violation  | 
| 4209 | of s. 316.193, a previous conviction for the violation of former  | 
| 4210 | s. 316.1931, former s. 860.01, or former s. 316.028, or a  | 
| 4211 | previous conviction outside this state for driving under the  | 
| 4212 | influence, driving while intoxicated, driving with an unlawful  | 
| 4213 | blood-alcohol level, driving with an unlawful breath-alcohol  | 
| 4214 | level, or any other similar alcohol-related or drug-related  | 
| 4215 | traffic offense, is also considered a previous conviction for  | 
| 4216 | violation of this section. | 
| 4217 |      Section 85.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4218 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4219 | reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 337.195, Florida  | 
| 4220 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4221 |      337.195  Limits on liability.-- | 
| 4222 |      (1)  In a civil action for the death of or injury to a  | 
| 4223 | person, or for damage to property, against the Department of  | 
| 4224 | Transportation or its agents, consultants, or contractors for  | 
| 4225 | work performed on a highway, road, street, bridge, or other  | 
| 4226 | transportation facility when the death, injury, or damage  | 
| 4227 | resulted from a motor vehicle crash within a construction zone  | 
| 4228 | in which the driver of one of the vehicles was under the  | 
| 4229 | influence of alcoholic beverages as set forth in s. 316.193,  | 
| 4230 | under the influence of any chemical substance as set forth in s.  | 
| 4231 | 877.111, or illegally under the influence of any substance  | 
| 4232 | controlled under chapter 893 to the extent that her or his  | 
| 4233 | normal faculties were impaired or that she or he operated a  | 
| 4234 | vehicle recklessly as defined in s. 316.192, it is presumed that  | 
| 4235 | the driver's operation of the vehicle was the sole proximate  | 
| 4236 | cause of her or his own death, injury, or damage. This  | 
| 4237 | presumption can be overcome if the gross negligence or  | 
| 4238 | intentional misconduct of the Department of Transportation, or  | 
| 4239 | of its agents, consultants, or contractors, was a proximate  | 
| 4240 | cause of the driver's death, injury, or damage. | 
| 4241 |      Section 86.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4242 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4243 | reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (17) of section  | 
| 4244 | 440.02, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4245 |      440.02  Definitions.--When used in this chapter, unless the  | 
| 4246 | context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall  | 
| 4247 | have the following meanings: | 
| 4248 |      (17) | 
| 4249 |      (c)  "Employment" does not include service performed by or  | 
| 4250 | as: | 
| 4251 |      1.  Domestic servants in private homes. | 
| 4252 |      2.  Agricultural labor performed on a farm in the employ of  | 
| 4253 | a bona fide farmer, or association of farmers, that employs 5 or  | 
| 4254 | fewer regular employees and that employs fewer than 12 other  | 
| 4255 | employees at one time for seasonal agricultural labor that is  | 
| 4256 | completed in less than 30 days, provided such seasonal  | 
| 4257 | employment does not exceed 45 days in the same calendar year.  | 
| 4258 | The term "farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur- | 
| 4259 | bearing animals, fish, and truck farms, ranches, nurseries, and  | 
| 4260 | orchards. The term "agricultural labor" includes field foremen,  | 
| 4261 | timekeepers, checkers, and other farm labor supervisory  | 
| 4262 | personnel. | 
| 4263 |      3.  Professional athletes, such as professional boxers,  | 
| 4264 | wrestlers, baseball, football, basketball, hockey, polo, tennis,  | 
| 4265 | jai alai, and similar players, and motorsports teams competing  | 
| 4266 | in a motor racing event as defined in s. 549.08. | 
| 4267 |      4.  Labor under a sentence of a court to perform community  | 
| 4268 | services as provided in s. 316.193. | 
| 4269 |      5.  State prisoners or county inmates, except those  | 
| 4270 | performing services for private employers or those enumerated in  | 
| 4271 | s. 948.036(1). | 
| 4272 |      Section 87.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4273 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4274 | reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section  | 
| 4275 | 440.09, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4276 |      440.09  Coverage.-- | 
| 4277 |      (7) | 
| 4278 |      (b)  If the employee has, at the time of the injury, a  | 
| 4279 | blood alcohol level equal to or greater than the level specified  | 
| 4280 | in s. 316.193, or if the employee has a positive confirmation of  | 
| 4281 | a drug as defined in this act, it is presumed that the injury  | 
| 4282 | was occasioned primarily by the intoxication of, or by the  | 
| 4283 | influence of the drug upon, the employee. If the employer has  | 
| 4284 | implemented a drug-free workplace, this presumption may be  | 
| 4285 | rebutted only by evidence that there is no reasonable hypothesis  | 
| 4286 | that the intoxication or drug influence contributed to the  | 
| 4287 | injury. In the absence of a drug-free workplace program, this  | 
| 4288 | presumption may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence  | 
| 4289 | that the intoxication or influence of the drug did not  | 
| 4290 | contribute to the injury. Percent by weight of alcohol in the  | 
| 4291 | blood must be based upon grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of  | 
| 4292 | blood. If the results are positive, the testing facility must  | 
| 4293 | maintain the specimen for a minimum of 90 days. Blood serum may  | 
| 4294 | be used for testing purposes under this chapter; however, if  | 
| 4295 | this test is used, the presumptions under this section do not  | 
| 4296 | arise unless the blood alcohol level is proved to be medically  | 
| 4297 | and scientifically equivalent to or greater than the comparable  | 
| 4298 | blood alcohol level that would have been obtained if the test  | 
| 4299 | were based on percent by weight of alcohol in the blood.  | 
| 4300 | However, if, before the accident, the employer had actual  | 
| 4301 | knowledge of and expressly acquiesced in the employee's presence  | 
| 4302 | at the workplace while under the influence of such alcohol or  | 
| 4303 | drug, the presumptions specified in this subsection do not  | 
| 4304 | apply. | 
| 4305 |      Section 88.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4306 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4307 | reference thereto, paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section  | 
| 4308 | 493.6106, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4309 |      493.6106  License requirements; posting.-- | 
| 4310 |      (1)  Each individual licensed by the department must: | 
| 4311 |      (d)  Not be a chronic and habitual user of alcoholic  | 
| 4312 | beverages to the extent that her or his normal faculties are  | 
| 4313 | impaired; not have been committed under chapter 397, former  | 
| 4314 | chapter 396, or a similar law in any other state; not have been  | 
| 4315 | found to be a habitual offender under s. 856.011(3) or a similar  | 
| 4316 | law in any other state; and not have had two or more convictions  | 
| 4317 | under s. 316.193 or a similar law in any other state within the  | 
| 4318 | 3-year period immediately preceding the date the application was  | 
| 4319 | filed, unless the individual establishes that she or he is not  | 
| 4320 | currently impaired and has successfully completed a  | 
| 4321 | rehabilitation course. | 
| 4322 |      Section 89.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4323 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4324 | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section  | 
| 4325 | 627.7275, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4326 |      627.7275  Motor vehicle liability.-- | 
| 4327 |      (2)(a)  Insurers writing motor vehicle insurance in this  | 
| 4328 | state shall make available, subject to the insurers' usual  | 
| 4329 | underwriting restrictions: | 
| 4330 |      1.  Coverage under policies as described in subsection (1)  | 
| 4331 | to any applicant for private passenger motor vehicle insurance  | 
| 4332 | coverage who is seeking the coverage in order to reinstate the  | 
| 4333 | applicant's driving privileges in this state when the driving  | 
| 4334 | privileges were revoked or suspended pursuant to s. 316.646 or  | 
| 4335 | s. 324.0221 due to the failure of the applicant to maintain  | 
| 4336 | required security. | 
| 4337 |      2.  Coverage under policies as described in subsection (1),  | 
| 4338 | which also provides liability coverage for bodily injury, death,  | 
| 4339 | and property damage arising out of the ownership, maintenance,  | 
| 4340 | or use of the motor vehicle in an amount not less than the  | 
| 4341 | limits described in s. 324.021(7) and conforms to the  | 
| 4342 | requirements of s. 324.151, to any applicant for private  | 
| 4343 | passenger motor vehicle insurance coverage who is seeking the  | 
| 4344 | coverage in order to reinstate the applicant's driving  | 
| 4345 | privileges in this state after such privileges were revoked or  | 
| 4346 | suspended under s. 316.193 or s. 322.26(2) for driving under the  | 
| 4347 | influence. | 
| 4348 |      Section 90.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4349 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4350 | reference thereto, subsection (4) of section 627.758, Florida  | 
| 4351 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4352 |      627.758  Surety on auto club traffic arrest bond;  | 
| 4353 | conditions, limit; bail bond.-- | 
| 4354 |      (4)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 626.311 or  | 
| 4355 | chapter 648, any surety insurer identified in a guaranteed  | 
| 4356 | traffic arrest bond certificate or any licensed general lines  | 
| 4357 | agent of the surety insurer may execute a bail bond for the  | 
| 4358 | automobile club or association member identified in the  | 
| 4359 | guaranteed traffic arrest bond certificate in an amount not in  | 
| 4360 | excess of $5,000 for any violation of chapter 316 or any similar  | 
| 4361 | traffic law or ordinance except for driving under the influence  | 
| 4362 | of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled  | 
| 4363 | substances, as prohibited by s. 316.193. | 
| 4364 |      Section 91.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4365 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 4366 | references thereto, paragraph (f) of subsection (2) and  | 
| 4367 | paragraph (f) of subsection (10) of section 790.06, Florida  | 
| 4368 | Statutes, are reenacted to read: | 
| 4369 |      790.06  License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.-- | 
| 4370 |      (2)  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services  | 
| 4371 | shall issue a license if the applicant: | 
| 4372 |      (f)  Does not chronically and habitually use alcoholic  | 
| 4373 | beverages or other substances to the extent that his or her  | 
| 4374 | normal faculties are impaired. It shall be presumed that an  | 
| 4375 | applicant chronically and habitually uses alcoholic beverages or  | 
| 4376 | other substances to the extent that his or her normal faculties  | 
| 4377 | are impaired if the applicant has been committed under chapter  | 
| 4378 | 397 or under the provisions of former chapter 396 or has been  | 
| 4379 | convicted under s. 790.151 or has been deemed a habitual  | 
| 4380 | offender under s. 856.011(3), or has had two or more convictions  | 
| 4381 | under s. 316.193 or similar laws of any other state, within the  | 
| 4382 | 3-year period immediately preceding the date on which the  | 
| 4383 | application is submitted; | 
| 4384 |      (10)  A license issued under this section shall be  | 
| 4385 | suspended or revoked pursuant to chapter 120 if the licensee: | 
| 4386 |      (f)  Is convicted of a second violation of s. 316.193, or a  | 
| 4387 | similar law of another state, within 3 years of a previous  | 
| 4388 | conviction of such section, or similar law of another state,  | 
| 4389 | even though the first violation may have occurred prior to the  | 
| 4390 | date on which the application was submitted; | 
| 4391 |      Section 92.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4392 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in a  | 
| 4393 | reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 903.36, Florida  | 
| 4394 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4395 |      903.36  Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail.-- | 
| 4396 |      (2)  The execution of a bail bond by a licensed general  | 
| 4397 | lines agent of a surety insurer for the automobile club or  | 
| 4398 | association member identified in the guaranteed traffic arrest  | 
| 4399 | bond certificate, as provided in s. 627.758(4), shall be  | 
| 4400 | accepted as bail in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for the  | 
| 4401 | appearance of the person named in the certificate in any court  | 
| 4402 | to answer for the violation of a provision of chapter 316 or a  | 
| 4403 | similar traffic law or ordinance, except driving under the  | 
| 4404 | influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or  | 
| 4405 | controlled substances, as prohibited by s. 316.193. Presentation  | 
| 4406 | of the guaranteed traffic arrest bond certificate and a power of  | 
| 4407 | attorney from the surety insurer for its licensed general lines  | 
| 4408 | agents is authorization for such agent to execute the bail bond. | 
| 4409 |      Section 93.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment  | 
| 4410 | made by this act to section 316.193, Florida Statutes, in  | 
| 4411 | references thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section  | 
| 4412 | 907.041, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: | 
| 4413 |      907.041  Pretrial detention and release.-- | 
| 4414 |      (4)  PRETRIAL DETENTION.-- | 
| 4415 |      (c)  The court may order pretrial detention if it finds a  | 
| 4416 | substantial probability, based on a defendant's past and present  | 
| 4417 | patterns of behavior, the criteria in s. 903.046, and any other  | 
| 4418 | relevant facts, that any of the following circumstances exists: | 
| 4419 |      1.  The defendant has previously violated conditions of  | 
| 4420 | release and that no further conditions of release are reasonably  | 
| 4421 | likely to assure the defendant's appearance at subsequent  | 
| 4422 | proceedings; | 
| 4423 |      2.  The defendant, with the intent to obstruct the judicial  | 
| 4424 | process, has threatened, intimidated, or injured any victim,  | 
| 4425 | potential witness, juror, or judicial officer, or has attempted  | 
| 4426 | or conspired to do so, and that no condition of release will  | 
| 4427 | reasonably prevent the obstruction of the judicial process; | 
| 4428 |      3.  The defendant is charged with trafficking in controlled  | 
| 4429 | substances as defined by s. 893.135, that there is a substantial  | 
| 4430 | probability that the defendant has committed the offense, and  | 
| 4431 | that no conditions of release will reasonably assure the  | 
| 4432 | defendant's appearance at subsequent criminal proceedings; or | 
| 4433 |      4.  The defendant is charged with DUI manslaughter, as  | 
| 4434 | defined by s. 316.193, and that there is a substantial  | 
| 4435 | probability that the defendant committed the crime and that the  | 
| 4436 | defendant poses a threat of harm to the community; conditions  | 
| 4437 | that would support a finding by the court pursuant to this  | 
| 4438 | subparagraph that the defendant poses a threat of harm to the  | 
| 4439 | community include, but are not limited to, any of the following: | 
| 4440 |      a.  The defendant has previously been convicted of any  | 
| 4441 | crime under s. 316.193, or of any crime in any other state or  | 
| 4442 | territory of the United States that is substantially similar to  | 
| 4443 | any crime under s. 316.193; | 
| 4444 |      b.  The defendant was driving with a suspended driver's  | 
| 4445 | license when the charged crime was committed; or | 
| 4446 |      c.  The defendant has previously been found guilty of, or  | 
| 4447 | has had adjudication of guilt withheld for, driving while the  | 
| 4448 | defendant's driver's license was suspended or revoked in  | 
| 4449 | violation of s. 322.34; | 
| 4450 |      5.  The defendant poses the threat of harm to the  | 
| 4451 | community. The court may so conclude, if it finds that the  | 
| 4452 | defendant is presently charged with a dangerous crime, that  | 
| 4453 | there is a substantial probability that the defendant committed  | 
| 4454 | such crime, that the factual circumstances of the crime indicate  | 
| 4455 | a disregard for the safety of the community, and that there are  | 
| 4456 | no conditions of release reasonably sufficient to protect the  | 
| 4457 | community from the risk of physical harm to persons. | 
| 4458 |      6.  The defendant was on probation, parole, or other  | 
| 4459 | release pending completion of sentence or on pretrial release  | 
| 4460 | for a dangerous crime at the time the current offense was  | 
| 4461 | committed; or | 
| 4462 |      7.  The defendant has violated one or more conditions of  | 
| 4463 | pretrial release or bond for the offense currently before the  | 
| 4464 | court and the violation, in the discretion of the court,  | 
| 4465 | supports a finding that no conditions of release can reasonably  | 
| 4466 | protect the community from risk of physical harm to persons or  | 
| 4467 | assure the presence of the accused at trial. | 
| 4468 |      Section 94.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this  | 
| 4469 | act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |