Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1088
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/06/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Altman) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 49 - 68
    4  and insert:
    5         (3)(a) As used in this subsection, the term “seasonal
    6  delivery personnel” means employees of a licensed commercial
    7  delivery service, having at least 10,000 persons employed in
    8  Florida, when delivering express envelopes and packages in a
    9  vehicle having a maximum size of 130 inches for the combined
   10  length and girth and weighing not more than 150 pounds for that
   11  service during the time period specified in paragraph (b).
   12         (b) Seasonal delivery personnel are authorized to use low
   13  speed vehicles and utility vehicles as defined in s. 320.01 upon
   14  any public road within a residential area that has a speed limit
   15  of up to 35 miles per hour for the purpose of delivering goods
   16  sent through a delivery service. Such personnel are authorized
   17  to use golf carts and modified carts upon a public road within a
   18  residential area that has a speed limit of up to 30 miles per
   19  hour. Such personnel are also authorized to use golf carts and
   20  modified carts within areas that have a speed limit of up to 35
   21  miles per hour unless a municipality having jurisdiction over
   22  such public roads enacts an ordinance restricting personnel from
   23  driving on roads that have a speed limit of up to 35 miles per
   24  hour.
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   26  As used in this subsection, the term “residential area” means
   27  areas zoned primarily and exclusively for single-family or
   28  multifamily residential use. As used in this subsection, the
   29  term “golf cart” means a motor vehicle as defined in s.
   30  320.01(22), including vehicles modified to have a cargo platform
   31  or bin to transport parcels or a hitch to tow a trailer. Such
   32  vehicles must be marked in some manner with the name of the
   33  delivery service. A trailer may be pulled by the vehicle.
   34  Vehicles used pursuant to this subsection may be operated after
   35  sunset if, in addition to the safety requirements in s.
   36  316.212(6), they are equipped with suitable headlamps and tail
   37  lamps. This authorization applies to deliveries made from
   38  midnight October 15 until midnight December 31 of each year.
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   41         And the title is amended as follows:
   42         Delete lines 3 - 4
   43  and insert:
   44         316.2126, F.S.; defining the terms “seasonal delivery
   45         personnel,” “residential area,” and “golf cart”;
   46         authorizing the use of golf carts,