Florida Senate - 2011 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1912
Barcode 802306
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/05/2011 .
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The Committee on Transportation (Evers) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Small Trucker
6 Relief Act.”
7 Section 2. As used in this act, the term “small trucking
8 firm” means a trucking enterprise that has fewer than 30
9 employees or has fewer than 50 trucks in operation.
10 Section 3. Trucking regulation workgroup.—
11 (1) There is created the Trucking Regulation Workgroup.
12 (2) The workgroup shall consist of the following members,
13 whose appointments to the workgroup must be made within 30 days
14 after the effective date of this act:
15 (a) The Secretary of Transportation, or the secretary’s
16 designee.
17 (b) The Executive Director of the Department of Revenue, or
18 the executive director’s designee.
19 (c) The Secretary of Environmental Protection, or the
20 secretary’s designee.
21 (d) The Commissioner of the Department of Law Enforcement,
22 or the commissioner’s designee.
23 (e) The Executive Director of the Department of Highway
24 Safety and Motor Vehicles, or the executive director’s designee.
25 (f) Three members, appointed by the Governor, who shall be
26 owners or employees of a small trucking firm as defined in
27 section 2.
28 (g) One member, appointed by the Governor, who is a member
29 of the Florida Trucking Association.
30 (3) On or before October 1, 2011, the workgroup shall
31 deliver to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of
32 Representatives, and the President of the Senate, a report
33 concerning rules and regulations affecting small trucking firms.
34 The report shall provide legislative recommendations related to:
35 (a) Penalties assessed for idling by trucks owned by small
36 trucking firms;
37 (b) Development of a corporate tax credit related to the
38 costs of idling by trucks owned by small trucking firms;
39 (c) Theft of cargo or equipment from trucks owned by small
40 trucking firms, and criminal penalties imposed for such crimes;
41 (d) Exemption from rules imposed by the Department of
42 Environmental Protection restricting truck washing, for small
43 trucking firms;
44 (e) Development of rules to be adopted by the Department of
45 Transportation regarding random inspection of trucks owned by
46 small trucking firms and prohibiting the use of any “target
47 list” to determine which trucks are inspected; and
48 (f) Improving access to Department of Highway Safety and
49 Motor Vehicles’ offices that provide International Registration
50 Plan registration and renewal services to motor carriers,
51 whether through increased use of technology or by any other
52 means.
53 (4) The workgroup is abolished on November 1, 2011.
54 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
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56 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
57 And the title is amended as follows:
58 Delete everything before the enacting clause
59 and insert:
60 A bill to be entitled
61 An act relating to trucking; providing a short title;
62 defining the term “small trucking firm”; creating the
63 Trucking Regulation Workgroup; providing for
64 membership of the workgroup; directing the workgroup
65 to make a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the
66 House of Representatives, and the President of the
67 Senate by a certain date; providing requirements of
68 the report; providing for termination of the
69 workgroup; providing an effective date.