Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1122 Barcode 390462 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 01/19/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Transportation (Evers) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 488 and 489 4 insert: 5 Section 7. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 6 316.302, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 316.302 Commercial motor vehicles; safety regulations; 8 transporters and shippers of hazardous materials; enforcement.— 9 (2) 10 (c) Except as provided in 49 C.F.R. s. 395.1, a person who 11 operates a commercial motor vehicle solely in intrastate 12 commerce not transporting any hazardous material in amounts that 13 require placarding pursuant to 49 C.F.R. part 172 may not drive 14 after having been on duty more than 70 hours in any period of 7 15 consecutive days or more than 80 hours in any period of 8 16 consecutive days if the motor carrier operates every day of the 17 week. Thirty-four consecutive hours off duty shall constitute 18 the end of any such period of 7 or 8 consecutive days. This 19 weekly limit does not apply to a person who operates a 20 commercial motor vehicle solely within this state while 21 transporting, during harvest periods, any unprocessed 22 agricultural products or unprocessed food or fiber that is 23 subject to seasonal harvesting from place of harvest to the 24 first place of processing or storage or from place of harvest 25 directly to market or while transporting livestock, livestock 26 feed, or farm supplies directly related to growing or harvesting 27 agricultural products. Upon request of the Department of 28 Transportation, motor carriers shall furnish time records or 29 other written verification to that department so that the 30 Department of Transportation can determine compliance with this 31 subsection. These time records must be furnished to the 32 Department of Transportation within 2 days after receipt of that 33 department’s request. Falsification of such information is 34 subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100. The provisions of 35 this paragraph do not apply to operators of farm labor vehicles 36 operated during a state of emergency declared by the Governor or 37 operated pursuant to s. 570.07(21), and do not apply to drivers 38 of utility service vehicles as defined in 49 C.F.R. s. 395.2. 39 40 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 41 And the title is amended as follows: 42 Delete line 38 43 and insert: 44 intent in doing so; amending s. 316.302, F.S.; 45 providing that certain restrictions on the number of 46 consecutive hours that a commercial motor vehicle may 47 operate do not apply to a farm labor vehicle operated 48 during a state of emergency or during an emergency 49 pertaining to agriculture; amending s. 316.3026, F.S.;