Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 788
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Transportation (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 27 - 36
    4  and insert:
    5         (7) An airport that owns, operates, or leases parking
    6  facilities, or any other parking facilities that are used for
    7  the purpose of air travel, may charge for parking vehicles that
    8  display a disabled parking permit or license tag issued under s.
    9  316.1958, s. 320.084, s. 320.0842, s. 320.0843, s. 320.0845, or
   10  s. 320.0848. However, the governing body of each publicly owned
   11  or publicly operated airport must grant free parking to any
   12  vehicle with specialized equipment, such as ramps, lifts, or
   13  foot or hand controls, or for utilization by a person who has a
   14  disability or whose vehicle is displaying the Florida Toll
   15  Exemption permit. The Department of Transportation shall notify
   16  the appropriate House and Senate committee chairs upon
   17  completion of conversion from collection of tolls by means of
   18  automated coin machines to all-electronic toll collection. On
   19  the date of such notice, all existing Florida Toll Exemption
   20  permits are terminated, and the department may not issue any
   21  further Florida Toll Exemption permits.
   22         (8) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a county, municipality,
   23  or any agency thereof may charge for parking in a facility or
   24  lot that provides timed parking spaces any vehicle that displays
   25  a disabled parking permit, except that any vehicle with
   26  specialized equipment, such as ramps, lifts, or foot or hand
   27  controls, for use by a person who has a disability, or any
   28  vehicle that is displaying the “DV” license plate issued under
   29  s. 320.084 the Florida Toll Exemption permit, is exempt from any
   30  parking fees.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
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   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 6
   36  and insert:
   37         certain timed parking facilities; requiring the
   38         Department of Transportation to provide a certain
   39         notice relating to completion of conversion to all
   40         electronic toll collection; terminating all existing
   41         Florida Toll Exemption permits on the date of such
   42         notice; prohibiting the department from issuing
   43         further permits on the date of such notice; excluding
   44         vehicles