Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (380674) for CS for SB 1392
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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03/01/2016 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Gaetz) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 155 - 173
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5 Section 4. Subsection (5) of section 316.235, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 316.235 Additional lighting equipment.—
8 (5) A bus, as defined in s. 316.003(3), may be equipped
9 with a deceleration lighting system that which cautions
10 following vehicles that the bus is slowing, is preparing to
11 stop, or is stopped. Such lighting system shall consist of red
12 or amber lights mounted in horizontal alignment on the rear of
13 the vehicle at or near the vertical centerline of the vehicle,
14 no greater than 12 inches apart, not higher than the lower edge
15 of the rear window or, if the vehicle has no rear window, not
16 higher than 100 72 inches from the ground. Such lights shall be
17 visible from a distance of not less than 300 feet to the rear in
18 normal sunlight. Lights are permitted to light and flash during
19 deceleration, braking, or standing and idling of the bus.
20 Vehicular hazard warning flashers may be used in conjunction
21 with or in lieu of a rear-mounted deceleration lighting system.
22 Section 5. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 316.303,
23 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
24 316.303 Television receivers.—
25 (1) No motor vehicle may be operated on the highways of
26 this state if the vehicle is actively displaying moving
27 television broadcast or pre-recorded video entertainment content
28 that is shall be equipped with television-type receiving
29 equipment so located that the viewer or screen is visible from
30 the driver’s seat while the vehicle is in motion, unless the
31 vehicle is equipped with autonomous technology, as defined in s.
32 316.003(90), and is being operated in autonomous mode, as
33 provided in s. 316.85(2).
34 (3) This section does not prohibit the use of an electronic
35 display used in conjunction with a vehicle navigation system; an
36 electronic display used by an operator of a vehicle equipped
37 with autonomous technology, as defined in s. 316.003; or an
38 electronic display used by an operator of a vehicle equipped and
39 operating with driver-assistive truck platooning technology, as
40 defined in s. 316.003.
41 Section 6. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
42 316.640, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
43 316.640 Enforcement.—The enforcement of the traffic laws of
44 this state is vested as follows:
45 (3) MUNICIPALITIES.—
46 (c)1. A chartered municipality or its authorized agency or
47 instrumentality may employ as a parking enforcement specialist
48 any individual who successfully completes a training program
49 established and approved by the Criminal Justice Standards and
50 Training Commission for parking enforcement specialists, but who
51 does not otherwise meet the uniform minimum standards
52 established by the commission for law enforcement officers or
53 auxiliary or part-time officers under s. 943.12.
54 2. A parking enforcement specialist employed by a chartered
55 municipality or its authorized agency or instrumentality is
56 authorized to enforce all state, county, and municipal laws and
57 ordinances governing parking within the boundaries of the
58 municipality employing the specialist, or, pursuant to a
59 memorandum of understanding between the county and the
60 municipality, within the boundaries of the county in which the
61 chartered municipality or its authorized agency or
62 instrumentality is located, by appropriate state, county, or
63 municipal traffic citation.
64 3. A parking enforcement specialist employed pursuant to
65 this subsection may not carry firearms or other weapons or have
66 arrest authority.
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69 And the title is amended as follows:
70 Delete lines 16 - 22
71 and insert:
72 department; amending s. 316.235, F.S., revising
73 specifications for bus deceleration lighting systems;
74 amending s. 316.303, F.S.; revising the prohibition
75 from operating, under certain circumstances, a motor
76 vehicle that is equipped with television-type
77 receiving equipment; providing exceptions to the
78 prohibition against displaying moving television
79 broadcast or pre-recorded video entertainment content
80 in vehicles; amending s. 316.640, F.S.; expanding the
81 authority of a chartered municipal parking enforcement
82 specialist to enforce state, county, and municipal
83 parking laws and ordinances within the boundaries of
84 certain counties pursuant to a memorandum of
85 understanding; amending s. 316.85,