Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/SB 1394, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Richter moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 149 - 171
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 316.003, Florida Statutes, is reordered
    6  and amended to read:
    7         316.003 Definitions.—The following words and phrases, when
    8  used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively
    9  ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
   10  otherwise requires:
   11         (1) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.—Vehicles of the fire
   12  department (fire patrol), police vehicles, and such ambulances
   13  and emergency vehicles of municipal departments, public service
   14  corporations operated by private corporations, the Fish and
   15  Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of
   16  Environmental Protection, the Department of Health, the
   17  Department of Transportation, and the Department of Corrections
   18  as are designated or authorized by their respective department
   19  or the chief of police of an incorporated city or any sheriff of
   20  any of the various counties.
   21         (3)(2) BICYCLE.—Every vehicle propelled solely by human
   22  power, and every motorized bicycle propelled by a combination of
   23  human power and an electric helper motor capable of propelling
   24  the vehicle at a speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on
   25  level ground upon which any person may ride, having two tandem
   26  wheels, and including any device generally recognized as a
   27  bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels. The
   28  term does not include such a vehicle with a seat height of no
   29  more than 25 inches from the ground when the seat is adjusted to
   30  its highest position or a scooter or similar device. No person
   31  under the age of 16 may operate or ride upon a motorized
   32  bicycle.
   33         (7)(3) BUS.—Any motor vehicle designed for carrying more
   34  than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons
   35  and any motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used
   36  for the transportation of persons for compensation.
   37         (4)BICYCLE LANE.—A portion of a roadway or highway that
   38  has been designated by pavement markings and signs for the
   39  preferential or exclusive use by bicycles.
   40         (8)(4) BUSINESS DISTRICT.—The territory contiguous to, and
   41  including, a highway when 50 percent or more of the frontage
   42  thereon, for a distance of 300 feet or more, is occupied by
   43  buildings in use for business.
   44         (9)(5) CANCELLATION.—Cancellation means that a license
   45  which was issued through error or fraud is declared void and
   46  terminated. A new license may be obtained only as permitted in
   47  this chapter.
   48         (14)(6) CROSSWALK.—
   49         (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection included
   50  within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on
   51  opposite sides of the highway, measured from the curbs or, in
   52  the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway.
   53         (b) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or
   54  elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines
   55  or other markings on the surface.
   56         (15)(7) DAYTIME.—The period from a half hour before sunrise
   57  to a half hour after sunset. Nighttime means at any other hour.
   58         (16)(8) DEPARTMENT.—The Department of Highway Safety and
   59  Motor Vehicles as defined in s. 20.24. Any reference herein to
   60  Department of Transportation shall be construed as referring to
   61  the Department of Transportation, defined in s. 20.23, or the
   62  appropriate division thereof.
   63         (17)(9) DIRECTOR.—The Director of the Division of the
   64  Florida Highway Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and
   65  Motor Vehicles.
   66         (18)(10) DRIVER.—Any person who drives or is in actual
   67  physical control of a vehicle on a highway or who is exercising
   68  control of a vehicle or steering a vehicle being towed by a
   69  motor vehicle.
   70         (19)DRIVER-ASSISTIVE TRUCK PLATOONING TECHNOLOGY.—Vehicle
   71  automation and safety technology that integrates sensor array,
   72  wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communications, active safety
   73  systems, and specialized software to link safety systems and
   74  synchronize acceleration and braking between two vehicles while
   75  leaving each vehicle’s steering control and systems command in
   76  the control of the vehicle’s driver in compliance with the
   77  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rules regarding
   78  vehicle-to-vehicle communications.
   79         (21)(11) EXPLOSIVE.—Any chemical compound or mechanical
   80  mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of
   81  producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and
   82  combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions,
   83  quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, friction,
   84  concussion, percussion, or detonator of any part of the compound
   85  or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated
   86  gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of
   87  producing destructive effect on contiguous objects or of
   88  destroying life or limb.
   89         (23)(12) FARM TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
   90  primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing
   91  machines, and other implements of husbandry.
   92         (24)(13) FLAMMABLE LIQUID.—Any liquid which has a flash
   93  point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit or less, as determined by a
   94  Tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device.
   95         (26)(14) GROSS WEIGHT.—The weight of a vehicle without load
   96  plus the weight of any load thereon.
   97         (28)(15) HOUSE TRAILER.—
   98         (a) A trailer or semitrailer which is designed,
   99  constructed, and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or
  100  sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily) and is
  101  equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways, or
  102         (b) A trailer or a semitrailer the chassis and exterior
  103  shell of which is designed and constructed for use as a house
  104  trailer, as defined in paragraph (a), but which is used instead,
  105  permanently or temporarily, for the advertising, sales, display,
  106  or promotion of merchandise or services or for any other
  107  commercial purpose except the transportation of property for
  108  hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a
  109  private carrier.
  110         (29)(16) IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY.—Any vehicle designed and
  111  adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or
  112  livestock-raising operations or for lifting or carrying an
  113  implement of husbandry and in either case not subject to
  114  registration if used upon the highways.
  115         (30)(17) INTERSECTION.—
  116         (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection
  117  of the lateral curblines; or, if none, then the lateral boundary
  118  lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at,
  119  or approximately at, right angles; or the area within which
  120  vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other
  121  angle may come in conflict.
  122         (b) Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more
  123  apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided
  124  highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a
  125  separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway
  126  also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every
  127  crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a
  128  separate intersection.
  129         (31)(18) LANED HIGHWAY.—A highway the roadway of which is
  130  divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular
  131  traffic.
  132         (32)(19) LIMITED ACCESS FACILITY.—A street or highway
  133  especially designed for through traffic and over, from, or to
  134  which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have
  135  no right or easement, or only a limited right or easement, of
  136  access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their
  137  property abuts upon such limited access facility or for any
  138  other reason. Such highways or streets may be parkways from
  139  which trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles are excluded;
  140  or they may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of
  141  street and highway traffic.
  142         (33)(20) LOCAL AUTHORITIES.—Includes all officers and
  143  public officials of the several counties and municipalities of
  144  this state.
  145         (39)(21) MOTOR VEHICLE.—Except when used in s. 316.1001, a
  146  self-propelled vehicle not operated upon rails or guideway, but
  147  not including any bicycle, motorized scooter, electric personal
  148  assistive mobility device, swamp buggy, or moped. For purposes
  149  of s. 316.1001, “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in s.
  150  320.01(1)(a).
  151         (40)(22) MOTORCYCLE.—Any motor vehicle having a seat or
  152  saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not
  153  more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding
  154  a tractor or a moped.
  155         (43)(23) OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.—All signs,
  156  signals, markings, and devices, not inconsistent with this
  157  chapter, placed or erected by authority of a public body or
  158  official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating,
  159  warning, or guiding traffic.
  160         (44)(24) OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.—Any device,
  161  whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by
  162  which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to
  163  proceed.
  164         (45)(25) OPERATOR.—Any person who is in actual physical
  165  control of a motor vehicle upon the highway, or who is
  166  exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a
  167  motor vehicle.
  168         (46)(26) OWNER.—A person who holds the legal title of a
  169  vehicle, or, in the event a vehicle is the subject of an
  170  agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the
  171  right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in
  172  the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested
  173  in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor
  174  of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional
  175  vendee, or lessee, or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner, for
  176  the purposes of this chapter.
  177         (47)(27) PARK OR PARKING.—The standing of a vehicle,
  178  whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the
  179  purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
  180  merchandise or passengers as may be permitted by law under this
  181  chapter.
  182         (48)(28) PEDESTRIAN.—Any person afoot.
  183         (49)(29) PERSON.—Any natural person, firm, copartnership,
  184  association, or corporation.
  185         (50)(30) PNEUMATIC TIRE.—Any tire in which compressed air
  186  is designed to support the load.
  187         (51)(31) POLE TRAILER.—Any vehicle without motive power
  188  designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the
  189  towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed
  190  or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used
  191  for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles,
  192  pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining
  193  themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
  194         (52)(32) POLICE OFFICER.—Any officer authorized to direct
  195  or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic
  196  regulations, including Florida highway patrol officers,
  197  sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and municipal police officers.
  198         (53)(33) PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.—Except as otherwise
  199  provided in paragraph (76)(b) (53)(b), any privately owned way
  200  or place used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having
  201  express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other
  202  persons.
  203         (54)(34) RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.—Any materials or
  204  combination of materials which emit ionizing radiation
  205  spontaneously in which the radioactivity per gram of material,
  206  in any form, is greater than 0.002 microcuries.
  207         (55)(35) RAILROAD.—A carrier of persons or property upon
  208  cars operated upon stationary rails.
  209         (56)(36) RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.—Any sign, signal, or
  210  device erected by authority of a public body or official, or by
  211  a railroad, and intended to give notice of the presence of
  212  railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
  213         (57)(37) RAILROAD TRAIN.—A steam engine, electric or other
  214  motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon
  215  rails, except a streetcar.
  216         (58)(38) RESIDENCE DISTRICT.—The territory contiguous to,
  217  and including, a highway, not comprising a business district,
  218  when the property on such highway, for a distance of 300 feet or
  219  more, is, in the main, improved with residences or residences
  220  and buildings in use for business.
  221         (59)(39) REVOCATION.—Revocation means that a licensee’s
  222  privilege to drive a motor vehicle is terminated. A new license
  223  may be obtained only as permitted by law.
  224         (60)(40) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The right of one vehicle or
  225  pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to
  226  another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such
  227  circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity as to give rise
  228  to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the
  229  other.
  230         (61)(41) ROAD TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
  231  for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry
  232  any load thereon, either independently or as any part of the
  233  weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.
  234         (62)(42) ROADWAY.—That portion of a highway improved,
  235  designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of
  236  the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or
  237  more separate roadways, the term “roadway” as used herein refers
  238  to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways
  239  collectively.
  240         (63)(43) SADDLE MOUNT; FULL MOUNT.—An arrangement whereby
  241  the front wheels of one vehicle rest in a secured position upon
  242  another vehicle. All of the wheels of the towing vehicle are
  243  upon the ground, and only the rear wheels of the towed vehicle
  244  rest upon the ground. Such combinations may include one full
  245  mount, whereby a smaller transport vehicle is placed completely
  246  on the last towed vehicle.
  247         (64)(44) SAFETY ZONE.—The area or space officially set
  248  apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and
  249  protected or so marked by adequate signs or authorized pavement
  250  markings as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart
  251  as a safety zone.
  252         (66)(45) SCHOOL BUS.—Any motor vehicle that complies with
  253  the color and identification requirements of chapter 1006 and is
  254  used to transport children to or from public or private school
  255  or in connection with school activities, but not including buses
  256  operated by common carriers in urban transportation of school
  257  children. The term “school” includes all preelementary,
  258  elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools.
  259         (67)(46) SEMITRAILER.—Any vehicle with or without motive
  260  power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons
  261  or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so
  262  constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load
  263  rests upon, or is carried by, another vehicle.
  264         (68)SERVICE PATROL VEHICLE.—A motor vehicle that bears an
  265  emblem or markings with the wording “SERVICE VEHICLE” which is
  266  visible from the roadway and clearly indicates that the vehicle
  267  belongs to or is under contract with a person, an entity, a
  268  cooperative, a board, a commission, a district, or a unit of
  269  government that provides highway assistance services to
  270  motorists, clears travel lanes, or provides temporary
  271  maintenance of traffic support for incident response operations.
  272         (69)(47) SIDEWALK.—That portion of a street between the
  273  curbline, or the lateral line, of a roadway and the adjacent
  274  property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
  275         (70)(48) SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT.—Any vehicle not designed
  276  or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property
  277  and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway,
  278  including, but not limited to, ditchdigging apparatus, well
  279  boring apparatus, and road construction and maintenance
  280  machinery, such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket
  281  loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling
  282  graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers,
  283  scarifiers, earthmoving carryalls and scrapers, power shovels
  284  and draglines, and self-propelled cranes and earthmoving
  285  equipment. The term does not include house trailers, dump
  286  trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, cranes or shovels, or
  287  other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or
  288  property to which machinery has been attached.
  289         (71)(49) STAND OR STANDING.—The halting of a vehicle,
  290  whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily, for the
  291  purpose of, and while actually engaged in, receiving or
  292  discharging passengers, as may be permitted by law under this
  293  chapter.
  294         (72)(50) STATE ROAD.—Any highway designated as a state
  295  maintained road by the Department of Transportation.
  296         (73)(51) STOP.—When required, complete cessation from
  297  movement.
  298         (74)(52) STOP OR STOPPING.—When prohibited, any halting,
  299  even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
  300  when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply
  301  with the directions of a law enforcement officer or traffic
  302  control sign or signal.
  303         (76)(53) STREET OR HIGHWAY.—
  304         (a) The entire width between the boundary lines of every
  305  way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to
  306  the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic;
  307         (b) The entire width between the boundary lines of any
  308  privately owned way or place used for vehicular travel by the
  309  owner and those having express or implied permission from the
  310  owner, but not by other persons, or any limited access road
  311  owned or controlled by a special district, whenever, by written
  312  agreement entered into under s. 316.006(2)(b) or (3)(b), a
  313  county or municipality exercises traffic control jurisdiction
  314  over said way or place;
  315         (c) Any area, such as a runway, taxiway, ramp, clear zone,
  316  or parking lot, within the boundary of any airport owned by the
  317  state, a county, a municipality, or a political subdivision,
  318  which area is used for vehicular traffic but which is not open
  319  for vehicular operation by the general public; or
  320         (d) Any way or place used for vehicular traffic on a
  321  controlled access basis within a mobile home park recreation
  322  district which has been created under s. 418.30 and the
  323  recreational facilities of which district are open to the
  324  general public.
  325         (77)(54) SUSPENSION.—Temporary withdrawal of a licensee’s
  326  privilege to drive a motor vehicle.
  327         (83)(55) THROUGH HIGHWAY.—Any highway or portion thereof on
  328  which vehicular traffic is given the right-of-way and at the
  329  entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways
  330  is required to yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through
  331  highway in obedience to either a stop sign or yield sign, or
  332  otherwise in obedience to law.
  333         (84)(56) TIRE WIDTH.—Tire width is that width stated on the
  334  surface of the tire by the manufacturer of the tire, if the
  335  width stated does not exceed 2 inches more than the width of the
  336  tire contacting the surface.
  337         (85)(57) TRAFFIC.—Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals,
  338  and vehicles, streetcars, and other conveyances either singly or
  339  together while using any street or highway for purposes of
  340  travel.
  341         (88)(58) TRAILER.—Any vehicle with or without motive power,
  342  other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or
  343  property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
  344         (91)(59) TRUCK.—Any motor vehicle designed, used, or
  345  maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
  346         (92)(60) TRUCK TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
  347  primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as
  348  to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle
  349  and load so drawn.
  350         (36)(61) MIGRANT OR SEASONAL FARM WORKER.—Any person
  351  employed in hand labor operations in planting, cultivation, or
  352  harvesting agricultural crops.
  353         (22)(62) FARM LABOR VEHICLE.—Any vehicle equipped and used
  354  for the transportation of nine or more migrant or seasonal farm
  355  workers, in addition to the driver, to or from a place of
  356  employment or employment-related activities. The term does not
  357  include:
  358         (a) Any vehicle carrying only members of the immediate
  359  family of the owner or driver.
  360         (b) Any vehicle being operated by a common carrier of
  361  passengers.
  362         (c) Any carpool as defined in s. 450.28(3).
  363         (5)(63) BICYCLE PATH.—Any road, path, or way that is open
  364  to bicycle travel, which road, path, or way is physically
  365  separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or
  366  by a barrier and is located either within the highway right-of
  367  way or within an independent right-of-way.
  368         (10)(64) CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—The head, or his or
  369  her designee, of any law enforcement agency which is authorized
  370  to enforce traffic laws.
  371         (11)(65) CHILD.—A child as defined in s. 39.01, s. 984.03,
  372  or s. 985.03.
  373         (12)(66) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—Any self-propelled or
  374  towed vehicle used on the public highways in commerce to
  375  transport passengers or cargo, if such vehicle:
  376         (a) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or
  377  more;
  378         (b) Is designed to transport more than 15 passengers,
  379  including the driver; or
  380         (c) Is used in the transportation of materials found to be
  381  hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials
  382  Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. ss. 1801 et seq.).
  383  
  384  A vehicle that occasionally transports personal property to and
  385  from a closed-course motorsport facility, as defined in s.
  386  549.09(1)(a), is not a commercial motor vehicle if it is not
  387  used for profit and corporate sponsorship is not involved. As
  388  used in this subsection, the term “corporate sponsorship” means
  389  a payment, donation, gratuity, in-kind service, or other benefit
  390  provided to or derived by a person in relation to the underlying
  391  activity, other than the display of product or corporate names,
  392  logos, or other graphic information on the property being
  393  transported.
  394         (13)(67) COURT.—The court having jurisdiction over traffic
  395  offenses.
  396         (25)(68) GOLF CART.—A motor vehicle designed and
  397  manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or
  398  recreational purposes.
  399         (27)(69) HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.—Any substance or material
  400  which has been determined by the secretary of the United States
  401  Department of Transportation to be capable of imposing an
  402  unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property. This term
  403  includes hazardous waste as defined in s. 403.703(13).
  404         (75)(70) STRAIGHT TRUCK.—Any truck on which the cargo unit
  405  and the motive power unit are located on the same frame so as to
  406  form a single, rigid unit.
  407         (80)(71) TANDEM TRAILER TRUCK.—Any combination of a truck
  408  tractor, semitrailer, and trailer coupled together so as to
  409  operate as a complete unit.
  410         (81)(72) TANDEM TRAILER TRUCK HIGHWAY NETWORK.—A highway
  411  network consisting primarily of four or more lanes, including
  412  all interstate highways; highways designated by the United
  413  States Department of Transportation as elements of the National
  414  Network; and any street or highway designated by the Florida
  415  Department of Transportation for use by tandem trailer trucks,
  416  in accordance with s. 316.515, except roads on which truck
  417  traffic was specifically prohibited on January 6, 1983.
  418         (82)(73) TERMINAL.—Any location where:
  419         (a) Freight either originates, terminates, or is handled in
  420  the transportation process; or
  421         (b) Commercial motor carriers maintain operating
  422  facilities.
  423         (89)(74) TRANSPORTATION.—The conveyance or movement of
  424  goods, materials, livestock, or persons from one location to
  425  another on any road, street, or highway open to travel by the
  426  public.
  427         (94)(75) VEHICLE.—Every device, in, upon, or by which any
  428  person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a
  429  highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary
  430  rails or tracks.
  431         (6)(76) BRAKE HORSEPOWER.—The actual unit of torque
  432  developed per unit of time at the output shaft of an engine, as
  433  measured by a dynamometer.
  434         (37)(77) MOPED.—Any vehicle with pedals to permit
  435  propulsion by human power, having a seat or saddle for the use
  436  of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three
  437  wheels; with a motor rated not in excess of 2 brake horsepower
  438  and not capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed greater
  439  than 30 miles per hour on level ground; and with a power-drive
  440  system that functions directly or automatically without
  441  clutching or shifting gears by the operator after the drive
  442  system is engaged. If an internal combustion engine is used, the
  443  displacement may not exceed 50 cubic centimeters.
  444         (42)(78) NONPUBLIC SECTOR BUS.—Any bus which is used for
  445  the transportation of persons for compensation and which is not
  446  owned, leased, operated, or controlled by a municipal, county,
  447  or state government or a governmentally owned or managed
  448  nonprofit corporation.
  449         (97)(79) WORK ZONE AREA.—The area and its approaches on any
  450  state-maintained highway, county-maintained highway, or
  451  municipal street where construction, repair, maintenance, or
  452  other street-related or highway-related work is being performed
  453  or where one or more lanes is closed to traffic.
  454         (35)(80) MAXI-CUBE VEHICLE.—A specialized combination
  455  vehicle consisting of a truck carrying a separable cargo
  456  carrying unit combined with a semitrailer designed so that the
  457  separable cargo-carrying unit is to be loaded and unloaded
  458  through the semitrailer. The entire combination may not exceed
  459  65 feet in length, and a single component of that combination
  460  may not exceed 34 feet in length.
  461         (79)(81) TANDEM AXLE.—Any two axles whose centers are more
  462  than 40 inches but not more than 96 inches apart and are
  463  individually attached to or articulated from, or both, a common
  464  attachment to the vehicle, including a connecting mechanism
  465  designed to equalize the load between axles.
  466         (41)(82) MOTORIZED SCOOTER.—Any vehicle not having a seat
  467  or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on not
  468  more than three wheels, and not capable of propelling the
  469  vehicle at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour on level
  470  ground.
  471         (20)(83) ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE.—Any
  472  self-balancing, two-nontandem-wheeled device, designed to
  473  transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system
  474  with average power of 750 watts (1 horsepower), the maximum
  475  speed of which, on a paved level surface when powered solely by
  476  such a propulsion system while being ridden by an operator who
  477  weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per hour. Electric
  478  personal assistive mobility devices are not vehicles as defined
  479  in this section.
  480         (87)(84) TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION SYSTEM.—Any system or
  481  device with the capability of activating a control mechanism
  482  mounted on or near traffic signals which alters a traffic
  483  signal’s timing cycle.
  484         (95)(85) VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS.—Any community-based
  485  organization whose primary purpose is to act as an advocate for
  486  the victims and survivors of traffic crashes and for their
  487  families. The victims services offered by these programs may
  488  include grief and crisis counseling, assistance with preparing
  489  victim compensation claims excluding third-party legal action,
  490  or connecting persons with other service providers, and
  491  providing emergency financial assistance.
  492         (38)(86) MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT.—
  493         (a) A contract, agreement, or understanding covering:
  494         1. The transportation of property for compensation or hire
  495  by the motor carrier;
  496         2. Entrance on property by the motor carrier for the
  497  purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for
  498  compensation or hire; or
  499         3. A service incidental to activity described in
  500  subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., including, but not limited
  501  to, storage of property.
  502         (b) “Motor carrier transportation contract” does not
  503  include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access
  504  Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North
  505  America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use,
  506  or possession of intermodal chassis, containers, or other
  507  intermodal equipment.
  508         (86)(87) TRAFFIC INFRACTION DETECTOR.—A vehicle sensor
  509  installed to work in conjunction with a traffic control signal
  510  and a camera or cameras synchronized to automatically record two
  511  or more sequenced photographic or electronic images or streaming
  512  video of only the rear of a motor vehicle at the time the
  513  vehicle fails to stop behind the stop bar or clearly marked stop
  514  line when facing a traffic control signal steady red light. Any
  515  notification under s. 316.0083(1)(b) or traffic citation issued
  516  by the use of a traffic infraction detector must include a
  517  photograph or other recorded image showing both the license tag
  518  of the offending vehicle and the traffic control device being
  519  violated.
  520         (90)(88) TRI-VEHICLE.—An enclosed three-wheeled passenger
  521  vehicle that:
  522         (a) Is designed to operate with three wheels in contact
  523  with the ground;
  524         (b) Has a minimum unladen weight of 900 pounds;
  525         (c) Has a single, completely enclosed, occupant
  526  compartment;
  527         (d) Is produced in a minimum quantity of 300 in any
  528  calendar year;
  529         (e) Is capable of a speed greater than 60 miles per hour on
  530  level ground; and
  531         (f) Is equipped with:
  532         1. Seats that are certified by the vehicle manufacturer to
  533  meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
  534  No. 207, “Seating systems” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.207);
  535         2. A steering wheel used to maneuver the vehicle;
  536         3. A propulsion unit located forward or aft of the enclosed
  537  occupant compartment;
  538         4. A seat belt for each vehicle occupant certified to meet
  539  the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No.
  540  209, “Seat belt assemblies” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.209);
  541         5. A windshield and an appropriate windshield wiper and
  542  washer system that are certified by the vehicle manufacturer to
  543  meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
  544  No. 205, “Glazing Materials” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.205) and Federal
  545  Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 104, “Windshield Wiping and
  546  Washing Systems” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.104); and
  547         6. A vehicle structure certified by the vehicle
  548  manufacturer to meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle
  549  Safety Standard No. 216, “Rollover crush resistance” (49 C.F.R.
  550  s. 571.216).
  551         (78)(89) SWAMP BUGGY.—A motorized off-road vehicle that is
  552  designed or modified to travel over swampy or varied terrain and
  553  that may use large tires or tracks operated from an elevated
  554  platform. The term does not include any vehicle defined in
  555  chapter 261 or otherwise defined or classified in this chapter.
  556         (2)(90) AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE.—Any vehicle equipped with
  557  autonomous technology. The term “autonomous technology” means
  558  technology installed on a motor vehicle that has the capability
  559  to drive the vehicle on which the technology is installed
  560  without the active control or monitoring by a human operator.
  561  The term excludes a motor vehicle enabled with active safety
  562  systems or driver assistance systems, including, without
  563  limitation, a system to provide electronic blind spot
  564  assistance, crash avoidance, emergency braking, parking
  565  assistance, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assistance, lane
  566  departure warning, or traffic jam and queuing assistant, unless
  567  any such system alone or in combination with other systems
  568  enables the vehicle on which the technology is installed to
  569  drive without the active control or monitoring by a human
  570  operator.
  571         (34)(91) LOCAL HEARING OFFICER.—The person, designated by a
  572  department, county, or municipality that elects to authorize
  573  traffic infraction enforcement officers to issue traffic
  574  citations under s. 316.0083(1)(a), who is authorized to conduct
  575  hearings related to a notice of violation issued pursuant to s.
  576  316.0083. The charter county, noncharter county, or municipality
  577  may use its currently appointed code enforcement board or
  578  special magistrate to serve as the local hearing officer. The
  579  department may enter into an interlocal agreement to use the
  580  local hearing officer of a county or municipality.
  581         (65)(92) SANITATION VEHICLE.—A motor vehicle that bears an
  582  emblem that is visible from the roadway and clearly identifies
  583  that the vehicle belongs to or is under contract with a person,
  584  entity, cooperative, board, commission, district, or unit of
  585  local government that provides garbage, trash, refuse, or
  586  recycling collection.
  587         (93) UTILITY SERVICE VEHICLE.—A motor vehicle that bears an
  588  emblem that is visible from the roadway and clearly identifies
  589  that the vehicle belongs to or is under contract with a person,
  590  entity, cooperative, board, commission, district, or unit of
  591  local government that provides electric, natural gas, water,
  592  wastewater, cable, telephone, or communications services.
  593         (96)VULNERABLE USER OF A PUBLIC ROADWAY OR VULNERABLE
  594  USER.—
  595         (a)A pedestrian, including a person actually engaged in
  596  work upon a highway, work upon utility facilities along a
  597  highway, or the provision of emergency services within the
  598  right-of-way;
  599         (b)A person operating, or who is a passenger on, a
  600  bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, or moped lawfully on the roadway;
  601         (c)A person riding an animal; or
  602         (d)A person lawfully operating on a public roadway,
  603  crosswalk, or shoulder of the roadway:
  604         1.A farm tractor or similar vehicle designed primarily for
  605  farm use;
  606         2.A horse-drawn carriage;
  607         3.An electric personal assistive mobility device; or
  608         4.A wheelchair.
  609         Section 2. Subsection (1) and paragraphs (e) and (f) of
  610  subsection (2) of section 316.027, Florida Statutes, are amended
  611  to read:
  612         316.027 Crash involving death or personal injuries.—
  613         (1) As used in this section, the term:
  614         (a) “serious bodily injury” means an injury to a person,
  615  including the driver, which consists of a physical condition
  616  that creates a substantial risk of death, serious personal
  617  disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function
  618  of a bodily member or organ.
  619         (b) “Vulnerable road user” means:
  620         1. A pedestrian, including a person actually engaged in
  621  work upon a highway, or in work upon utility facilities along a
  622  highway, or engaged in the provision of emergency services
  623  within the right-of-way;
  624         2. A person operating a bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, or
  625  moped lawfully on the roadway;
  626         3. A person riding an animal; or
  627         4. A person lawfully operating on a public right-of-way,
  628  crosswalk, or shoulder of the roadway:
  629         a. A farm tractor or similar vehicle designed primarily for
  630  farm use;
  631         b. A skateboard, roller skates, or in-line skates;
  632         c. A horse-drawn carriage;
  633         d. An electric personal assistive mobility device; or
  634         e. A wheelchair.
  635         (2)
  636         (e) A driver who violates paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or
  637  paragraph (c) shall have his or her driver license revoked for
  638  at least 3 years as provided in s. 322.28(4).
  639         1. A person convicted of violating paragraph (a), paragraph
  640  (b), or paragraph (c) shall, before his or her driving privilege
  641  may be reinstated, present to the department proof of completion
  642  of a victim’s impact panel session in a judicial circuit if such
  643  a panel exists, or if such a panel does not exist, a department
  644  approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of
  645  vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as
  646  provided in s. 322.0261(2).
  647         2. The department may reinstate an offender’s driving
  648  privilege after he or she satisfies the 3-year revocation period
  649  as provided in s. 322.28(4) and successfully completes either a
  650  victim’s impact panel session or a department-approved driver
  651  improvement course relating to the rights of vulnerable road
  652  users relative to vehicles on the roadway as provided in s.
  653  322.0261(2).
  654         3. For purposes of this paragraph, an offender’s driving
  655  privilege may be reinstated only after the department verifies
  656  that the offender participated in and successfully completed a
  657  victim’s impact panel session or a department-approved driver
  658  improvement course.
  659         (f) For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and
  660  determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944,
  661  an offense listed in this subsection is ranked one level above
  662  the ranking specified in s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 for the
  663  offense committed if the victim of the offense was a vulnerable
  664  road user.
  665         Section 3. Section 316.083, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  666  read:
  667         316.083 Overtaking and passing a vehicle.—The following
  668  provisions rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of a
  669  vehicle vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to
  670  those limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter
  671  stated:
  672         (1) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle
  673  proceeding in the same direction shall give an appropriate
  674  signal as provided for in s. 316.156, shall pass to the left
  675  thereof at a safe distance, and shall not again drive to the
  676  right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken
  677  vehicle.
  678         (2) The driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a person
  679  operating a bicycle or other vulnerable user of a public roadway
  680  nonmotorized vehicle must pass the person operating the bicycle
  681  or other vulnerable user nonmotorized vehicle at a safe distance
  682  of not less than 3 feet between any part of or attachment to the
  683  motor vehicle, anything extending from the motor vehicle, or any
  684  trailer or other thing being towed by the motor vehicle and the
  685  bicycle, the person operating the bicycle, or other vulnerable
  686  user nonmotorized vehicle.
  687         (3)(2) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is
  688  permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to
  689  the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on audible signal
  690  or upon the visible blinking of the headlamps of the overtaking
  691  vehicle if such overtaking is being attempted at nighttime, and
  692  shall not increase the speed of his or her vehicle until
  693  completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
  694         (4)(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  695  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  696  chapter 318. If a violation of this section contributes to the
  697  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway or to the
  698  damage to a motor vehicle and bodily injury of a motor vehicle
  699  occupant, the law enforcement officer issuing the citation to
  700  the responsible party for the violation shall note such
  701  information on the citation.
  702         Section 4. Section 316.084, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  703  read:
  704         316.084 When overtaking on the right is permitted.—
  705         (1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass on the
  706  right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
  707         (a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a
  708  left turn;
  709         (b) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not
  710  occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for two or more
  711  lines of moving traffic in each direction;
  712         (c) Upon a one-way street, or upon any roadway on which
  713  traffic is restricted to one direction of movement, where the
  714  roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for
  715  two or more lines of moving vehicles.
  716         (2) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another
  717  vehicle on the right only under conditions permitting such
  718  movement in safety. In no event shall such movement be made by
  719  driving off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the
  720  roadway.
  721         (3)This section does not prohibit a bicycle that is in a
  722  bicycle lane or on the shoulder of a roadway or highway from
  723  passing another vehicle on the right at the bicycle rider’s own
  724  risk with no liability to other motor vehicle drivers.
  725         (4)(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  726  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  727  chapter 318.
  728         Section 5. Section 316.0875, Florida Statutes, is amended
  729  to read:
  730         316.0875 No-passing zones.—
  731         (1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities
  732  are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under
  733  their respective jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or
  734  driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous
  735  and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway,
  736  indicate the beginning and end of such zones, and, when such
  737  signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an
  738  ordinarily observant person, each every driver of a vehicle
  739  shall obey the directions thereof.
  740         (2) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no
  741  passing zone as set forth in subsection (1), a no driver may
  742  not, shall at any time, drive on the left side of the roadway
  743  with such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement
  744  striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its
  745  length.
  746         (3) This section does not apply to a person who safely and
  747  briefly drives to the left of the center of the roadway or
  748  pavement striping only to the extent necessary to:
  749         (a)Avoid When an obstruction; exists making it necessary
  750  to drive to the left of the center of the highway, nor
  751         (b)Turn To the driver of a vehicle turning left into or
  752  from an alley, private road, or driveway; or
  753         (c)Comply with the requirements regarding a safe distance
  754  to pass a vulnerable user, as required by s. 316.083(2).
  755         (4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  756  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  757  chapter 318.
  758         Section 6. Section 316.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  759  read:
  760         316.151 Required position and method of turning at
  761  intersections.—
  762         (1)(a)Right turn.—The driver of a vehicle intending to
  763  turn right at an intersection onto a highway, public or private
  764  roadway, or driveway shall do so as follows:
  765         1.(a) Right turn.Both the approach for a right turn and a
  766  right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right
  767  hand curb or edge of the roadway.
  768         2.When overtaking and passing a bicycle or other
  769  vulnerable user proceeding in the same direction, the driver of
  770  a motor vehicle shall give an appropriate signal as provided for
  771  in s. 316.155 and may make the right turn only if the bicycle or
  772  other vulnerable user is at least 20 feet from the highway,
  773  public or private roadway, or driveway.
  774         (b) Left turn.—The driver of a vehicle intending to turn
  775  left at an any intersection onto a highway, public or private
  776  roadway, or driveway shall do so as follows:
  777         1.The driver shall approach the intersection in the
  778  extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in
  779  the direction of travel of such vehicle. Thereafter, and, after
  780  entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to
  781  leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic
  782  moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.
  783         2. A person riding a bicycle and intending to turn left in
  784  accordance with this section is entitled to the full use of the
  785  lane from which the turn may legally be made. Whenever
  786  practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the
  787  intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.
  788         (c) Left turn by bicycle.In addition to the method of
  789  making a left turn described in paragraph (b), a person riding a
  790  bicycle and intending to turn left may do so as follows has the
  791  option of following the course described hereafter:
  792         a. The rider shall approach the turn as close as
  793  practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway;
  794         b. After proceeding across the intersecting roadway, the
  795  turn shall be made as close as practicable to the curb or edge
  796  of the roadway on the far side of the intersection; and,
  797         c. Before proceeding, the bicyclist shall comply with any
  798  official traffic control device or police officer regulating
  799  traffic on the highway along which the bicyclist intends to
  800  proceed.
  801         (2) The state, county, and local authorities in their
  802  respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic control
  803  devices to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and
  804  thereby require and direct that a different course from that
  805  specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an
  806  intersection. When such devices are so placed, the no driver of
  807  a vehicle may not turn a vehicle at an intersection other than
  808  as directed and required by such devices.
  809         (3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  810  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  811  chapter 318. If a violation of this section contributes to the
  812  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway or the
  813  damage to a motor vehicle and injury of a motor vehicle
  814  occupant, the law enforcement officer issuing the citation to
  815  the responsible party for the violation shall note such
  816  information on the citation.
  817         Section 7. Section 316.1925, Florida Statutes, is amended
  818  to read:
  819         316.1925 Careless driving.—
  820         (1) A Any person operating a vehicle upon the streets or
  821  highways within the state shall drive the same in a careful and
  822  prudent manner, having regard for the width, grade, curves,
  823  corners, traffic, and all other attendant circumstances, so as
  824  not to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person. A
  825  person who fails Failure to drive in such manner commits shall
  826  constitute careless driving and a violation of this section.
  827         (2) Any person who violates this section shall be cited for
  828  a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318.
  829         (2)If a violation under subsection (1) contributed to the
  830  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law
  831  enforcement officer issuing the citation for the violation shall
  832  note such information on the citation.
  833         Section 8. Subsections (1), (5), and (6) of section
  834  316.2065, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  835         316.2065 Bicycle regulations.—
  836         (1) A bicycle is a vehicle under Florida law and shall be
  837  operated in the same manner as any other vehicle and every
  838  person operating a bicycle propelling a vehicle by human power
  839  has all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to the
  840  driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except as to
  841  special regulations in this chapter, and except as to provisions
  842  of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.
  843         (5)(a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at
  844  less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and
  845  under the conditions then existing shall ride in the bicycle
  846  lane marked for bicycle use or, if there is no bicycle lane in
  847  the roadway is marked for bicycle use, as close as practicable
  848  to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any
  849  of the following situations:
  850         1. When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle
  851  proceeding in the same direction.
  852         2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or
  853  into a private road or driveway.
  854         3. When reasonably necessary to avoid any condition or
  855  potential conflict, including, but not limited to, a fixed or
  856  moving object, parked or moving vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian,
  857  animal, surface hazard, turn lane, or substandard-width lane,
  858  which makes it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or
  859  edge or within a bicycle lane. For the purposes of this
  860  subsection, a “substandard-width lane” is a lane that is too
  861  narrow for a bicycle and another vehicle to travel safely side
  862  by side within the lane.
  863         (b) Any person operating a bicycle upon a one-way highway
  864  with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near the left
  865  hand curb or edge of such roadway as practicable.
  866         (6)(a) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or in a
  867  bicycle lane may not ride more than two abreast except on
  868  bicycle paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive
  869  use of bicycles. Persons riding two abreast may not impede
  870  traffic when traveling at less than the normal speed of traffic
  871  at the time and place and under the conditions then existing and
  872  shall ride within a single lane.
  873         (b)When stopping at a stop sign, persons riding bicycles
  874  in groups of four or more, after coming to a full stop and
  875  obeying all traffic laws, may proceed through the stop sign in a
  876  group of 10 or fewer at a time, and motor vehicle operators
  877  shall allow that group to travel through the intersection before
  878  moving forward.
  879         Section 9. Section 318.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  880  read:
  881         318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.—Any
  882  person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall
  883  not have the provisions of s. 318.14(2), (4), and (9) available
  884  to him or her but must appear before the designated official at
  885  the time and location of the scheduled hearing:
  886         (1) Any infraction which results in a crash that causes the
  887  death of another;
  888         (2) Any infraction which results in a crash that causes
  889  “serious bodily injury” of another as defined in s. 316.1933(1);
  890         (3) Any infraction of s. 316.172(1)(b);
  891         (4) Any infraction of s. 316.520(1) or (2); or
  892         (5) Any infraction of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s.
  893  316.189 of exceeding the speed limit by 30 m.p.h. or more; or
  894         (6)Any infraction of s. 316.083, s. 316.151, or s.
  895  316.1925 which contributes to bodily injury of a vulnerable user
  896  of a public roadway as defined in s. 316.003. If an infraction
  897  listed in this subsection contributes to the bodily injury of a
  898  vulnerable user of a public roadway or the damage to a motor
  899  vehicle and injury of a motor vehicle occupant, the law
  900  enforcement officer issuing the citation to the responsible
  901  party for the infraction shall note such information on the
  902  citation.
  903         Section 10. Subsection (2) of section 322.0261, Florida
  904  Statutes, is amended to read:
  905         322.0261 Driver improvement course; requirement to maintain
  906  driving privileges; failure to complete; department approval of
  907  course.—
  908         (2) With respect to an operator convicted of, or who
  909  pleaded nolo contendere to, a traffic offense giving rise to a
  910  crash identified in paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b), the
  911  department shall require that the operator, in addition to other
  912  applicable penalties, attend a department-approved driver
  913  improvement course in order to maintain his or her driving
  914  privileges. The department shall include in the course
  915  curriculum instruction specifically addressing the rights of
  916  vulnerable road users as defined in s. 316.003 316.027 relative
  917  to vehicles on the roadway. If the operator fails to complete
  918  the course within 90 days after receiving notice from the
  919  department, the operator’s driver license shall be canceled by
  920  the department until the course is successfully completed.
  921         Section 11. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  922  212.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  923         212.05 Sales, storage, use tax.—It is hereby declared to be
  924  the legislative intent that every person is exercising a taxable
  925  privilege who engages in the business of selling tangible
  926  personal property at retail in this state, including the
  927  business of making mail order sales, or who rents or furnishes
  928  any of the things or services taxable under this chapter, or who
  929  stores for use or consumption in this state any item or article
  930  of tangible personal property as defined herein and who leases
  931  or rents such property within the state.
  932         (1) For the exercise of such privilege, a tax is levied on
  933  each taxable transaction or incident, which tax is due and
  934  payable as follows:
  935         (c) At the rate of 6 percent of the gross proceeds derived
  936  from the lease or rental of tangible personal property, as
  937  defined herein; however, the following special provisions apply
  938  to the lease or rental of motor vehicles:
  939         1. When a motor vehicle is leased or rented for a period of
  940  less than 12 months:
  941         a. If the motor vehicle is rented in Florida, the entire
  942  amount of such rental is taxable, even if the vehicle is dropped
  943  off in another state.
  944         b. If the motor vehicle is rented in another state and
  945  dropped off in Florida, the rental is exempt from Florida tax.
  946         2. Except as provided in subparagraph 3., for the lease or
  947  rental of a motor vehicle for a period of not less than 12
  948  months, sales tax is due on the lease or rental payments if the
  949  vehicle is registered in this state; provided, however, that no
  950  tax shall be due if the taxpayer documents use of the motor
  951  vehicle outside this state and tax is being paid on the lease or
  952  rental payments in another state.
  953         3. The tax imposed by this chapter does not apply to the
  954  lease or rental of a commercial motor vehicle as defined in s.
  955  316.003(12)(a) 316.003(66)(a) to one lessee or rentee for a
  956  period of not less than 12 months when tax was paid on the
  957  purchase price of such vehicle by the lessor. To the extent tax
  958  was paid with respect to the purchase of such vehicle in another
  959  state, territory of the United States, or the District of
  960  Columbia, the Florida tax payable shall be reduced in accordance
  961  with the provisions of s. 212.06(7). This subparagraph shall
  962  only be available when the lease or rental of such property is
  963  an established business or part of an established business or
  964  the same is incidental or germane to such business.
  965         Section 12. Subsection (1) of section 316.1303, Florida
  966  Statutes, is amended to read:
  967         316.1303 Traffic regulations to assist mobility-impaired
  968  persons.—
  969         (1) Whenever a pedestrian who is mobility impaired is in
  970  the process of crossing a public street or highway with the
  971  assistance of a guide dog or service animal designated as such
  972  with a visible means of identification, a walker, a crutch, an
  973  orthopedic cane, or a wheelchair, the driver of a vehicle
  974  approaching the intersection, as defined in s. 316.003
  975  316.003(17), shall bring his or her vehicle to a full stop
  976  before arriving at the intersection and, before proceeding,
  977  shall take precautions necessary to avoid injuring the
  978  pedestrian.
  979         Section 13. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  980  (a) of subsection (4) of section 316.545, Florida Statutes, are
  981  amended to read:
  982         316.545 Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor
  983  fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review.—
  984         (2)
  985         (b) The officer or inspector shall inspect the license
  986  plate or registration certificate of the commercial vehicle, as
  987  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66), to determine if its gross
  988  weight is in compliance with the declared gross vehicle weight.
  989  If its gross weight exceeds the declared weight, the penalty
  990  shall be 5 cents per pound on the difference between such
  991  weights. In those cases when the commercial vehicle, as defined
  992  in s. 316.003 316.003(66), is being operated over the highways
  993  of the state with an expired registration or with no
  994  registration from this or any other jurisdiction or is not
  995  registered under the applicable provisions of chapter 320, the
  996  penalty herein shall apply on the basis of 5 cents per pound on
  997  that scaled weight which exceeds 35,000 pounds on laden truck
  998  tractor-semitrailer combinations or tandem trailer truck
  999  combinations, 10,000 pounds on laden straight trucks or straight
 1000  truck-trailer combinations, or 10,000 pounds on any unladen
 1001  commercial motor vehicle. If the license plate or registration
 1002  has not been expired for more than 90 days, the penalty imposed
 1003  under this paragraph may not exceed $1,000. In the case of
 1004  special mobile equipment as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48),
 1005  which qualifies for the license tax provided for in s.
 1006  320.08(5)(b), being operated on the highways of the state with
 1007  an expired registration or otherwise not properly registered
 1008  under the applicable provisions of chapter 320, a penalty of $75
 1009  shall apply in addition to any other penalty which may apply in
 1010  accordance with this chapter. A vehicle found in violation of
 1011  this section may be detained until the owner or operator
 1012  produces evidence that the vehicle has been properly registered.
 1013  Any costs incurred by the retention of the vehicle shall be the
 1014  sole responsibility of the owner. A person who has been assessed
 1015  a penalty pursuant to this paragraph for failure to have a valid
 1016  vehicle registration certificate pursuant to the provisions of
 1017  chapter 320 is not subject to the delinquent fee authorized in
 1018  s. 320.07 if such person obtains a valid registration
 1019  certificate within 10 working days after such penalty was
 1020  assessed.
 1021         (4)(a) No commercial vehicle, as defined in s. 316.003
 1022  316.003(66), shall be operated over the highways of this state
 1023  unless it has been properly registered under the provisions of
 1024  s. 207.004. Whenever any law enforcement officer identified in
 1025  s. 207.023(1), upon inspecting the vehicle or combination of
 1026  vehicles, determines that the vehicle is in violation of s.
 1027  207.004, a penalty in the amount of $50 shall be assessed, and
 1028  the vehicle may be detained until payment is collected by the
 1029  law enforcement officer.
 1030         Section 14. Subsection (2) of section 316.605, Florida
 1031  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1032         316.605 Licensing of vehicles.—
 1033         (2) Any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in s. 316.003
 1034  316.003(66), operating over the highways of this state with an
 1035  expired registration, with no registration from this or any
 1036  other jurisdiction, or with no registration under the applicable
 1037  provisions of chapter 320 shall be in violation of s. 320.07(3)
 1038  and shall subject the owner or operator of such vehicle to the
 1039  penalty provided. In addition, a commercial motor vehicle found
 1040  in violation of this section may be detained by any law
 1041  enforcement officer until the owner or operator produces
 1042  evidence that the vehicle has been properly registered and that
 1043  any applicable delinquent penalties have been paid.
 1044         Section 15. Subsection (6) of section 316.6105, Florida
 1045  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1046         316.6105 Violations involving operation of motor vehicle in
 1047  unsafe condition or without required equipment; procedure for
 1048  disposition.—
 1049         (6) This section does not apply to commercial motor
 1050  vehicles as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66) or transit buses
 1051  owned or operated by a governmental entity.
 1052         Section 16. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
 1053  316.613, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1054         316.613 Child restraint requirements.—
 1055         (2) As used in this section, the term “motor vehicle” means
 1056  a motor vehicle as defined in s. 316.003 that is operated on the
 1057  roadways, streets, and highways of the state. The term does not
 1058  include:
 1059         (a) A school bus as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(45).
 1060         Section 17. Subsection (8) of section 316.622, Florida
 1061  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1062         316.622 Farm labor vehicles.—
 1063         (8) The department shall provide to the Department of
 1064  Business and Professional Regulation each quarter a copy of each
 1065  accident report involving a farm labor vehicle, as defined in s.
 1066  316.003 316.003(62), commencing with the first quarter of the
 1067  2006-2007 fiscal year.
 1068         Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1069  316.650, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1070         316.650 Traffic citations.—
 1071         (1)
 1072         (b) The department shall prepare, and supply to every
 1073  traffic enforcement agency in the state, an appropriate
 1074  affidavit-of-compliance form that shall be issued along with the
 1075  form traffic citation for any violation of s. 316.610 and that
 1076  indicates the specific defect needing to be corrected. However,
 1077  such affidavit of compliance shall not be issued in the case of
 1078  a violation of s. 316.610 by a commercial motor vehicle as
 1079  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66). Such affidavit-of-compliance
 1080  form shall be distributed in the same manner and to the same
 1081  parties as is the form traffic citation.
 1082         Section 19. Subsection (1) of section 316.70, Florida
 1083  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1084         316.70 Nonpublic sector buses; safety rules.—
 1085         (1) The Department of Transportation shall establish and
 1086  revise standards to assure the safe operation of nonpublic
 1087  sector buses, as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(78), which
 1088  standards shall be those contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382, 385,
 1089  and 390-397 and which shall be directed towards assuring that:
 1090         (a) Nonpublic sector buses are safely maintained, equipped,
 1091  and operated.
 1092         (b) Nonpublic sector buses are carrying the insurance
 1093  required by law and carrying liability insurance on the checked
 1094  baggage of passengers not to exceed the standard adopted by the
 1095  United States Department of Transportation.
 1096         (c) Florida license tags are purchased for nonpublic sector
 1097  buses pursuant to s. 320.38.
 1098         (d) The driving records of drivers of nonpublic sector
 1099  buses are checked by their employers at least once each year to
 1100  ascertain whether the driver has a suspended or revoked driver
 1101  license.
 1102         Section 20. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
 1103  320.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1104         320.01 Definitions, general.—As used in the Florida
 1105  Statutes, except as otherwise provided, the term:
 1106         (1) “Motor vehicle” means:
 1107         (a) An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer,
 1108  truck tractor and semitrailer combination, or any other vehicle
 1109  operated on the roads of this state, used to transport persons
 1110  or property, and propelled by power other than muscular power,
 1111  but the term does not include traction engines, road rollers,
 1112  special mobile equipment as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48),
 1113  vehicles that run only upon a track, bicycles, swamp buggies, or
 1114  mopeds.
 1115         Section 21. Section 320.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1116  read:
 1117         320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
 1118  there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
 1119  operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
 1120  defined in s. 316.003(3) 316.003(2), tri-vehicles as defined in
 1121  s. 316.003, and mobile homes, as defined in s. 320.01, which
 1122  shall be paid to and collected by the department or its agent
 1123  upon the registration or renewal of registration of the
 1124  following:
 1125         (1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.—
 1126         (a) Any motorcycle: $10 flat.
 1127         (b) Any moped: $5 flat.
 1128         (c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
 1129  or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this
 1130  subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in
 1131  the amount of $2.50 shall be paid. The proceeds of such
 1132  additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety
 1133  Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement
 1134  program implemented pursuant to s. 322.025, the Florida
 1135  Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s. 322.0255,
 1136  or the general operations of the department.
 1137         (d) An ancient or antique motorcycle: $7.50 flat, of which
 1138  $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1139         (2) AUTOMOBILES OR TRI-VEHICLES FOR PRIVATE USE.—
 1140         (a) An ancient or antique automobile, as defined in s.
 1141  320.086, or a street rod, as defined in s. 320.0863: $7.50 flat.
 1142         (b) Net weight of less than 2,500 pounds: $14.50 flat.
 1143         (c) Net weight of 2,500 pounds or more, but less than 3,500
 1144  pounds: $22.50 flat.
 1145         (d) Net weight of 3,500 pounds or more: $32.50 flat.
 1146         (3) TRUCKS.—
 1147         (a) Net weight of less than 2,000 pounds: $14.50 flat.
 1148         (b) Net weight of 2,000 pounds or more, but not more than
 1149  3,000 pounds: $22.50 flat.
 1150         (c) Net weight more than 3,000 pounds, but not more than
 1151  5,000 pounds: $32.50 flat.
 1152         (d) A truck defined as a “goat,” or other vehicle if used
 1153  in the field by a farmer or in the woods for the purpose of
 1154  harvesting a crop, including naval stores, during such
 1155  harvesting operations, and which is not principally operated
 1156  upon the roads of the state: $7.50 flat. The term “goat” means a
 1157  motor vehicle designed, constructed, and used principally for
 1158  the transportation of citrus fruit within citrus groves or for
 1159  the transportation of crops on farms, and which can also be used
 1160  for hauling associated equipment or supplies, including required
 1161  sanitary equipment, and the towing of farm trailers.
 1162         (e) An ancient or antique truck, as defined in s. 320.086:
 1163  $7.50 flat.
 1164         (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
 1165  VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
 1166         (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
 1167  than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be
 1168  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1169         (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
 1170  than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
 1171  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1172         (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
 1173  than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be deposited
 1174  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1175         (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
 1176  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
 1177  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1178         (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
 1179  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
 1180  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1181         (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
 1182  than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
 1183  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1184         (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
 1185  than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited into the
 1186  General Revenue Fund.
 1187         (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
 1188  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
 1189  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1190         (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
 1191  than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be deposited
 1192  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1193         (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
 1194  than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be deposited
 1195  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1196         (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
 1197  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
 1198  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1199         (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
 1200  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1201  Fund.
 1202         (m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
 1203  truck tractor used within a 150-mile radius of its home address
 1204  is eligible for a license plate for a fee of $324 flat if:
 1205         1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
 1206  forestry products; or
 1207         2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
 1208  forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
 1209  associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
 1210  the truck tractor.
 1211  
 1212  Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be deposited
 1213  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1214         (n) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for
 1215  hire vehicle, which is engaged exclusively in transporting raw,
 1216  unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural
 1217  products within a 150-mile radius of its home address, is
 1218  eligible for a restricted license plate for a fee of:
 1219         1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
 1220  than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
 1221  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1222         2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
 1223  44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
 1224  point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
 1225  point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
 1226  water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
 1227  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1228  
 1229  Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
 1230  exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
 1231  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
 1232  incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers
 1233  delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
 1234  documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility prior to
 1235  issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
 1236  paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
 1237  must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
 1238  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
 1239  user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
 1240         (5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
 1241  SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
 1242         (a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
 1243  of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 flat per registration year
 1244  or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the
 1245  General Revenue Fund.
 1246         2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
 1247  fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 flat per permanent registration, of
 1248  which $18 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1249         (b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
 1250  for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
 1251  construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
 1252  designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
 1253  described above over public roads: $44 flat, of which $11.50
 1254  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1255         (c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
 1256  and from school or school or church activities or functions
 1257  within their own county: $41 flat, of which $11 shall be
 1258  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1259         (d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01, which is used to
 1260  tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02, a disabled, abandoned,
 1261  stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as defined in s.
 1262  320.01, or a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01:
 1263  $41 flat, of which $11 shall be deposited into the General
 1264  Revenue Fund.
 1265         (e) A wrecker that is used to tow any nondisabled motor
 1266  vehicle, a vessel, or any other cargo unless used as defined in
 1267  paragraph (d), as follows:
 1268         1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
 1269  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
 1270  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1271         2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
 1272  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
 1273  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1274         3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
 1275  than 26,000 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
 1276  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1277         4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
 1278  than 35,000 pounds: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited
 1279  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1280         5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
 1281  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
 1282  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1283         6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
 1284  than 55,000 pounds: $772 flat, of which $200 shall be deposited
 1285  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1286         7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
 1287  than 62,000 pounds: $915 flat, of which $237 shall be deposited
 1288  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1289         8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
 1290  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
 1291  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1292         9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
 1293  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1294  Fund.
 1295         (f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50
 1296  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1297         (6) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
 1298         (a) Under nine passengers: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall
 1299  be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per cwt,
 1300  of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1301  Fund.
 1302         (b) Nine passengers and over: $17 flat, of which $4.50
 1303  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per
 1304  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1305  Revenue Fund.
 1306         (7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
 1307         (a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 flat per
 1308  year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be deposited into
 1309  the General Revenue Fund.
 1310         (b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
 1311  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 per
 1312  cwt, of which 25 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1313  Revenue Fund.
 1314         (8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
 1315         (a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
 1316  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per
 1317  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1318  Revenue Fund.
 1319         (b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 flat, of which
 1320  $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
 1321  $1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
 1322  General Revenue Fund.
 1323         (9) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.—
 1324         (a) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
 1325  s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $27
 1326  flat, of which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1327  Fund.
 1328         (b) A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
 1329  $13.50 flat, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General
 1330  Revenue Fund.
 1331         (c) A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
 1332         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1333  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1334         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1335  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1336         (d) A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
 1337         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1338  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1339         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1340  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1341         (e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
 1342         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1343  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1344         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1345  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1346         (10) PARK TRAILERS; TRAVEL TRAILERS; FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILERS;
 1347  35 FEET TO 40 FEET.—
 1348         (a) Park trailers.—Any park trailer, as defined in s.
 1349  320.01(1)(b)7.: $25 flat.
 1350         (b) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined in
 1351  s. 320.01(1)(b), that exceeds 35 feet: $25 flat.
 1352         (11) MOBILE HOMES.—
 1353         (a) A mobile home not exceeding 35 feet in length: $20
 1354  flat.
 1355         (b) A mobile home over 35 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1356  40 feet: $25 flat.
 1357         (c) A mobile home over 40 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1358  45 feet: $30 flat.
 1359         (d) A mobile home over 45 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1360  50 feet: $35 flat.
 1361         (e) A mobile home over 50 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1362  55 feet: $40 flat.
 1363         (f) A mobile home over 55 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1364  60 feet: $45 flat.
 1365         (g) A mobile home over 60 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1366  65 feet: $50 flat.
 1367         (h) A mobile home over 65 feet in length: $80 flat.
 1368         (12) DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.—A franchised
 1369  motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
 1370  boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
 1371  license plate: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
 1372  the General Revenue Fund.
 1373         (13) EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.—Any exempt or
 1374  official license plate: $4 flat, of which $1 shall be deposited
 1375  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1376         (14) LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—A motor
 1377  vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
 1378  miles thereof: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
 1379  the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per cwt, of which 50 cents
 1380  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1381         (15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
 1382  transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 flat, of which
 1383  $26.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1384         Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 320.0801, Florida
 1385  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1386         320.0801 Additional license tax on certain vehicles.—
 1387         (1) In addition to the license taxes specified in s. 320.08
 1388  and in subsection (2), there is hereby levied and imposed an
 1389  annual license tax of 10 cents for the operation of a motor
 1390  vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, and moped, as defined in s.
 1391  316.003 316.003(77), which tax shall be paid to the department
 1392  or its agent upon the registration or renewal of registration of
 1393  the vehicle. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.20,
 1394  revenues collected from the tax imposed in this subsection shall
 1395  be deposited in the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund and
 1396  used solely for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
 1397  ss. 395.401, 395.4015, 395.404, and 395.4045 and s. 11, chapter
 1398  87-399, Laws of Florida.
 1399         Section 23. Section 320.38, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1400  read:
 1401         320.38 When nonresident exemption not allowed.—The
 1402  provisions of s. 320.37 authorizing the operation of motor
 1403  vehicles over the roads of this state by nonresidents of this
 1404  state when such vehicles are duly registered or licensed under
 1405  the laws of some other state or foreign country do not apply to
 1406  any nonresident who accepts employment or engages in any trade,
 1407  profession, or occupation in this state, except a nonresident
 1408  migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s. 316.003
 1409  316.003(61). In every case in which a nonresident, except a
 1410  nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s.
 1411  316.003 316.003(61), accepts employment or engages in any trade,
 1412  profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her
 1413  children to be educated in the public schools of this state,
 1414  such nonresident shall, within 10 days after the commencement of
 1415  such employment or education, register his or her motor vehicles
 1416  in this state if such motor vehicles are proposed to be operated
 1417  on the roads of this state. Any person who is enrolled as a
 1418  student in a college or university and who is a nonresident but
 1419  who is in this state for a period of up to 6 months engaged in a
 1420  work-study program for which academic credits are earned from a
 1421  college whose credits or degrees are accepted for credit by at
 1422  least three accredited institutions of higher learning, as
 1423  defined in s. 1005.02, is not required to have a Florida
 1424  registration for the duration of the work-study program if the
 1425  person’s vehicle is properly registered in another jurisdiction.
 1426  Any nonresident who is enrolled as a full-time student in such
 1427  institution of higher learning is also exempt for the duration
 1428  of such enrollment.
 1429         Section 24. Subsection (1) of section 322.031, Florida
 1430  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1431         322.031 Nonresident; when license required.—
 1432         (1) In each case in which a nonresident, except a
 1433  nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s.
 1434  316.003 316.003(61), accepts employment or engages in a trade,
 1435  profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her
 1436  children to be educated in the public schools of this state,
 1437  such nonresident shall, within 30 days after beginning such
 1438  employment or education, be required to obtain a Florida driver
 1439  license if such nonresident operates a motor vehicle on the
 1440  highways of this state. The spouse or dependent child of such
 1441  nonresident shall also be required to obtain a Florida driver
 1442  license within that 30-day period before operating a motor
 1443  vehicle on the highways of this state.
 1444         Section 25. Subsection (3) of section 450.181, Florida
 1445  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1446         450.181 Definitions.—As used in part II, unless the context
 1447  clearly requires a different meaning:
 1448         (3) The term “migrant laborer” has the same meaning as
 1449  migrant or seasonal farm workers as defined in s. 316.003
 1450  316.003(61).
 1451         Section 26. Subsection (5) of section 559.903, Florida
 1452  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1453         559.903 Definitions.—As used in this act:
 1454         (5) “Motor vehicle” means any automobile, truck, bus,
 1455  recreational vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, or other motor
 1456  powered vehicle, but does not include trailers, mobile homes,
 1457  travel trailers, trailer coaches without independent motive
 1458  power, watercraft or aircraft, or special mobile equipment as
 1459  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48).
 1460         Section 27. Subsection (1) of section 655.960, Florida
 1461  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1462         655.960 Definitions; ss. 655.960-655.965.—As used in this
 1463  section and ss. 655.961-655.965, unless the context otherwise
 1464  requires:
 1465         (1) “Access area” means any paved walkway or sidewalk which
 1466  is within 50 feet of any automated teller machine. The term does
 1467  not include any street or highway open to the use of the public,
 1468  as defined in s. 316.003(76)(a) or (b) 316.003(53)(a) or (b),
 1469  including any adjacent sidewalk, as defined in s. 316.003
 1470  316.003(47).
 1471         Section 28. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 1472  732.402, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1473         732.402 Exempt property.—
 1474         (2) Exempt property shall consist of:
 1475         (b) Two motor vehicles as defined in s. 316.003
 1476  316.003(21), which do not, individually as to either such motor
 1477  vehicle, have a gross vehicle weight in excess of 15,000 pounds,
 1478  held in the decedent’s name and regularly used by the decedent
 1479  or members of the decedent’s immediate family as their personal
 1480  motor vehicles.
 1481         Section 29. Subsection (1) of section 860.065, Florida
 1482  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1483         860.065 Commercial transportation; penalty for use in
 1484  commission of a felony.—
 1485         (1) It is unlawful for any person to attempt to obtain,
 1486  solicit to obtain, or obtain any means of public or commercial
 1487  transportation or conveyance, including vessels, aircraft,
 1488  railroad trains, or commercial vehicles as defined in s. 316.003
 1489  316.003(66), with the intent to use such public or commercial
 1490  transportation or conveyance to commit any felony or to
 1491  facilitate the commission of any felony.
 1492         Section 30. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1493  made by this act to section 316.1925, Florida Statutes, in a
 1494  reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
 1495  316.072, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1496         316.072 Obedience to and effect of traffic laws.—
 1497         (4) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TO OBEY CHAPTER;
 1498  EXCEPTIONS.—
 1499         (b) Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of
 1500  this chapter, except those contained in ss. 316.192, 316.1925,
 1501  and 316.193, shall not apply to persons, teams, or motor
 1502  vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon
 1503  the surface of a highway, but shall apply to such persons and
 1504  vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
 1505         Section 31. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1506  made by this act to sections 316.083 and 316.084, Florida
 1507  Statutes, in references thereto, subsection (5) of section
 1508  316.1923, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1509         316.1923 Aggressive careless driving.—“Aggressive careless
 1510  driving” means committing two or more of the following acts
 1511  simultaneously or in succession:
 1512         (5) Improperly passing as defined in s. 316.083, s.
 1513  316.084, or s. 316.085.
 1514         Section 32. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1515  made by this act to section 318.19, Florida Statutes, in a
 1516  reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 318.14, Florida
 1517  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1518         318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception;
 1519  procedures.—
 1520         (2) Except as provided in ss. 316.1001(2) and 316.0083, any
 1521  person cited for a violation requiring a mandatory hearing
 1522  listed in s. 318.19 or any other criminal traffic violation
 1523  listed in chapter 316 must sign and accept a citation indicating
 1524  a promise to appear. The officer may indicate on the traffic
 1525  citation the time and location of the scheduled hearing and must
 1526  indicate the applicable civil penalty established in s. 318.18.
 1527  For all other infractions under this section, except for
 1528  infractions under s. 316.1001, the officer must certify by
 1529  electronic, electronic facsimile, or written signature that the
 1530  citation was delivered to the person cited. This certification
 1531  is prima facie evidence that the person cited was served with
 1532  the citation.
 1533         Section 33. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1534  made by this act to section 316.2065, Florida Statutes, in a
 1535  reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1536  318.18, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1537         318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
 1538  noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
 1539  offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
 1540         (1) Fifteen dollars for:
 1541         (b) All infractions of s. 316.2065, unless otherwise
 1542  specified.
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 1545  And the title is amended as follows:
 1546         Delete lines 4 - 5
 1547  and insert:
 1548         providing definitions; amending s. 316.027, F.S.;
 1549         deleting the definition of the term “vulnerable road
 1550         user”; conforming provisions to changes made by the
 1551         act; amending s. 316.083, F.S.; revising provisions
 1552         relating to the passing of a vehicle; directing a law
 1553         enforcement officer issuing a citation for specified
 1554         violations to note certain information on the
 1555         citation; amending s. 316.084, F.S.; exempting
 1556         bicycles from provisions for passing a vehicle on the
 1557         right under certain circumstances; amending s.
 1558         316.0875, F.S.; revising exceptions to provisions for
 1559         designated no-passing zones; amending s. 316.151,
 1560         F.S.; revising provisions for turning at
 1561         intersections; directing a law enforcement officer
 1562         issuing a citation for specified violations to note
 1563         certain information on the citation; amending s.
 1564         316.1925, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
 1565         careless driving; directing a law enforcement officer
 1566         issuing a citation for specified violations to note
 1567         certain information on the citation; amending s.
 1568         316.2065, F.S.; revising provisions for operation of a
 1569         bicycle; requiring motor vehicle operators to allow a
 1570         group of bicycles to travel through an intersection
 1571         under certain circumstances; amending s. 318.19, F.S.;
 1572         requiring a hearing for specified offenses; directing
 1573         a law enforcement officer issuing a citation for
 1574         specified violations to note certain information on
 1575         the citation; amending s. 322.0261, F.S., relating to
 1576         driver improvement courses; revising the definition of
 1577         “vulnerable road users”; amending ss. 212.05,
 1578         316.1303, 316.545, 316.605, 316.6105, 316.613,
 1579         316.622, 316.650, 316.70, 320.01, 320.08, 320.0801,
 1580         320.38, 322.031, 450.181, 559.903, 655.960, 732.402,
 1581         and 860.065, F.S.; conforming cross-references;
 1582         reenacting ss. 316.072(4)(b), 316.1923(5), 318.14(2),
 1583         and 318.18(1)(b), F.S., relating to obedience to and
 1584         effect of traffic laws, aggressive careless driving,
 1585         noncriminal traffic infractions, and amount of
 1586         penalties, respectively, to incorporate amendments
 1587         made by the act in references thereto;