Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1118
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/17/2017           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (744514) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 86 and 87
    5  insert:
    6         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 316.85, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         316.85 Autonomous vehicles; operation.—
    9         (1) A person who possesses a valid driver license may
   10  operate an autonomous vehicle, or may engage autonomous
   11  technology to operate an autonomous vehicle, in autonomous mode
   12  on roads in this state if the vehicle is equipped with
   13  autonomous technology, as defined in s. 316.003. A person who
   14  does not possess a valid driver license may engage autonomous
   15  technology to operate an autonomous vehicle in autonomous mode
   16  only if the vehicle is equipped with autonomous technology, as
   17  defined in s. 316.003, and if the vehicle has no capability or
   18  means by which the person inside the vehicle is able to take
   19  control of the vehicle’s operation or to disengage the
   20  autonomous technology, regardless of where the person is seated
   21  within the vehicle.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Between lines 564 and 565
   26  insert:
   27         amending s. 316.85, F.S.; authorizing a person who
   28         possesses a valid driver license to engage autonomous
   29         technology to operate an autonomous vehicle under a
   30         specified circumstance; authorizing a person who does
   31         not possess a valid driver license to engage
   32         autonomous technology to operate an autonomous vehicle
   33         in autonomous mode under certain circumstances;