Florida Senate - 2017                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 545, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             05/05/2017 03:28 PM       .                                
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       Senator Lee moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (183848) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 2439 and 2440
    5  insert:
    6         Section 49. Effective upon the same date that SB 340 or
    7  similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted
    8  in the 2017 Regular Session or any extension thereof and becomes
    9  a law, section 627.749, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
   10         627.749 Transportation network companies; preemption.—
   11         (1) In addition to the requirements under s. 627.748(15), a
   12  county, municipality, special district, airport authority, port
   13  authority, or other local governmental entity or subdivision may
   14  not:
   15         (a)1. Enter into an agreement that gives one or more
   16  transportation network companies, as defined in s. 627.748(1),
   17  the exclusive right to operate within the local governmental
   18  entity’s jurisdiction; or
   19         2. Enter into an agreement that provides disparate
   20  treatment to one or more transportation network companies, as
   21  defined in s. 627.748(1), within the local governmental entity’s
   22  jurisdiction.
   23         (b)1. Enter into an agreement that gives one or more
   24  taxicab companies the exclusive right to operate within the
   25  local governmental entity’s jurisdiction; or
   26         2. Enter into an agreement that provides disparate
   27  treatment to one or more taxicab companies within the local
   28  governmental entity’s jurisdiction.
   29         (c)1. Enter into an agreement that gives other for-hire
   30  vehicles the exclusive right to operate within the local
   31  governmental entity’s jurisdiction; or
   32         2. Enter into an agreement that provides disparate
   33  treatment to one or more other for-hire vehicles within the
   34  local governmental entity’s jurisdiction.
   35         (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to contracts existing on
   36  July 1, 2017, and does not apply if the county, municipality,
   37  special district, airport authority, port authority, or other
   38  local governmental entity or subdivision enters into such
   39  agreement after a competitive solicitation process.
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   41  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   42  And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete line 2736
   44  and insert:
   45         creating s. 627.749, F.S.; prohibiting a county,
   46         municipality, special district, airport authority,
   47         port authority, or other local governmental entity or
   48         subdivision from taking specified actions relating to
   49         transportation network companies, taxicab companies,
   50         or other for-hire vehicles; providing applicability;
   51         providing effective dates, two of which are
   52         contingent.