Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (314566) for CS for SB 784
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  05/01/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Book) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1925 and 1926
    4  insert:
    5         Section 40. Subsection (1) of section 531.37, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         531.37 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:
    8         (1) “Weights and measures” means all weights and measures
    9  of every kind, instruments, and devices for weighing and
   10  measuring, and any appliance and accessories associated with any
   11  or all such instruments and devices, excluding taximeters,
   12  transportation measurement systems, and those weights and
   13  measures used for the purpose of inspecting the accuracy of
   14  devices used in conjunction with aviation fuel.
   15         Section 41. Subsection (1) of section 531.61, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended, and present subsections (2) and (3) of
   17  that section are redesignated as subsections (1) and (2),
   18  respectively, to read:
   19         531.61 Exemptions from permit requirement.—Commercial
   20  weights or measures instruments or devices are exempt from the
   21  requirements of ss. 531.60-531.66 if:
   22         (1) The device is a taximeter that is licensed, permitted,
   23  or registered by a municipality, county, or other local
   24  government and is tested for accuracy and compliance with state
   25  standards by the local government in cooperation with the state
   26  as authorized in s. 531.421.
   27         Section 42. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section
   28  531.63, Florida Statutes, is amended, and present paragraphs (h)
   29  and (i) of that subsection are redesignated as paragraphs (g)
   30  and (h), respectively, to read:
   31         531.63 Maximum permit fees.—The commercial use permit fees
   32  established for weights or measures instruments or devices shall
   33  be in an amount necessary to administer this chapter but may not
   34  exceed the amounts provided in this section.
   35         (2) For other measuring devices, the annual permit fees per
   36  device may not exceed the following:
   37         (g) Taximeters.......................................$50.
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   40  And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete line 246
   42  and insert:
   43         cash; amending s. 531.37, F.S.; revising the
   44         definition of the term “weights and measures”;
   45         amending s. 531.61, F.S.; deleting a provision
   46         exempting certain taximeters from specified permit
   47         requirements; amending s. 531.63, F.S.; deleting a
   48         provision prohibiting the annual permit fees for
   49         taximeters from exceeding $50; amending s. 877.27,
   50         F.S.; prohibiting a person