Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 712 Ì311854.Î311854 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 01/25/2018 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Transportation (Rouson) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 200 and 201 4 insert: 5 (4) This section may not be construed to diminish the 6 rights, liabilities, remedies, or responsibilities of any 7 individual or entity under current statutory or common law with 8 respect to product liability. 9 Section 9. Section 324.033, Florida Statutes, is created to 10 read: 11 324.033 Manner of proving financial responsibility; 12 autonomous vehicles.— 13 (1) All fully autonomous vehicles not engaged in commercial 14 activity must have: 15 (a) Liability insurance coverage from an insurer admitted 16 to do business in this state in the amount of at least: 17 1. One hundred thousand dollars for bodily injury to, or 18 the death of, one person in any one accident, and, subject to 19 such limits for one person, $300,000 for bodily injury to, or 20 the death of, two or more persons in any one accident, and 21 $50,000 for damage to, or destruction of, the property of others 22 in any one accident; or 23 2. Five hundred thousand dollars combined single limit per 24 incident for combined bodily injury and property damage. 25 (b) Uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required 26 by s. 627.727 correlating to the liability insurance provided; 27 and 28 (c) Personal injury protection coverage pursuant to s. 29 627.736. 30 (2) A motor vehicle liability policy required under 31 subsection (1) must insure the following persons: 32 (a) Any owner, lessee, or registrant of the autonomous 33 vehicle. 34 (b) An operator of the autonomous vehicle. 35 (c) The manufacturers of the autonomous vehicle and 36 automated driving systems. 37 (d) Any other person who is liable for the covered acts or 38 omissions of insureds under paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or 39 paragraph (c), but only to the extent of that liability. 40 (3) A fully autonomous vehicle that engages in commercial 41 activity, other than as a TNC vehicle as defined in s. 627.748, 42 must have all of the following: 43 (a) Liability insurance coverage from an insurer admitted 44 to do business in this state, in the amount of at least $2 45 million per incident combined single limits for bodily injury 46 and property damage liability. 47 (b) Personal injury protection benefits that meet the 48 minimum coverage required under ss. 627.730-627.7405. 49 (c) Uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required 50 by s. 627.727. 51 (4) A vehicle may be operated in fully autonomous mode in 52 this state only if the manufacturers of the vehicle and the 53 autonomous driving system meet all of the following 54 requirements: 55 (a) Establishes with the Secretary of State a registered 56 agent for service of process in this state. 57 (b) Delivers to the department a surety bond in the amount 58 of at least $10 million conditioned on the payment of any 59 judgment entered against the principal on account of use, 60 operation, ownership, or maintenance in this state of any 61 autonomous vehicle or automated driving system manufactured by 62 the principal. A bond is not adequate unless it is written by a 63 company authorized to do business in this state and is rated A+ 64 by Best’s. 65 Section 10. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section 66 627.748, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 67 627.748 Transportation network companies.— 68 (7) TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY AND TNC DRIVER INSURANCE 69 REQUIREMENTS.— 70 (c) The following automobile insurance requirements apply 71 while a TNC driver or fully autonomous TNC vehicle is engaged in 72 a prearranged ride: 73 1. Automobile insurance that provides: 74 a. A primary automobile liability coverage of at least $1 75 million for death, bodily injury, and property damage; 76 b. Personal injury protection benefits that meet the 77 minimum coverage amounts required of a limousine under ss. 78 627.730-627.7405; and 79 c. Uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required 80 by s. 627.727. 81 2. The coverage requirements of this paragraph may be 82 satisfied by any of the following: 83 a. Automobile insurance maintained by the TNC driver; 84 b. Automobile insurance maintained by the TNC; or 85 c. A combination of sub-subparagraphs a. and b. 86 87 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 88 And the title is amended as follows: 89 Delete line 24 90 and insert: 91 construction; creating s. 324.033, F.S.; providing 92 insurance requirements for all fully autonomous 93 vehicles not engaged in commercial activity; requiring 94 a certain motor vehicle liability policy to insure 95 specified persons; providing insurance requirements 96 for a fully autonomous vehicle that engages in 97 commercial activity, other than as a transportation 98 network company (TNC) vehicle; authorizing a vehicle 99 to be operated in fully autonomous mode in this state 100 only if the manufacturers of the vehicle and the 101 autonomous driving system meet specified requirements; 102 providing certain bond requirements; amending s. 103 627.748, F.S.; specifying automobile insurance 104 requirements that apply while a fully autonomous TNC 105 vehicle is engaged in a prearranged ride; amending s. 106 319.145, F.S.; revising