Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1704
       
       
        
       By Senator DiCeglie
       
       
       
       
       
       18-01107-23                                           20231704__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to commercial motor vehicle insurance;
    3         amending s. 627.7415, F.S.; requiring specified
    4         combined bodily and property damage liability
    5         insurance coverage for commercial motor vehicles used
    6         to furnish equipment, supplies, materials, or services
    7         to certain projects for a governmental entity;
    8         providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 627.7415, Florida Statutes, is amended
   13  to read:
   14         627.7415 Commercial motor vehicles; additional liability
   15  insurance coverage.—Commercial motor vehicles, as defined in s.
   16  207.002 or s. 320.01, operated upon the roads and highways of
   17  this state shall be insured with the following minimum levels of
   18  combined bodily liability insurance and property damage
   19  liability insurance in addition to any other insurance
   20  requirements:
   21         (1) Fifty thousand dollars per occurrence for a commercial
   22  motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or
   23  more, but less than 35,000 pounds.
   24         (2) One hundred thousand dollars per occurrence for a
   25  commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 35,000
   26  pounds or more, but less than 44,000 pounds.
   27         (3) Three hundred thousand dollars per occurrence for a
   28  commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 44,000
   29  pounds or more.
   30         (4) All commercial motor vehicles subject to regulations of
   31  the United States Department of Transportation, 49 C.F.R. part
   32  387, subparts A and B, and as may be hereinafter amended, shall
   33  be insured in an amount equivalent to the minimum levels of
   34  financial responsibility as set forth in such regulations.
   35         (5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) through (4), $1 million
   36  per occurrence for any commercial motor vehicle used to furnish
   37  equipment, supplies, materials, or services to a project for a
   38  governmental entity which involves construction or maintenance
   39  of a transportation facility bridge, road, street, highway, or
   40  railroad, and services incidental thereto.
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   42  A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction,
   43  punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.