Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 648
       
       
        
       By Senator DiCeglie
       
       
       
       
       
       18-00703A-24                                           2024648__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a license or permit to operate a
    3         vehicle for hire; creating s. 320.0603, F.S.;
    4         providing that a person who holds a license or permit
    5         issued by a county or municipality to operate a
    6         vehicle for hire may operate a vehicle for hire in any
    7         other county or municipality without being subject to
    8         certain requirements or fees under certain
    9         circumstances; providing an exception for
   10         transportation services to and from an airport;
   11         defining the term “airport”; providing construction
   12         and applicability; providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Section 320.0603, Florida Statutes, is created
   17  to read:
   18         320.0603 Vehicle-for-hire license or permit; reciprocity.—
   19         (1) A person who holds a valid, active license or permit
   20  issued by a county or municipality to operate a vehicle for hire
   21  may operate a vehicle for hire in any other county or
   22  municipality without being subject to additional licensing or
   23  permitting requirements and without paying additional license or
   24  permit fees if the following conditions are met:
   25         (a) The person holds a valid, active license or permit to
   26  operate a vehicle for hire in the county or municipality in
   27  which the person is domiciled.
   28         (b) The person has not had a license or permit to operate a
   29  vehicle for hire suspended or revoked within the preceding 5
   30  years.
   31         (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or subsection (3), this
   32  section does not apply to transportation services to and from an
   33  airport. For purposes of this subsection, the term “airport”
   34  includes an airport, airport authority, aviation authority, or
   35  other entity, including a county, municipality, or special
   36  district that operates a public-use airport as defined in s.
   37  332.004.
   38         (3) This section does not grant specific authority to
   39  counties, municipalities, or special districts to regulate or
   40  license vehicles for hire which is required by s. 163.211.
   41         (4) This section does not apply to a person who holds a
   42  valid, active license or permit to operate a vehicle for hire
   43  when such person provides transportation of persons while on
   44  stretchers or wheelchairs, or transportation of persons whose
   45  disability, illness, injury, or other incapacitation makes it
   46  impractical to be transported by a regular common carrier such
   47  as a bus, taxi, non-taxi, limousine, or other vehicle for hire.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.