Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 332
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/27/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Grimsley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (376070) 
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    3         Delete lines 33 - 1481
    4  and insert:
    5         (7)(3) BUS.—Any motor vehicle designed for carrying more
    6  than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons
    7  and any motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used
    8  for the transportation of persons for compensation.
    9         (8)(4) BUSINESS DISTRICT.—The territory contiguous to, and
   10  including, a highway when 50 percent or more of the frontage
   11  thereon, for a distance of 300 feet or more, is occupied by
   12  buildings in use for business.
   13         (4)BICYCLE LANE.—A portion of a roadway or highway that
   14  has been designated by pavement markings and signs for the
   15  preferential or exclusive use by bicycles.
   16         (9)(5) CANCELLATION.—Cancellation means that a license
   17  which was issued through error or fraud is declared void and
   18  terminated. A new license may be obtained only as permitted in
   19  this chapter.
   20         (14)(6) CROSSWALK.—
   21         (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection included
   22  within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on
   23  opposite sides of the highway, measured from the curbs or, in
   24  the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway.
   25         (b) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or
   26  elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines
   27  or other markings on the surface.
   28         (15)(7) DAYTIME.—The period from a half hour before sunrise
   29  to a half hour after sunset. Nighttime means at any other hour.
   30         (16)(8) DEPARTMENT.—The Department of Highway Safety and
   31  Motor Vehicles as defined in s. 20.24. Any reference herein to
   32  Department of Transportation shall be construed as referring to
   33  the Department of Transportation, defined in s. 20.23, or the
   34  appropriate division thereof.
   35         (17)(9) DIRECTOR.—The Director of the Division of the
   36  Florida Highway Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and
   37  Motor Vehicles.
   38         (18)(10) DRIVER.—Any person who drives or is in actual
   39  physical control of a vehicle on a highway or who is exercising
   40  control of a vehicle or steering a vehicle being towed by a
   41  motor vehicle.
   42         (20)(11) EXPLOSIVE.—Any chemical compound or mechanical
   43  mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of
   44  producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and
   45  combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions,
   46  quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, friction,
   47  concussion, percussion, or detonator of any part of the compound
   48  or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated
   49  gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of
   50  producing destructive effect on contiguous objects or of
   51  destroying life or limb.
   52         (22)(12) FARM TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
   53  primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing
   54  machines, and other implements of husbandry.
   55         (23)(13) FLAMMABLE LIQUID.—Any liquid which has a flash
   56  point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit or less, as determined by a
   57  Tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device.
   58         (25)(14) GROSS WEIGHT.—The weight of a vehicle without load
   59  plus the weight of any load thereon.
   60         (27)(15) HOUSE TRAILER.—
   61         (a) A trailer or semitrailer which is designed,
   62  constructed, and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or
   63  sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily) and is
   64  equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways, or
   65         (b) A trailer or a semitrailer the chassis and exterior
   66  shell of which is designed and constructed for use as a house
   67  trailer, as defined in paragraph (a), but which is used instead,
   68  permanently or temporarily, for the advertising, sales, display,
   69  or promotion of merchandise or services or for any other
   70  commercial purpose except the transportation of property for
   71  hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a
   72  private carrier.
   73         (28)(16) IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY.—Any vehicle designed and
   74  adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or
   75  livestock-raising operations or for lifting or carrying an
   76  implement of husbandry and in either case not subject to
   77  registration if used upon the highways.
   78         (29)(17) INTERSECTION.—
   79         (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection
   80  of the lateral curblines; or, if none, then the lateral boundary
   81  lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at,
   82  or approximately at, right angles; or the area within which
   83  vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other
   84  angle may come in conflict.
   85         (b) Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more
   86  apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided
   87  highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a
   88  separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway
   89  also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every
   90  crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a
   91  separate intersection.
   92         (30)(18) LANED HIGHWAY.—A highway the roadway of which is
   93  divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular
   94  traffic.
   95         (31)(19) LIMITED ACCESS FACILITY.—A street or highway
   96  especially designed for through traffic and over, from, or to
   97  which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have
   98  no right or easement, or only a limited right or easement, of
   99  access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their
  100  property abuts upon such limited access facility or for any
  101  other reason. Such highways or streets may be parkways from
  102  which trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles are excluded;
  103  or they may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of
  104  street and highway traffic.
  105         (32)(20) LOCAL AUTHORITIES.—Includes all officers and
  106  public officials of the several counties and municipalities of
  107  this state.
  108         (38)(21) MOTOR VEHICLE.—Except when used in s. 316.1001, a
  109  self-propelled vehicle not operated upon rails or guideway, but
  110  not including any bicycle, motorized scooter, electric personal
  111  assistive mobility device, swamp buggy, or moped. For purposes
  112  of s. 316.1001, “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in s.
  113  320.01(1)(a).
  114         (39)(22) MOTORCYCLE.—Any motor vehicle having a seat or
  115  saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not
  116  more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding
  117  a tractor or a moped.
  118         (42)(23) OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.—All signs,
  119  signals, markings, and devices, not inconsistent with this
  120  chapter, placed or erected by authority of a public body or
  121  official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating,
  122  warning, or guiding traffic.
  123         (43)(24) OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.—Any device,
  124  whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by
  125  which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to
  126  proceed.
  127         (44)(25) OPERATOR.—Any person who is in actual physical
  128  control of a motor vehicle upon the highway, or who is
  129  exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a
  130  motor vehicle.
  131         (45)(26) OWNER.—A person who holds the legal title of a
  132  vehicle, or, in the event a vehicle is the subject of an
  133  agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the
  134  right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in
  135  the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested
  136  in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor
  137  of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional
  138  vendee, or lessee, or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner, for
  139  the purposes of this chapter.
  140         (46)(27) PARK OR PARKING.—The standing of a vehicle,
  141  whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the
  142  purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
  143  merchandise or passengers as may be permitted by law under this
  144  chapter.
  145         (47)(28) PEDESTRIAN.—Any person afoot.
  146         (48)(29) PERSON.—Any natural person, firm, copartnership,
  147  association, or corporation.
  148         (49)(30) PNEUMATIC TIRE.—Any tire in which compressed air
  149  is designed to support the load.
  150         (50)(31) POLE TRAILER.—Any vehicle without motive power
  151  designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the
  152  towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed
  153  or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used
  154  for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles,
  155  pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining
  156  themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
  157         (51)(32) POLICE OFFICER.—Any officer authorized to direct
  158  or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic
  159  regulations, including Florida highway patrol officers,
  160  sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and municipal police officers.
  161         (52)(33) PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.—Except as otherwise
  162  provided in paragraph (74)(b) (53)(b), any privately owned way
  163  or place used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having
  164  express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other
  165  persons.
  166         (53)(34) RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.—Any materials or
  167  combination of materials which emit ionizing radiation
  168  spontaneously in which the radioactivity per gram of material,
  169  in any form, is greater than 0.002 microcuries.
  170         (54)(35) RAILROAD.—A carrier of persons or property upon
  171  cars operated upon stationary rails.
  172         (55)(36) RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.—Any sign, signal, or
  173  device erected by authority of a public body or official, or by
  174  a railroad, and intended to give notice of the presence of
  175  railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
  176         (56)(37) RAILROAD TRAIN.—A steam engine, electric or other
  177  motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon
  178  rails, except a streetcar.
  179         (57)(38) RESIDENCE DISTRICT.—The territory contiguous to,
  180  and including, a highway, not comprising a business district,
  181  when the property on such highway, for a distance of 300 feet or
  182  more, is, in the main, improved with residences or residences
  183  and buildings in use for business.
  184         (58)(39) REVOCATION.—Revocation means that a licensee’s
  185  privilege to drive a motor vehicle is terminated. A new license
  186  may be obtained only as permitted by law.
  187         (59)(40) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The right of one vehicle or
  188  pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to
  189  another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such
  190  circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity as to give rise
  191  to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the
  192  other.
  193         (60)(41) ROAD TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
  194  for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry
  195  any load thereon, either independently or as any part of the
  196  weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.
  197         (61)(42) ROADWAY.—That portion of a highway improved,
  198  designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of
  199  the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or
  200  more separate roadways, the term “roadway” as used herein refers
  201  to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways
  202  collectively.
  203         (62)(43) SADDLE MOUNT; FULL MOUNT.—An arrangement whereby
  204  the front wheels of one vehicle rest in a secured position upon
  205  another vehicle. All of the wheels of the towing vehicle are
  206  upon the ground, and only the rear wheels of the towed vehicle
  207  rest upon the ground. Such combinations may include one full
  208  mount, whereby a smaller transport vehicle is placed completely
  209  on the last towed vehicle.
  210         (63)(44) SAFETY ZONE.—The area or space officially set
  211  apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and
  212  protected or so marked by adequate signs or authorized pavement
  213  markings as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart
  214  as a safety zone.
  215         (65)(45) SCHOOL BUS.—Any motor vehicle that complies with
  216  the color and identification requirements of chapter 1006 and is
  217  used to transport children to or from public or private school
  218  or in connection with school activities, but not including buses
  219  operated by common carriers in urban transportation of school
  220  children. The term “school” includes all preelementary,
  221  elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools.
  222         (66)(46) SEMITRAILER.—Any vehicle with or without motive
  223  power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons
  224  or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so
  225  constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load
  226  rests upon, or is carried by, another vehicle.
  227         (67)(47) SIDEWALK.—That portion of a street between the
  228  curbline, or the lateral line, of a roadway and the adjacent
  229  property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
  230         (68)(48) SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT.—Any vehicle not designed
  231  or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property
  232  and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway,
  233  including, but not limited to, ditchdigging apparatus, well
  234  boring apparatus, and road construction and maintenance
  235  machinery, such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket
  236  loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling
  237  graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers,
  238  scarifiers, earthmoving carryalls and scrapers, power shovels
  239  and draglines, and self-propelled cranes and earthmoving
  240  equipment. The term does not include house trailers, dump
  241  trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, cranes or shovels, or
  242  other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or
  243  property to which machinery has been attached.
  244         (69)(49) STAND OR STANDING.—The halting of a vehicle,
  245  whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily, for the
  246  purpose of, and while actually engaged in, receiving or
  247  discharging passengers, as may be permitted by law under this
  248  chapter.
  249         (70)(50) STATE ROAD.—Any highway designated as a state
  250  maintained road by the Department of Transportation.
  251         (71)(51) STOP.—When required, complete cessation from
  252  movement.
  253         (72)(52) STOP OR STOPPING.—When prohibited, any halting,
  254  even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
  255  when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply
  256  with the directions of a law enforcement officer or traffic
  257  control sign or signal.
  258         (74)(53) STREET OR HIGHWAY.—
  259         (a) The entire width between the boundary lines of every
  260  way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to
  261  the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic;
  262         (b) The entire width between the boundary lines of any
  263  privately owned way or place used for vehicular travel by the
  264  owner and those having express or implied permission from the
  265  owner, but not by other persons, or any limited access road
  266  owned or controlled by a special district, whenever, by written
  267  agreement entered into under s. 316.006(2)(b) or (3)(b), a
  268  county or municipality exercises traffic control jurisdiction
  269  over said way or place;
  270         (c) Any area, such as a runway, taxiway, ramp, clear zone,
  271  or parking lot, within the boundary of any airport owned by the
  272  state, a county, a municipality, or a political subdivision,
  273  which area is used for vehicular traffic but which is not open
  274  for vehicular operation by the general public; or
  275         (d) Any way or place used for vehicular traffic on a
  276  controlled access basis within a mobile home park recreation
  277  district which has been created under s. 418.30 and the
  278  recreational facilities of which district are open to the
  279  general public.
  280         (75)(54) SUSPENSION.—Temporary withdrawal of a licensee’s
  281  privilege to drive a motor vehicle.
  282         (81)(55) THROUGH HIGHWAY.—Any highway or portion thereof on
  283  which vehicular traffic is given the right-of-way and at the
  284  entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways
  285  is required to yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through
  286  highway in obedience to either a stop sign or yield sign, or
  287  otherwise in obedience to law.
  288         (82)(56) TIRE WIDTH.—Tire width is that width stated on the
  289  surface of the tire by the manufacturer of the tire, if the
  290  width stated does not exceed 2 inches more than the width of the
  291  tire contacting the surface.
  292         (83)(57) TRAFFIC.—Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals,
  293  and vehicles, streetcars, and other conveyances either singly or
  294  together while using any street or highway for purposes of
  295  travel.
  296         (86)(58) TRAILER.—Any vehicle with or without motive power,
  297  other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or
  298  property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
  299         (89)(59) TRUCK.—Any motor vehicle designed, used, or
  300  maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
  301         (90)(60) TRUCK TRACTOR.—Any motor vehicle designed and used
  302  primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as
  303  to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle
  304  and load so drawn.
  305         (35)(61) MIGRANT OR SEASONAL FARM WORKER.—Any person
  306  employed in hand labor operations in planting, cultivation, or
  307  harvesting agricultural crops.
  308         (21)(62) FARM LABOR VEHICLE.—Any vehicle equipped and used
  309  for the transportation of nine or more migrant or seasonal farm
  310  workers, in addition to the driver, to or from a place of
  311  employment or employment-related activities. The term does not
  312  include:
  313         (a) Any vehicle carrying only members of the immediate
  314  family of the owner or driver.
  315         (b) Any vehicle being operated by a common carrier of
  316  passengers.
  317         (c) Any carpool as defined in s. 450.28(3).
  318         (5)(63) BICYCLE PATH.—Any road, path, or way that is open
  319  to bicycle travel, which road, path, or way is physically
  320  separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or
  321  by a barrier and is located either within the highway right-of
  322  way or within an independent right-of-way.
  323         (10)(64) CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—The head, or his or
  324  her designee, of any law enforcement agency which is authorized
  325  to enforce traffic laws.
  326         (11)(65) CHILD.—A child as defined in s. 39.01, s. 984.03,
  327  or s. 985.03.
  328         (12)(66) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—Any self-propelled or
  329  towed vehicle used on the public highways in commerce to
  330  transport passengers or cargo, if such vehicle:
  331         (a) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or
  332  more;
  333         (b) Is designed to transport more than 15 passengers,
  334  including the driver; or
  335         (c) Is used in the transportation of materials found to be
  336  hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials
  337  Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. ss. 1801 et seq.).
  338  
  339  A vehicle that occasionally transports personal property to and
  340  from a closed-course motorsport facility, as defined in s.
  341  549.09(1)(a), is not a commercial motor vehicle if it is not
  342  used for profit and corporate sponsorship is not involved. As
  343  used in this subsection, the term “corporate sponsorship” means
  344  a payment, donation, gratuity, in-kind service, or other benefit
  345  provided to or derived by a person in relation to the underlying
  346  activity, other than the display of product or corporate names,
  347  logos, or other graphic information on the property being
  348  transported.
  349         (13)(67) COURT.—The court having jurisdiction over traffic
  350  offenses.
  351         (24)(68) GOLF CART.—A motor vehicle designed and
  352  manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or
  353  recreational purposes.
  354         (26)(69) HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.—Any substance or material
  355  which has been determined by the secretary of the United States
  356  Department of Transportation to be capable of imposing an
  357  unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property. This term
  358  includes hazardous waste as defined in s. 403.703(13).
  359         (73)(70) STRAIGHT TRUCK.—Any truck on which the cargo unit
  360  and the motive power unit are located on the same frame so as to
  361  form a single, rigid unit.
  362         (78)(71) TANDEM TRAILER TRUCK.—Any combination of a truck
  363  tractor, semitrailer, and trailer coupled together so as to
  364  operate as a complete unit.
  365         (79)(72) TANDEM TRAILER TRUCK HIGHWAY NETWORK.—A highway
  366  network consisting primarily of four or more lanes, including
  367  all interstate highways; highways designated by the United
  368  States Department of Transportation as elements of the National
  369  Network; and any street or highway designated by the Florida
  370  Department of Transportation for use by tandem trailer trucks,
  371  in accordance with s. 316.515, except roads on which truck
  372  traffic was specifically prohibited on January 6, 1983.
  373         (80)(73) TERMINAL.—Any location where:
  374         (a) Freight either originates, terminates, or is handled in
  375  the transportation process; or
  376         (b) Commercial motor carriers maintain operating
  377  facilities.
  378         (87)(74) TRANSPORTATION.—The conveyance or movement of
  379  goods, materials, livestock, or persons from one location to
  380  another on any road, street, or highway open to travel by the
  381  public.
  382         (92)(75) VEHICLE.—Every device, in, upon, or by which any
  383  person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a
  384  highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary
  385  rails or tracks.
  386         (6)(76) BRAKE HORSEPOWER.—The actual unit of torque
  387  developed per unit of time at the output shaft of an engine, as
  388  measured by a dynamometer.
  389         (36)(77) MOPED.—Any vehicle with pedals to permit
  390  propulsion by human power, having a seat or saddle for the use
  391  of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three
  392  wheels; with a motor rated not in excess of 2 brake horsepower
  393  and not capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed greater
  394  than 30 miles per hour on level ground; and with a power-drive
  395  system that functions directly or automatically without
  396  clutching or shifting gears by the operator after the drive
  397  system is engaged. If an internal combustion engine is used, the
  398  displacement may not exceed 50 cubic centimeters.
  399         (41)(78) NONPUBLIC SECTOR BUS.—Any bus which is used for
  400  the transportation of persons for compensation and which is not
  401  owned, leased, operated, or controlled by a municipal, county,
  402  or state government or a governmentally owned or managed
  403  nonprofit corporation.
  404         (95)(79) WORK ZONE AREA.—The area and its approaches on any
  405  state-maintained highway, county-maintained highway, or
  406  municipal street where construction, repair, maintenance, or
  407  other street-related or highway-related work is being performed
  408  or where one or more lanes is closed to traffic.
  409         (34)(80) MAXI-CUBE VEHICLE.—A specialized combination
  410  vehicle consisting of a truck carrying a separable cargo
  411  carrying unit combined with a semitrailer designed so that the
  412  separable cargo-carrying unit is to be loaded and unloaded
  413  through the semitrailer. The entire combination may not exceed
  414  65 feet in length, and a single component of that combination
  415  may not exceed 34 feet in length.
  416         (77)(81) TANDEM AXLE.—Any two axles whose centers are more
  417  than 40 inches but not more than 96 inches apart and are
  418  individually attached to or articulated from, or both, a common
  419  attachment to the vehicle, including a connecting mechanism
  420  designed to equalize the load between axles.
  421         (40)(82) MOTORIZED SCOOTER.—Any vehicle not having a seat
  422  or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on not
  423  more than three wheels, and not capable of propelling the
  424  vehicle at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour on level
  425  ground.
  426         (19)(83) ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE.—Any
  427  self-balancing, two-nontandem-wheeled device, designed to
  428  transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system
  429  with average power of 750 watts (1 horsepower), the maximum
  430  speed of which, on a paved level surface when powered solely by
  431  such a propulsion system while being ridden by an operator who
  432  weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per hour. Electric
  433  personal assistive mobility devices are not vehicles as defined
  434  in this section.
  435         (85)(84) TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION SYSTEM.—Any system or
  436  device with the capability of activating a control mechanism
  437  mounted on or near traffic signals which alters a traffic
  438  signal’s timing cycle.
  439         (93)(85) VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS.—Any community-based
  440  organization whose primary purpose is to act as an advocate for
  441  the victims and survivors of traffic crashes and for their
  442  families. The victims services offered by these programs may
  443  include grief and crisis counseling, assistance with preparing
  444  victim compensation claims excluding third-party legal action,
  445  or connecting persons with other service providers, and
  446  providing emergency financial assistance.
  447         (37)(86) MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT.—
  448         (a) A contract, agreement, or understanding covering:
  449         1. The transportation of property for compensation or hire
  450  by the motor carrier;
  451         2. Entrance on property by the motor carrier for the
  452  purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for
  453  compensation or hire; or
  454         3. A service incidental to activity described in
  455  subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., including, but not limited
  456  to, storage of property.
  457         (b) “Motor carrier transportation contract” does not
  458  include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access
  459  Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North
  460  America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use,
  461  or possession of intermodal chassis, containers, or other
  462  intermodal equipment.
  463         (84)(87) TRAFFIC INFRACTION DETECTOR.—A vehicle sensor
  464  installed to work in conjunction with a traffic control signal
  465  and a camera or cameras synchronized to automatically record two
  466  or more sequenced photographic or electronic images or streaming
  467  video of only the rear of a motor vehicle at the time the
  468  vehicle fails to stop behind the stop bar or clearly marked stop
  469  line when facing a traffic control signal steady red light. Any
  470  notification under s. 316.0083(1)(b) or traffic citation issued
  471  by the use of a traffic infraction detector must include a
  472  photograph or other recorded image showing both the license tag
  473  of the offending vehicle and the traffic control device being
  474  violated.
  475         (88) TRI-VEHICLE.—An enclosed three-wheeled passenger
  476  vehicle that:
  477         (a) Is designed to operate with three wheels in contact
  478  with the ground;
  479         (b) Has a minimum unladen weight of 900 pounds;
  480         (c) Has a single, completely enclosed, occupant
  481  compartment;
  482         (d) Is produced in a minimum quantity of 300 in any
  483  calendar year;
  484         (e) Is capable of a speed greater than 60 miles per hour on
  485  level ground; and
  486         (f) Is equipped with:
  487         1. Seats that are certified by the vehicle manufacturer to
  488  meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
  489  No. 207, “Seating systems” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.207);
  490         2. A steering wheel used to maneuver the vehicle;
  491         3. A propulsion unit located forward or aft of the enclosed
  492  occupant compartment;
  493         4. A seat belt for each vehicle occupant certified to meet
  494  the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No.
  495  209, “Seat belt assemblies” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.209);
  496         5. A windshield and an appropriate windshield wiper and
  497  washer system that are certified by the vehicle manufacturer to
  498  meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
  499  No. 205, “Glazing Materials” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.205) and Federal
  500  Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 104, “Windshield Wiping and
  501  Washing Systems” (49 C.F.R. s. 571.104); and
  502         6. A vehicle structure certified by the vehicle
  503  manufacturer to meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle
  504  Safety Standard No. 216, “Rollover crush resistance” (49 C.F.R.
  505  s. 571.216).
  506         (76)(89) SWAMP BUGGY.—A motorized off-road vehicle that is
  507  designed or modified to travel over swampy or varied terrain and
  508  that may use large tires or tracks operated from an elevated
  509  platform. The term does not include any vehicle defined in
  510  chapter 261 or otherwise defined or classified in this chapter.
  511         (2)(90) AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE.—Any vehicle equipped with
  512  autonomous technology. The term “autonomous technology” means
  513  technology installed on a motor vehicle that has the capability
  514  to drive the vehicle on which the technology is installed
  515  without the active control or monitoring by a human operator.
  516  The term excludes a motor vehicle enabled with active safety
  517  systems or driver assistance systems, including, without
  518  limitation, a system to provide electronic blind spot
  519  assistance, crash avoidance, emergency braking, parking
  520  assistance, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assistance, lane
  521  departure warning, or traffic jam and queuing assistant, unless
  522  any such system alone or in combination with other systems
  523  enables the vehicle on which the technology is installed to
  524  drive without the active control or monitoring by a human
  525  operator.
  526         (33)(91) LOCAL HEARING OFFICER.—The person, designated by a
  527  department, county, or municipality that elects to authorize
  528  traffic infraction enforcement officers to issue traffic
  529  citations under s. 316.0083(1)(a), who is authorized to conduct
  530  hearings related to a notice of violation issued pursuant to s.
  531  316.0083. The charter county, noncharter county, or municipality
  532  may use its currently appointed code enforcement board or
  533  special magistrate to serve as the local hearing officer. The
  534  department may enter into an interlocal agreement to use the
  535  local hearing officer of a county or municipality.
  536         (64)(92) SANITATION VEHICLE.—A motor vehicle that bears an
  537  emblem that is visible from the roadway and clearly identifies
  538  that the vehicle belongs to or is under contract with a person,
  539  entity, cooperative, board, commission, district, or unit of
  540  local government that provides garbage, trash, refuse, or
  541  recycling collection.
  542         (91)(93) UTILITY SERVICE VEHICLE.—A motor vehicle that
  543  bears an emblem that is visible from the roadway and clearly
  544  identifies that the vehicle belongs to or is under contract with
  545  a person, entity, cooperative, board, commission, district, or
  546  unit of local government that provides electric, natural gas,
  547  water, wastewater, cable, telephone, or communications services.
  548         (94)VULNERABLE USER OF A PUBLIC ROADWAY OR VULNERABLE
  549  USER.—
  550         (a)A pedestrian, including a person actually engaged in
  551  work upon a highway, work upon utility facilities along a
  552  highway, or the provision of emergency services within the
  553  right-of-way;
  554         (b)A person operating, or who is a passenger on, a
  555  bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, or moped lawfully on the roadway;
  556         (c)A person riding an animal; or
  557         (d)A person lawfully operating on a public roadway,
  558  crosswalk, or shoulder of the roadway:
  559         1.A farm tractor or similar vehicle designed primarily for
  560  farm use;
  561         2.A horse-drawn carriage;
  562         3.An electric personal assistive mobility device; or
  563         4.A wheelchair.
  564         Section 2. Subsection (1) and paragraphs (e) and (f) of
  565  subsection (2) of section 316.027, Florida Statutes, are amended
  566  to read:
  567         316.027 Crash involving death or personal injuries.—
  568         (1) As used in this section, the term:
  569         (a) “serious bodily injury” means an injury to a person,
  570  including the driver, which consists of a physical condition
  571  that creates a substantial risk of death, serious personal
  572  disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function
  573  of a bodily member or organ.
  574         (b) “Vulnerable road user” means:
  575         1. A pedestrian, including a person actually engaged in
  576  work upon a highway, or in work upon utility facilities along a
  577  highway, or engaged in the provision of emergency services
  578  within the right-of-way;
  579         2. A person operating a bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, or
  580  moped lawfully on the roadway;
  581         3. A person riding an animal; or
  582         4. A person lawfully operating on a public right-of-way,
  583  crosswalk, or shoulder of the roadway:
  584         a. A farm tractor or similar vehicle designed primarily for
  585  farm use;
  586         b. A skateboard, roller skates, or in-line skates;
  587         c. A horse-drawn carriage;
  588         d. An electric personal assistive mobility device; or
  589         e. A wheelchair.
  590         (2)
  591         (e) A driver who violates paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or
  592  paragraph (c) shall have his or her driver license revoked for
  593  at least 3 years as provided in s. 322.28(4).
  594         1. A person convicted of violating paragraph (a), paragraph
  595  (b), or paragraph (c) shall, before his or her driving privilege
  596  may be reinstated, present to the department proof of completion
  597  of a victim’s impact panel session in a judicial circuit if such
  598  a panel exists, or if such a panel does not exist, a department
  599  approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of
  600  vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as
  601  provided in s. 322.0261(2).
  602         2. The department may reinstate an offender’s driving
  603  privilege after he or she satisfies the 3-year revocation period
  604  as provided in s. 322.28(4) and successfully completes either a
  605  victim’s impact panel session or a department-approved driver
  606  improvement course relating to the rights of vulnerable road
  607  users relative to vehicles on the roadway as provided in s.
  608  322.0261(2).
  609         3. For purposes of this paragraph, an offender’s driving
  610  privilege may be reinstated only after the department verifies
  611  that the offender participated in and successfully completed a
  612  victim’s impact panel session or a department-approved driver
  613  improvement course.
  614         (f) For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and
  615  determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944,
  616  an offense listed in this subsection is ranked one level above
  617  the ranking specified in s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 for the
  618  offense committed if the victim of the offense was a vulnerable
  619  road user.
  620         Section 3. Section 316.083, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  621  read:
  622         316.083 Overtaking and passing a vehicle.—The following
  623  provisions rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of a
  624  vehicle vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to
  625  those limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter
  626  stated:
  627         (1) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle
  628  proceeding in the same direction shall give an appropriate
  629  signal as provided for in s. 316.156, shall pass to the left
  630  thereof at a safe distance, and shall not again drive to the
  631  right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken
  632  vehicle.
  633         (2) The driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a person
  634  operating a bicycle or other vulnerable user of a public roadway
  635  nonmotorized vehicle must pass the person operating the bicycle
  636  or other vulnerable user nonmotorized vehicle at a safe distance
  637  of not less than 3 feet between any part of or attachment to the
  638  motor vehicle, anything extending from the motor vehicle, or any
  639  trailer or other thing being towed by the motor vehicle and the
  640  bicycle, the person operating the bicycle, or other vulnerable
  641  user nonmotorized vehicle.
  642         (3)(2) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is
  643  permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to
  644  the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on audible signal
  645  or upon the visible blinking of the headlamps of the overtaking
  646  vehicle if such overtaking is being attempted at nighttime, and
  647  shall not increase the speed of his or her vehicle until
  648  completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
  649         (4)(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  650  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  651  chapter 318. If a violation of this section contributed to the
  652  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law
  653  enforcement officer issuing the citation for the violation shall
  654  note such information on the citation.
  655         Section 4. Section 316.084, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  656  read:
  657         316.084 When overtaking on the right is permitted.—
  658         (1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass on the
  659  right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
  660         (a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a
  661  left turn;
  662         (b) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not
  663  occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for two or more
  664  lines of moving traffic in each direction;
  665         (c) Upon a one-way street, or upon any roadway on which
  666  traffic is restricted to one direction of movement, where the
  667  roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for
  668  two or more lines of moving vehicles.
  669         (2) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another
  670  vehicle on the right only under conditions permitting such
  671  movement in safety. In no event shall such movement be made by
  672  driving off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the
  673  roadway.
  674         (3)This section does not prohibit a bicycle that is in a
  675  bicycle lane or on the shoulder of a roadway or highway from
  676  passing another vehicle on the right.
  677         (4)(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  678  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  679  chapter 318.
  680         Section 5. Section 316.0875, Florida Statutes, is amended
  681  to read:
  682         316.0875 No-passing zones.—
  683         (1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities
  684  are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under
  685  their respective jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or
  686  driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous
  687  and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway,
  688  indicate the beginning and end of such zones, and, when such
  689  signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an
  690  ordinarily observant person, each every driver of a vehicle
  691  shall obey the directions thereof.
  692         (2) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no
  693  passing zone as set forth in subsection (1), a no driver may
  694  not, shall at any time, drive on the left side of the roadway
  695  with such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement
  696  striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its
  697  length.
  698         (3) This section does not apply to a person who safely and
  699  briefly drives to the left of the center of the roadway or
  700  pavement striping only to the extent necessary to:
  701         (a)Avoid When an obstruction; exists making it necessary
  702  to drive to the left of the center of the highway, nor
  703         (b)Turn To the driver of a vehicle turning left into or
  704  from an alley, private road, or driveway; or
  705         (c)Comply with the requirements regarding a safe distance
  706  to pass a vulnerable user, as required by s. 316.083(2).
  707         (4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  708  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  709  chapter 318.
  710         Section 6. Section 316.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  711  read:
  712         316.151 Required position and method of turning at
  713  intersections.—
  714         (1)(a)Right turn.The driver of a vehicle intending to
  715  turn right at an intersection onto a highway, public or private
  716  roadway, or driveway shall do so as follows:
  717         1.(a) Right turn.Both the approach for a right turn and a
  718  right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right
  719  hand curb or edge of the roadway.
  720         2.When overtaking and passing a bicycle or other
  721  vulnerable user proceeding in the same direction, the driver of
  722  a motor vehicle shall give an appropriate signal as provided for
  723  in s. 316.155 and shall make the right turn only if it can be
  724  made at a safe distance from the bicycle or other vulnerable
  725  user.
  726         3.When crossing a sidewalk, bicycle lane, or bicycle path
  727  to turn right, the driver of a motor vehicle shall yield the
  728  right-of-way to a bicycle or pedestrian.
  729         (b) Left turn.—The driver of a vehicle intending to turn
  730  left at an any intersection onto a highway, public or private
  731  roadway, or driveway shall do so as follows:
  732         1.The driver shall approach the intersection in the
  733  extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in
  734  the direction of travel of such vehicle. Thereafter, and, after
  735  entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to
  736  leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic
  737  moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.
  738         2. A person riding a bicycle and intending to turn left in
  739  accordance with this section is entitled to the full use of the
  740  lane from which the turn may legally be made. Whenever
  741  practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the
  742  intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.
  743         (c) Left turn by bicycle.In addition to the method of
  744  making a left turn described in paragraph (b), a person riding a
  745  bicycle and intending to turn left may do so as follows has the
  746  option of following the course described hereafter:
  747         a. The rider shall approach the turn as close as
  748  practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway;
  749         b. After proceeding across the intersecting roadway, the
  750  turn shall be made as close as practicable to the curb or edge
  751  of the roadway on the far side of the intersection; and,
  752         c. Before proceeding, the bicyclist shall comply with any
  753  official traffic control device or police officer regulating
  754  traffic on the highway along which the bicyclist intends to
  755  proceed.
  756         (2) The state, county, and local authorities in their
  757  respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic control
  758  devices to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and
  759  thereby require and direct that a different course from that
  760  specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an
  761  intersection. When such devices are so placed, the no driver of
  762  a vehicle may not turn a vehicle at an intersection other than
  763  as directed and required by such devices.
  764         (3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic
  765  infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in
  766  chapter 318. If a violation of this section contributes to the
  767  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law
  768  enforcement officer issuing the citation for the violation shall
  769  note such information on the citation.
  770         Section 7. Section 316.1925, Florida Statutes, is amended
  771  to read:
  772         316.1925 Careless driving.—
  773         (1) A Any person operating a vehicle upon the streets or
  774  highways within the state shall drive the same in a careful and
  775  prudent manner, having regard for the width, grade, curves,
  776  corners, traffic, and all other attendant circumstances, so as
  777  not to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person. A
  778  person who fails Failure to drive in such manner commits shall
  779  constitute careless driving and a violation of this section.
  780         (2) Any person who violates this section shall be cited for
  781  a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318.
  782         (2)If a violation under subsection (1) contributed to the
  783  bodily injury of a vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law
  784  enforcement officer issuing the citation for the violation shall
  785  note such information on the citation.
  786         Section 8. Subsections (1), (5), and (6) of section
  787  316.2065, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  788         316.2065 Bicycle regulations.—
  789         (1) A bicycle is a vehicle under Florida law and shall be
  790  operated in the same manner as any other vehicle and every
  791  person operating a bicycle propelling a vehicle by human power
  792  has all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to the
  793  driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except as to
  794  special regulations in this chapter, and except as to provisions
  795  of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.
  796         (5)(a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at
  797  less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and
  798  under the conditions then existing shall ride in the bicycle
  799  lane marked for bicycle use or, if there is no bicycle lane in
  800  the roadway is marked for bicycle use, as close as practicable
  801  to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any
  802  of the following situations:
  803         1. When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle
  804  proceeding in the same direction.
  805         2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or
  806  into a private road or driveway.
  807         3. When reasonably necessary to avoid any condition or
  808  potential conflict, including, but not limited to, a fixed or
  809  moving object, parked or moving vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian,
  810  animal, surface hazard, turn lane, or substandard-width lane,
  811  which makes it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or
  812  edge or within a bicycle lane. For the purposes of this
  813  subsection, a “substandard-width lane” is a lane that is too
  814  narrow for a bicycle and another vehicle to travel safely side
  815  by side within the lane.
  816         (b) Any person operating a bicycle upon a one-way highway
  817  with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near the left
  818  hand curb or edge of such roadway as practicable.
  819         (6)(a) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or in a
  820  bicycle lane may not ride more than two abreast except on
  821  bicycle paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive
  822  use of bicycles. Persons riding two abreast may not impede
  823  traffic when traveling at less than the normal speed of traffic
  824  at the time and place and under the conditions then existing and
  825  shall ride within a single lane.
  826         (b)When stopping at a stop sign, persons riding bicycles
  827  in groups of four or more, after coming to a full stop and
  828  obeying all traffic laws, may proceed through the stop sign in a
  829  group and motor vehicle operators shall allow the entire group
  830  to travel through the intersection before moving forward.
  831         Section 9. Section 318.142, Florida Statutes, is created to
  832  read:
  833         318.142Infractions contributing to bodily injury of a
  834  vulnerable user of a public roadway.—In addition to any other
  835  penalty imposed for a violation under s. 316.083, s. 316.151, or
  836  s. 316.1925, if the violation contributed to the bodily injury
  837  of a vulnerable user of a public roadway as defined in s.
  838  316.003, the law enforcement officer issuing the citation for
  839  the infraction shall note such information on the citation and
  840  the designated official may impose a fine of not more than
  841  $2,500.
  842         Section 10. Section 318.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  843  read:
  844         318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.—Any
  845  person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall
  846  not have the provisions of s. 318.14(2), (4), and (9) available
  847  to him or her but must appear before the designated official at
  848  the time and location of the scheduled hearing:
  849         (1) Any infraction which results in a crash that causes the
  850  death of another;
  851         (2) Any infraction which results in a crash that causes
  852  “serious bodily injury” of another as defined in s. 316.1933(1);
  853         (3) Any infraction of s. 316.172(1)(b);
  854         (4) Any infraction of s. 316.520(1) or (2); or
  855         (5) Any infraction of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s.
  856  316.189 of exceeding the speed limit by 30 m.p.h. or more; or
  857         (6)Any infraction of s. 316.083, s. 316.151, or s.
  858  316.1925 which contributes to bodily injury of a vulnerable user
  859  of a public roadway as defined in s. 316.003. If an infraction
  860  listed in this subsection contributes to the bodily injury of a
  861  vulnerable user of a public roadway, the law enforcement officer
  862  issuing the citation for the infraction shall note such
  863  information on the citation.
  864         Section 11. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  865  212.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  866         212.05 Sales, storage, use tax.—It is hereby declared to be
  867  the legislative intent that every person is exercising a taxable
  868  privilege who engages in the business of selling tangible
  869  personal property at retail in this state, including the
  870  business of making mail order sales, or who rents or furnishes
  871  any of the things or services taxable under this chapter, or who
  872  stores for use or consumption in this state any item or article
  873  of tangible personal property as defined herein and who leases
  874  or rents such property within the state.
  875         (1) For the exercise of such privilege, a tax is levied on
  876  each taxable transaction or incident, which tax is due and
  877  payable as follows:
  878         (c) At the rate of 6 percent of the gross proceeds derived
  879  from the lease or rental of tangible personal property, as
  880  defined herein; however, the following special provisions apply
  881  to the lease or rental of motor vehicles:
  882         1. When a motor vehicle is leased or rented for a period of
  883  less than 12 months:
  884         a. If the motor vehicle is rented in Florida, the entire
  885  amount of such rental is taxable, even if the vehicle is dropped
  886  off in another state.
  887         b. If the motor vehicle is rented in another state and
  888  dropped off in Florida, the rental is exempt from Florida tax.
  889         2. Except as provided in subparagraph 3., for the lease or
  890  rental of a motor vehicle for a period of not less than 12
  891  months, sales tax is due on the lease or rental payments if the
  892  vehicle is registered in this state; provided, however, that no
  893  tax shall be due if the taxpayer documents use of the motor
  894  vehicle outside this state and tax is being paid on the lease or
  895  rental payments in another state.
  896         3. The tax imposed by this chapter does not apply to the
  897  lease or rental of a commercial motor vehicle as defined in s.
  898  316.003(12)(a) 316.003(66)(a) to one lessee or rentee for a
  899  period of not less than 12 months when tax was paid on the
  900  purchase price of such vehicle by the lessor. To the extent tax
  901  was paid with respect to the purchase of such vehicle in another
  902  state, territory of the United States, or the District of
  903  Columbia, the Florida tax payable shall be reduced in accordance
  904  with the provisions of s. 212.06(7). This subparagraph shall
  905  only be available when the lease or rental of such property is
  906  an established business or part of an established business or
  907  the same is incidental or germane to such business.
  908         Section 12. Subsection (1) of section 316.1303, Florida
  909  Statutes, is amended to read:
  910         316.1303 Traffic regulations to assist mobility-impaired
  911  persons.—
  912         (1) Whenever a pedestrian who is mobility impaired is in
  913  the process of crossing a public street or highway with the
  914  assistance of a guide dog or service animal designated as such
  915  with a visible means of identification, a walker, a crutch, an
  916  orthopedic cane, or a wheelchair, the driver of a vehicle
  917  approaching the intersection, as defined in s. 316.003
  918  316.003(17), shall bring his or her vehicle to a full stop
  919  before arriving at the intersection and, before proceeding,
  920  shall take precautions necessary to avoid injuring the
  921  pedestrian.
  922         Section 13. Subsection (5) of section 316.235, Florida
  923  Statutes, is amended to read:
  924         316.235 Additional lighting equipment.—
  925         (5) A bus, as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(3), may be
  926  equipped with a deceleration lighting system which cautions
  927  following vehicles that the bus is slowing, preparing to stop,
  928  or is stopped. Such lighting system shall consist of amber
  929  lights mounted in horizontal alignment on the rear of the
  930  vehicle at or near the vertical centerline of the vehicle, not
  931  higher than the lower edge of the rear window or, if the vehicle
  932  has no rear window, not higher than 72 inches from the ground.
  933  Such lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than
  934  300 feet to the rear in normal sunlight. Lights are permitted to
  935  light and flash during deceleration, braking, or standing and
  936  idling of the bus. Vehicular hazard warning flashers may be used
  937  in conjunction with or in lieu of a rear-mounted deceleration
  938  lighting system.
  939         Section 14. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  940  (a) of subsection (4) of section 316.545, Florida Statutes, are
  941  amended to read:
  942         316.545 Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor
  943  fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review.—
  944         (2)
  945         (b) The officer or inspector shall inspect the license
  946  plate or registration certificate of the commercial motor
  947  vehicle, as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66), to determine if
  948  its gross weight is in compliance with the declared gross
  949  vehicle weight. If its gross weight exceeds the declared weight,
  950  the penalty shall be 5 cents per pound on the difference between
  951  such weights. In those cases when the commercial motor vehicle,
  952  as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66), is being operated over the
  953  highways of the state with an expired registration or with no
  954  registration from this or any other jurisdiction or is not
  955  registered under the applicable provisions of chapter 320, the
  956  penalty herein shall apply on the basis of 5 cents per pound on
  957  that scaled weight which exceeds 35,000 pounds on laden truck
  958  tractor-semitrailer combinations or tandem trailer truck
  959  combinations, 10,000 pounds on laden straight trucks or straight
  960  truck-trailer combinations, or 10,000 pounds on any unladen
  961  commercial motor vehicle. If the license plate or registration
  962  has not been expired for more than 90 days, the penalty imposed
  963  under this paragraph may not exceed $1,000. In the case of
  964  special mobile equipment as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48),
  965  which qualifies for the license tax provided for in s.
  966  320.08(5)(b), being operated on the highways of the state with
  967  an expired registration or otherwise not properly registered
  968  under the applicable provisions of chapter 320, a penalty of $75
  969  shall apply in addition to any other penalty which may apply in
  970  accordance with this chapter. A vehicle found in violation of
  971  this section may be detained until the owner or operator
  972  produces evidence that the vehicle has been properly registered.
  973  Any costs incurred by the retention of the vehicle shall be the
  974  sole responsibility of the owner. A person who has been assessed
  975  a penalty pursuant to this paragraph for failure to have a valid
  976  vehicle registration certificate pursuant to the provisions of
  977  chapter 320 is not subject to the delinquent fee authorized in
  978  s. 320.07 if such person obtains a valid registration
  979  certificate within 10 working days after such penalty was
  980  assessed.
  981         (4)(a) No commercial motor vehicle, as defined in s.
  982  316.003 316.003(66), shall be operated over the highways of this
  983  state unless it has been properly registered under the
  984  provisions of s. 207.004. Whenever any law enforcement officer
  985  identified in s. 207.023(1), upon inspecting the vehicle or
  986  combination of vehicles, determines that the vehicle is in
  987  violation of s. 207.004, a penalty in the amount of $50 shall be
  988  assessed, and the vehicle may be detained until payment is
  989  collected by the law enforcement officer.
  990         Section 15. Subsection (2) of section 316.605, Florida
  991  Statutes, is amended to read:
  992         316.605 Licensing of vehicles.—
  993         (2) Any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in s. 316.003
  994  316.003(66), operating over the highways of this state with an
  995  expired registration, with no registration from this or any
  996  other jurisdiction, or with no registration under the applicable
  997  provisions of chapter 320 shall be in violation of s. 320.07(3)
  998  and shall subject the owner or operator of such vehicle to the
  999  penalty provided. In addition, a commercial motor vehicle found
 1000  in violation of this section may be detained by any law
 1001  enforcement officer until the owner or operator produces
 1002  evidence that the vehicle has been properly registered and that
 1003  any applicable delinquent penalties have been paid.
 1004         Section 16. Subsection (6) of section 316.6105, Florida
 1005  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1006         316.6105 Violations involving operation of motor vehicle in
 1007  unsafe condition or without required equipment; procedure for
 1008  disposition.—
 1009         (6) This section does not apply to commercial motor
 1010  vehicles as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66) or transit buses
 1011  owned or operated by a governmental entity.
 1012         Section 17. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
 1013  316.613, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1014         316.613 Child restraint requirements.—
 1015         (2) As used in this section, the term “motor vehicle” means
 1016  a motor vehicle as defined in s. 316.003 that is operated on the
 1017  roadways, streets, and highways of the state. The term does not
 1018  include:
 1019         (a) A school bus as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(45).
 1020         Section 18. Subsection (8) of section 316.622, Florida
 1021  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1022         316.622 Farm labor vehicles.—
 1023         (8) The department shall provide to the Department of
 1024  Business and Professional Regulation each quarter a copy of each
 1025  accident report involving a farm labor vehicle, as defined in s.
 1026  316.003 316.003(62), commencing with the first quarter of the
 1027  2006-2007 fiscal year.
 1028         Section 19. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1029  316.650, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1030         316.650 Traffic citations.—
 1031         (1)
 1032         (b) The department shall prepare, and supply to every
 1033  traffic enforcement agency in the state, an appropriate
 1034  affidavit-of-compliance form that shall be issued along with the
 1035  form traffic citation for any violation of s. 316.610 and that
 1036  indicates the specific defect needing to be corrected. However,
 1037  such affidavit of compliance shall not be issued in the case of
 1038  a violation of s. 316.610 by a commercial motor vehicle as
 1039  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(66). Such affidavit-of-compliance
 1040  form shall be distributed in the same manner and to the same
 1041  parties as is the form traffic citation.
 1042         Section 20. Subsection (1) of section 316.70, Florida
 1043  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1044         316.70 Nonpublic sector buses; safety rules.—
 1045         (1) The Department of Transportation shall establish and
 1046  revise standards to assure the safe operation of nonpublic
 1047  sector buses, as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(78), which
 1048  standards shall be those contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382, 385,
 1049  and 390-397 and which shall be directed towards assuring that:
 1050         (a) Nonpublic sector buses are safely maintained, equipped,
 1051  and operated.
 1052         (b) Nonpublic sector buses are carrying the insurance
 1053  required by law and carrying liability insurance on the checked
 1054  baggage of passengers not to exceed the standard adopted by the
 1055  United States Department of Transportation.
 1056         (c) Florida license tags are purchased for nonpublic sector
 1057  buses pursuant to s. 320.38.
 1058         (d) The driving records of drivers of nonpublic sector
 1059  buses are checked by their employers at least once each year to
 1060  ascertain whether the driver has a suspended or revoked driver
 1061  license.
 1062         Section 21. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
 1063  320.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1064         320.01 Definitions, general.—As used in the Florida
 1065  Statutes, except as otherwise provided, the term:
 1066         (1) “Motor vehicle” means:
 1067         (a) An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer,
 1068  truck tractor and semitrailer combination, or any other vehicle
 1069  operated on the roads of this state, used to transport persons
 1070  or property, and propelled by power other than muscular power,
 1071  but the term does not include traction engines, road rollers,
 1072  special mobile equipment as defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48),
 1073  vehicles that run only upon a track, bicycles, swamp buggies, or
 1074  mopeds.
 1075         Section 22. Section 320.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1076  read:
 1077         320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
 1078  there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
 1079  operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
 1080  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(2), tri-vehicles as defined in s.
 1081  316.003, and mobile homes, as defined in s. 320.01, which shall
 1082  be paid to and collected by the department or its agent upon the
 1083  registration or renewal of registration of the following:
 1084         (1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.—
 1085         (a) Any motorcycle: $10 flat.
 1086         (b) Any moped: $5 flat.
 1087         (c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
 1088  or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this
 1089  subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in
 1090  the amount of $2.50 shall be paid. The proceeds of such
 1091  additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety
 1092  Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement
 1093  program implemented pursuant to s. 322.025, the Florida
 1094  Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s. 322.0255,
 1095  or the general operations of the department.
 1096         (d) An ancient or antique motorcycle: $7.50 flat, of which
 1097  $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1098         (2) AUTOMOBILES OR TRI-VEHICLES FOR PRIVATE USE.—
 1099         (a) An ancient or antique automobile, as defined in s.
 1100  320.086, or a street rod, as defined in s. 320.0863: $7.50 flat.
 1101         (b) Net weight of less than 2,500 pounds: $14.50 flat.
 1102         (c) Net weight of 2,500 pounds or more, but less than 3,500
 1103  pounds: $22.50 flat.
 1104         (d) Net weight of 3,500 pounds or more: $32.50 flat.
 1105         (3) TRUCKS.—
 1106         (a) Net weight of less than 2,000 pounds: $14.50 flat.
 1107         (b) Net weight of 2,000 pounds or more, but not more than
 1108  3,000 pounds: $22.50 flat.
 1109         (c) Net weight more than 3,000 pounds, but not more than
 1110  5,000 pounds: $32.50 flat.
 1111         (d) A truck defined as a “goat,” or other vehicle if used
 1112  in the field by a farmer or in the woods for the purpose of
 1113  harvesting a crop, including naval stores, during such
 1114  harvesting operations, and which is not principally operated
 1115  upon the roads of the state: $7.50 flat. The term “goat” means a
 1116  motor vehicle designed, constructed, and used principally for
 1117  the transportation of citrus fruit within citrus groves or for
 1118  the transportation of crops on farms, and which can also be used
 1119  for hauling associated equipment or supplies, including required
 1120  sanitary equipment, and the towing of farm trailers.
 1121         (e) An ancient or antique truck, as defined in s. 320.086:
 1122  $7.50 flat.
 1123         (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
 1124  VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
 1125         (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
 1126  than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be
 1127  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1128         (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
 1129  than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
 1130  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1131         (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
 1132  than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be deposited
 1133  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1134         (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
 1135  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
 1136  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1137         (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
 1138  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
 1139  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1140         (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
 1141  than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
 1142  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1143         (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
 1144  than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited into the
 1145  General Revenue Fund.
 1146         (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
 1147  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
 1148  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1149         (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
 1150  than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be deposited
 1151  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1152         (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
 1153  than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be deposited
 1154  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1155         (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
 1156  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
 1157  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1158         (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
 1159  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1160  Fund.
 1161         (m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
 1162  truck tractor used within a 150-mile radius of its home address
 1163  is eligible for a license plate for a fee of $324 flat if:
 1164         1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
 1165  forestry products; or
 1166         2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
 1167  forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
 1168  associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
 1169  the truck tractor.
 1170  
 1171  Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be deposited
 1172  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1173         (n) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for
 1174  hire vehicle, which is engaged exclusively in transporting raw,
 1175  unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural
 1176  products within a 150-mile radius of its home address, is
 1177  eligible for a restricted license plate for a fee of:
 1178         1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
 1179  than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
 1180  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1181         2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
 1182  44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
 1183  point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
 1184  point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
 1185  water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
 1186  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1187  
 1188  Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
 1189  exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
 1190  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
 1191  incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers
 1192  delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
 1193  documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility prior to
 1194  issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
 1195  paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
 1196  must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
 1197  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
 1198  user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
 1199         (5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
 1200  SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
 1201         (a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
 1202  of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 flat per registration year
 1203  or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the
 1204  General Revenue Fund.
 1205         2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
 1206  fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 flat per permanent registration, of
 1207  which $18 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1208         (b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
 1209  for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
 1210  construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
 1211  designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
 1212  described above over public roads: $44 flat, of which $11.50
 1213  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1214         (c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
 1215  and from school or school or church activities or functions
 1216  within their own county: $41 flat, of which $11 shall be
 1217  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1218         (d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01, which is used to
 1219  tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02, a disabled, abandoned,
 1220  stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as defined in s.
 1221  320.01, or a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01:
 1222  $41 flat, of which $11 shall be deposited into the General
 1223  Revenue Fund.
 1224         (e) A wrecker that is used to tow any nondisabled motor
 1225  vehicle, a vessel, or any other cargo unless used as defined in
 1226  paragraph (d), as follows:
 1227         1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
 1228  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
 1229  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1230         2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
 1231  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
 1232  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1233         3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
 1234  than 26,000 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
 1235  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1236         4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
 1237  than 35,000 pounds: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited
 1238  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1239         5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
 1240  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
 1241  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1242         6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
 1243  than 55,000 pounds: $772 flat, of which $200 shall be deposited
 1244  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1245         7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
 1246  than 62,000 pounds: $915 flat, of which $237 shall be deposited
 1247  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1248         8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
 1249  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
 1250  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1251         9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
 1252  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1253  Fund.
 1254         (f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50
 1255  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1256         (6) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
 1257         (a) Under nine passengers: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall
 1258  be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per cwt,
 1259  of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1260  Fund.
 1261         (b) Nine passengers and over: $17 flat, of which $4.50
 1262  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per
 1263  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1264  Revenue Fund.
 1265         (7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
 1266         (a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 flat per
 1267  year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be deposited into
 1268  the General Revenue Fund.
 1269         (b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
 1270  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 per
 1271  cwt, of which 25 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1272  Revenue Fund.
 1273         (8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
 1274         (a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
 1275  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per
 1276  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
 1277  Revenue Fund.
 1278         (b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 flat, of which
 1279  $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
 1280  $1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
 1281  General Revenue Fund.
 1282         (9) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.—
 1283         (a) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
 1284  s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $27
 1285  flat, of which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
 1286  Fund.
 1287         (b) A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
 1288  $13.50 flat, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General
 1289  Revenue Fund.
 1290         (c) A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
 1291         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1292  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1293         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1294  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1295         (d) A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
 1296         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1297  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1298         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1299  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1300         (e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
 1301         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
 1302  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1303         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
 1304  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1305         (10) PARK TRAILERS; TRAVEL TRAILERS; FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILERS;
 1306  35 FEET TO 40 FEET.—
 1307         (a) Park trailers.—Any park trailer, as defined in s.
 1308  320.01(1)(b)7.: $25 flat.
 1309         (b) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined in
 1310  s. 320.01(1)(b), that exceeds 35 feet: $25 flat.
 1311         (11) MOBILE HOMES.—
 1312         (a) A mobile home not exceeding 35 feet in length: $20
 1313  flat.
 1314         (b) A mobile home over 35 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1315  40 feet: $25 flat.
 1316         (c) A mobile home over 40 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1317  45 feet: $30 flat.
 1318         (d) A mobile home over 45 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1319  50 feet: $35 flat.
 1320         (e) A mobile home over 50 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1321  55 feet: $40 flat.
 1322         (f) A mobile home over 55 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1323  60 feet: $45 flat.
 1324         (g) A mobile home over 60 feet in length, but not exceeding
 1325  65 feet: $50 flat.
 1326         (h) A mobile home over 65 feet in length: $80 flat.
 1327         (12) DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.—A franchised
 1328  motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
 1329  boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
 1330  license plate: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
 1331  the General Revenue Fund.
 1332         (13) EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.—Any exempt or
 1333  official license plate: $4 flat, of which $1 shall be deposited
 1334  into the General Revenue Fund.
 1335         (14) LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—A motor
 1336  vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
 1337  miles thereof: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
 1338  the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per cwt, of which 50 cents
 1339  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1340         (15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
 1341  transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 flat, of which
 1342  $26.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 1343         Section 23. Subsection (1) of section 320.0801, Florida
 1344  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1345         320.0801 Additional license tax on certain vehicles.—
 1346         (1) In addition to the license taxes specified in s. 320.08
 1347  and in subsection (2), there is hereby levied and imposed an
 1348  annual license tax of 10 cents for the operation of a motor
 1349  vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, and moped, as defined in s.
 1350  316.003 316.003(77), which tax shall be paid to the department
 1351  or its agent upon the registration or renewal of registration of
 1352  the vehicle. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.20,
 1353  revenues collected from the tax imposed in this subsection shall
 1354  be deposited in the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund and
 1355  used solely for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
 1356  ss. 395.401, 395.4015, 395.404, and 395.4045 and s. 11, chapter
 1357  87-399, Laws of Florida.
 1358         Section 24. Section 320.38, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1359  read:
 1360         320.38 When nonresident exemption not allowed.—The
 1361  provisions of s. 320.37 authorizing the operation of motor
 1362  vehicles over the roads of this state by nonresidents of this
 1363  state when such vehicles are duly registered or licensed under
 1364  the laws of some other state or foreign country do not apply to
 1365  any nonresident who accepts employment or engages in any trade,
 1366  profession, or occupation in this state, except a nonresident
 1367  migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s. 316.003
 1368  316.003(61). In every case in which a nonresident, except a
 1369  nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s.
 1370  316.003 316.003(61), accepts employment or engages in any trade,
 1371  profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her
 1372  children to be educated in the public schools of this state,
 1373  such nonresident shall, within 10 days after the commencement of
 1374  such employment or education, register his or her motor vehicles
 1375  in this state if such motor vehicles are proposed to be operated
 1376  on the roads of this state. Any person who is enrolled as a
 1377  student in a college or university and who is a nonresident but
 1378  who is in this state for a period of up to 6 months engaged in a
 1379  work-study program for which academic credits are earned from a
 1380  college whose credits or degrees are accepted for credit by at
 1381  least three accredited institutions of higher learning, as
 1382  defined in s. 1005.02, is not required to have a Florida
 1383  registration for the duration of the work-study program if the
 1384  person’s vehicle is properly registered in another jurisdiction.
 1385  Any nonresident who is enrolled as a full-time student in such
 1386  institution of higher learning is also exempt for the duration
 1387  of such enrollment.
 1388         Section 25. Subsection (2) of section 322.0261, Florida
 1389  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1390         322.0261 Driver improvement course; requirement to maintain
 1391  driving privileges; failure to complete; department approval of
 1392  course.—
 1393         (2) With respect to an operator convicted of, or who
 1394  pleaded nolo contendere to, a traffic offense giving rise to a
 1395  crash identified in paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b), the
 1396  department shall require that the operator, in addition to other
 1397  applicable penalties, attend a department-approved driver
 1398  improvement course in order to maintain his or her driving
 1399  privileges. The department shall include in the course
 1400  curriculum instruction specifically addressing the rights of
 1401  vulnerable road users as defined in s. 316.003 316.027 relative
 1402  to vehicles on the roadway. If the operator fails to complete
 1403  the course within 90 days after receiving notice from the
 1404  department, the operator’s driver license shall be canceled by
 1405  the department until the course is successfully completed.
 1406         Section 26. Subsection (1) of section 322.031, Florida
 1407  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1408         322.031 Nonresident; when license required.—
 1409         (1) In each case in which a nonresident, except a
 1410  nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s.
 1411  316.003 316.003(61), accepts employment or engages in a trade,
 1412  profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her
 1413  children to be educated in the public schools of this state,
 1414  such nonresident shall, within 30 days after beginning such
 1415  employment or education, be required to obtain a Florida driver
 1416  license if such nonresident operates a motor vehicle on the
 1417  highways of this state. The spouse or dependent child of such
 1418  nonresident shall also be required to obtain a Florida driver
 1419  license within that 30-day period before operating a motor
 1420  vehicle on the highways of this state.
 1421         Section 27. Subsection (3) of section 450.181, Florida
 1422  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1423         450.181 Definitions.—As used in part II, unless the context
 1424  clearly requires a different meaning:
 1425         (3) The term “migrant laborer” has the same meaning as
 1426  migrant or seasonal farm workers as defined in s. 316.003
 1427  316.003(61).
 1428         Section 28. Subsection (5) of section 559.903, Florida
 1429  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1430         559.903 Definitions.—As used in this act:
 1431         (5) “Motor vehicle” means any automobile, truck, bus,
 1432  recreational vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, or other motor
 1433  powered vehicle, but does not include trailers, mobile homes,
 1434  travel trailers, trailer coaches without independent motive
 1435  power, watercraft or aircraft, or special mobile equipment as
 1436  defined in s. 316.003 316.003(48).
 1437         Section 29. Subsection (1) of section 655.960, Florida
 1438  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1439         655.960 Definitions; ss. 655.960-655.965.—As used in this
 1440  section and ss. 655.961-655.965, unless the context otherwise
 1441  requires:
 1442         (1) “Access area” means any paved walkway or sidewalk which
 1443  is within 50 feet of any automated teller machine. The term does
 1444  not include any street or highway open to the use of the public,
 1445  as defined in s. 316.003(74)(a) or (b) 316.003(53)(a) or (b),