SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1214

    Amendment No. 1   Barcode 104580

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11  The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity

12  recommended the following amendment:

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 40, between lines 19 and 20,

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18         Section 13.  Subsection (5) of section 316.515, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         316.515  Maximum width, height, length.--

21         (5)  IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY, AGRICULTURAL TRAILERS,

22  SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of

23  law, straight trucks and cotton module movers, not exceeding

24  50 feet in length, or any combination of up to and including

25  three implements of husbandry including the towing power unit,

26  and any single agricultural trailer, with a load thereon not

27  exceeding 130 inches in width, is authorized for the purpose

28  of transporting peanuts, grains, soybeans, cotton, hay, straw,

29  or other perishable farm products from their point of

30  production to the first point of change of custody or of

31  long-term storage, and for the purpose of returning to such

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1214

    Amendment No. 1   Barcode 104580





  1  point of production, by a person engaged in the production of

  2  any such product or custom hauler, if such vehicle or

  3  combination of vehicles otherwise complies with this section.

  4  Such vehicles shall be operated in accordance with all safety

  5  requirements prescribed by law and Department of

  6  Transportation rules. The Department of Transportation may

  7  issue overlength permits for cotton module movers greater than

  8  50 feet but not more than 55 feet in overall length.

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14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 2, line 7, after the semicolon,

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18         amending s. 316.515, F.S.; authorizing the

19         Department of Transportation to issue permits

20         for certain oversize vehicles;

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