HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. HB 249
    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on Transportation offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 5, between lines 19 and 20 of the bill,
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17         Section 3.  Subsection (3) is added to section 316.061,
18  Florida Statutes to read:
19         316.061 Crashes involving damage to vehicle or
20  property.--
21         (3)  Employees or authorized agents of the Department
22  of Transportation, law enforcement with proper jurisdiction
23  and an Expressway Authority created pursuant to Chapter 348,
24  Florida Statutes, in the exercise, management, control, and
25  maintenance of its highway system, may undertake the removal
26  from the main traveled way of roads on its highway system of
27  all vehicles incapacitated as a result of a motor vehicle
28  crash and of debris caused thereby.  Such removal is
29  applicable when such a motor vehicle crash results only in
30  damage to a vehicle or other property, and where such removal
31  can be accomplished safely and will result in the improved
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    File original & 9 copies    12/19/01                          
    htr0002                     10:55 am         00249-tr  -251035

HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 249 Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only) 1 safety or convenience of travel upon the road. The driver or 2 any other person who has removed a motor vehicle from the main 3 traveled way of the road as provided in this section shall not 4 be considered liable or at fault regarding the cause of the 5 accident solely by reason of moving the vehicle. 6 7 8 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 9 And the title is amended as follows: 10 On page 1, line 12, after the first semicolon: 11 12 insert: 13 amending s. 316.061, F.S.; authorizing entities 14 to remove crashed motor vehicles from roadways 15 under their jurisdiction in certain 16 circumstances; limiting liability of persons 17 solely for removing crashed motor vehicles; 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 12/19/01 htr0002 10:55 am 00249-tr -251035