Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1180
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: RS            .                                
                  04/14/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism,
       and Economic Development Appropriations (Latvala) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 2959 and 2960
    4  insert:
    5         Section 58. (1) Any governmental unit that is authorized to
    6  regulate the operation of vehicles for public hire within its
    7  geographic boundaries may adopt ordinances, rules, regulations,
    8  orders, or other acts that create a private property right or
    9  interest in a license to operate a vehicle for public hire
   10  within the geographic boundaries of the governmental unit.
   11         (2) Upon the creation of such private property right, the
   12  owner of a vehicle for public hire operation may pledge, sell,
   13  assign, sublease, or otherwise transfer the license to another
   14  person. However, the owner must apply to the governmental unit
   15  before making such transfer and obtain its approval for the
   16  proposed action, except that a license may be transferred by
   17  operation of intestate succession or devise.
   18         (3) As used in this section, the term:
   19         (a) “License” includes any certificate, permit, medallion,
   20  or other evidence that authorizes a person to operate a vehicle
   21  for public hire within the geographic boundaries of a
   22  governmental unit.
   23         (b) “Governmental unit” includes a county, municipality,
   24  special district, commission, or other unit of state or local
   25  government.
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   28  And the title is amended as follows:
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   30         Delete line 224
   31  and insert:
   32  
   33         future expiration of the pilot program; authorizing
   34         governmental units that regulate the operation of
   35         vehicles for public hire to create a private property
   36         right in the license to operate a vehicle for public
   37         hire; providing for the transfer of such property
   38         right; providing definitions; providing an