Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (670548) for SB 1630
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/18/2014           .                                
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 906 and 907
    4  insert:
    5         Section 22. Section 501.977, Florida Statues, is created to
    6  read:
    7         501.977 Actionable, unfair, or deceptive regulatory acts or
    8  practices.—It is an unfair or deceptive regulatory act or
    9  practice, actionable under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair
   10  Trade Practices Act, for a special district, whether dependent
   11  or independent, as defined in s. 189.403, to:
   12         (1) Restrict the right of the public to freely bargain for
   13  lawful livery transit services, excluding metered taxi services
   14  that accept street hails, by establishing a minimum or maximum
   15  fare, or by imposing a minimum wait time between the reservation
   16  and delivery of the livery transit service.
   17         (2) Create classifications within each type of livery
   18  service, and to fix or approve zones, rates, or fares for such
   19  classifications, which apply differently to individuals and
   20  businesses that compete or attempt to compete with each other to
   21  provide similar services.
   22  
   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 65
   26  and insert:
   27         provisions to changes made by the act; creating s.
   28         501.977, F.S.; providing that certain acts relating to
   29         livery services are unfair or deceptive regulatory
   30         acts or practices; amending s.