Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1184
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/16/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 279 and 280
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 316.2126, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         316.2126 Authorized use of golf carts, low-speed vehicles,
    8  and utility vehicles.—
    9         (3)(a) As used in this subsection, the term:
   10         1. “Golf cart” means a motor vehicle as defined in s.
   11  320.01(22), including vehicles modified to have a cargo platform
   12  or bin to transport parcels or a hitch to tow a trailer.
   13         2. “Residential area” means areas zoned primarily or
   14  exclusively for single-family or multifamily residential use.
   15         3. “Seasonal Delivery personnel” means employees of a
   16  licensed commercial delivery service that has at least 10,000
   17  persons employed in this state.
   18         (b) Seasonal Delivery personnel may use the following
   19  vehicles solely for the purpose of delivering express envelopes
   20  and packages having a maximum size of 130 inches for the
   21  combined length and girth and weighing not more than 150 pounds
   22  from midnight October 15 until midnight January 31 of each year:
   23         1. Low-speed vehicles and utility vehicles as defined in s.
   24  320.01 upon any public road within a residential area that has a
   25  posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less.
   26         2. Golf carts upon a public road within a residential area
   27  that has a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour or less.
   28         3. Golf carts upon a public road within a residential area
   29  that has a posted speed limit of 30 to 35 miles per hour, unless
   30  a municipality having jurisdiction over the public road has
   31  enacted an ordinance restricting personnel from driving on such
   32  roads.
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   34  Seasonal Delivery personnel may pull a trailer from any of these
   35  vehicles.
   36         (c) All vehicles, including trailers where applicable,
   37  specified in this subsection must be:
   38         1. Marked in a conspicuous manner with the name of the
   39  delivery service.
   40         2. Equipped with, at a minimum, the equipment required
   41  under s. 316.212(6).
   42         3. Equipped with brake lamps.
   43         43. Equipped with head lamps and tail lamps, in addition to
   44  the safety requirements in s. 316.212(6), if operated after
   45  sunset.
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48  And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Between lines 36 and 37
   50  insert:
   51         amending s. 316.2126, F.S.; allowing year-round use of
   52         golf carts, low-speed vehicles, and utility vehicles
   53         by delivery personnel; requiring certain safety
   54         equipment;