Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1394
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: NC/2R .
03/04/2016 05:51 PM .
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Senator Brandes moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 1081 and 1082
4 insert:
5 Section 23. Subsection (46) is added to section 320.01,
6 Florida Statutes, to read:
7 320.01 Definitions, general.—As used in the Florida
8 Statutes, except as otherwise provided, the term:
9 (46)(a) “Ridesharing arrangements” means the transportation
10 of not more than 15 passengers, including the driver, where the
11 transportation is incidental to another purpose of the driver,
12 who is not engaged in transportation as a business. The term
13 includes:
14 1. Carpool or vanpool arrangements not exceeding 15
15 passengers, including the driver, in which the driver seeks
16 reimbursement for, or the rideshare participants may pool or
17 otherwise share, transportation costs; and
18 2. Carpool or vanpool arrangements not exceeding 15
19 passengers, including the driver, used in the transportation of
20 employees to or from their places of employment or educational
21 or other institutions.
22 (b) For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 627, motor
23 vehicles used in ridesharing arrangements are not included in
24 the term “for-hire vehicle,” and money or other consideration
25 exchanged for, or to facilitate reimbursement of, transportation
26 costs or related expenses in a ridesharing arrangement may not
27 be deemed to be compensation or the receipt of a fee.
28 Section 24. Section 324.031, Florida Statutes, is amended
29 to read:
30 324.031 Manner of proving financial responsibility.—The
31 owner or operator of a taxicab, limousine, jitney, or any other
32 for-hire passenger transportation vehicle may prove financial
33 responsibility by providing satisfactory evidence of holding a
34 motor vehicle liability policy as defined in s. 324.021(8) or s.
35 324.151, which policy is issued by an insurance carrier which is
36 a member of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association. The
37 operator or owner of any other vehicle, including those used in
38 a ridesharing arrangement, may prove his or her financial
39 responsibility by:
40 (1) Furnishing satisfactory evidence of holding a motor
41 vehicle liability policy as defined in ss. 324.021(8) and
42 324.151;
43 (2) Furnishing a certificate of self-insurance showing a
44 deposit of cash in accordance with s. 324.161; or
45 (3) Furnishing a certificate of self-insurance issued by
46 the department in accordance with s. 324.171.
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48 Any person, including any firm, partnership, association,
49 corporation, or other person, other than a natural person,
50 electing to use the method of proof specified in subsection (2)
51 shall furnish a certificate of deposit equal to the number of
52 vehicles owned times $30,000, to a maximum of $120,000; in
53 addition, any such person, other than a natural person, shall
54 maintain insurance providing coverage in excess of limits of
55 $10,000/20,000/10,000 or $30,000 combined single limits, and
56 such excess insurance shall provide minimum limits of
57 $125,000/250,000/50,000 or $300,000 combined single limits.
58 These increased limits shall not affect the requirements for
59 proving financial responsibility under s. 324.032(1).
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62 And the title is amended as follows:
63 Delete line 129
64 and insert:
65 Legislature; amending s. 320.01, F.S.; defining the
66 term “ridesharing arrangements”; amending s. 324.031,
67 F.S.; authorizing the operator or owner of certain
68 vehicles used in a ridesharing arrangement to prove
69 his or her financial responsibility by furnishing
70 certain evidence or a certain certificate; providing
71 effective dates.