Florida Senate - 2019 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 725, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 1a/RE/2R .
05/02/2019 12:52 PM .
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Senator Albritton moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (663264) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 305 and 306
5 insert:
6 Section 4. (1) By no later than January 1, 2020, the
7 Department of Transportation in conjunction with the Department
8 of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall develop a permitting
9 program that, notwithstanding any other provision of law except
10 conflicting federal law and applicable provisions of s. 316.550,
11 prescribes the operation of any combination of truck tractor,
12 semitrailer, and trailer combination coupled together so as to
13 operate as a single unit in which the semitrailer and the
14 trailer unit may each be up to 48 feet in length, but not less
15 than 28 feet in length, if such truck tractor, semitrailer,
16 trailer combination is:
17 (a) Being used for the primary purpose of transporting farm
18 products as defined in s. 823.14(3)(c) on a prescribed route
19 within the boundary of the Everglades Agricultural Area as
20 described in s. 373.4592(15);
21 (b) Travelling on a prescribed route that has been
22 submitted to and approved by the Department of Transportation
23 for public safety purposes having taken into account, at a
24 minimum, the point of origin, destination, traffic and
25 pedestrian volume on the route, turning radius at intersections
26 along the route, and potential for damage to roadways or bridges
27 on the route;
28 (c) Operating only on state or local roadways within a
29 radius of 60 miles from where such truck tractor, semitrailer,
30 and trailer combination was loaded, however, travel is not
31 authorized on the Interstate Highway System; and
32 (d) Meeting the following weight limitations:
33 1. The maximum gross weight of the truck tractor and the
34 first trailer shall not exceed 88,000 pounds.
35 2. The maximum gross weight of the dolly and second trailer
36 shall not exceed the lesser of 67,000 pounds.
37 3. The maximum overall gross weight of the truck tractor
38 semitrailer-trailer combination shall not exceed 155,000 pounds.
39 (2) The permitting program established pursuant to
40 subsection (1) above shall automatically expire on January 1,
41 2025, unless reauthorized by the legislature.
42 (3) Any such permit program may not be implemented or
43 continued if the Federal Government notifies the department that
44 implementation will adversely affect the allocation of federal
45 funds to the state.
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48 And the title is amended as follows:
49 Delete line 341
50 and insert:
51 for vehicles fueled by electric batteries; requiring
52 the Department of Transportation in conjunction with
53 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
54 develop, by a specified date, a permitting program
55 that authorizes the operation of any combination of
56 truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer combination
57 coupled together so as to operate as a single unit,
58 subject to certain requirements; providing that the
59 permitting program expires in five years unless
60 reauthorized by the legislature; prohibiting a
61 permitting program from being implemented or continued
62 under certain circumstances; providing