Florida Senate - 2026                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1220
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Massullo moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 303 - 1293
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    5  personal delivery devices and mobile carriers in a manner
    6  consistent with this chapter.
    7         2. A personal delivery device may not be operated on the
    8  Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network created under s.
    9  339.81 or components of the Florida Greenways and Trails System
   10  created under chapter 260 or in state forests, state parks, or
   11  wildlife management areas.
   12         3. A personal delivery device or mobile carrier may not be
   13  operated within a theme park or entertainment complex as defined
   14  in s. 509.013(9), a state correctional institution as defined in
   15  s. 944.02, a county detention facility, a county residential
   16  probation center, a municipal detention facility, a reduced
   17  custody housing area as defined in s. 951.23(1), or a detention
   18  center or facility as defined in s. 985.03.
   19         (c) A county or municipality may not enact, impose, levy,
   20  collect, or enforce:
   21         1. An operating fee for personal delivery devices, except
   22  as expressly authorized by general law; or
   23         2. An advertising regulation that restricts, prohibits,
   24  conditions, or otherwise limits commercial advertising on
   25  personal delivery devices.
   26         Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection
   27  (3) of section 316.126, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   28         316.126 Operation of vehicles and actions of pedestrians;
   29  approach of authorized emergency, sanitation, or utility service
   30  vehicle, wrecker, or road and bridge maintenance or construction
   31  vehicle; presence of disabled motor vehicle.—
   32         (1)(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized
   33  emergency vehicle, while en route to meet an existing emergency,
   34  the driver of every other vehicle shall, when such emergency
   35  vehicle is giving audible signals by siren, exhaust whistle, or
   36  other adequate device, or visible signals by the use of
   37  flashing, oscillating, rotating, or similarly activated
   38  displayed blue or red lights, yield the right-of-way to the
   39  emergency vehicle and shall immediately proceed to a position
   40  parallel to, and as close as reasonable to the closest edge of
   41  the curb of the roadway, clear of any intersection and shall
   42  stop and remain in position until the authorized emergency
   43  vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed by a law
   44  enforcement officer. The use of cruise lights by an authorized
   45  emergency vehicle is not a visible signal that requires a driver
   46  to yield the right-of-way. For purposes of this paragraph, the
   47  term “cruise lights” means low intensity, continuously
   48  illuminated blue or red lights displayed on an authorized
   49  emergency vehicle which remain on while the vehicle is in
   50  service but not actively engaged in an emergency response.
   51         (3) An authorized emergency vehicle, when en route to meet
   52  an existing emergency, shall warn all other vehicular traffic
   53  along the emergency route by an audible signal, siren, exhaust
   54  whistle, or other adequate device or by a visible signal by the
   55  use of flashing, oscillating, rotating, or similarly activated
   56  displayed blue or red lights. While en route to such emergency,
   57  the emergency vehicle shall otherwise proceed in a manner
   58  consistent with the laws regulating vehicular traffic upon the
   59  highways of this state.
   60         Section 8. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 316.2071,
   61  Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (5) and (6) are
   62  added to that section, to read:
   63         316.2071 Personal delivery devices and mobile carriers.—
   64         (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
   65  contrary, a personal delivery device may operate on sidewalks,
   66  crosswalks, bicycle lanes, and bicycle paths and on the
   67  shoulders of streets, roadways, and highways, not including
   68  limited access facilities, and a or mobile carrier may operate
   69  on sidewalks and crosswalks, subject to s. 316.008(7)(b). A
   70  personal delivery device or mobile carrier operating on a
   71  sidewalk or crosswalk has all the rights and duties applicable
   72  to a pedestrian under the same circumstances. A, except that the
   73  personal delivery device or mobile carrier may must not
   74  unreasonably interfere with pedestrians, bicycles, or motor
   75  vehicles traffic and must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
   76  on the sidewalk or crosswalk.
   77         (3)(a) A personal delivery device and a mobile carrier may
   78  not do any of the following:
   79         1.(a) Operate on a sidewalk, crosswalk, bicycle lane, or
   80  bicycle path or on the shoulder of a street, roadway, or highway
   81  unless the personal delivery device meets minimum criteria
   82  established by the Department of Transportation and a human
   83  operator is capable of controlling and monitoring the navigation
   84  and operation of the personal delivery device public highway
   85  except to the extent necessary to cross a crosswalk.
   86         2. Transport hazardous materials as defined in s. 316.003.
   87         3. Operate on a limited access facility.
   88         (b) A mobile carrier may not do any of the following:
   89         1. Operate on a public highway except to the extent
   90  necessary to cross a crosswalk.
   91         2. Operate on a sidewalk or crosswalk unless the personal
   92  delivery device operator is actively controlling or monitoring
   93  the navigation and operation of the personal delivery device or
   94  a mobile carrier owner remains within 25 feet of the mobile
   95  carrier.
   96         3.(c) Transport hazardous materials as defined in s.
   97  316.003.
   98         4.(d)For mobile carriers, Transport persons or animals.
   99         (5) A personal delivery device or mobile carrier may not
  100  operate within a theme park or entertainment complex as defined
  101  in s. 509.013(9), a state correctional institution as defined in
  102  s. 944.02, a county detention facility, a county residential
  103  probation center, a municipal detention facility, a reduced
  104  custody housing area as defined in s. 951.23(1), or a detention
  105  center or facility as defined in s. 985.03.
  106         (6) The Department of Transportation may adopt rules to
  107  implement this section.
  108         Section 9. Subsection (9) of section 318.14, Florida
  109  Statutes, is amended to read:
  110         318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception;
  111  procedures.—
  112         (9) Any person who does not hold a commercial driver
  113  license or commercial learner’s permit and who is cited while
  114  driving a noncommercial motor vehicle for an infraction under
  115  this section other than a violation of s. 316.183(2), s.
  116  316.187, or s. 316.189 when the driver exceeds the posted limit
  117  by 30 miles per hour or more, s. 320.0605, s. 320.07(3)(a) or
  118  (b), s. 322.065, s. 322.15(1), s. 322.61, or s. 322.62 may, in
  119  lieu of a court appearance, elect to attend in the location of
  120  his or her choice within this state a basic driver improvement
  121  course approved by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
  122  Vehicles. In such a case, adjudication must be withheld, any
  123  civil penalty that is imposed by s. 318.18(3) must be reduced by
  124  18 percent, and points, as provided by s. 322.27, may not be
  125  assessed. However, a person may not make an election under this
  126  subsection if the person has made an election under this
  127  subsection in the preceding 12 months or has made more than
  128  eight elections under this subsection in the preceding 20 years.
  129  A person may not make more than eight elections within his or
  130  her lifetime under this subsection. The requirement for
  131  community service under s. 318.18(8) is not waived by a plea of
  132  nolo contendere or by the withholding of adjudication of guilt
  133  by a court.
  134         Section 10. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
  135  320.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  136         320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and
  137  validation stickers generally.—
  138         (1)
  139         (b)1. Registration license plates bearing a graphic symbol
  140  and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be issued
  141  for a 10-year period. At the end of the 10-year period, upon
  142  renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The department shall
  143  extend the scheduled license plate replacement date from a 6
  144  year period to a 10-year period. The fee for such replacement is
  145  $28, $2.80 of which shall be paid each year before the plate is
  146  replaced, to be credited toward the next $28 replacement fee.
  147  The fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating
  148  Trust Fund. A credit or refund may not be given for any prior
  149  years’ payments of the prorated replacement fee if the plate is
  150  replaced or surrendered before the end of the 10-year period,
  151  except that a credit may be given if a registrant is required by
  152  the department to replace a license plate under s.
  153  320.08056(8)(a). With each license plate, a validation sticker
  154  shall be issued showing the owner’s birth month, license plate
  155  number, and the year of expiration or the appropriate renewal
  156  period if the owner is not a natural person. The validation
  157  sticker shall be placed on the upper right corner of the license
  158  plate. The license plate and validation sticker shall be issued
  159  based on the applicant’s appropriate renewal period. The
  160  registration period is 12 months, the extended registration
  161  period is 24 months, and all expirations occur based on the
  162  applicant’s appropriate registration period. Rental vehicles
  163  taxed pursuant to s. 320.08(6)(a) and rental trucks taxed
  164  pursuant to s. 320.08(3)(a)-(c) and (4)(a)-(f) (4)(a)-(d) may
  165  elect a permanent registration period, provided payment of the
  166  appropriate license taxes and fees occurs annually.
  167         2. Beginning July 1, 2024, a vehicle registered in
  168  accordance with the International Registration Plan must be
  169  issued a license plate for a 3-year period. At the end of the 3
  170  year period, upon renewal, the license plate must be replaced.
  171  Each license plate must include a validation sticker showing the
  172  month of expiration. A cab card denoting the declared gross
  173  vehicle weight for each apportioned jurisdiction must be issued
  174  annually. The fee for an original or a renewal cab card is $28,
  175  which must be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
  176  Fund. If the license plate is damaged or worn, it may be
  177  replaced at no charge by applying to the department and
  178  surrendering the current license plate.
  179         3. In order to retain the efficient administration of the
  180  taxes and fees imposed by this chapter, the 80-cent fee increase
  181  in the replacement fee imposed by chapter 2009-71, Laws of
  182  Florida, is negated as provided in s. 320.0804.
  183         Section 11. Section 322.032, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  184         Section 12. Section 322.059, Florida Statutes, is amended
  185  to read:
  186         322.059 Mandatory surrender of suspended driver license and
  187  registration.—A person whose driver license or registration has
  188  been suspended as provided in s. 322.058 must immediately return
  189  his or her driver license and registration to the Department of
  190  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The department shall
  191  invalidate the digital proof of driver license issued pursuant
  192  to s. 322.032 for such person. If such person fails to return
  193  his or her driver license or registration, a law enforcement
  194  agent may seize the license or registration while the driver
  195  license or registration is suspended.
  196         Section 13. Subsection (1) of section 322.15, Florida
  197  Statutes, is amended to read:
  198         322.15 License to be carried and exhibited on demand;
  199  fingerprint to be imprinted upon a citation.—
  200         (1) Every licensee shall have his or her driver license,
  201  which must be fully legible with no portion of such license
  202  faded, altered, mutilated, or defaced, in his or her immediate
  203  possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall
  204  present or submit the same upon the demand of a law enforcement
  205  officer or an authorized representative of the department. A
  206  licensee may present or submit a digital proof of driver license
  207  as provided in s. 322.032 in lieu of his or her printed driver
  208  license; however, if the law enforcement officer or authorized
  209  representative of the department is unable to immediately verify
  210  the digital proof of driver license, upon the demand of the law
  211  enforcement officer or authorized representative of the
  212  department, the licensee must present or submit his or her
  213  printed driver license.
  214         Section 14. Section 324.252, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  215         Section 15. Present paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of
  216  section 330.41, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
  217  (f), a new paragraph (d) and paragraph (e) are added to that
  218  subsection, and paragraph (c) of that subsection is amended, to
  219  read:
  220         330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act.—
  221         (3) REGULATION.—
  222         (c) Except as otherwise expressly provided, a political
  223  subdivision may not withhold issuance of a business tax receipt,
  224  development permit, or other land use approval to a drone
  225  delivery service on a commercial property or enact or enforce an
  226  ordinance or a resolution that prohibits a drone delivery
  227  service’s operation based on the location of its drone port,
  228  notwithstanding part II of chapter 163 and chapter 205. A
  229  political subdivision may enforce minimum setback and
  230  landscaping regulations that are generally applicable to
  231  permitted uses in the applicable drone port site’s zoning
  232  district. This paragraph may not be construed to authorize a
  233  political subdivision to require additional landscaping as a
  234  condition of approval of a drone delivery service on a
  235  commercial property port.
  236         (d)1. For the purpose of this paragraph, the term “major
  237  theme park or entertainment complex” means a complex comprised
  238  of at least 75 acres of land with permanent exhibitions and a
  239  variety of recreational activities, which has at least 1 million
  240  visitors annually who pay admission fees thereto, together with
  241  any lodging, dining, and recreational facilities located
  242  adjacent to, contiguous to, or in close proximity to the
  243  complex, as long as the owner and operator of the complex, or a
  244  parent or related company or subsidiary thereof, has an equity
  245  interest in the lodging, dining, or recreational facilities or
  246  is in privity therewith.
  247         2.A drone delivery service is prohibited from operating
  248  over or delivering to a major theme park or entertainment
  249  complex without express written approval provided by the owner
  250  of the major theme park or entertainment complex to the owner or
  251  operator of the drone delivery device.
  252         (e) The addition of a drone delivery service within the
  253  parking area of a commercial property does not reduce the number
  254  of parking spaces in the parking area for the purpose of
  255  complying with any requirement for a minimum number of parking
  256  spaces.
  257         Section 16. Subsection (1) of section 332.001, Florida
  258  Statutes, is amended to read:
  259         332.001 Aviation; powers and duties of the Department of
  260  Transportation.—
  261         (1) It shall be the duty, function, and responsibility of
  262  the Department of Transportation to plan and direct investments
  263  in airport systems in this state to facilitate the efficient
  264  movement of passengers and cargo and to continuously improve the
  265  experience for the flying public and the supply chain of this
  266  state’s businesses. In carrying out this duty and
  267  responsibility, the department may assist and advise, cooperate,
  268  and coordinate with the federal, state, local, or private
  269  organizations and individuals in planning such systems of
  270  airports.
  271         Section 17. Subsection (10) is added to section 332.006,
  272  Florida Statutes, to read:
  273         332.006 Duties and responsibilities of the Department of
  274  Transportation.—The Department of Transportation shall, within
  275  the resources provided to the department:
  276         (10) Coordinate with commercial service airports in this
  277  state to review and evaluate policies and programs of the United
  278  States Transportation Security Administration, including, but
  279  not limited to, security screening programs and programs for
  280  veterans and active duty servicemembers and their families, to
  281  improve efficiency in airport operations and the overall
  282  experience of the traveling public.
  283         Section 18. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of
  284  section 332.0075, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  285  subsections (5), (6), and (7), respectively, and a new
  286  subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
  287         332.0075 Commercial service airports; transparency and
  288  accountability; penalty.—
  289         (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
  290  commercial service airport must develop a plan for obtaining and
  291  maintaining critical infrastructure resources for the airport,
  292  its tenants, and the traveling public. Such plans must include
  293  long-term contracts and rights of first refusal regarding the
  294  sale of and contingency plans for such resources. For purposes
  295  of this subsection, the term “critical infrastructure resources”
  296  includes, but is not limited to, access to electricity, fuel,
  297  and water resources.
  298         Section 19. Present subsections (1) through (37) of section
  299  334.03, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2)
  300  through (38), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to
  301  that section, and present subsection (29) of that section is
  302  amended, to read:
  303         334.03 Definitions.—When used in the Florida Transportation
  304  Code, the term:
  305         (1) “Advanced air mobility corridor connection point” means
  306  any land area or transportation facility, including any
  307  airspace, designated by the department as suitable to support
  308  the efficient movement of people and goods by use as a
  309  connection point for advanced air mobility.
  310         (30)(29) “Transportation corridor” means any advanced air
  311  mobility corridor connection point or any land area designated
  312  by the state, a county, or a municipality which is between two
  313  geographic points and which area is used or suitable for the
  314  movement of people and goods by one or more modes of
  315  transportation, including areas necessary for management of
  316  access and securing applicable approvals and permits.
  317  Transportation corridors, other than advanced air mobility
  318  corridor connection points, shall contain, but are not limited
  319  to, the following:
  320         (a) Existing publicly owned rights-of-way;
  321         (b) All property or property interests necessary for future
  322  transportation facilities, including rights of access, air,
  323  view, and light, whether public or private, for the purpose of
  324  securing and utilizing future transportation rights-of-way,
  325  including, but not limited to, any lands reasonably necessary
  326  now or in the future for securing applicable approvals and
  327  permits, borrow pits, drainage ditches, water retention areas,
  328  rest areas, replacement access for landowners whose access could
  329  be impaired due to the construction of a future facility, and
  330  replacement rights-of-way for relocation of rail and utility
  331  facilities.
  332         Section 20. Subsections (5), (20), and (21) of section
  333  334.044, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (40) and
  334  (41) are added to that section, to read:
  335         334.044 Powers and duties of the department.—The department
  336  shall have the following general powers and duties:
  337         (5) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire property and
  338  materials, including the purchase of promotional items as part
  339  of public information and education campaigns for the promotion
  340  of environmental management, scenic highways, traffic and train
  341  safety awareness, commercial motor vehicle safety, workforce
  342  development, transportation-related economic development
  343  opportunities, advanced air mobility electric vehicle use and
  344  charging stations, autonomous vehicles, and context
  345  classification for electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles; to
  346  purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire equipment and supplies;
  347  and to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property that
  348  is no longer needed by the department.
  349         (20) To operate and maintain designated research
  350  facilities, to conduct and enter into contracts and agreements
  351  for conducting research studies, and to collect data necessary
  352  for the improvement of the state transportation system.
  353         (21) To conduct and enter into contracts and agreements for
  354  conducting research and demonstration projects relative to
  355  innovative transportation technologies.
  356         (40) To require local governments to submit applications
  357  for federal funding for projects on state-owned rights-of-way,
  358  roads, bridges, and limited access facilities to the department
  359  for review and approval before submission of such applications
  360  to the Federal Government.
  361         (41) Notwithstanding any other law, to acquire, own,
  362  construct, or operate, or any combination thereof, one or more
  363  airports as defined in s. 330.27 for the purpose of supporting
  364  advanced air mobility. The acquisition of a publicly owned
  365  airport by the department must be approved by the governing body
  366  of the airport. The department may adopt rules to implement this
  367  subsection.
  368         Section 21. Section 334.64, Florida Statutes, is created to
  369  read:
  370         334.64 Department to serve as primary point of contact for
  371  LiDAR procurement.—Notwithstanding s. 20.255(9), the department
  372  shall serve as the primary point of contact for statewide
  373  topographic aerial LiDAR procurement and cost sharing related to
  374  statewide geographic information systems and geospatial data
  375  sharing. The department may provide these services to other
  376  state and local governmental entities by entering into an
  377  interagency agreement consistent with chapter 216.
  378  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any
  379  charter, ordinance, statute, or special law, all state agencies
  380  and local governmental entities conducting programs or
  381  exercising powers relating to topographic aerial LiDAR mapping
  382  are authorized to enter into an interagency agreement with the
  383  department for the provision by the department of topographic
  384  aerial LiDAR procurement and cost-sharing services, and to
  385  delegate such authority to conduct programs or exercise powers
  386  relating to topographic aerial LiDAR procurement and cost
  387  sharing services to the department pursuant to such interagency
  388  agreements. The department may adopt rules to implement this
  389  section.
  390         Section 22. Paragraphs (a) and (i) of subsection (3) and
  391  paragraphs (b), (d), and (r) of subsection (7) of section
  392  337.401, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  393         337.401 Use of right-of-way for utilities subject to
  394  regulation; permit; fees.—
  395         (3)(a) Because of the unique circumstances applicable to
  396  providers of communications services, including, but not limited
  397  to, the circumstances described in paragraph (e) and the fact
  398  that federal and state law require the nondiscriminatory
  399  treatment of providers of telecommunications services, and
  400  because of the desire to promote competition among providers of
  401  communications services, it is the intent of the Legislature
  402  that municipalities and counties treat providers of
  403  communications services in a nondiscriminatory and competitively
  404  neutral manner when imposing rules or regulations governing the
  405  placement or maintenance of communications facilities in the
  406  public roads or rights-of-way. Rules or regulations imposed by a
  407  municipality or county relating to providers of communications
  408  services placing or maintaining communications facilities in its
  409  roads or rights-of-way must be generally applicable to all
  410  providers of communications services, taking into account the
  411  distinct engineering, construction, operation, maintenance,
  412  public works, and safety requirements of the provider’s
  413  facilities, and, notwithstanding any other law, may not require
  414  a provider of communications services to apply for or enter into
  415  an individual license, franchise, or other agreement with the
  416  municipality or county as a condition of placing or maintaining
  417  communications facilities in its roads or rights-of-way. In
  418  addition to other reasonable rules or regulations that a
  419  municipality or county may adopt relating to the placement or
  420  maintenance of communications facilities in its roads or rights
  421  of-way under this subsection or subsection (7), a municipality
  422  or county may require a provider of communications services that
  423  places or seeks to place facilities in its roads or rights-of
  424  way to register with the municipality or county. To register, a
  425  provider of communications services may be required only to
  426  provide its name; the name, address, and telephone number of a
  427  contact person for the registrant; the number of the
  428  registrant’s current certificate of authorization issued by the
  429  Florida Public Service Commission, the Federal Communications
  430  Commission, or the Department of State; a statement of whether
  431  the registrant is a pass-through provider as defined in
  432  subparagraph (6)(a)1.; the registrant’s federal employer
  433  identification number; and any required proof of insurance or
  434  self-insuring status adequate to defend and cover claims. A
  435  municipality or county may not require a registrant to renew a
  436  registration more frequently than every 5 years but may require
  437  during this period that a registrant update the registration
  438  information provided under this subsection within 90 days after
  439  a change in such information. A municipality or county may not
  440  require the registrant to provide an inventory of communications
  441  facilities, maps, locations of such facilities, or other
  442  information by a registrant as a condition of registration,
  443  renewal, or for any other purpose; provided, however, that a
  444  municipality or county may require as part of a permit
  445  application that the applicant identify at-grade communications
  446  facilities within 50 feet of the proposed installation location
  447  for the placement of at-grade communications facilities. A
  448  municipality or county may not require that a provider locate or
  449  perform a survey of any facilities except its own or any right
  450  of-way boundary when requesting a permit consistent with chapter
  451  556. If the owner of a facility fails to locate their facilities
  452  as required under chapter 556, a provider may proceed with the
  453  work but must use reasonable care and detection equipment or
  454  other acceptable means to avoid damaging existing underground
  455  facilities. A municipality or county may not require a provider
  456  to pay any fee, cost, or other charge for registration or
  457  renewal thereof. A municipality or county may not limit the
  458  number of permits in any way, including by project size or by
  459  limiting the number of open permits or applications, provided
  460  that the permit is closed out within 45 days after the
  461  provider’s completion of work. A municipality or county may
  462  require the submission or maintenance of a bond or other
  463  financial instrument as set out in this section but may not
  464  require a cash deposit or other escrow, payment, or exaction as
  465  a condition of issuing a permit. It is the intent of the
  466  Legislature that the placement, operation, maintenance,
  467  upgrading, and extension of communications facilities not be
  468  unreasonably interrupted or delayed through the permitting or
  469  other local regulatory process. Except as provided in this
  470  chapter or otherwise expressly authorized by chapter 202,
  471  chapter 364, or chapter 610, a municipality or county may not
  472  adopt or enforce any ordinance, regulation, or requirement as to
  473  the placement or operation of communications facilities in a
  474  right-of-way by a communications services provider authorized by
  475  state or local law to operate in a right-of-way; regulate any
  476  communications services; or impose or collect any tax, fee,
  477  cost, charge, or exaction for the placement of communications
  478  facilities or the provision of communications services over the
  479  communications services provider’s communications facilities in
  480  a right-of-way.
  481         (i) Except as expressly provided in this section, this
  482  section does not modify the authority of municipalities and
  483  counties to levy the tax authorized in chapter 202 or the duties
  484  of providers of communications services under ss. 337.402
  485  337.404. This section does not apply to building permits, pole
  486  attachments, or private roads, private easements, and private
  487  rights-of-way, or building permits unrelated to the placement of
  488  communications facilities.
  489         (7)
  490         (b) As used in subsections (3)-(9) this subsection, the
  491  term:
  492         1. “Antenna” means communications equipment that transmits
  493  or receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals used in
  494  providing wireless services.
  495         2. “Applicable codes” means uniform building, fire,
  496  electrical, plumbing, or mechanical codes adopted by a
  497  recognized national code organization or local amendments to
  498  those codes enacted solely to address threats of destruction of
  499  property or injury to persons, and includes the National
  500  Electric Safety Code and the 2017 edition of the Florida
  501  Department of Transportation Utility Accommodation Manual.
  502         3. “Applicant” means a person who submits an application
  503  and is a wireless provider.
  504         4. “Application” means a request submitted by an applicant
  505  to an authority for a permit to collocate small wireless
  506  facilities, or to place a new utility pole used to support a
  507  small wireless facility, or place other communications
  508  facilities. An authority’s permit application form or process
  509  must include all required permissions, however designated,
  510  required by the authority to grant a permit to place
  511  communications facilities, including, but not limited to, right
  512  of-way occupancy, building permits, electrical permits, or
  513  historic review.
  514         5. “Authority” means a county or municipality having
  515  jurisdiction and control of the rights-of-way of any public
  516  road. The term does not include the Department of
  517  Transportation. Rights-of-way under the jurisdiction and control
  518  of the department are excluded from this subsection.
  519         6. “Authority utility pole” means a utility pole owned by
  520  an authority in the right-of-way. The term does not include a
  521  utility pole owned by a municipal electric utility, a utility
  522  pole used to support municipally owned or operated electric
  523  distribution facilities, or a utility pole located in the right
  524  of-way within:
  525         a. A retirement community that:
  526         (I) Is deed restricted as housing for older persons as
  527  defined in s. 760.29(4)(b);
  528         (II) Has more than 5,000 residents; and
  529         (III) Has underground utilities for electric transmission
  530  or distribution.
  531         b. A municipality that:
  532         (I) Is located on a coastal barrier island as defined in s.
  533  161.053(1)(b)3.;
  534         (II) Has a land area of less than 5 square miles;
  535         (III) Has less than 10,000 residents; and
  536         (IV) Has, before July 1, 2017, received referendum approval
  537  to issue debt to finance municipal-wide undergrounding of its
  538  utilities for electric transmission or distribution.
  539         7. “Collocate” or “collocation” means to install, mount,
  540  maintain, modify, operate, or replace one or more wireless
  541  facilities on, under, within, or adjacent to a wireless support
  542  structure or utility pole. The term does not include the
  543  installation of a new utility pole or wireless support structure
  544  in the public rights-of-way.
  545         8. “FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission.
  546         9. “Micro wireless facility” means a small wireless
  547  facility having dimensions no larger than 24 inches in length,
  548  15 inches in width, and 12 inches in height and an exterior
  549  antenna, if any, no longer than 11 inches.
  550         10. “Small wireless facility” means a wireless facility
  551  that meets the following qualifications:
  552         a. Each antenna associated with the facility is located
  553  inside an enclosure of no more than 6 cubic feet in volume or,
  554  in the case of antennas that have exposed elements, each antenna
  555  and all of its exposed elements could fit within an enclosure of
  556  no more than 6 cubic feet in volume; and
  557         b. All other wireless equipment associated with the
  558  facility is cumulatively no more than 28 cubic feet in volume.
  559  The following types of associated ancillary equipment are not
  560  included in the calculation of equipment volume: electric
  561  meters, concealment elements, telecommunications demarcation
  562  boxes, ground-based enclosures, grounding equipment, power
  563  transfer switches, cutoff switches, vertical cable runs for the
  564  connection of power and other services, and utility poles or
  565  other support structures.
  566         11. “Utility pole” means a pole or similar structure that
  567  is used in whole or in part to provide communications services
  568  or for electric distribution, lighting, traffic control,
  569  signage, or a similar function. The term includes the vertical
  570  support structure for traffic lights but does not include a
  571  horizontal structure to which signal lights or other traffic
  572  control devices are attached and does not include a pole or
  573  similar structure 15 feet in height or less unless an authority
  574  grants a waiver for such pole.
  575         12. “Wireless facility” means equipment at a fixed location
  576  which enables wireless communications between user equipment and
  577  a communications network, including radio transceivers,
  578  antennas, wires, coaxial or fiber-optic cable or other cables,
  579  regular and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment,
  580  regardless of technological configuration, and equipment
  581  associated with wireless communications. The term includes small
  582  wireless facilities. The term does not include:
  583         a. The structure or improvements on, under, within, or
  584  adjacent to the structure on which the equipment is collocated;
  585         b. Wireline backhaul facilities; or
  586         c. Coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is between wireless
  587  structures or utility poles or that is otherwise not immediately
  588  adjacent to or directly associated with a particular antenna.
  589         13. “Wireless infrastructure provider” means a person who
  590  has been certificated under chapter 364 to provide
  591  telecommunications service or under chapter 610 to provide cable
  592  or video services in this state, or that person’s affiliate, and
  593  who builds or installs wireless communication transmission
  594  equipment, wireless facilities, or wireless support structures
  595  but is not a wireless services provider.
  596         14. “Wireless provider” means a wireless infrastructure
  597  provider or a wireless services provider.
  598         15. “Wireless services” means any services provided using
  599  licensed or unlicensed spectrum, whether at a fixed location or
  600  mobile, using wireless facilities.
  601         16. “Wireless services provider” means a person who
  602  provides wireless services.
  603         17. “Wireless support structure” means a freestanding
  604  structure, such as a monopole, a guyed or self-supporting tower,
  605  or another existing or proposed structure designed to support or
  606  capable of supporting wireless facilities. The term does not
  607  include a utility pole, pedestal, or other support structure for
  608  ground-based equipment not mounted on a utility pole and less
  609  than 5 feet in height.
  610         (d) An authority may require a registration process and
  611  permit fees in accordance with subsection (3). An authority
  612  shall accept applications for permits and shall process and
  613  issue permits subject to the following requirements:
  614         1. An authority may not directly or indirectly require an
  615  applicant to perform services unrelated to the collocation for
  616  which approval is sought, such as in-kind contributions to the
  617  authority, including reserving fiber, conduit, or pole space for
  618  the authority.
  619         2. An applicant may not be required to provide more
  620  information to obtain a permit than is necessary to demonstrate
  621  the applicant’s compliance with applicable codes for the
  622  placement of small wireless facilities in the locations
  623  identified in the application. An applicant may not be required
  624  to provide inventories, maps, or locations of communications
  625  facilities in the right-of-way other than as necessary to avoid
  626  interference with other at-grade or aerial facilities located at
  627  the specific location proposed for a small wireless facility or
  628  within 50 feet of such location.
  629         3. An authority may not:
  630         a. Require the placement of small wireless facilities on
  631  any specific utility pole or category of poles;
  632         b. Require the placement of multiple antenna systems on a
  633  single utility pole;
  634         c. Require a demonstration that collocation of a small
  635  wireless facility on an existing structure is not legally or
  636  technically possible as a condition for granting a permit for
  637  the collocation of a small wireless facility on a new utility
  638  pole except as provided in paragraph (i);
  639         d. Require compliance with an authority’s provisions
  640  regarding placement of communications facilities, including
  641  small wireless facilities or a new utility poles pole used to
  642  support a small wireless facilities, facility in rights-of-way
  643  under the control of the department unless the authority has
  644  received a delegation from the department for the location of
  645  the small wireless facility or utility pole;, or require such
  646  compliance as a condition to receive a permit that is ancillary
  647  to the permit for collocation of a small wireless facility,
  648  including an electrical permit;
  649         e. Require a meeting before filing an application;
  650         f. Require direct or indirect public notification or a
  651  public meeting for the placement of communication facilities in
  652  the right-of-way;
  653         g. Limit the size or configuration of a small wireless
  654  facility or any of its components, if the small wireless
  655  facility complies with the size limits in this subsection;
  656         h. Prohibit the installation of a new utility pole used to
  657  support the collocation of a small wireless facility if the
  658  installation otherwise meets the requirements of this
  659  subsection; or
  660         i. Require that any component of a small wireless facility
  661  be placed underground except as provided in paragraph (i); or
  662         j.Require compliance with provisions regarding the
  663  placement of communications facilities, including small wireless
  664  facilities or new utility poles used to support small wireless
  665  facilities, in rights-of-way not owned and controlled by the
  666  authority and public utility easements that are within areas not
  667  owned and controlled by the authority unless a permit delegation
  668  agreement exists between the authority and the owner of the
  669  right-of-way or area that contains the public utility easement.
  670         4. Subject to paragraph (r), an authority may not limit the
  671  placement, by minimum separation distances, of small wireless
  672  facilities, utility poles on which small wireless facilities are
  673  or will be collocated, or other at-grade communications
  674  facilities. However, within 14 days after the date of filing the
  675  application, an authority may request that the proposed location
  676  of a small wireless facility be moved to another location in the
  677  right-of-way and placed on an alternative authority utility pole
  678  or support structure or placed on a new utility pole. The
  679  authority and the applicant may negotiate the alternative
  680  location, including any objective design standards and
  681  reasonable spacing requirements for ground-based equipment, for
  682  30 days after the date of the request. At the conclusion of the
  683  negotiation period, if the alternative location is accepted by
  684  the applicant, the applicant must notify the authority of such
  685  acceptance and the application shall be deemed granted for any
  686  new location for which there is agreement and all other
  687  locations in the application. If an agreement is not reached,
  688  the applicant must notify the authority of such nonagreement and
  689  the authority must grant or deny the original application within
  690  90 days after the date the application was filed. A request for
  691  an alternative location, an acceptance of an alternative
  692  location, or a rejection of an alternative location must be in
  693  writing and provided by electronic mail.
  694         5. An authority shall limit the height of a small wireless
  695  facility to 10 feet above the utility pole or structure upon
  696  which the small wireless facility is to be collocated. Unless
  697  waived by an authority, the height for a new utility pole is
  698  limited to the tallest existing utility pole as of July 1, 2017,
  699  located in the same right-of-way, other than a utility pole for
  700  which a waiver has previously been granted, measured from grade
  701  in place within 500 feet of the proposed location of the small
  702  wireless facility. If there is no utility pole within 500 feet,
  703  the authority shall limit the height of the utility pole to 50
  704  feet.
  705         6. The installation by a communications services provider
  706  of a utility pole in the public rights-of-way, other than a
  707  utility pole used to support a small wireless facility, is
  708  subject to authority rules or regulations governing the
  709  placement of utility poles in the public rights-of-way.
  710         7. Within 14 days after receiving an application, an
  711  authority must determine and notify the applicant by electronic
  712  mail as to whether the application is complete. If an
  713  application is deemed incomplete, the authority must
  714  specifically identify the missing information. An application is
  715  deemed complete if the authority fails to provide notification
  716  to the applicant within 14 days.
  717         8. An application must be processed on a nondiscriminatory
  718  basis. A complete application is deemed approved if an authority
  719  fails to approve or deny the application within 60 days after
  720  receipt of the application. If an authority does not use the 30
  721  day negotiation period provided in subparagraph 4., the parties
  722  may mutually agree to extend the 60-day application review
  723  period. The authority shall grant or deny the application at the
  724  end of the extended period. A permit issued pursuant to an
  725  approved application shall remain effective for 1 year unless
  726  extended by the authority.
  727         9. An authority must notify the applicant of approval or
  728  denial by electronic mail. An authority shall approve a complete
  729  application unless it does not meet the authority’s applicable
  730  codes. If the application is denied, the authority must specify
  731  in writing the basis for denial, including the specific code
  732  provisions on which the denial was based, and send the
  733  documentation to the applicant by electronic mail on the day the
  734  authority denies the application. The applicant may cure the
  735  deficiencies identified by the authority and resubmit the
  736  application within 30 days after notice of the denial is sent to
  737  the applicant. The authority shall approve or deny the revised
  738  application within 30 days after receipt or the application is
  739  deemed approved. The review of a revised application is limited
  740  to the deficiencies cited in the denial. If an authority
  741  provides for administrative review of the denial of an
  742  application, the review must be complete and a written decision
  743  issued within 45 days after a written request for review is
  744  made. A denial must identify the specific code provisions on
  745  which the denial is based. If the administrative review is not
  746  complete within 45 days, the authority waives any claim
  747  regarding failure to exhaust administrative remedies in any
  748  judicial review of the denial of an application.
  749         10. An applicant seeking to collocate small wireless
  750  facilities within the jurisdiction of a single authority may, at
  751  the applicant’s discretion, file a consolidated application and
  752  receive a single permit for the collocation of up to 30 small
  753  wireless facilities. If the application includes multiple small
  754  wireless facilities, an authority may separately address small
  755  wireless facility collocations for which incomplete information
  756  has been received or which are denied.
  757         11. An authority may deny an application to collocate a
  758  small wireless facility or place a utility pole used to support
  759  a small wireless facility in the public rights-of-way if the
  760  proposed small wireless facility or utility pole used to support
  761  a small wireless facility:
  762         a. Materially interferes with the safe operation of traffic
  763  control equipment.
  764         b. Materially interferes with sight lines or clear zones
  765  for transportation, pedestrians, or public safety purposes.
  766         c. Materially interferes with compliance with the Americans
  767  with Disabilities Act or similar federal or state standards
  768  regarding pedestrian access or movement.
  769         d. Materially fails to comply with the 2017 edition of the
  770  Florida Department of Transportation Utility Accommodation
  771  Manual.
  772         e. Fails to comply with applicable codes.
  773         f. Fails to comply with objective design standards
  774  authorized under paragraph (r).
  775         12. An authority may adopt by ordinance provisions for
  776  insurance coverage, indemnification, force majeure, abandonment,
  777  authority liability, or authority warranties. Such provisions
  778  must be reasonable and nondiscriminatory and apply to all
  779  providers of communications services, including, if applicable,
  780  any local government or nonprofit providers. An authority may
  781  require a construction bond to secure restoration of the
  782  postconstruction rights-of-way to the preconstruction condition.
  783  However, such bond must be time-limited to not more than 18
  784  months after the construction to which the bond applies is
  785  completed, and such bond must be reasonably related to the cost
  786  to secure restoration of the rights-of-way. An authority may not
  787  limit the number of permits allowed under the same bond. For any
  788  financial obligation required by an authority allowed under this
  789  section, the authority may not limit the number of permits in
  790  any way, including by project size or by limiting the number of
  791  applications or open permits, provided that the permit is closed
  792  out within 45 days after the provider’s completion of work; may
  793  not impose additional requirements based on the scope or linear
  794  feet of the project; and shall accept, at the option of the
  795  applicant, a bond or a letter of credit or similar financial
  796  instrument issued by any financial institution that is
  797  authorized to do business within the United States and, provided
  798  that a claim against the financial instrument may be made by
  799  electronic means, including by facsimile. An authority may not
  800  require a deposit or escrow of cash as a condition of issuing a
  801  permit or compel the applicant to agree to any additional terms
  802  or agreements not specifically authorized by this act or
  803  directly related to the work set out in the application. A
  804  provider of communications services may add an authority to any
  805  existing bond, insurance policy, or other relevant financial
  806  instrument, and the authority must accept such proof of coverage
  807  without any conditions other than consent to venue for purposes
  808  of any litigation to which the authority is a party. An
  809  authority may not require a communications services provider to
  810  indemnify it for liabilities not caused by the provider, its
  811  agents, or its employees, including liabilities arising from the
  812  authority’s negligence, gross negligence, or willful conduct by
  813  an unaffiliated third party.
  814         13. Collocation of a small wireless facility on an
  815  authority utility pole does not provide the basis for the
  816  imposition of an ad valorem tax on the authority utility pole.
  817         14. An authority may reserve space on authority utility
  818  poles for future public safety uses. However, a reservation of
  819  space may not preclude collocation of a small wireless facility.
  820  If replacement of the authority utility pole is necessary to
  821  accommodate the collocation of the small wireless facility and
  822  the future public safety use, the pole replacement is subject to
  823  make-ready provisions and the replaced pole shall accommodate
  824  the future public safety use.
  825         15. A structure granted a permit and installed pursuant to
  826  this subsection shall comply with chapter 333 and federal
  827  regulations pertaining to airport airspace protections.
  828         (r) An authority may require wireless providers to comply
  829  with objective design standards adopted by ordinance. The
  830  ordinance may only require:
  831         1. A new utility pole that replaces an existing utility
  832  pole to be of substantially similar design, material, and color;
  833         2. Reasonable spacing requirements concerning the location
  834  of a ground-mounted component of a small wireless facility which
  835  does not exceed 15 feet from the associated support structure;
  836  or
  837         3. A small wireless facility to meet reasonable location
  838  context, color, camouflage, and concealment requirements,
  839  subject to the limitations in this subsection; and
  840         4. A new utility pole used to support a small wireless
  841  facility to meet reasonable location context, color, and
  842  material of the predominant utility pole type at the proposed
  843  location of the new utility pole.
  844  
  845  Such design standards under this paragraph may be waived by the
  846  authority upon a showing that the design standards are not
  847  reasonably compatible for the particular location of a small
  848  wireless facility or utility pole or are technically infeasible
  849  or that the design standards impose an excessive expense. The
  850  waiver must be granted or denied within 45 days after the date
  851  of the request. An authority may not require landscaping,
  852  landscaping maintenance, or vegetation management other than
  853  that necessary for right-of-way restoration.
  854         Section 23. Present paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection
  855  (3) of section 338.231, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  856  paragraphs (c) and (d), respectively, a new paragraph (b) is
  857  added to that subsection, and paragraph (a) of that subsection
  858  is amended, to read:
  859         338.231 Turnpike tolls, fixing; pledge of tolls and other
  860  revenues.—The department shall at all times fix, adjust, charge,
  861  and collect such tolls and amounts for the use of the turnpike
  862  system as are required in order to provide a fund sufficient
  863  with other revenues of the turnpike system to pay the cost of
  864  maintaining, improving, repairing, and operating such turnpike
  865  system; to pay the principal of and interest on all bonds issued
  866  to finance or refinance any portion of the turnpike system as
  867  the same become due and payable; and to create reserves for all
  868  such purposes.
  869         (3)(a)1. For the period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2029
  870  2027, the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible,
  871  program sufficient funds in the tentative work program such that
  872  the percentage of turnpike toll and bond financed commitments in
  873  Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as
  874  compared to total turnpike toll and bond financed commitments
  875  shall be at least 90 percent of the share of net toll
  876  collections attributable to users of the turnpike system in
  877  Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as
  878  compared to total net toll collections attributable to users of
  879  the turnpike system.
  880         2. Beginning in the 2029-2030 fiscal year, the department
  881  shall, to the maximum extent feasible, program sufficient funds
  882  in the tentative work program such that 100 percent of the share
  883  of net toll collections attributable to users of the turnpike
  884  system in Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach
  885  County is used for turnpike toll and bond financed commitments
  886  in those counties.
  887  
  888  This paragraph subsection does not apply when the application of
  889  such requirements would violate any covenant established in a
  890  resolution or trust indenture relating to the issuance of
  891  turnpike bonds.
  892         (b) The department may at any time for economic
  893  considerations establish lower temporary toll rates for a new or
  894  existing toll facility for a period not to exceed 1 year, after
  895  which the toll rates adopted pursuant to s. 120.54 shall become
  896  effective.
  897         Section 24. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  898  (d) of subsection (5) of section 339.81, Florida Statutes, are
  899  amended to read:
  900         339.81 Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network.—
  901         (2)
  902         (b) The multiuse trails or shared-use paths of the
  903  statewide network must be physically separated from motor
  904  vehicle traffic and constructed with asphalt, concrete, or
  905  another improved hard surface approved by the department.
  906         (5)
  907         (d) To the greatest extent practicable, the department
  908  shall program projects in the work program to plan for
  909  development of the entire trail and to minimize the creation of
  910  gaps between trail segments. The department shall, at a minimum,
  911  ensure that local support exists for projects and trail
  912  segments, including the availability or dedication of local
  913  funding sources and of contributions by private landowners who
  914  agree to make their land, or property interests in such land,
  915  available for public use as a trail. The department may also
  916  consider any sponsorship agreement entered into pursuant to
  917  subsection (7).
  918         Section 25. Subsection (16) of section 341.041, Florida
  919  Statutes, is amended to read:
  920         341.041 Transit responsibilities of the department.—The
  921  department shall, within the resources provided pursuant to
  922  chapter 216:
  923         (16) Unless otherwise provided by state or federal law,
  924  ensure that all grants and agreements between the department and
  925  entities providing paratransit services to persons with
  926  disabilities include, at a minimum, the following provisions:
  927         (a) Performance requirements for the delivery of services,
  928  including clear penalties for repeated or continuing violations;
  929         (b) Minimum liability insurance requirements for all
  930  transportation services purchased, provided, or coordinated for
  931  the transportation disadvantaged, as defined in s. 427.011(1),
  932  through the contracted vendor or subcontractor thereof;
  933         (c) Complaint and grievance processes for users of
  934  paratransit services for persons with disabilities users,
  935  including a requirement that all reported complaints,
  936  grievances, and resolutions be reported to the department on a
  937  quarterly basis; and
  938         (d) A requirement that the provisions of paragraphs (a),
  939  (b), and (c) must be included in any agreement between an entity
  940  receiving a grant or an agreement from the department and such
  941  entity’s contractors or subcontractors that provide paratransit
  942  services for persons with disabilities.
  943         Section 26. Section 479.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  944  read:
  945         479.25 Erection of noise-attenuation barrier or obstruction
  946  blocking view of sign; procedures; application.—
  947         (1) The owner of a lawfully erected sign that is governed
  948  by and conforms to state and federal requirements for land use,
  949  size, height, and spacing may increase the height above ground
  950  level of such sign at its permitted location if a noise
  951  attenuation barrier, ramp, or braided bridge is permitted by or
  952  erected by any governmental entity in such a way as to screen or
  953  block visibility of the sign. Any increase in height permitted
  954  under this section may only be the increase in height which is
  955  required to achieve the same degree of visibility from the
  956  right-of-way which the sign had before the construction of the
  957  noise-attenuation barrier, ramp, or braided bridge,
  958  notwithstanding the restrictions contained in s. 479.07(9)(b). A
  959  sign reconstructed under this section must comply with the
  960  building standards and wind load requirements provided in the
  961  Florida Building Code. If construction of a proposed noise
  962  attenuation barrier, ramp, or braided bridge will screen a sign
  963  lawfully permitted under this chapter, the department shall
  964  provide notice to the local government or local jurisdiction
  965  within which the sign is located before construction. Upon a
  966  determination that an increase in the height of a sign as
  967  permitted under this section will violate an ordinance or a land
  968  development regulation of the local government or local
  969  jurisdiction, the local government or local jurisdiction shall,
  970  before construction:
  971         (a) Provide a variance or waiver to the local ordinance or
  972  land development regulations to allow an increase in the height
  973  of the sign;
  974         (b) Allow the sign to be relocated or reconstructed at
  975  another location if the sign owner agrees; or
  976         (c) Pay the fair market value of the sign and its
  977  associated interest in the real property.
  978         (2) The department shall hold a public hearing within the
  979  boundaries of the affected local governments or local
  980  jurisdictions to receive input on the proposed noise-attenuation
  981  barrier, ramp, or braided bridge and its conflict with the local
  982  ordinance or land development regulation and to suggest or
  983  consider alternatives or modifications to alleviate or minimize
  984  the conflict with the local ordinance or land development
  985  regulation or minimize any costs that may be associated with
  986  relocating, reconstructing, or paying for the affected sign. The
  987  public hearing may be held concurrently with other public
  988  hearings scheduled for the project. The department shall provide
  989  a written notification to the local government or local
  990  jurisdiction of the date and time of the public hearing and
  991  shall provide general notice of the public hearing in accordance
  992  with the notice provisions of s. 335.02(1). The notice may not
  993  be placed in that portion of a newspaper in which legal notices
  994  or classified advertisements appear. The notice must
  995  specifically state that:
  996         (a) Erection of the proposed noise-attenuation barrier,
  997  ramp, or braided bridge may block the visibility of an existing
  998  outdoor advertising sign;
  999         (b) The local government or local jurisdiction may restrict
 1000  or prohibit increasing the height of the existing outdoor
 1001  advertising sign; and
 1002         (c) Upon construction of the noise-attenuation barrier,
 1003  ramp, or braided bridge, the local government or local
 1004  jurisdiction shall:
 1005         1. Allow an increase in the height of the sign through a
 1006  waiver or variance to a local ordinance or land development
 1007  regulation;
 1008         2. Allow the sign to be relocated or reconstructed at
 1009  another location if the sign owner agrees; or
 1010         3. Pay the fair market value of the sign and its associated
 1011  interest in the real property.
 1012         (3) The department may not permit erection of the noise
 1013  attenuation barrier, ramp, or braided bridge to the extent the
 1014  barrier or obstruction screens or blocks visibility of the sign
 1015  until after the public hearing is held.
 1016         (4) This section does not apply to any existing written
 1017  agreement executed before July 1, 2006, between any local
 1018  government and the owner of an outdoor advertising sign.
 1019         Section 27. Section 790.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1020  read:
 1021         790.19 Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into
 1022  dwellings, public or private buildings, occupied or not
 1023  occupied; vessels, aircraft, buses, railroad cars, streetcars,
 1024  or other vehicles.—A person who Whoever, wantonly or
 1025  maliciously, shoots at, within, or into, or throws a any missile
 1026  or hurls or projects a stone or other hard substance which would
 1027  produce death or great bodily harm, at, within, or in a any
 1028  public or private building, occupied or unoccupied; a, or public
 1029  or private bus or a any train, locomotive, railway car, caboose,
 1030  cable railway car, street railway car, monorail car, or vehicle
 1031  of any kind which is being used or occupied by a any person; an
 1032  autonomous vehicle, occupied or unoccupied; a, or any boat,
 1033  vessel, ship, or barge lying in or plying the waters of this
 1034  state;, or an aircraft flying through the airspace of this state
 1035  commits shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree,
 1036  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
 1037         Section 28. Present subsections (8) through (12) of section
 1038  806.13, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (9)
 1039  through (13), respectively, a new subsection (8) is added to
 1040  that section, and present subsection (11) of that section is
 1041  amended, to read:
 1042         806.13 Criminal mischief; penalties; penalty for minor.—
 1043         (8) A person who willfully or maliciously defaces, injures,
 1044  or damages by any means an autonomous vehicle as defined in s.
 1045  316.003(3)(a) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable
 1046  as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the
 1047  damage to the vehicle is greater than $1,000.
 1048  
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 1050  And the title is amended as follows:
 1051         Delete lines 22 - 94
 1052  and insert:
 1053         certain streets, roadways, and highways; revising
 1054         construction; prohibiting the operation of a personal
 1055         delivery device or mobile carrier within certain areas
 1056         and facilities; prohibiting counties and
 1057         municipalities from enacting, imposing, levying,
 1058         collecting, or enforcing certain operating fees and
 1059         advertising regulations; amending s. 316.126, F.S.;
 1060         revising the visible signals given by an approaching
 1061         emergency vehicle upon which a driver must yield the
 1062         right-of-way; providing that the use of cruise lights
 1063         is not such a visible signal; defining the term
 1064         “cruise lights”; revising the means by which an
 1065         emergency vehicle may signal that such vehicle is en
 1066         route to an emergency; amending s. 316.2071, F.S.;
 1067         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 1068         prohibiting a personal delivery device from operating
 1069         as otherwise authorized unless the personal delivery
 1070         device meets certain criteria and a human operator is
 1071         capable of controlling and monitoring its navigation
 1072         and operation; prohibiting a personal delivery device
 1073         from operating on a limited access facility;
 1074         prohibiting a personal delivery device or mobile
 1075         carrier from operating within certain facilities and
 1076         areas; authorizing rulemaking; amending s. 318.14,
 1077         F.S.; revising a limitation on the number of times a
 1078         person may elect to attend a basic driver improvement
 1079         course under certain circumstances; amending s.
 1080         320.06, F.S.; authorizing certain rental trucks to
 1081         elect a permanent registration period; repealing s.
 1082         322.032, F.S., relating to digital proof of driver
 1083         license or identification card; amending ss. 322.059
 1084         and 322.15, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes
 1085         made by the act; repealing s. 324.252, F.S., relating
 1086         to electronic insurance verification; amending s.
 1087         330.41, F.S.; prohibiting a political subdivision from
 1088         withholding issuance of a business tax receipt,
 1089         development permit, or other land use approval to
 1090         certain drone delivery services and from enacting or
 1091         enforcing ordinances or resolutions that prohibit
 1092         drone delivery service operation; revising
 1093         construction; defining the term “major theme park or
 1094         entertainment complex”; prohibiting a drone delivery
 1095         service from operating over or delivering to a major
 1096         theme park or entertainment complex without certain
 1097         approval; providing that the addition of a drone
 1098         delivery service within a certain parking area does
 1099         not reduce the number of parking spaces in the parking
 1100         area for a certain purpose; amending s. 332.001, F.S.;
 1101         revising duties of the Department of Transportation
 1102         relating to airport systems in this state; amending s.
 1103         332.006, F.S.; requiring the department to coordinate
 1104         with commercial service airports to review and
 1105         evaluate certain federal policies and programs;
 1106         amending s. 332.0075, F.S.; requiring commercial
 1107         service airports to develop a plan for obtaining and
 1108         maintaining critical infrastructure resources;
 1109         providing requirements for such plans; defining the
 1110         term “critical infrastructure resources”; amending s.
 1111         334.03, F.S.; defining the term “advanced air mobility
 1112         corridor connection point”; revising the definition of
 1113         the term “transportation corridor”; amending s.
 1114         334.044, F.S.; authorizing the department to purchase,
 1115         lease, or otherwise acquire property and materials for
 1116         the promotion of transportation-related economic
 1117         development opportunities and advanced air mobility;
 1118         deleting the authority of the department to purchase,
 1119         lease, or otherwise acquire property and materials for
 1120         the promotion of electric vehicle use and charging
 1121         stations; authorizing the department to operate and
 1122         maintain certain research facilities, enter into
 1123         certain contracts and agreements, require local
 1124         governments to submit certain applications for federal
 1125         funding to the department for review and approval
 1126         before submission to the Federal Government, and
 1127         acquire, own, construct, or operate airports for a
 1128         specified purpose; requiring that certain airport
 1129         acquisitions be approved by the governing body of the
 1130         airport; authorizing the department to adopt