Florida HB 543: Third-party Reservation Platforms

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to transportation; requiring the 2
Department of Transportation and any impacted local 3
government to increase the minimum perception-reaction 4
time for steady yellow signals at certain 5
intersections by a specified amount of time; 6
transferring, renumbering, and amending s. 311.10(4), 7
F.S.; defining the terms "cargo purposes" and 8
"commercial space launch industry"; requiring certain 9
seaports to submit an annual report describing 10
measures taken to support the commercial space launch 11
industry to the chair of the Space Florida board of 12
directors beginning on a specified date; requiring the 13
seaport to post such report on its website; 14
prohibiting certain seaports from converting planned 15
or existing land, facilities, or infrastructure that 16
supports cargo purposes unless specified conditions 17
are met; requiring legislative approval for the use of 18
state funds for specified projects; amending s. 19
316.003, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 20
"local hearing officer"; amending s. 316.008, F.S.; 21
revising powers of local authorities; amending s. 22
316.0776, F.S.; revising provisions relating to speed 23
detection systems in school zones; amending s. 24
316.0777, F.S.; authorizing a private entity to 25

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install an automated license plate recognition system 26
for use on certain property for a specified purpose 27
and providing requirements therefor; providing a 28
penalty; amending s. 316.173, F.S.; defining the term 29
"school district"; prohibiting a private school bus 30
contractor from charging a certain fee; authorizing 31
review of school bus infraction detection system 32
information by certain persons; providing and revising 33
procedures for an administrative hearing; requiring a 34
certain report to be due annually instead of 35
quarterly; providing a rebuttable presumption 36
regarding certain specifications; requiring the 37
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 38
publish certain reports on its website; authorizing 39
charter schools and private schools to enter into 40
contracts under specified circumstances; amending s. 41
316.183, F.S.; authorizing a county or municipality to 42
set a lower maximum speed limit under certain 43
conditions; amending s. 316.189, F.S.; authorizing a 44
county to set a lower maximum speed limit under 45
certain conditions; amending s. 316.1895, F.S.; 46
requiring the use of flashing beacons in certain 47
circumstances; amending s. 316.1896, F.S.; requiring 48
flashing beacons to be activated during specified 49
times to enforce the restricted school zone speed 50

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limit through a school zone speed detection system; 51
providing applicability; revising provisions relating 52
to roadways maintained as school zones; amending s. 53
316.1906, F.S.; specifying that certain radar and 54
LiDAR units are not required to be on certain lists; 55
amending s. 316.1955, F.S.; authorizing vehicles 56
displaying disabled parking permits to occupy more 57
than one parking space under specified conditions; 58
prohibiting such vehicles from being cited, penalized, 59
or towed under specified circumstances; providing 60
requirements for property owners and towing operators; 61
providing construction; amending s. 316.20655, F.S.; 62
clarifying a provision; amending s. 316.212, F.S.; 63
authorizing operation of a golf cart for the purpose 64
of crossing certain streets and highways under certain 65
conditions; providing penalties; repealing ss. 316.272 66
and 316.293, F.S., relating to the prevention of noise 67
from exhaust systems and motor vehicle noise, 68
respectively; amending s. 316.3045, F.S.; requiring 69
certain motor vehicles to be equipped with and 70
maintain an exhaust system to prevent excessive or 71
unusual noise; prohibiting certain excessive or 72
unusual noises; providing applicability; amending s. 73
316.650, F.S.; revising provisions relating to traffic 74
citations; amending s. 318.15, F.S.; revising 75

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provisions relating to penalties for certain failures 76
to comply; amending s. 318.18, F.S.; revising 77
provisions relating to penalties; amending s. 78
319.1401, F.S.; authorizing certain golf carts to be 79
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