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FL S0818

Bill

Status

Failed

3/10/2018

Primary Sponsor

Bobby Powell

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

SB 818 Summary

  • Adds new exemption from toll payment for persons operating motor vehicles on toll facilities located in counties subject to a mandatory evacuation order issued during a state of emergency declared by the Governor.

  • Emergency toll exemption remains in effect until the evacuation order is lifted.

  • Authorizes the secretary of transportation or designee to suspend toll payment on any toll facility when necessary to assist in emergency evacuation.

  • Reorganizes and reformats existing toll exemptions (employees, military personnel, persons with disabilities, law enforcement, fire and rescue vehicles, and funeral processions) into a numbered list structure.

  • Updates terminology from "handicapped persons" to "persons with disabilities" throughout the statute.

Legislative Description

Emergency Exemption from Tolls

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

3/10/2018

Committee Referrals

Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee1/25/2018
Transportation11/17/2017

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