Bill > S1080

Introduced Session

An act relating to transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation and any impacted local government to increase the minimum perception-reaction time for steady yellow signals at certain intersections by a specified amount of time; amending s. 316.008, F.S.; authorizing enforcement of restrictive school zone speed limits through the use of speed detection systems under certain conditions; providing that certain evidence is not required for a certain timeframe for speed detection systems installed before a certain date; revising circumstances for which counties and municipalities may place or install or contract to place or install speed detection systems; providing requirements for the physical placement of such speed detection systems; amending s. 316.0083, F.S.; deleting a provision prohibiting the issuance of certain notices of violation and traffic citations for failure to stop before crossing over a stop line or other point at which a stop is required under certain circumstances; defining the term “careful and prudent manner”; providing that certain counties and municipalities are responsible for and must maintain certain data for a specified period; amending s. 316.0776, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the placement and installation of certain speed detection systems and components thereof; limiting the violations that may be captured by such speed detection systems; amending s. 316.0777, F.S.; authorizing a private property owner to install an automated license plate recognition system for use on certain property for a specified purpose or in connection with controlling or enforcement of access to property; prohibiting a private property owner that installs such a system from accessing certain data or sharing or selling certain images and data; providing exceptions; requiring such private property owners to contractually obligate certain third parties to protect certain images and data from disclosure; prohibiting such private property owners from offering or providing as payment or other consideration certain proceeds to a third party; providing an exception; providing noncriminal penalties for the unauthorized use or release of certain information; amending s. 316.173, F.S.; revising procedures for certain administrative hearings; revising a limitation on the use of videos and images recorded as part of a school bus infraction detection system; requiring certain school districts to submit specified reports to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles annually, rather than quarterly; requiring the department to publish such reports on its website; amending ss. 316.183 and 316.189, F.S.; authorizing counties and municipalities to set lower maximum speed limits in residence districts under certain circumstances; amending s. 316.1895, F.S.; requiring the use of flashing beacons under certain circumstances; providing that certain areas have until a specified date to place and install such beacons; amending s. 316.1896, F.S.; authorizing the enforcement of restrictive school zone speed limits through the use of speed detection systems only when flashing beacons are activated; providing that certain evidence is not required for a certain timeframe for speed detection systems installed before a certain date; providing that certain areas have until a specified date to place or install such beacons; revising the timeframe within which a person who receives a notice of violation is required to take certain action; revising the timeframe within which the registered owner of a vehicle must furnish a specified affidavit under certain circumstances; revising a limitation on the use of videos and images recorded as part of a speed detection system in a school zone; revising information that must be included in a specified report; deleting a provision authorizing the department to require the quarterly submission of certain data; requiring the department to publish such reports on its website; amending s. 316.1906, F.S.; providing that certain radar and LiDAR units are not required to be on certain lists; amending s. 316.650, F.S.; revising provisions relating to traffic citations; amending s. 318.15, F.S.; revising provisions relating to penalties for certain failures to comply; amending s. 318.18, F.S.; providing exceptions to requirements that certain civil penalties be remitted to school districts; revising costs which a local hearing officer may order payment of under certain circumstances; amending s. 320.02, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the department may withhold registration or reregistration of a motor vehicle; amending s. 320.061, F.S.; prohibiting a person from applying or attaching materials that interfere with the legibility, angular visibility, or detectability of, or that interfere with the ability to record, the primary features or details on a license plate; authorizing license plate frames that impinge upon information at certain locations under certain circumstances; amending s. 320.0848, F.S.; including certain pregnancy-related conditions in the list of disabilities that qualify a person for a disabled parking permit; repealing s. 320.0849, F.S., relating to expectant mother parking permits; amending s. 322.142, F.S.; authorizing the department to make and issue reproductions from certain files and digital records for identity verification purposes under certain circumstances; authorizing identity verification service providers to use department data for a specified purpose under certain conditions; prohibiting such providers from selling, sharing, or retaining certain information; prohibiting the department from allowing the use of digital imaged licenses for a private entity’s business purposes; amending s. 332.007, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Transportation to fund certain project costs at certain airports; prohibiting the department from requiring certain matching funds; authorizing the provision of certain funds as matching funds for certain eligible projects; amending s. 337.11, F.S.; authorizing the department to make direct payments to a first-tier subcontractor; providing construction; requiring the department to adopt rules establishing certain procedures; providing requirements for such procedures; requiring that amounts paid to a first-tier subcontractor be deducted from amounts otherwise due to the contractor; amending s. 337.18, F.S.; requiring that a takeover agreement between the department and a surety set forth certain procedures; amending s. 339.175, F.S.; requiring metropolitan planning organizations serving specified counties to submit a certain feasibility report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date, with certain goals; amending s. 339.85, F.S.; requiring the department to implement a Next-generation Traffic Signal Modernization Grant Program; providing the program’s purpose; requiring the department to implement a state-local partnership through a cost sharing arrangement; specifying requirements for such arrangement; authorizing the department to waive local match requirements for certain intersections; requiring the department to prioritize grant applications for certain intersections and use competitive procurement to find certain vendors; specifying program requirements; providing for an annual appropriation; amending s. 775.15, F.S.; extending the period of limitation for certain traffic violations upon receipt of specified affidavits; providing legislative findings and intent; defining terms; requiring the department to conduct a statewide study on advanced detection and monitoring systems at public railroad-highway crossings; providing requirements for the study; authorizing the department to consult with certain entities; requiring a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; reenacting s. 318.121, F.S., relating to preemption of additional fees, fines, surcharges, and costs, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 318.18, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing effective dates.

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Nick DiCeglie (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (2)

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 543 (on 03/06/2026)

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