Florida Senate - 2024 SB By Senator DiCeglie 18-00703A-24 2024648__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to a license or permit to operate a vehicle for hire; creating s. 320.0603, F.S.; 3 providing that a person who holds a license or permit issued by a county or municipality to operate a vehicle for hire may operate a vehicle for hire in any other county or municipality without being subject to certain requirements or fees under certain circumstances; providing an exception for transportation services to and from an airport; 10 defining the term “airport”; providing construction and applicability; providing an effective date. 12

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14

Section

Section 320.0603, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 17 320.0603 Vehicle-for-hire license or permit; reciprocity.— 18

(1) A person who holds a valid, active license or permit issued by a county or municipality to operate a vehicle for hire may operate a vehicle for hire in any other county or municipality without being subject to additional licensing or permitting requirements and without paying additional license or permit fees if the following conditions are met: 24

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a) The person holds a valid, active license or permit to operate a vehicle for hire in the county or municipality in which the person is domiciled. 27

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b) The person has not had a license or permit to operate a vehicle for hire suspended or revoked within the preceding 5 Florida Senate - 2024 SB 648 18-00703A-24 2024648__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. years. 30

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or subsection (3), this

section does not apply to transportation services to and from an airport. For purposes of this subsection, the term “airport” 33 includes an airport, airport authority, aviation authority, or other entity, including a county, municipality, or special district that operates a public-use airport as defined in s. 36 332.004. 37

(3) This

section does not grant specific authority to counties, municipalities, or special districts to regulate or license vehicles for hire which is required by s. 163.211. 40

(4) This

section does not apply to a person who holds a valid, active license or permit to operate a vehicle for hire when such person provides transportation of persons while on stretchers or wheelchairs, or transportation of persons whose disability, illness, injury, or other incapacitation makes it impractical to be transported by a regular common carrier such as a bus, taxi, non-taxi, limousine, or other vehicle for hire. 47

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 48