Florida Senate - 2023 CS for SB 464 By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Perry 596-03090A-23 2023464c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to interstate safety; amending s. 3 316.081, F.S.; defining the term furthermost left 4 hand lane; prohibiting a driver from continuously 5 operating a motor vehicle in the furthermost left-hand 6 lane of certain roadways, except under certain 7 circumstances; providing applicability; providing a 8 penalty; providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1.Present subsections (4) and (5) of section 13 316.081, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5) 14 and (6), respectively, a new subsection (4) is added to that 15 section, and present subsection (5) of that section is 16 republished, to read: 17 316.081Driving on right side of roadway; exceptions. 18 (4)(a)As used in this subsection, the term furthermost 19 left-hand lane means the farthest most left-hand lane, except 20 that, if such left-hand lane is a high-occupancy-vehicle lane as 21 defined in s. 316.0741, or is a designated left turn lane, the 22 furthermost left-hand lane shall be the lane immediately to the 23 right of such high-occupancy-vehicle lane or left turn lane. 24 (b)On a road, street, or highway having two or more lanes 25 allowing movement in the same direction with a posted speed 26 limit of at least 65 miles per hour, a driver may not 27 continuously operate a motor vehicle in the furthermost left 28 hand lane, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle, 29 when preparing to exit the road, street, or highway, or when 30 otherwise directed by an official traffic control device. This 31 subsection does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles and 32 vehicles engaged in highway maintenance or construction 33 operations. 34 (6)(5)A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic 35 infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in 36 chapter 318. 37 Section 2.This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.