| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to interstate safety; amending s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 316.081, F.S.; defining the term "furthermost left - 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | hand lane"; prohibiting a driver from operating a 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | motor vehicle in the furthermost left -hand lane of 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | certain roadways, except under certain circumstances; 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | providing applicability; providing a penalty; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Present subsections (4) and (5) of section 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 316.081, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5) 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | and (6), respectively, a new subsection (4) is added to that 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | section, and present subsection (5) of that section is 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | republished, to read: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 316.081 Driving on right side of roadway; exceptions. — 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4)(a) As used in this subsection, the term "furthermost 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | left-hand lane" means the farthest, most left -hand lane, except 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | that, if such left-hand lane is a high-occupancy-vehicle lane as 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | defined in s. 316.0741, or is a designated left -turn lane, the 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | furthermost left-hand lane is the lane immediately to the right 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of that high-occupancy-vehicle lane or left -turn lane. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) On a road, street, or highway with two or more lanes 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | allowing movement in the same dir ection and a posted speed limit 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 51 | 51 | | of at least 65 miles per hour, a driver may not operate a motor 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | vehicle in the furthermost left -hand lane, except when 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | overtaking and passing another vehicle; when preparing to exit 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the road, street, or highway; or when othe rwise directed by an 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | official traffic control device. This subsection does not apply 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | to authorized emergency vehicles and vehicles engaged in highway 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | maintenance or construction operations. 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (6)(5) A violation of this section is a noncriminal 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | in chapter 318. 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025. 36 |
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