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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the use of lights and sirens on 2
emergency vehicles; amending s. 316.2397, F.S.; 3
authorizing certain vehicles transporting organs and 4
surgical teams for organ recovery and transplant to 5
operate emergency lights and sirens while en route to 6
a hospital, airport, or other designated location; 7
providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 316.2397, Florida 12
Statutes, is amended to read: 13
316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions. — 14
(3)(a) Vehicles of the fire department and fire patrol, 15
including vehicles of volunteer firefighters as permitted under 16
s. 316.2398, may show or display red or red and white lights. 17
(b) Vehicles of medical staff physicians or technicians of 18
medical facilities licensed by the state or of volunteer 19
ambulance services as authorized under s. 316.2398, ambulances 20
as authorized under th is chapter, and buses and taxicabs as 21
authorized under s. 316.2399 may show or display red lights. 22
(c) Vehicles of the fire department, fire patrol, police 23
vehicles, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of 24
municipal and county departments, voluntee r ambulance services, 25
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public service corporations operated by private corporations, 26
the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of 27
Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation, the 28
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Serv ices, and the 29
Department of Corrections as are designated or authorized by 30
their respective department or the chief of police of an 31
incorporated city or any sheriff of any county may operate 32
emergency lights and sirens in an emergency. 33
(d) Vehicles designated as emergency vehicles for the sole 34
purpose of transporting organs and surgical teams for organ 35
recovery and transplant may operate emergency lights and sirens 36
while en route to a hospital, airport, or other designated 37
location. Such vehicles include, but are not limited to, 38
dedicated and marked vehicles operated by organ procurement 39
organizations, transplant centers, or their contracted service 40
providers. 41
(e) Wreckers, mosquito control fog and spray vehicles, and 42
emergency vehicles of governmental d epartments or public service 43
corporations may show or display amber lights when in actual 44
operation or when a hazard exists provided they are not used 45
going to and from the scene of operation or hazard without 46
specific authorization of a law enforcement of ficer or law 47
enforcement agency. Wreckers must use amber rotating or flashing 48
lights while performing recoveries and loading on the roadside 49
day or night, and may use such lights while towing a vehicle on 50
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wheel lifts, slings, or under reach if the operator of the 51
wrecker deems such lights necessary. A flatbed, car carrier, or 52
rollback may not use amber rotating or flashing lights when 53
hauling a vehicle on the bed unless it creates a hazard to other 54
motorists because of protruding objects. Further, escort 55
vehicles may show or display amber lights when in the actual 56
process of escorting overdimensioned equipment, material, or 57
buildings as authorized by law. 58
(f) Vehicles owned or leased by private security agencies 59
may show or display green and amber lights, with either color 60
being no greater than 50 percent of the lights displayed, while 61
the security personnel are engaged in security duties on private 62
or public property. 63
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 64