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Currents
June 2017
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Transportation
Ridesharing (Signed into Iaw):
Prohibits local governments from
regulating ridesharing companies
such as Uber and Lyft while set-
ting statewide requirements for
insurance and background checks
for those companies. (HB 221).
Hillsborough Public Trans-
portation Commission: Abolishes
the Hillsborough County Public
Transportation
Commission,
which regulates taxis, limos and
tow trucks and has been feuding
with ridesharing companies. (HB
647).
Condo Associations: Reforms
state oversight of condo associa-
tions and imposes criminal penal-
ties on associations for
violations such as electoral
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