14-100.001. Training and Qualification Standards for Toll Enforcement Officers

(1) Application and Scope. The purpose of this rule is to establish minimum training and qualification standards for toll enforcement officers. These standards shall be the minimum requirements necessary for eligibility to be a toll enforcement officer for the Department of Transportation (hereinafter Department). Toll enforcement officers are authorized to issue uniform traffic citations for failure to pay tolls on a toll facility owned or operated by a governmental entity, as defined in Section 334.03(11), F.S., and on a toll facility owned by a public or private entity for which the Department collects tolls pursuant to an agreement between the Department and the private or public entity authorized by Section 338.161(5), F.S. This rule should not be construed to preclude a governmental entity operating a toll facility from establishing more stringent requirements for its toll enforcement officers.

(2) Compliance. Compliance with the rule standards shall be the responsibility of the respective governmental entity which owns or operates the toll facility.

(3) Minimum Training. Toll enforcement officers shall successfully complete the following:

(a) A training course with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles on the procedures for issuance of uniform traffic citations.

(b) A minimum of 40 hours of technical instruction on how to access, operate, and maintain the violation enforcement system. The components of the training shall include, at a minimum, equipment configuration and operation.

(4) Minimum Qualifications. The following minimum qualifications shall be applicable to toll enforcement officers:

(a) Toll enforcement officers shall, through their education and work experience, demonstrate to the satisfaction of the hiring governmental entity that they possess the following:

1. The ability to collect and evaluate data related to a violation enforcement system; and,

2. The ability to understand and apply applicable agency, evidentiary, and violation enforcement system rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

(b) Toll enforcement officers shall have visual acuity correctable to 20/20.

(c) Toll enforcement officers shall be subject to a security background check as a condition of employment pursuant to Section 110.1127, F.S.

Rulemaking Authority 316.640(1), 334.044(2), 338.155, 338.161(5) FS. Law Implemented 316.1001, 316.640(1), 338.161(5), 338.2216 FS. History–New 10-21-97, Amended 8-13-00, 1-16-03, 5-3-09, 2-19-14.