Bill Text: FL S0326 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 326 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Public Transportation Operators/Text Messaging [CPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation [S0326 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0326-Introduced.html

 
Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 326 
 
By Senator Baker 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to public transportation operators; 
3         prohibiting railroad engineers or operators of school 
4         buses or other public transportation vehicles from 
5         writing or sending text messages on electronic 
6         communications devices while operating a public 
7         transportation vehicle; providing a penalty; providing 
8         an effective date. 
9 
10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
11 
12         Section 1. A railroad engineer or operator of a school bus 
13  or other vehicle used for public transportation may not operate 
14  such public transportation vehicle while using an electronic 
15  communications device to write or send text-based 
16  communications, including text messages, instant messages, or 
17  electronic mail. A violation of this section is a noncriminal 
18  traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided 
19  in chapter 318, Florida Statutes. 
20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.