Bill Text: FL S0460 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Traffic Safety
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-05-01 - Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities [S0460 Detail]
Download: Florida-2015-S0460-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2015 SB 460
By Senator Flores
37-00405A-15 2015460__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to traffic safety; providing a short
3 title; amending s. 316.0075, F.S.; prohibiting the use
4 of electronic communications devices by certain
5 drivers; providing a definition; providing exceptions;
6 providing penalties; amending s. 322.08, F.S.;
7 providing for a voluntary checkoff on driver license
8 applications to permit contributions to the AAA
9 Foundation for Traffic Safety; providing that such
10 contributions are not considered income of a revenue
11 nature for purposes of a service charge; providing an
12 effective date.
13
14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15
16 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Minor Traffic
17 Safety Act.”
18 Section 2. Section 316.0075, Florida Statutes, is amended
19 to read:
20 316.0075 Operator use of commercial mobile radio services
21 and electronic communications devices.—
22 (1) Regulation of operator or passenger use of commercial
23 mobile radio services and other electronic communications
24 devices in a motor vehicle is expressly preempted to the state.
25 (2)(a) A person younger than 18 years of age who is driving
26 or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on the roads of
27 this state may not use any type of mobile telecommunications
28 device.
29 (b) “Mobile telecommunications device” means a wireless
30 telephone, computer, or other electronic device used to access
31 the facilities of a communications service as defined in s.
32 812.15 for the purpose of transmitting or receiving voice or
33 nonvoice communications or signals including, but not limited
34 to, computer data, electronic mail or messages, games, music,
35 pictures, sound, speech, text, or video. The term “mobile
36 telecommunications device” includes, but is not limited to, a
37 cellular telephone or cellular telephone accessory appliance,
38 computer or computer accessory appliance, game machine, personal
39 digital assistant, or text messaging device, or the functional
40 equivalent of any such device.
41 (c) This subsection does not apply:
42 1. If the motor vehicle is stopped and the engine is not
43 running or the motor vehicle is stopped completely outside the
44 normal flow of traffic.
45 2. If the person is contacting emergency communications
46 E911 system services or otherwise reporting an emergency or
47 criminal or suspicious activity to governmental authorities.
48 3. If the person is using a mobile telecommunications
49 device for navigation purposes.
50 (d) A violation of this subsection is a noncriminal traffic
51 infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in
52 chapter 318.
53 Section 3. Subsection (7) of section 322.08, Florida
54 Statutes, is amended to read:
55 322.08 Application for license; requirements for license
56 and identification card forms.—
57 (7) The application form for an original, renewal, or
58 replacement driver license or identification card must include
59 language permitting the following:
60 (a) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
61 contribution shall be deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund
62 for organ and tissue donor education and for maintaining the
63 organ and tissue donor registry.
64 (b) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
65 shall be distributed to the Florida Council of the Blind.
66 (c) A voluntary contribution of $2 per applicant, which
67 shall be distributed to the Hearing Research Institute,
68 Incorporated.
69 (d) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
70 shall be distributed to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
71 International.
72 (e) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
73 shall be distributed to the Children’s Hearing Help Fund.
74 (f) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
75 shall be distributed to Family First, a nonprofit organization.
76 (g) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant to Stop
77 Heart Disease, which shall be distributed to the Florida Heart
78 Research Institute, a nonprofit organization.
79 (h) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant to Senior
80 Vision Services, which shall be distributed to the Florida
81 Association of Agencies Serving the Blind, Inc., a not-for
82 profit organization.
83 (i) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant for
84 services for persons with developmental disabilities, which
85 shall be distributed to The Arc of Florida.
86 (j) A voluntary contribution of $1 to the Ronald McDonald
87 House, which shall be distributed each month to Ronald McDonald
88 House Charities of Tampa Bay, Inc.
89 (k) Notwithstanding s. 322.081, a voluntary contribution of
90 $1 per applicant, which shall be distributed to the League
91 Against Cancer/La Liga Contra el Cancer, a not-for-profit
92 organization.
93 (l) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant to Prevent
94 Child Sexual Abuse, which shall be distributed to Lauren’s Kids,
95 Inc., a nonprofit organization.
96 (m) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
97 shall be distributed to Prevent Blindness Florida, a not-for
98 profit organization, to prevent blindness and preserve the sight
99 of the residents of this state.
100 (n) Notwithstanding s. 322.081, a voluntary contribution of
101 $1 per applicant to the state homes for veterans, to be
102 distributed on a quarterly basis by the department to the State
103 Homes for Veterans Trust Fund, which is administered by the
104 Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
105 (o) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant to the
106 Disabled American Veterans, Department of Florida, which shall
107 be distributed quarterly to Disabled American Veterans,
108 Department of Florida, a nonprofit organization.
109 (p) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant for Autism
110 Services and Supports, which shall be distributed to Achievement
111 and Rehabilitation Centers, Inc., Autism Services Fund.
112 (q) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant to Support
113 Our Troops, which shall be distributed to Support Our Troops,
114 Inc., a Florida not-for-profit organization.
115 (r) A voluntary contribution of $1 or more per applicant,
116 which shall be distributed to the Auto Club Group Traffic Safety
117 Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization.
118 (s) Notwithstanding s. 322.081, a voluntary contribution of
119 $1 per applicant to aid the homeless. Contributions made
120 pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited into the Grants
121 and Donations Trust Fund of the Department of Children and
122 Families and used by the State Office on Homelessness to
123 supplement grants made under s. 420.622(4) and (5), provide
124 information to the public about homelessness in the state, and
125 provide literature for homeless persons seeking assistance.
126 (t) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
127 shall be distributed to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, a
128 nonprofit organization.
129
130 A statement providing an explanation of the purpose of the trust
131 funds shall also be included. For the purpose of applying the
132 service charge provided under s. 215.20, contributions received
133 under paragraphs (b)-(t) (b)-(s) are not income of a revenue
134 nature.
135 Section 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
