Bill Text: FL S0592 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Motor Vehicle Operators/Electronic Handheld Device [CPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation [S0592 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0592-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 592 
 
By Senator Crist 
12-00384-10                                            2010592__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to motor vehicle operators; 
3         prohibiting persons younger than 18 from using any 
4         electronic handheld device while operating a motor 
5         vehicle; providing a surcharge for the violation; 
6         providing for enforcement only as a secondary offense; 
7         authorizing the issuance of a warning and safety 
8         literature in lieu of the surcharge; providing an 
9         effective date. 
10 
11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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13         Section 1. (1) A person younger than 18 years of age may 
14  not operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this state while 
15  operating any electronic handheld device. 
16         (2) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic 
17  infraction, punishable as a $50 surcharge to any moving 
18  violation as provided in chapter 318, Florida Statutes. However, 
19  this section shall be enforced by a state or local law 
20  enforcement agency only as a secondary action when the operator 
21  of a motor vehicle has been issued a citation for a violation of 
22  chapter 316, chapter 320, or chapter 322, Florida Statutes. The 
23  issuing officer may, in lieu of the surcharge, issue a warning 
24  or provide to the operator of the vehicle safety literature that 
25  is approved by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 
26  Vehicles. 
27         Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.