HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1181

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Community Affairs offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, between lines 21 and 22, of the bill

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17         Section 2.  Subsection (13) is added to section 318.21,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

20  courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court

21  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

22  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

23         (13)(a)  A municipality located in a county with a

24  population of over 1 million people, or a county with a

25  population of over 1 million people may, by a super majority

26  (a majority plus one) vote of the governing board of the

27  municipality or county, impose a surcharge of up to $5 on the

28  amount of civil penalties required under s. 318.18 for traffic

29  infractions for the sole purpose of funding residential

30  traffic calming programs. The surcharge may not be levied on

31  traffic infractions occurring on any state road as defined by

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1181

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)





 1  s. 316.003(50). The surcharge must be authorized by ordinance

 2  requiring public hearings.

 3         (b)  The proceeds of this surcharge shall be separately

 4  accounted for by the governing body of the municipality or

 5  county and may be distributed quarterly only to fund

 6  residential traffic calming programs.

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 1, line 6, after the semicolon,

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14         amending s. 318.21, F.S.; authorizing

15         municipalities in counties with a population of

16         over 1 million and counties with a population

17         of over 1 million to impose a surcharge on

18         civil penalties for traffic infractions to fund

19         residential traffic calming programs;

20         prohibiting the levying of said surcharge on

21         traffic infractions occurring on state roads;

22         requiring the proceeds from such surcharge to

23         be separately accounted for; providing for

24         distribution of such funds;

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