HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 471

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

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11  The Committee on Transportation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.  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 may, by a super majority

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

26  municipality, impose a surcharge of up to $5 on the amount of

27  civil penalties required under s. 318.18 for traffic

28  infractions for the sole purpose of funding residential

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

30  traffic infractions occurring on any state road as defined by

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

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 471

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





 1  requiring public hearings.

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

 3  accounted for by the governing body of the municipality and

 4  may be distributed quarterly only to fund residential traffic

 5  calming programs.

 6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12  remove the entire title of the bill:

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14  and insert in lieu thereof:

15                      A bill to be entitled

16         An act relating to residential traffic calming

17         programs; amending s. 318.21, F.S.; authorizing

18         municipalities in counties with a population of

19         over 1 million to impose a surcharge on civil

20         penalties for traffic infractions to fund

21         residential traffic calming programs;

22         prohibiting the levying of said surcharge on

23         traffic infractions occurring on state roads;

24         requiring the proceeds from such surcharge to

25         be separately accounted for; providing for

26         distribution of such funds; providing an

27         effective date

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