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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 780, 1st Eng.

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11  Senator Sebesta moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 25, between lines 5 and 6,

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16  insert:  Section 316.1923, Florida Statutes, is created to

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18         Section 24.  316.1923  Aggressive careless driving.--

19         (1)  Aggressive careless driving is defined as

20  committing two or more of the following acts simultaneously or

21  in succession:

22         (a)  Exceeding the posted speed as defined in s.

23  322.27(3)(d)5.b.

24         (b)  Unsafely or improperly changing lanes as defined

25  in s. 316.085.

26         (c)  Following another vehicle too closely as defined

27  in s. 316.0895(1).

28         (d)  Failing to yield the right-of-way as defined in s.

29  316.079, s. 316.0815, or s. 316.123.

30         (e)  Improperly passing as defined in s. 316.083, s.

31  316.084, or s. 316.085.

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 1         (f)  Violating traffic-control and signal devices as

 2  defined in ss. 316.074 and 316.075.

 3         (2)  All aggressive driver behavior modification

 4  courses shall be exempt from the provisions of s.

 5  318.1451(5)(a).

 6         Section 25.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

 7  316.650, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 8         316.650  Traffic citations.--

 9         (1)(a)  The department shall prepare, and supply to

10  every traffic enforcement agency in this state, an appropriate

11  form traffic citation containing a notice to appear (which

12  shall be issued in prenumbered books with citations in

13  quintuplicate) and meeting the requirements of this chapter or

14  any laws of this state regulating traffic, which form shall be

15  consistent with the state traffic court rules and the

16  procedures established by the department. Upon all future

17  printings of the traffic citation, the form shall include a

18  special box which is to be check by the law enforcement

19  officer when the officer believes that the traffic violation

20  or crash was caused due to aggressive careless driving, as

21  defined in s. 316.1923.

22         Section 26.  A report shall be prepared and delivered

23  to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

24  Representatives no later than February 1, 2001, setting forth

25  the number of incidents of aggressive careless driving in this

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         creating s. 316.1923, F.S.; prohibiting

 7         aggressive careless driving; providing

 8         penalties; amending s. 316.650, F.S.; revising

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