SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 780

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Grant moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 9 and 10,

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17         Section 22.  Effective July 1, 2000, subsection (8) of

18  section 316.614, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         316.614  Safety belt usage.--

20         (8)  Any person who violates the provisions of this

21  section commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided

22  in chapter 318. A law enforcement officer may not search or

23  inspect a motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a

24  passenger solely because of a violation of this section.

25  However, except for violations of s. 316.613, enforcement of

26  this section by state or local law enforcement agencies must

27  be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a

28  motor vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation of

29  another section of this chapter, chapter 320, or chapter 322.

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31  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 780

    Amendment No.    





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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 316.614, F.S.; providing

 7         restrictions on authority to search a motor

 8         vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a

 9         passenger based on a safety belt violation;

10         deleting a provision that requires enforcement

11         of the act only as a secondary action;

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