Senate Bill sb1288c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                           CS for SB 1288

    By the Committee on Transportation and Senator Carlton





    306-1932-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Safety Belt Law,

  3         creating the "Dori Slosberg Act of 2001";

  4         amending s. 316.614, F.S.; revising provisions

  5         relating to safety belt usage; prohibiting

  6         searches of vehicles or occupants because of a

  7         safety belt violation; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Short title.--This act may be cited as the

13  "Dori Slosberg Act of 2001."

14         Section 2.  Subsections (4) and (8) of section 316.614,

15  Florida Statutes, are amended, present subsection (9) is

16  redesignated as subsection (10), and a new subsection (9) is

17  added to that section, to read:

18         316.614  Safety belt usage.--

19         (4)  It is unlawful for any person:

20         (a)  To operate a motor vehicle in this state unless

21  each passenger and the operator of the vehicle under the age

22  of 18 years is restrained by a safety belt or by a child

23  restraint device pursuant to s. 316.613, if applicable; or

24         (b)  To operate a motor vehicle in this state unless

25  the person is restrained by a safety belt.

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

27  section commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided

28  in chapter 318. However, except for violations of s. 316.613

29  and paragraph (4)(a), enforcement of this section by state or

30  local law enforcement agencies must be accomplished only as a

31  secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been

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    Florida Senate - 2001                           CS for SB 1288
    306-1932-01




  1  detained for a suspected violation of another section of this

  2  chapter, chapter 320, or chapter 322.

  3         (9)  A law enforcement officer may not search a motor

  4  vehicle or its occupants because of a violation of this

  5  section.

  6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  8          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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11  The CS deletes provisions in the bill which would have made
    enforcement of safety belt requirements a primary offense for
12  all ages, and provides for the primary enforcement of safety
    belt requirements for operators and passengers less than 18
13  years of age.

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