HOUSE AMENDMENT
779-100AXA-02 Bill No. CS/HB 175
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Machek offered the following:
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18 Section 1. Section 316.1923, Florida Statutes, is
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20 316.1923 Aggressive careless driving.--"Aggressive
21 careless driving" means committing two or more of the
22 following acts simultaneously or in succession:
23 (1) Exceeding the posted speed as defined in s.
24 322.27(3)(d)5.b.
25 (2) Unsafely or improperly changing lanes as defined
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27 (3) Following another vehicle too closely as defined
28 in s. 316.0895(1).
29 (4) Failing to yield the right-of-way as defined in s.
30 316.079, s. 316.0815, or s. 316.123.
31 (5) Improperly passing as defined in s. 316.083, s.
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1 316.084, or s. 316.085.
2 (6) Violating traffic control and signal devices as
3 defined in ss. 316.074 and 316.075.
4 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
5 316.650, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
6 316.650 Traffic citations.--
7 (1)(a) The department shall prepare, and supply to
8 every traffic enforcement agency in this state, an appropriate
9 form traffic citation containing a notice to appear (which
10 shall be issued in prenumbered books with citations in
11 quintuplicate) and meeting the requirements of this chapter or
12 any laws of this state regulating traffic, which form shall be
13 consistent with the state traffic court rules and the
14 procedures established by the department. Upon all future
15 printings of the traffic citation, the form shall include a
16 special box which is to be checked by the law enforcement
17 officer when the officer believes that the traffic violation
18 or crash was due to aggressive careless driving as defined in
19 s. 316.1923.
20 Section 3. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor
21 Vehicles shall prepare and deliver a report to the Speaker of
22 the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
23 no later than December 1, 2002, setting forth the number of
24 incidents of aggressive careless driving in this state.
25 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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30 And the title is amended as follows:
31 remove from the title of the bill: the entire title
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1 and insert in lieu thereof:
2 A bill to be entitled
3 An act relating to aggressive careless driving;
4 creating s. 316.1923, F.S.; defining the term
5 "aggressive careless driving"; amending s.
6 316.650, F.S.; requiring that the Department of
7 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles revise the
8 uniform traffic citation upon future printings,
9 to include a special check-off box for law
10 enforcement officers to use to indicate
11 aggressive careless driving; requiring the
12 department to make a report to the Legislature
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