HOUSE AMENDMENT
    779-100AXB-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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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
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15  On page 9, between lines 4 and 5 insert:  
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17         Section 5.  Section 316.1923, Florida Statutes, is
18  created to read:
19         316.1923  Aggressive careless driving.--"Aggressive
20  careless driving" means committing two or more of the
21  following acts simultaneously or in succession:
22         (1)  Exceeding the posted speed as defined in s.
23  322.27(3)(d)5.b.
24         (2)  Unsafely or improperly changing lanes as defined
25  in s. 316.085.
26         (3)  Following another vehicle too closely as defined
27  in s. 316.0895(1).
28         (4)  Failing to yield the right-of-way as defined in s.
29  316.079, s. 316.0815, or s. 316.123.
30         (5)  Improperly passing as defined in s. 316.083, s.
31  316.084, or s. 316.085.
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    File original & 9 copies    04/26/01                          
    hbd0002                     03:26 pm         00175-0078-765275

HOUSE AMENDMENT 779-100AXB-02 Bill No. CS/HB 175 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 (6) Violating traffic control and signal devices as 2 defined in ss. 316.074 and 316.075. 3 Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 4 316.650, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 5 316.650 Traffic citations.-- 6 (1)(a) The department shall prepare, and supply to 7 every traffic enforcement agency in this state, an appropriate 8 form traffic citation containing a notice to appear (which 9 shall be issued in prenumbered books with citations in 10 quintuplicate) and meeting the requirements of this chapter or 11 any laws of this state regulating traffic, which form shall be 12 consistent with the state traffic court rules and the 13 procedures established by the department. Upon all future 14 printings of the traffic citation, the form shall include a 15 special box which is to be checked by the law enforcement 16 officer when the officer believes that the traffic violation 17 or crash was due to aggressive careless driving as defined in 18 s. 316.1923. 19 Section 7. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor 20 Vehicles shall prepare and deliver a report to the Speaker of 21 the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 22 no later than December 1, 2002, setting forth the number of 23 incidents of aggressive careless driving in this state. 24 25 26 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 27 And the title is amended as follows: 28 29 On page 1, line 9, after "references;" insert: 30 creating s. 316.1923, F.S.; defining the term 31 "aggressive careless driving"; amending s. 2 File original & 9 copies 04/26/01 hbd0002 03:26 pm 00175-0078-765275
HOUSE AMENDMENT 779-100AXB-02 Bill No. CS/HB 175 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 316.650, F.S.; requiring that the Department of 2 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles revise the 3 uniform traffic citation upon future printings, 4 to include a special check-off box for law 5 enforcement officers to use to indicate 6 aggressive careless driving; requiring the 7 department to make a report to the Legislature 8 on the number of aggressive careless driving 9 incidents; 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 04/26/01 hbd0002 03:26 pm 00175-0078-765275