Senate Bill sb0678c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 678

    By the Committee on Transportation and Senator Klein





    306-1757-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to reckless driving; amending

  3         s. 316.192, F.S.; providing penalties for

  4         reckless driving resulting in damage to

  5         property or person or serious bodily injury;

  6         providing a definition; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Present subsections (3) and (4) of section

12  316.192, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4)

13  and (5), respectively, subsection (2) is amended, and a new

14  subsection (3) is added to that section to read:

15         316.192  Reckless driving.--

16         (2)  Except as provided in subsection (3), any person

17  convicted of reckless driving shall be punished:

18         (a)  Upon a first conviction, by imprisonment for a

19  period of not more than 90 days or by fine of not less than

20  $25 nor more than $500, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

21         (b)  On a second or subsequent conviction, by

22  imprisonment for not more than 6 months or by a fine of not

23  less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or by both such fine and

24  imprisonment. In addition, if the person's reckless driving

25  causes or results in the death of another, the person may

26  serve 120 community hours as provided in s. 316.027(4).

27         (3)  Any person:

28         (a)  Who is in violation of subsection (1);

29         (b)  Who operates a vehicle; and

30         (c)  Who, by reason of such operation, causes:

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 678
    306-1757-01




  1         1.  Damage to the property or person of another commits

  2  a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in

  3  s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

  4         2.  Serious bodily injury to another commits a felony

  5  of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.

  6  775.083, or s. 775.084. The term "serious bodily injury" means

  7  an injury to another person which consists of a physical

  8  condition that creates a substantial risk of death, serious

  9  personal disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of

10  the function of any bodily member or organ.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2001.

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13          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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16  This CS revises the definition of "serious bodily injury" to
    exempt the driver and specify "another person."
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