House Bill hb0233

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 233

        By Representative Smith






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicles; requiring a

  3         report on motor vehicle accidents caused by all

  4         types of driver distractions; creating s.

  5         316.0075, F.S.; preempting regulation of

  6         operator or passenger use of commercial mobile

  7         radio services to the state; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor

13  Vehicles shall collect data on motor vehicle accidents

14  involving distracted driving.  For a period of 2 years,

15  beginning January 1, 2002, the department shall report such

16  data on the Quarterly Crash Data and Driver Distraction

17  Overview. The quarterly reports for the years 2002 and 2003

18  shall be provided to the President of the Senate and the

19  Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 30, 2003

20  and 2004, respectively.

21         Section 2.  Section 316.0075, Florida Statutes, is

22  created to read:

23         316.0075  Operator use of commercial mobile radio

24  services and electronic communications devices.--Regulation of

25  operator or passenger use of commercial mobile radio services

26  and other electronic communications devices in a motor vehicle

27  is expressly preempted to the state.

28         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 233

    727-141-02






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      Directs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
  4    Vehicles to collect data on motor vehicle accidents
      involving distracted drivers and to annually prepare a
  5    report on such data. Provides that the regulation of
      operator or passenger use of commercial mobile radio
  6    services and other electronic communications devices in a
      motor vehicle is expressly preempted to the state.
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