Senate Bill sb0358

    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 358

    By Senator Sebesta





    20-193A-02                                          See HB 233

  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 concerning motor vehicle accidents

14  involving driver distractions. 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 Senate - 2002                                   SB 358
    20-193A-02                                          See HB 233




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  2                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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

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