Senate Bill sb1224c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1224

    By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Dawson





    307-2182-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to leaving children unattended

  3         or unsupervised in a motor vehicle; amending s.

  4         316.6135, F.S.; revising the elements of the

  5         noncriminal infraction to prohibit leaving a

  6         child younger than a specified age unattended

  7         or unsupervised in a motor vehicle for any

  8         period of time; increasing a penalty and

  9         providing additional penalties; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section

15  316.6135, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

16         316.6135  Leaving children unattended or unsupervised

17  in motor vehicle; penalty; authority of law enforcement

18  officer.--

19         (1)  A No parent, legal guardian, or other person at

20  least 12 years of age who is responsible for a child younger

21  than 8 6 years of age may not shall leave such child

22  unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle for any period

23  of time a period in excess of 15 minutes; however, no such

24  person shall leave a child unattended for any period of time

25  if the motor of the vehicle is running or the health of the

26  child is in danger.

27         (2)  Any person who violates the provisions of

28  subsection (1) commits is guilty of a noncriminal traffic

29  infraction, punishable by a fine of:

30         (a)  Not more than $200 $100; or

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    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1224
    307-2182-03




 1         (b)  Not less than $50 and not more than $500 if the

 2  motor of the vehicle was running or the health of the child

 3  was in danger at the time of the violation; or.

 4         (c)  Not less than $500 or more than $1,000 for a

 5  second or subsequent violation if the motor of the vehicle was

 6  running or the health of the child was in danger at the time

 7  of the violation.

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 9  This subsection does not preclude prosecution under any other

10  provision of law.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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13          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
14                         Senate Bill 1224

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16  Changes the fine imposed for a second or subsequent violation
    of s. 316.6135, F.S. (when the motor vehicle is running or the
17  child's health is in danger) to not less than $500 or more
    than $1,000.
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