Senate Bill sb0504c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 504

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Sebesta





    306-2493-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to safety belt law enforcement;

  3         amending s. 316.614, F.S.; deleting the

  4         requirement for enforcement of the Florida

  5         Safety Belt Law as a secondary action;

  6         providing an effective date.

  7  

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (8) of section 316.614, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         316.614  Safety belt usage.--

13         (8)  Any person who violates the provisions of this

14  section commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided

15  in chapter 318. However, except for violations of s. 316.613,

16  enforcement of this section by state or local law enforcement

17  agencies must be accomplished only as a secondary action when

18  a driver of a motor vehicle has been detained for a suspected

19  violation of another section of this chapter, chapter 320, or

20  chapter 322.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

23  

24          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
25                         Senate Bill 504

26                                 

27  This CS amends the Florida Safety Belt Law to provide for
    primary enforcement. A law enforcement officer would be
28  authorized to stop a motorist and issue a citation for a
    safety belt violation upon reasonable suspicion the driver,
29  any passenger under the age of 18 years, or any passenger in
    the front seat who is 18 years of age or older, is not
30  restrained. A person violating this provision would be cited
    for a nonmoving violation, punishable by a $30 fine plus
31  applicable fees and court costs.

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