HB 0013A 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to safety belt law enforcement; providing
3    a popular name; amending s. 316.614, F.S.; deleting
4    requirement for enforcement of the Florida Safety Belt Law
5    as a secondary action; providing for construction of the
6    act; providing an effective date.
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8          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10          Section 1. This act shall be known by the popular name the
11    "Dori Slosberg Safety Belt Law."
12          Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 316.614, Florida
13    Statutes, is amended to read:
14          316.614 Safety belt usage.--
15          (8) Any person who violates the provisions of this section
16    commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided in chapter
17    318. However, except for violations of s. 316.613, enforcement
18    of this section by state or local law enforcement agencies must
19    be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a
20    motor vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation of
21    another section of this chapter, chapter 320, or chapter 322.
22          Section 3. If any law amended by this act was also amended
23    by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature,
24    such laws shall be construed as if they had been enacted at the
25    same session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be given
26    to each if possible.
27          Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.