HB 0015A 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to driving privilege; providing a popular
3	name; creating s. 318.1225, F.S.; providing additional
4	charges for certain traffic violations; providing for
5	distribution of moneys collected; amending s. 318.21,
6	F.S.; revising provisions relating to disposition of civil
7	penalties by county courts; creating s. 322.287, F.S.;
8	providing additional fees for reinstatement of suspended
9	driving privilege; providing for distribution of moneys
10	collected; amending s. 318.1215, F.S.; clarifying that
11	funds be used for driver education programs in schools;
12	requiring that funds be used for enhancement of driver
13	education program funds; providing a requirement for
14	behind-the-wheel training; providing for construction of
15	the act; providing an effective date.
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17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1. This act shall be known by the popular name the
20	"Dori Slosberg Road Safety Act."
21	Section 2. Section 318.1225, Florida Statutes, is created
22	to read:
23	318.1225 Additional charges for violation.--
24	(1) Notwithstanding s. 318.121 and in addition to the
25	stated fines in s. 318.18, the court shall impose an additional
26	$50 for all moving violations and an additional $20 for all
27	nonmoving violations.
28	(2) Notwithstanding s. 318.121 and in addition to any
29	other fines imposed, the court shall impose an additional $500
30	for any person who violates s. 316.027(1).
31	(3) Notwithstanding s. 318.121 and in addition to any
32	other fines imposed, the court shall impose a surcharge of $500
33	on any fine imposed pursuant to s. 316.192, s. 316.193, or s.
34	316.1935.
35	(4) All additional fines and surcharges collected pursuant
36	to this section and s. 322.287 shall be distributed by the
37	department as follows:
38	(a) One million dollars shall be distributed annually to
39	MADD Florida for public service announcements in the state.
40	(b) Five million dollars shall be distributed annually to
41	the Johnnie Bryars Byrd, Sr., Trust Fund for Alzheimer’s
42	Research.
43	(c) Five million dollars shall be distributed annually to
44	the Biomedical Research Trust Fund in the Department of Health
45	established under s. 20.435.
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47	A total of one million dollars shall be used by the department
48	to fund the creation and operation of the Florida At-Risk Driver
49	Council and the study of the effects of aging on driving ability
50	required by legislation passed during the 2003 Regular Session
51	of the Legislature. The remaining funds resulting from the
52	additional fines and surcharges shall be used to fund teachers'
53	salaries to meet constitutional school class size requirements.
54	Section 3. Subsection (13) is added to section 318.21,
55	Florida Statutes, to read:
56	318.21 Disposition of civil penalties by county
57	courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court pursuant
58	to the provisions of this chapter shall be distributed and paid
59	monthly as follows:
60	(13) The additional fines and surcharges provided for
61	under s. 318.1225 must be collected by the clerk of the court
62	and remitted to the department for distribution as provided in
63	that section.
64	Section 4. Section 322.287, Florida Statutes, is created
65	to read:
66	322.287 Reinstatement fees.--
67	(1) In addition to any other fines, fees, or charges
68	imposed, the department shall impose an additional $50 fee for
69	reinstating and returning a license suspended pursuant to s.
70	322.27.
71	(2) In addition to any other fines, fees, or charges
72	imposed, the department shall impose an additional $500 fee for
73	reinstating and returning a license suspended pursuant to s.
74	322.2615 or s. 322.2616.
75	(3) No driving privileges shall be reinstated until
76	complete payment of the applicable fees under this section.
77	(4) All moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be
78	distributed in the manner provided in s. 318.1225.
79	Section 5. Section 318.1215, Florida Statutes, is amended
80	to read:
81	318.1215 Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety
82	Act.--Effective October 1, 2002, notwithstanding the provisions
83	of s. 318.121, a board of county commissioners may require, by
84	ordinance, that the clerk of the court collect an additional $3
85	with each civil traffic penalty, which shall be used to fund
86	drivertrafficeducation programs in public and nonpublic
87	schools. The ordinance shall provide for the board of county
88	commissioners to administer the funds, which shall be used for
89	enhancement, and not replacement, of driver education program
90	funds. The funds shall be used for direct educational expenses
91	and shall not be used for administration. Each driver education
92	program receiving funds pursuant to this section shall require
93	that a minimum of 30 percent of a student's time in the program
94	shall be behind-the-wheel training.This section may be cited as
95	the "Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety Act."
96	Section 6. If any law amended by this act was also amended
97	by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature,
98	such laws shall be construed as if they had been enacted at the
99	same session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be given
100	to each if possible.
101	Section 7. This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.