| 1 | Representative(s) Rivera offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 2365 and 2366, insert: |
| 5 | Section 47. Subsection (1) of section 318.32, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 318.32 Jurisdiction; limitations.-- |
| 8 | (1) Hearing officers shall be empowered to accept pleas |
| 9 | from and decide the guilt or innocence of any person, adult or |
| 10 | juvenile, charged with any civil traffic infraction and shall be |
| 11 | empowered to adjudicate or withhold adjudication of guilt in the |
| 12 | same manner as a county court judge under the statutes, rules, |
| 13 | and procedures presently existing or as subsequently amended, |
| 14 | except that hearing officers shall not: |
| 15 | (a) Have the power to hold a defendant in contempt of |
| 16 | court, but shall be permitted to file a motion for order of |
| 17 | contempt with the appropriate state trial court judge; |
| 18 | (b) Hear a case involving a crash resulting in injury or |
| 19 | death; or |
| 20 | (c) Hear a criminal traffic offense case or a case |
| 21 | involving a civil traffic infraction issued in conjunction with |
| 22 | a criminal traffic offense; or |
| 23 | (d) Have the power to suspend a defendant's drivers |
| 24 | license pursuant to s. 316.655(2). |
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| 28 | Remove line 250 and insert: |
| 29 | traffic infraction hearing officer; amending s. 328.32, F.S.; |
| 30 | providing additional limitation on a hearing officer's |
| 31 | authority; amending s. 318.325, |