Senate Bill sb2400

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2400

    By Senator Bullard





    39-1616-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driving privilege; providing

  3         a short title; creating s. 318.1225, F.S.;

  4         providing additional charges for certain

  5         traffic violations; providing for distribution

  6         of moneys collected; amending s. 318.21, F.S.;

  7         revising provisions relating to disposition of

  8         civil penalties by county courts; creating s.

  9         322.287, F.S.; providing additional fees for

10         reinstatement of suspended driving privilege;

11         providing for distribution of moneys collected;

12         providing an effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Dori Slosberg

17  Road Safety Act."

18         Section 2.  Section 318.1225, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

20         318.1225  Additional charges for violation.--

21         (1)  Notwithstanding s. 318.121 and in addition to the

22  stated fines in s. 318.18, the court shall impose an

23  additional $50 fine for all moving violations and an

24  additional $20 fine for all nonmoving violations.

25         (2)  Notwithstanding s. 318.121 and in addition to any

26  other fines imposed, the court shall impose an additional $500

27  fine for any person who violates s. 316.027(1).

28         (3)  Notwithstanding s. 318.121 and in addition to any

29  other fines imposed, the court shall impose a $500 surcharge

30  on any fine imposed pursuant to s. 316.192, s. 316.193, or s.

31  316.1935.

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 1         (4)  All additional fines and surcharges collected

 2  pursuant to this section and s. 322.287 shall be distributed

 3  by the department as follows:

 4         (a)  One million dollars shall be distributed annually

 5  to MADD Florida for public service announcements in the state.

 6         (b)  Ten million dollars shall be distributed annually

 7  to the Johnnie Bryars Byrd, Sr., Trust Fund for Alzheimer's

 8  Research.

 9         (c)  Five hundred thousand dollars shall be distributed

10  annually to the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust

11  Fund for the purposes set forth in s. 381.79.

12         (d)  Five hundred thousand dollars shall be distributed

13  annually to the University of Florida Neuroscience Laboratory.

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15  Of the remaining funds resulting from the additional fines and

16  surcharges, 50 percent shall be used to fund new teachers'

17  salaries to meet constitutional school class size requirements

18  and 50 percent shall be used to fund additional highway patrol

19  officers for the enforcement of state traffic laws.

20         Section 3.  Subsection (13) is added to section 318.21,

21  Florida Statutes, to read:

22         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

23  courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court

24  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

25  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

26         (13)  The additional fines and surcharges provided for

27  under s. 318.1225 must be collected by the clerk of the court

28  and remitted to the department for distribution as provided in

29  that section.

30         Section 4.  Section 322.287, Florida Statutes, is

31  created to read:

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 1         322.287  Reinstatement fees.--

 2         (1)  In addition to any other fines, fees, or charges

 3  imposed, the department shall impose an additional $50 fee for

 4  reinstating and returning a license suspended pursuant to s.

 5  322.27.

 6         (2)  In addition to any other fines, fees, or charges

 7  imposed, the department shall impose an additional $500 fee

 8  for reinstating and returning a license suspended pursuant to

 9  s. 322.2615 or s. 322.2616.

10         (3)  Driving privileges may not be reinstated until

11  complete payment of the applicable fees under this section.

12         (4)  All moneys collected pursuant to this section

13  shall be distributed in the manner provided in s. 318.1225.

14         Section 5.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2005.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18     Provides additional charges for certain traffic
      violations. Provides for distribution of moneys
19    collected. Revises provisions relating to disposition of
      civil penalties by county courts. Provides additional
20    fees for reinstatement of suspended driving privilege.
      Provides for distribution of moneys collected.
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