| 1 | Representative(s) Slosberg offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 76 and 77, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Subsections (4) and (8) of section 316.614, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, are amended, present subsection (9) of that |
| 7 | section is redesignated as subsection (10), and a new subsection |
| 8 | (9) is added to that section, to read: |
| 9 | 316.614 Safety belt usage.-- |
| 10 | (4) It is unlawful for any person: |
| 11 | (a) To operate a motor vehicle in this state unless each |
| 12 | passenger and the operator of the vehicle under the age of 18 |
| 13 | years is restrained by a safety belt or by a child restraint |
| 14 | device pursuant to s. 316.613, if applicable; or |
| 15 | (b) To operate a motor vehicle in this state unless the |
| 16 | person is restrained by a safety belt. |
| 17 | (8) Any person who violates the provisions of this section |
| 18 | commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided in chapter |
| 19 | 318. However, except for violations of s. 316.613 and paragraph |
| 20 | (4)(a), enforcement of this section by state or local law |
| 21 | enforcement agencies must be accomplished only as a secondary |
| 22 | action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been detained for a |
| 23 | suspected violation of another section of this chapter, chapter |
| 24 | 320, or chapter 322. |
| 25 | (9) By January 1, 2006, each law enforcement agency in |
| 26 | this state shall adopt departmental policies to prohibit the |
| 27 | practice of racial profiling. When a law enforcement officer |
| 28 | issues a citation for a violation of this section, the law |
| 29 | enforcement officer must record the race and ethnicity of the |
| 30 | violator. All law enforcement agencies must maintain such |
| 31 | information and forward the information to the department in a |
| 32 | form and manner determined by the department. The department |
| 33 | shall collect this information by jurisdiction and annually |
| 34 | report the data to the Governor, the President of the Senate, |
| 35 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report must |
| 36 | show separate statewide totals for the state's county sheriffs |
| 37 | and municipal law enforcement agencies, state law enforcement |
| 38 | agencies, and state university law enforcement agencies. |
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| 41 | Remove line(s) 17-18 and insert: |
| 42 | a pickup truck or flatbed truck; amending s. 316.614, F.S.; |
| 43 | revising provisions relating to safety belt usage; requiring the |
| 44 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a |
| 45 | policy to prohibit the practice of racial profiling; providing |
| 46 | an effective date. |