Senate Bill sb1376

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1376

    By Senator Miller





    18-935A-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to reckless driving; amending

  3         s. 316.192, F.S.; revising the acts that

  4         constitute reckless driving; specifying certain

  5         acts that constitute reckless driving per se;

  6         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.  Subsection (1) of section 316.192, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         316.192  Reckless driving.--

13         (1)(a)  Any person who drives any vehicle in willful or

14  wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property, or at

15  a speed or in a manner that is likely to endanger any person

16  or property, is guilty of reckless driving.

17         (b)  The following acts constitute reckless driving per

18  se:

19         1.  Driving 20 miles per hour or more in excess of the

20  posted speed limit or 90 miles per hour or more regardless of

21  the posted speed limit; or

22         2.  Fleeing a law enforcement officer.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

27    Provides that specific acts of speeding constitute
      reckless driving. Establishes certain acts as reckless
28    driving per se. (See bill for details.)

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