1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to enforcement of traffic laws; creating |
3 | s. 316.0082, F.S.; prohibiting the use of traffic |
4 | infraction detectors and cameras by a county or |
5 | municipality to enforce traffic laws or regulate traffic |
6 | unless expressly authorized by general law; preempts to |
7 | the state the authority to use traffic infraction |
8 | detectors to enforce traffic laws; providing an effective |
9 | date. |
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11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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13 | Section 1. Section 316.0082, Florida Statutes, is created |
14 | to read: |
15 | 316.0082 Use of traffic infraction detectors or cameras by |
16 | county or municipality prohibited.-Unless expressly authorized |
17 | by general law, a county or municipality shall not use any type |
18 | of traffic infraction detector or camera to enforce s. |
19 | 316.075(1)(c) or to otherwise regulate traffic through the |
20 | issuance of a traffic citation or through the use of a local |
21 | code enforcement process. The authority of a public body to use |
22 | traffic infraction detectors or cameras to enforce traffic laws |
23 | or to otherwise regulate traffic is expressly preempted to the |
24 | state. |
25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |