Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1982
       
       
       
       By Senator Aronberg
       
       
       
       
       27-01047-10                                           20101982__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the jamming of electronic speed
    3         measuring devices; creating s. 316.1907, F.S.;
    4         prohibiting a vehicle from being equipped with any
    5         device that is designed for, or is capable of,
    6         jamming, scrambling, disabling, or otherwise
    7         interfering with a radar, laser, or any other
    8         electronic device used by a law enforcement agency to
    9         measure the speed of a moving vehicle; prohibiting a
   10         person from using, buying, possessing, manufacturing,
   11         selling, or otherwise distributing such a jamming
   12         device; providing an exception for a law enforcement
   13         officer acting in his or her official capacity;
   14         authorizing a law enforcement officer to seize such a
   15         jamming device; providing a penalty; providing an
   16         effective date.
   17  
   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   19  
   20         Section 1. Section 316.1907, Florida Statutes, is created
   21  to read:
   22         316.1907 Jamming of electronic speed-measuring devices.—
   23         (1)(a) A vehicle may not be equipped with any device that
   24  is designed for, or is capable of, jamming, scrambling,
   25  neutralizing, disabling, or otherwise interfering with a radar,
   26  laser, or any other electronic device used by a law enforcement
   27  agency to measure the speed of a moving vehicle.
   28         (b) A person may not use, buy, possess, manufacture, sell,
   29  or otherwise distribute any device that is designed for jamming,
   30  scrambling, neutralizing, disabling, or otherwise interfering
   31  with a radar, laser, or any other electronic device used by a
   32  law enforcement agency to measure the speed of a moving vehicle.
   33         (c) This subsection does not apply to a law enforcement
   34  officer acting in his or her official capacity.
   35         (2) A law enforcement officer may seize any device used in
   36  violation of this section, which may be confiscated and
   37  destroyed by order of the court.
   38         (3) A person who violates this section shall be cited for a
   39  noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as provided in s.
   40  318.14.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.