| 1 | Representative Boyd offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (162081) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 3274 and 3275, insert: |
| 5 | Section 124. Subsection (1) of section 316.066, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 316.066 Written reports of crashes.- |
| 8 | (1)(a) A Florida Traffic Crash Report, Long Form, must is |
| 9 | required to be completed and submitted to the department within |
| 10 | 10 days after completing an investigation is completed by the |
| 11 | every law enforcement officer who in the regular course of duty |
| 12 | investigates a motor vehicle crash: |
| 13 | 1. That resulted in death of, or personal injury to, or |
| 14 | any indication of complaints of pain or discomfort by any of the |
| 15 | parties or passengers involved in the crash; |
| 16 | 2. That involved one or more passengers, other than the |
| 17 | drivers of the vehicles, in any of the vehicles involved in the |
| 18 | crash;. |
| 19 | 3.2. That involved a violation of s. 316.061(1) or s. |
| 20 | 316.193; or. |
| 21 | 4.3. In which a vehicle was rendered inoperative to a |
| 22 | degree that required a wrecker to remove it from traffic, if |
| 23 | such action is appropriate, in the officer's discretion. |
| 24 | (b) The long form must include: |
| 25 | 1. The date, time, and location of the crash. |
| 26 | 2. A description of the vehicles involved. |
| 27 | 3. The names and addresses of the parties involved. |
| 28 | 4. The names and addresses of witnesses. |
| 29 | 5. The name, badge number, and law enforcement agency of |
| 30 | the officer investigating the crash. |
| 31 | 6. The names of the insurance companies for the respective |
| 32 | parties involved in the crash. |
| 33 | 7. The names and addresses of all passengers in all |
| 34 | vehicles involved in the crash, each clearly identified as being |
| 35 | a passenger, including the identification of the vehicle in |
| 36 | which each was a passenger. |
| 37 | (c)(b) In every crash for which a Florida Traffic Crash |
| 38 | Report, Long Form, is not required by this section, the law |
| 39 | enforcement officer may complete a short-form crash report or |
| 40 | provide a short-form crash report to be completed by each party |
| 41 | involved in the crash. The short-form report must include all of |
| 42 | the items listed in subparagraphs (b)1.-6. Short-form crash |
| 43 | reports prepared by the law enforcement officer shall be |
| 44 | maintained by the officer's agency.: |
| 45 | 1. The date, time, and location of the crash. |
| 46 | 2. A description of the vehicles involved. |
| 47 | 3. The names and addresses of the parties involved. |
| 48 | 4. The names and addresses of witnesses. |
| 49 | 5. The name, badge number, and law enforcement agency of |
| 50 | the officer investigating the crash. |
| 51 | 6. The names of the insurance companies for the respective |
| 52 | parties involved in the crash. |
| 53 | (d)(c) Each party to the crash must shall provide the law |
| 54 | enforcement officer with proof of insurance, which must to be |
| 55 | included in the crash report. If a law enforcement officer |
| 56 | submits a report on the accident, proof of insurance must be |
| 57 | provided to the officer by each party involved in the crash. Any |
| 58 | party who fails to provide the required information commits a |
| 59 | noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving |
| 60 | violation as provided in chapter 318, unless the officer |
| 61 | determines that due to injuries or other special circumstances |
| 62 | such insurance information cannot be provided immediately. If |
| 63 | the person provides the law enforcement agency, within 24 hours |
| 64 | after the crash, proof of insurance that was valid at the time |
| 65 | of the crash, the law enforcement agency may void the citation. |
| 66 | (e)(d) The driver of a vehicle that was in any manner |
| 67 | involved in a crash resulting in damage to any vehicle or other |
| 68 | property in an amount of $500 or more, which crash was not |
| 69 | investigated by a law enforcement agency, shall, within 10 days |
| 70 | after the crash, submit a written report of the crash to the |
| 71 | department or traffic records center. The entity receiving the |
| 72 | report may require witnesses of the crash crashes to render |
| 73 | reports and may require any driver of a vehicle involved in the |
| 74 | a crash of which a written report must be made as provided in |
| 75 | this section to file supplemental written reports if whenever |
| 76 | the original report is deemed insufficient by the receiving |
| 77 | entity. |
| 78 | (f) The investigating law enforcement officer may testify |
| 79 | at trial or provide a signed affidavit to confirm or supplement |
| 80 | the information included on the long-form or short-form report. |
| 81 | (e) Short-form crash reports prepared by law enforcement |
| 82 | shall be maintained by the law enforcement officer's agency. |
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| 87 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 88 | Remove line 3574 and insert: |
| 89 | system and to make a report to the Legislature; amending s. |
| 90 | 316.066, F.S.; revising provisions requiring written reports of |
| 91 | motor vehicle crashes; revising conditions under which a report |
| 92 | must be submitted to the department; authorizing the |
| 93 | investigating officer to testify at trial or provide an |
| 94 | affidavit concerning the content of the reports; providing |