Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1554
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/17/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Storms) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
    6  318.18, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (22) is
    7  added to that section, to read:
    8         318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
    9  noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
   10  offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
   11         (2) Thirty dollars for all nonmoving traffic violations
   12  and:
   13         (d) For all violations of s. 316.126(1)(b), unless
   14  otherwise specified.
   15         (22) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
   16  contrary, the total fine for all violations of s. 316.126(1)(b)
   17  is $200.
   18         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
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   21         And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   23  and insert:
   24                        A bill to be entitled                      
   25         An act relating to emergency vehicles; amending s.
   26         318.18, F.S.; increasing the fine for the failure to
   27         comply with s. 316.126(1)(b), relating to yielding to
   28         emergency vehicles; conforming provisions to changes
   29         made by the act; providing an effective date.