Florida Senate - 2011                             CS for SB 1554
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Hays
       
       
       
       
       596-02593-11                                          20111554c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to emergency vehicles; amending s.
    3         318.18, F.S.; increasing the fine for the failure to
    4         comply with s. 316.126(1)(b), relating to yielding to
    5         emergency vehicles; conforming provisions to changes
    6         made by the act; providing an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
   11  318.18, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (22) is
   12  added to that section, to read:
   13         318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
   14  noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
   15  offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
   16         (2) Thirty dollars for all nonmoving traffic violations
   17  and:
   18         (d) For all violations of s. 316.126(1)(b), unless
   19  otherwise specified.
   20         (22) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
   21  contrary, the total fine for all violations of s. 316.126(1)(b)
   22  is $100.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.