HB 971

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to motor vehicle operation; prohibiting
3smoking in a motor vehicle in which certain minors are
4passengers; providing for secondary enforcement; providing
5penalties; providing an effective date.
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7Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9     Section 1.  (1)  A person who smokes or possesses any
10lighted tobacco product in a motor vehicle in which a minor who
11is younger than 7 years of age or weighs less than 60 pounds is
12a passenger commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as
13provided in chapter 318, Florida Statutes.
14     (2)  Enforcement of this section must be accomplished only
15as a secondary action when a driver has been detained for a
16suspected violation of another offense.
17     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.


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