Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1554
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
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                  04/16/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Sachs) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 654 and 655
    4  insert:
    5         Section 10. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
    6  316.305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         316.305 Wireless communications devices; prohibition.—
    8         (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to:
    9         (d) Authorize law enforcement officers to stop motor
   10  vehicles and issue citations as a primary secondary offense to
   11  persons who are texting while driving.
   12         Section 11. Subsection (5) of section 316.305, Florida
   13  Statutes, is repealed.
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   16  And the title is amended as follows:
   17         Delete line 39
   18  and insert:
   19         electronic displays in vehicles; amending s. 316.305,
   20         F.S.; revising legislative intent to authorize law
   21         enforcement officers to issue citations to persons who
   22         are texting while driving as a primary offense;
   23         repealing s. 316.305(5), F.S., relating to the
   24         enforcement of the Florida Ban on Texting While
   25         Driving Law act as a secondary action; amending s.
   26         316.515,