Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 598
       
       
        
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       
       16-00770-15                                            2015598__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to boating under the influence;
    3         creating s. 322.266, F.S.; providing that a conviction
    4         for boating under the influence be recorded in a
    5         person’s driving record; providing that prior
    6         convictions for boating under the influence are
    7         considered prior convictions for driving under the
    8         influence; amending s. 327.35, F.S.; providing that a
    9         conviction for boating under the influence be reported
   10         to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
   11         Vehicles; providing that prior convictions for driving
   12         under the influence are considered prior convictions
   13         for boating under the influence; providing an
   14         effective date.
   15          
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Section 322.266, Florida Statutes, is created to
   19  read:
   20         322.266 Boating under the influence.—
   21         (1) A conviction for boating under the influence (BUI)
   22  reported to the department pursuant to s. 327.35 shall be
   23  recorded on a person’s driving record in the same manner as a
   24  conviction for driving under the influence under s. 316.193.
   25         (2) A prior BUI conviction on a person’s driving record
   26  shall be considered a prior conviction of s. 316.193 for
   27  purposes of enforcing chapter 318 and this chapter.
   28         Section 2. Present subsection (10) of section 327.35,
   29  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (11), and a new
   30  subsection (10) is added to that section, to read:
   31         327.35 Boating under the influence; penalties; “designated
   32  drivers.”—
   33         (10)(a) A conviction under this section shall be reported
   34  to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and shall
   35  be recorded in the records of the department in the same manner
   36  as a conviction for driving under the influence (DUI) under s.
   37  316.193.
   38         (b) A prior DUI conviction on a person’s driving record
   39  shall be considered a prior conviction of this section for
   40  purposes of enforcing this chapter.
   41         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.