Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 1006
       
       
        
       By Senator Hays
       
       
       
       
       
       11-01413-16                                           20161006__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to warrantless arrests; amending s.
    3         901.15, F.S.; permitting a law enforcement officer to
    4         rely on information received from a first responder at
    5         the scene of a traffic crash to arrest a person for
    6         specified violations without a warrant; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 901.15, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful.—A
   14  law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a warrant
   15  when:
   16         (5) A violation of chapter 316 has been committed in the
   17  presence of the officer. Such an arrest may be made immediately
   18  or in fresh pursuit. Any law enforcement officer, upon receiving
   19  information relayed to him or her from a fellow officer
   20  stationed on the ground or in the air or from a first responder
   21  at the scene of a traffic crash that a driver of a vehicle has
   22  violated chapter 316, may arrest the driver for violation of
   23  those laws when reasonable and proper identification of the
   24  vehicle and the violation has been communicated to the arresting
   25  officer.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.