Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1394
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/19/2016           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 373 and 374
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 316.1937, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         316.1937 Ignition interlock devices, requiring; unlawful
    8  acts.—
    9         (1) In addition to any other authorized penalties, the
   10  court may require that any person who is convicted of driving
   11  under the influence in violation of s. 316.193 shall not operate
   12  a motor vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped with a
   13  functioning ignition interlock device certified by the
   14  department as provided in s. 316.1938, and installed in such a
   15  manner that the vehicle will not start if the operator’s blood
   16  alcohol level is in excess of 0.025 percent or as otherwise
   17  specified by the court. The court may require the use of an
   18  approved ignition interlock device for a period of at least 6
   19  continuous months, if the person is permitted to operate a motor
   20  vehicle, whether or not the privilege to operate a motor vehicle
   21  is restricted, as determined by the court. The court, however,
   22  shall order placement of an ignition interlock device in those
   23  circumstances required by s. 316.193. Effective October 1, 2016,
   24  for offenses where an ignition interlock device is mandated
   25  under s. 316.193(2)(a)3., (2)(b)1., and (2)(b)2., the court in
   26  the Fourth Judicial Circuit may order a qualified sobriety and
   27  drug monitoring program, as defined in s. 316.193(15) and
   28  authorized by 23 U.S.C. s. 164, under the pilot program in s.
   29  316.193(16) as an alternative to the ignition interlock device.
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   32  And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete line 26
   34  and insert:
   35         providing requirements for the program; amending s.
   36         316.1937, F.S.; authorizing, as of a specified date, a
   37         specified court to order a certain qualified sobriety
   38         and drug monitoring program under a specified pilot
   39         program as an alternative to the placement of an
   40         ignition interlock device; amending s.