Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1570
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/18/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Evers) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
    6  316.172, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         316.172 Traffic to stop for school bus.—
    8         (1)
    9         (b) A Any person using, operating, or driving a vehicle
   10  that passes a school bus on the side that children enter and
   11  exit while when the school bus displays a stop signal commits
   12  reckless driving a moving violation, punishable as provided in
   13  s. 316.192 chapter 318, and is subject to a mandatory hearing
   14  under the provisions of s. 318.19.
   15         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.
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   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   20  and insert:
   21                        A bill to be entitled                      
   22         An act relating to school bus safety; amending s.
   23         316.172, F.S.; providing that a person operating a
   24         vehicle who passes a school bus on the side that
   25         children enter and exit while the school bus displays
   26         a stop signal commits reckless driving; specifying
   27         that such violations are punishable as reckless
   28         driving violations rather than moving violations;
   29         providing an effective date.