Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 1378
       
       
        
       By Senator Torres
       
       
       
       
       
       15-01361-18                                           20181378__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to hit-and-run alerts; creating s.
    3         316.02703, F.S.; authorizing the use of dynamic
    4         message signs that are located along the state’s
    5         highways to post alerts containing information about
    6         certain hit-and-run incidents to assist law
    7         enforcement in apprehending a suspect in the incident;
    8         specifying certain information that may be included in
    9         the posting of such alerts; defining the terms “hit
   10         and run” and “serious bodily injury”; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 316.02703, Florida Statutes, is created
   16  to read:
   17         316.02703 Hit-and-run incidents; alerts.—
   18         (1) Dynamic message signs that are located along the
   19  state’s highways may be used to post alerts containing
   20  information about a hit-and-run incident that results in serious
   21  bodily injury to a pedestrian, in order to assist law
   22  enforcement in apprehending a suspect involved in the incident.
   23         (2) Information to be posted in such alerts may include,
   24  but is not limited to:
   25         (a) A complete or partial license plate number of a
   26  suspect’s vehicle.
   27         (b) The make, style, and color of the suspect’s vehicle.
   28         (c) The identity of the suspect.
   29         (3) As used in this section, the term:
   30         (a) “Hit and run” means an incident in which the driver of
   31  a motor vehicle involved in an accident fails to stop at the
   32  scene of the accident.
   33         (b) “Serious bodily injury” means injury to a person which
   34  involves, either at the time of the actual injury or at a later
   35  time, a substantial risk of death, a substantial risk of serious
   36  permanent disfigurement, a substantial risk of protracted loss
   37  or impairment of the function of any part or organ of the body,
   38  or breaks, fractures, or burns of the second or third degree.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.