Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 622
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Infrastructure and Security (Brandes)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
6 316.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 316.075 Traffic control signal devices.—
8 (1) Except for automatic warning signal lights installed or
9 to be installed at railroad crossings, whenever traffic,
10 including municipal traffic, is controlled by traffic control
11 signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted
12 arrows, successively one at a time or in combination, only the
13 colors green, red, and yellow shall be used, except for special
14 pedestrian signals carrying a word legend, and the lights shall
15 indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as
16 follows:
17 (c) Steady red indication.—
18 1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal shall stop
19 before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
20 intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection
21 and shall remain standing until a green indication is shown;
22 however:
23 a. The driver of a vehicle which is stopped at a clearly
24 marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on
25 the near side of the intersection, or, if none then at the point
26 nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of
27 approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering
28 the intersection in obedience to a steady red signal may make a
29 right turn, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and
30 other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at the
31 intersection, except that municipal and county authorities may
32 prohibit any such right turn against a steady red signal at any
33 intersection, which prohibition shall be effective when a sign
34 giving notice thereof is erected in a location visible to
35 traffic approaching the intersection. A traffic infraction
36 detector may not be used to enforce a violation of this sub
37 subparagraph and the department, a county, or a municipality may
38 not authorize a traffic infraction enforcement officer under s.
39 316.640 to issue a traffic citation based on traffic infraction
40 detector evidence for a violation of this sub-subparagraph.
41 b. The driver of a vehicle on a one-way street that
42 intersects another one-way street on which traffic moves to the
43 left shall stop in obedience to a steady red signal, but may
44 then make a left turn into the one-way street, but shall yield
45 the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as
46 directed by the signal at the intersection, except that
47 municipal and county authorities may prohibit any such left turn
48 as described, which prohibition shall be effective when a sign
49 giving notice thereof is attached to the traffic control signal
50 device at the intersection.
51 2.a. The driver of a vehicle facing a steady red signal
52 shall stop before entering the crosswalk and remain stopped to
53 allow a pedestrian, with a permitted signal, to cross a roadway
54 when the pedestrian is in the crosswalk or steps into the
55 crosswalk and is upon the half of the roadway upon which the
56 vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so
57 closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in
58 danger.
59 b. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal
60 as provided in s. 316.0755, pedestrians facing a steady red
61 signal shall not enter the roadway.
62 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
63 316.0776, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
64 316.0776 Traffic infraction detectors; placement and
65 installation.—
66 (2)(a) If the department, county, or municipality installs
67 a traffic infraction detector at an intersection, the
68 department, county, or municipality shall notify the public that
69 a traffic infraction device may be in use at that intersection
70 and must specifically include notification of camera enforcement
71 of violations concerning right turns. Such signage used to
72 notify the public must meet the specifications for uniform
73 signals and devices adopted by the Department of Transportation
74 pursuant to s. 316.0745.
75 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection
76 (2) of section 316.0083, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
77 316.0083 Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Program;
78 administration; report.—
79 (1)(a) For purposes of administering this section, the
80 department, a county, or a municipality may authorize a traffic
81 infraction enforcement officer under s. 316.640 to issue a
82 traffic citation for a violation of s. 316.074(1) or s.
83 316.075(1)(c)1. A notice of violation and a traffic citation may
84 not be issued by the traffic infraction enforcement officer for
85 failure to stop at a red light if the driver is making a right
86 hand turn, if such violation is based on traffic infraction
87 detector evidence. A traffic infraction detector may not be used
88 to enforce any violation for failure to stop at a red light if
89 the driver is making a right-hand turn in a careful and prudent
90 manner at an intersection where right-hand turns are
91 permissible. A notice of violation and a traffic citation may
92 not be issued under this section if the driver of the vehicle
93 came to a complete stop after crossing the stop line and before
94 turning right if permissible at a red light, but failed to stop
95 before crossing over the stop line or other point at which a
96 stop is required. This paragraph does not prohibit a review of
97 information from a traffic infraction detector by an authorized
98 employee or agent of the department, a county, or a municipality
99 before issuance of the traffic citation by the traffic
100 infraction enforcement officer. This paragraph does not prohibit
101 the department, a county, or a municipality from issuing
102 notification as provided in paragraph (b) to the registered
103 owner of the motor vehicle involved in the violation of s.
104 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1.
105 (2) A notice of violation and a traffic citation may not be
106 issued for failure to stop at a red light if the driver is
107 making a right-hand turn in a careful and prudent manner at an
108 intersection where right-hand turns are permissible.
109 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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111 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
112 And the title is amended as follows:
113 Delete everything before the enacting clause
114 and insert:
115 A bill to be entitled
116 An act relating to traffic infraction detectors;
117 amending s. 316.075, F.S.; prohibiting a traffic
118 infraction detector from being used to enforce a
119 violation of a right turn against a steady red signal
120 at any intersection; prohibiting the department, a
121 county, or a municipality from authorizing a traffic
122 infraction enforcement officer to issue a traffic
123 citation based on traffic infraction detector evidence
124 for such a violation; amending s. 316.0776, F.S.;
125 conforming a provision to changes made by the act;
126 amending s. 316.0083, F.S.; prohibiting a notice of
127 violation and a traffic citation from being issued by
128 a traffic infraction enforcement officer for failure
129 to stop at a red light if the driver is making a
130 right-hand turn and such violation is based on traffic
131 infraction detector evidence; prohibiting a traffic
132 infraction detector from being used to enforce any
133 violation for failure to stop at a red light if the
134 driver is making a right-hand turn; conforming a
135 provision to changes made by the act; providing an
136 effective date.