Bill Text: FL H0687 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Cellular Telephone Use
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Roads, Bridges, & Ports Policy (EDCA) [H0687 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-H0687-Introduced.html
HB 687 |
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2 | An act relating to cellular telephone use; creating s. |
3 | 316.305, F.S.; prohibiting the use of a cellular telephone |
4 | while operating a motor vehicle in a school zone; |
5 | providing an enhanced penalty; providing an effective |
6 | date. |
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8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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10 | Section 1. Section 316.305, Florida Statutes, is created |
11 | to read: |
12 | 316.305 Use of cellular telephones in school zones; |
13 | enhanced penalties.- |
14 | (1) A person may not operate a cellular telephone while |
15 | driving a motor vehicle in a school zone in this state. |
16 | (2) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic |
17 | infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in |
18 | chapter 318, except that the violator shall pay a fine that is |
19 | double the amount provided in chapter 318 for a nonmoving |
20 | violation. |
21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |
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