Bill Text: FL S0144 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development [S0144 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S0144-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2017 CS for SB 144 By the Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; and Senators Garcia, Campbell, and Perry 579-02185-17 2017144c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the use of wireless communications 3 devices while driving; amending s. 316.305, F.S.; 4 revising the legislative intent relating to the 5 authorization of law enforcement officers to stop 6 motor vehicles and issue citations to persons who are 7 texting while driving; deleting a provision requiring 8 that enforcement of the Florida Ban on Texting While 9 Driving Law be accomplished only as a secondary 10 action; requiring deposit of fines into the Emergency 11 Medical Services Trust Fund; providing an effective 12 date. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 16 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and subsection 17 (5) of section 316.305, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 18 316.305 Wireless communications devices; prohibition.— 19 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to: 20 (d) Authorize law enforcement officers to stop motor 21 vehicles and issue citationsas a secondary offenseto persons 22 who are texting while driving. 23 (5) Notwithstanding s. 318.21, all proceeds collected 24 pursuant to s. 318.18 for a violation of this section shall be 25 remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 26 Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund of the Department of 27 HealthEnforcement of this section by state or local law28enforcement agencies must be accomplished only as a secondary29action when an operator of a motor vehicle has been detained for30a suspected violation of another provision of this chapter,31chapter 320, or chapter 322. 32 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.