Bill Text: FL S1982 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Jamming of Electronic Speed-measuring Devices [CPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation [S1982 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1982-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1982 
        
       By Senator Aronberg 
       27-01047-10                                           20101982__ 
    1                        A bill to be entitled                       
    2         An act relating to the jamming of electronic speed 
    3         measuring devices; creating s. 316.1907, F.S.; 
    4         prohibiting a vehicle from being equipped with any 
    5         device that is designed for, or is capable of, 
    6         jamming, scrambling, disabling, or otherwise 
    7         interfering with a radar, laser, or any other 
    8         electronic device used by a law enforcement agency to 
    9         measure the speed of a moving vehicle; prohibiting a 
   10         person from using, buying, possessing, manufacturing, 
   11         selling, or otherwise distributing such a jamming 
   12         device; providing an exception for a law enforcement 
   13         officer acting in his or her official capacity; 
   14         authorizing a law enforcement officer to seize such a 
   15         jamming device; providing a penalty; providing an 
   16         effective date. 
   17   
   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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   20         Section 1. Section 316.1907, Florida Statutes, is created 
   21  to read: 
   22         316.1907 Jamming of electronic speed-measuring devices.— 
   23         (1)(a) A vehicle may not be equipped with any device that 
   24  is designed for, or is capable of, jamming, scrambling, 
   25  neutralizing, disabling, or otherwise interfering with a radar, 
   26  laser, or any other electronic device used by a law enforcement 
   27  agency to measure the speed of a moving vehicle. 
   28         (b) A person may not use, buy, possess, manufacture, sell, 
   29  or otherwise distribute any device that is designed for jamming, 
   30  scrambling, neutralizing, disabling, or otherwise interfering 
   31  with a radar, laser, or any other electronic device used by a 
   32  law enforcement agency to measure the speed of a moving vehicle. 
   33         (c) This subsection does not apply to a law enforcement 
   34  officer acting in his or her official capacity. 
   35         (2) A law enforcement officer may seize any device used in 
   36  violation of this section, which may be confiscated and 
   37  destroyed by order of the court. 
   38         (3) A person who violates this section shall be cited for a 
   39  noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as provided in s. 
   40  318.14. 
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.