Senate Bill sb2016

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 2016

    By Senator Rossin





    35-818-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to traffic infractions;

  3         amending s. 318.14, F.S.; revising the

  4         noncriminal requirement that a person cited for

  5         a traffic infraction sign and accept a citation

  6         to appear; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 318.14, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         318.14  Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception;

13  procedures.--

14         (2)  Except as provided in s. 316.1001(2), any person

15  cited at the scene for an infraction under this section must

16  sign and accept a citation indicating a promise to appear.

17  The officer may indicate on the traffic citation the time and

18  location of the scheduled hearing and must indicate the

19  applicable civil penalty established in s. 318.18.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Revises the requirement under which a person cited for a
      noncriminal traffic infraction must sign and accept a
25    citation to appear in the case. The requirement will
      apply only when the person is cited at the scene of the
26    infraction.

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