Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 439, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Barcode 338640                          
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
               Floor: 1b/WD/2R         .                                
             04/30/2009 04:32 PM       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       Senator Altman moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (611714) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 264 - 300
    5  and insert:
    6         (d)If a traffic citation is issued under s. 316.0083 and
    7  the violation occurred in the unincorporated portion of a county
    8  which has divided the function of clerk between the clerk of the
    9  circuit court and the county comptroller who serves as ex
   10  officio clerk of the board of county commissioners, recorder,
   11  auditor, and custodian of all county funds and official records,
   12  the traffic infraction officer shall provide a replica of the
   13  citation to the county comptroller within 5 days after the date
   14  of issuance of the citation to the violator.
   15         Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 318.14, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception;
   18  procedures.—
   19         (2) Except as provided in s. 316.1001(2) and s.
   20  316.0083(3), any person cited for an infraction under this
   21  section must sign and accept a citation indicating a promise to
   22  appear. The officer may indicate on the traffic citation the
   23  time and location of the scheduled hearing and must indicate the
   24  applicable civil penalty established in s. 318.18.
   25         Section 9. Subsection (15) of section 318.18, Florida
   26  Statutes, is amended to read:
   27         318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
   28  noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
   29  offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
   30         (15)(a) One hundred fifty twenty-five dollars for a
   31  violation of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. when a driver
   32  has failed to stop at a traffic signal and when enforced by a
   33  law enforcement officer. Sixty dollars shall be distributed as
   34  provided in s. 318.21, $25 shall be distributed to the General
   35  Revenue Fund, and the remaining $65 shall be remitted to the
   36  Department of Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust
   37  Fund of the Department of Health.
   38         (b)One hundred fifty dollars for a violation of s.
   39  316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. when a driver has failed to
   40  stop at a traffic signal and when enforced by the department’s
   41  traffic infraction enforcement officer shall be distributed to
   42  the General Revenue Fund.
   43         (c)One hundred fifty dollars for a violation of s.
   44  316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. when a driver has failed to
   45  stop at a traffic signal and when enforced by a county or
   46  municipality’s traffic infraction enforcement officer. Eighty
   47  five dollars shall be distributed to the county or municipality
   48  issuing the citation, $40 shall be distributed to the General
   49  Revenue Fund, and the remaining $25 shall be remitted to the
   50  Department of Revenue for deposit into the Department of Health
   51  Administrative Trust Fund.
   52  
   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54         And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Delete line 482
   56  and insert:
   57         electronic transmission under certain conditions;
   58         requiring the traffic infraction officer to provide a
   59         replica of a traffic citation to the county
   60         comptroller under certain circumstances;