HB 1235

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to enforcement of traffic laws; creating
3s. 316.0082, F.S.; prohibiting the use of traffic
4infraction detectors and cameras by a county or
5municipality to enforce traffic laws or regulate traffic
6unless expressly authorized by general law; preempts to
7the state the authority to use traffic infraction
8detectors to enforce traffic laws; providing an effective
9date.
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11Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13     Section 1.  Section 316.0082, Florida Statutes, is created
14to read:
15     316.0082  Use of traffic infraction detectors or cameras by
16county or municipality prohibited.-Unless expressly authorized
17by general law, a county or municipality shall not use any type
18of traffic infraction detector or camera to enforce s.
19316.075(1)(c) or to otherwise regulate traffic through the
20issuance of a traffic citation or through the use of a local
21code enforcement process. The authority of a public body to use
22traffic infraction detectors or cameras to enforce traffic laws
23or to otherwise regulate traffic is expressly preempted to the
24state.
25     Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.


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