Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 2418
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       590-04822-10                                          20102418c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to vehicle crashes involving death;
    3         amending s. 316.027, F.S.; requiring that a defendant
    4         arrested for leaving the scene of a crash involving
    5         death must be held in custody until brought before a
    6         judge for admittance to bail in certain circumstances;
    7         providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   12  316.027, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         316.027 Crash involving death or personal injuries.—
   14         (1)
   15         (b) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash occurring
   16  on public or private property that results in the death of any
   17  person must immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the
   18  crash, or as close thereto as possible, and must remain at the
   19  scene of the crash until he or she has fulfilled the
   20  requirements of s. 316.062. A person who is arrested for a
   21  violation of this paragraph and who has previously been
   22  convicted of a violation of s. 316.027, s. 316.061, s. 316.191,
   23  or s. 316.193, or a felony violation of s. 322.34, shall be held
   24  in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail
   25  in accordance with chapter 903. Any person who willfully
   26  violates this paragraph commits a felony of the first degree,
   27  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   28  Any person who willfully commits such a violation violates this
   29  paragraph while driving under the influence as set forth in s.
   30  316.193(1) shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of
   31  imprisonment of 2 years.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.