Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1974
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/18/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Sobel) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 20 and 21
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
    6  318.1451, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         318.1451 Driver improvement schools.—
    8  (2)(a) In determining whether to approve the courses referenced
    9  in this section, the department shall consider course content
   10  designed to promote safety, driver awareness, crash avoidance
   11  techniques, the dangers of driving while distracted, which must
   12  specifically include the use of technology while driving, and
   13  other factors or criteria to improve driver performance from a
   14  safety viewpoint.
   15         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 322.095, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         322.095 Traffic law and substance abuse education program
   18  for driver’s license applicants.—
   19  (1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must
   20  approve traffic law and substance abuse education courses that
   21  must be completed by applicants for a Florida driver’s license.
   22  The curricula for the courses must provide instruction on the
   23  physiological and psychological consequences of the abuse of
   24  alcohol and other drugs, the societal and economic costs of
   25  alcohol and drug abuse, the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on
   26  the driver of a motor vehicle, the dangers of driving while
   27  distracted, which must specifically include the use of
   28  technology while driving, and the laws of this state relating to
   29  the operation of a motor vehicle. All instructors teaching the
   30  courses shall be certified by the department.
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   33         And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete line 5
   35  and insert:
   36         regulations relating to blind pedestrians; amending s.
   37         318.1451, F.S.; requiring the curricula of driver
   38         improvement schools to include instruction on the
   39         dangers of driving while distracted; amending s.
   40         322.095, F.S.; requiring the curricula of traffic law
   41         and substance abuse education courses to include
   42         instruction on the dangers of driving while
   43         distracted; providing