Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 192
       
       
        
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       
       16-00414-15                                            2015192__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to wireless communications devices;
    3         amending s. 316.305, F.S.; revising legislative intent
    4         to authorize law enforcement officers to issue
    5         citations as a primary offense to persons who are
    6         texting while driving; repealing s. 316.305(5), F.S.,
    7         relating to the enforcement of the “Florida Ban on
    8         Texting While Driving Law” as a secondary action;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
   14  316.305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         316.305 Wireless communications devices; prohibition.—
   16         (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to:
   17         (d) Authorize law enforcement officers to stop motor
   18  vehicles and issue citations as a primary secondary offense to
   19  persons who are texting while driving.
   20         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 316.305, Florida
   21  Statutes, is repealed.
   22         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015.