Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1254
       
       
        
       By Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       
       4-01276B-15                                           20151254__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to noncriminal traffic infractions;
    3         creating s. 316.0275, F.S.; providing criminal
    4         penalties for certain noncriminal traffic infractions
    5         that cause serious bodily injury or death to a person;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 316.0275, Florida Statutes, is created
   11  to read:
   12         316.0275 Noncriminal traffic infractions leading to serious
   13  bodily injury or death; reclassification.—
   14         (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if an
   15  individual commits a noncriminal traffic infraction under this
   16  chapter which causes serious bodily injury or death to a person
   17  and within 5 years after that violation, commits another
   18  noncriminal traffic infraction under this chapter which causes
   19  serious bodily injury or death to a person, the second such
   20  violation shall be reclassified as a felony of the third degree,
   21  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   22         (2) As used in this section, the term “serious bodily
   23  injury” means an injury to a person, excluding the at-fault
   24  driver, which consists of a physical condition that creates a
   25  substantial risk of death, serious personal disfigurement, or
   26  protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily
   27  member or organ.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.