Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1376
       
       
        
       By Senator Evers
       
       
       
       
       
       2-00663-15                                            20151376__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to traffic offenses; creating s.
    3         318.195, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for a
    4         person who commits a moving violation that causes
    5         serious bodily injury to, or causes the death of, a
    6         vulnerable road user; requiring that the person pay a
    7         specified fine, serve a minimum period of house
    8         arrest, and attend a driver improvement course;
    9         requiring that the court revoke the person’s driver
   10         license for a minimum specified period; providing that
   11         the act does not prohibit the person from being
   12         charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other
   13         violation of law; providing an effective date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 318.195, Florida Statutes, is created to
   18  read:
   19         318.195 Enhanced penalties for moving violations causing
   20  serious bodily injury or death.—
   21         (1) A person who commits a moving violation that causes
   22  serious bodily injury, as defined in s. 316.027(1), to a
   23  vulnerable road user, as that term is defined in s. 316.027(1),
   24  commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as
   25  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and, upon conviction,
   26  shall pay a fine of at least $1,500, serve a minimum of 30 days
   27  of house arrest, and attend a driver improvement course. The
   28  court shall also revoke the person’s driver license for at least
   29  30 days.
   30         (2) A person who commits a moving violation that causes the
   31  death of a vulnerable road user commits a misdemeanor of the
   32  first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
   33  775.083, and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine of at least
   34  $5,000, serve a minimum of 180 days of house arrest, and in lieu
   35  of the requirements of s. 322.0261, attend an advanced driver
   36  improvement course. The court shall also revoke the person’s
   37  driver license for at least 1 year.
   38         (3) This section does not prohibit a person from being
   39  charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation
   40  of law.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015.