Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 144
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/07/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
       (Garcia) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Delete lines 20 - 32
    4  and insert:
    5         (5) Notwithstanding s. 318.21, all proceeds collected
    6  pursuant to s. 318.18 for a violation of this section shall be
    7  remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the
    8  Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund of the Department of
    9  Health Enforcement of this section by state or local law
   10  enforcement agencies must be accomplished only as a secondary
   11  action when an operator of a motor vehicle has been detained for
   12  a suspected violation of another provision of this chapter,
   13  chapter 320, or chapter 322.
   14         Section 1. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.
   15  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   16  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   17         Delete lines 13 - 14
   18  and insert:
   19  (5) of section 316.305, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
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   21  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete lines 3 - 6
   24  and insert:
   25         devices while driving; amending s. 316.305, F.S.;
   26         revising the legislative intent relating to the
   27         authorization of law enforcement officers to stop
   28         motor vehicles and issue citations to persons who are
   29         texting while driving; deleting a provision requiring
   30         that enforcement of the Florida Ban on Texting While
   31         Driving Law be accomplished only as a secondary
   32         action; requiring deposit of fines into the Emergency