Florida HB 807: Civics Education

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to noncriminal traffic infractions 2
resulting in vehicle crashes; amending s. 318.14, 3
F.S.; providing specified penalties for certain 4
infractions which resulted in a crash with another 5
vehicle; amending s. 318.19, F.S.; requiring a hearing 6
for certain infractions which resulted in a crash with 7
another vehicle; amending s. 324.023, F.S.; requiring 8
persons convicted of certain infractions which 9
resulted in a crash with another vehicle to carry 10
higher bodily injury or death coverage limits for a 11
specified time period; providing an exception; 12
providing an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 318.14, Florida 17
Statutes, is amended to read: 18
318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; 19
procedures.— 20
(5)(a) Any person electing to appear before the designated 21
official or who is required to appear shall be deemed to have 22
waived his or her right to the civil penalty provisions of s. 23
318.18. The official, after a hearing, shall make a 24
determination as to whether an infraction has been committed. If 25

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the commission of an infraction has been proven, the official 26
may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, except that in 27
cases involving unlawful speed in a school zone or involving 28
unlawful speed in a construction zone, the civil penalty may not 29
exceed $1,000; or require attendance at a driver improvement 30
school, or both. 31
(b)1. If the person is required to appear before the 32
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) and is found to 33
have committed the infraction, the designated official shall 34
impose a civil penalty of $1,000 in addition to any other 35
penalties and the person's driver license shall be suspended for 36
6 months. 37
2. If the person is required to appear before the 38
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) and is found to 39
have committed the infraction against a vulnerable road user as 40
defined in s. 316.027(1), the designated official shall impose a 41
civil penalty of not less than $5,000 in addition to any other 42
penalties, the person's driver license shall be suspended for 1 43
year, and the person shall be required to attend a department-44
approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of 45
vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as 46
provided in s. 322.0261(2). 47
(c)1. If the person is required to appear before the 48
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(2) and is found to 49
have committed the infraction, the designated official shall 50

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impose a civil penalty of $500 in addition to any other 51
penalties and the person's driver license shall be suspended for 52
3 months. 53
2. If the person is required to appear before the 54
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(2) and is found to 55
have committed the infraction against a vulnerable road user as 56
defined in s. 316.027(1), the designated official shall impose a 57
civil penalty of not less than $1,500 in addition to any other 58
penalties, the person's driver license shall be suspended for 3 59
months, and the person shall be required to attend a department-60
approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of 61
vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as 62
provided in s. 322.0261(2). 63
(d) If the person is required to appear before the 64
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(7) and is found to 65
have committed an infraction of s. 316.075(1)(c) or s. 66
316.123(2): 67
1. Except as provided in subparagraphs 2. and 3., the 68
designated official shall impose a civil penalty of $500 in 69
addition to any other penalties. 70
2. A second time, the designated official shall impose a 71
civil penalty of $1,000 in addition to any other penalties and 72
the person's driver license shall be suspended for 6 months. 73
3. A third or subsequent time, the designated official 74
shall impose a civil penalty of $1,000 in addition to any other 75

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penalties and the person's driver license shall be suspended for 76
1 year. 77
(e) If the official determines that no infraction has been 78
committed, no costs or penalties shall be imposed and any costs 79
or penalties that have been paid shall be returned. 80
(f) Moneys received fr