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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to traffic enforcement; creating s. 2
316.0077, F.S.; prohibiting contracts awarded by 3
certain entities outside this state from being used to 4
procure contracts with manufacturers or vendors of 5
camera systems used for traffic enforcement; providing 6
applicability; creating s. 316.0078, F.S.; defining 7
the terms "controlling interest" and "foreign country 8
of concern"; prohibiting a governmental enti ty from 9
knowingly entering into or renewing certain contracts 10
for camera systems used for traffic enforcement; 11
amending s. 316.0083, F.S.; requiring certain counties 12
or municipalities to enact an ordinance to authorize 13
placement or installation of traffic infraction 14
detectors; requiring the county or municipality to 15
consider certain evidence and make a certain 16
determination at a public hearing; requiring a county 17
or municipality to place a specified annual report on 18
the agenda of a regular or special meetin g of its 19
governing body; requiring approval by the governing 20
body at a regular or special meeting before 21
contracting or renewing a contract to place or install 22
traffic infraction detectors; providing for public 23
comment; prohibiting such report, contract, o r 24
contract renewal from being considered as part of a 25
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consent agenda; providing requirements for a written 26
summary of such report; requiring a report to the 27
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; 28
prohibiting compliance with certain provisions fro m 29
being raised in a proceeding challenging a violation; 30
providing for suspension of a noncompliant county or 31
municipality from operating traffic infraction 32
detectors until such noncompliance is corrected; 33
providing requirements for reports submitted to the 34
department by counties and municipalities regarding 35
use of and enforcement by traffic infraction 36
detectors; requiring the department to publish such 37
reports on its website; providing an effective date. 38
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 40
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Section 1. Section 316.0077, Florida Statutes, is created 42
to read: 43
316.0077 Camera systems; contract procurement. —A contract 44
awarded by another governmental entity outside this state or by 45
a consortium or cooperative of governmental entiti es outside 46
this state may not be used to procure contracts with 47
manufacturers or vendors of school bus infraction detection 48
systems, speed detection systems, traffic infraction detectors, 49
or any other camera systems used for enforcing this chapter. 50
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This section applies to contracts entered into on or after July 51
1, 2025. 52
Section 2. Section 316.0078, Florida Statutes, is created 53
to read: 54
316.0078 Prohibition on contracting for camera systems of 55
vendors of foreign countries of concern. — 56
(1) As used in this section, the terms "controlling 57
interest" and "foreign country of concern" have the same 58
meanings as in s. 287.138(1). 59
(2) On or after July 1, 2025, a governmental entity may 60
not knowingly enter into or renew a contract with a contracting 61
vendor of a school bus infraction detection system, speed 62
detection system, traffic infraction detector, or any other 63
camera system used for enforcing this chapter which is subject 64
to s. 316.0076 if: 65
(a) The contracting vendor is owned by the government of a 66
foreign country of concern; or 67
(b) The government of a foreign country of concern has a 68
controlling interest in the contracting vendor. 69
Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 316.0083, Florida 70
Statutes, is amended to read: 71
316.0083 Mark Wandall Traffic Sa fety Program; 72
administration; report. — 73
(4)(a)1. A county or municipality that desires to have one 74
or more traffic infraction detectors placed or installed on or 75
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after July 1, 2025, in an area where no traffic infraction 76
detectors are currently placed or installed must enact an 77
ordinance in order to authorize the placement or installation 78
of, or to authorize contracting with a vendor for the placement 79
or installation of, one or more traffic infraction detectors to 80
enforce s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1 . As part of the 81
public hearing on such proposed ordinance, the county or 82
municipality must consider traffic data or other evidence 83
supporting the installation and operation of each traffic 84
infraction detector, and the county or municipality must 85
determine that the intersection at which a traffic infraction 86
detector is to be placed or installed constitutes a heightened 87
safety risk that warrants additional enforcement measures. 88
2. A county or municipality that operates one or more 89
traffic infraction detect ors must annually report the results of 90
all traffic infraction detectors within the county's or 91
municipality's jurisdiction by placing the annual report to the 92
department required under paragraph (b) as a single reporting 93
item on the agenda of a regular or special meeting of the 94
county's or municipality's governing body. Before a county or 95
municipality contracts or renews a contract to place or install 96
one or more traffic infraction detectors, the county or 97
municipality must approve the contract or contract renewal at a 98
regular or special meeting of the county's or municipality's 99
governing body. 100
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a. Interested members of the public must be allowed to 101
comment regarding the report, contract, or contract renewal 102
under the county's or municipality's public comm ent policies or 103
formats, and the report, contract, or contract renewal may not 104
be considered as part of a consent agenda. 105
b. The report required under this subparagraph must 106
include a written summary, which must be read aloud at the 107
regular or special meeting, and the summary must contain, for 108
the same time period pertaining to the annual report to the 109
department required under paragraph (b), the number of notices 110
of violation issued, the number that were contested, the number 111
that were upheld, the number that were dismissed, the number 112
that were issued as uniform traffic citations, and the number 113
that were paid and how collected funds were distributed and in 114
what amounts. The county or municipality must report to the 115
department that the county's or municipality's annual report was 116
considered in accordance with this subparagraph, including the 117
date of the regular or special meeting at which the annual 118
report was considered. 119
3. The compliance or sufficiency of compliance with this 120
paragraph may not be raised in a proceeding challenging a 121
violation of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. enforced by a 122
traffic infraction detector. 123
4. A county or municipality that does not comply with this 124
paragraph is suspended from operating traffic inf raction 125
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detectors under this subsection until such noncompliance is 126
corrected. 127
(b)(a) Each county or municipality that operates a traffic 128
infraction detector shall submit a report by October 1, 2012, 129
and annually thereafter, to the department which detai ls the 130
results of using the traffic infraction detector and the 131
procedures for enforcement for the preceding state fiscal year. 132
The information submitted by the counties and municipalities 133
must include: 134
1. The number of notices of violation issued, the n umber 135
that were contested, the number that were upheld, the number 136
that were dismissed, the number that were issued as uniform 137
traffic citations, the number that were paid, and the number in 138
each of the preceding categories for which the notice of 139
violation was issued for a right -hand turn violation. 140
2. A description of alternative safety countermeasures 141
taken before and after the placement or installation of a 142
traffic infraction detector. 143
3. Statistical data and information required by the 144
department to complete the summary report required under 145
paragraph (c) (b). 146
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The department must publish each report submitted by a county or 148
municipality pursuant to this paragraph on its website. 149
(c)(b) On or before December 31, 2012, and annually 150
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thereafter, the department shall provide a summary report to the 151
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 152
House of Representatives regarding the use and operation of 153
traffic infraction detectors under this section, along with the 154
department's recommen dations and any necessary legislation. The 155
summary report must include a review of the information 156
submitted to the department by the counties and municipalities 157
and must describe the enhancement of the traffic safety and 158
enforcement programs. 159
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 160