Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0699 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to noncriminal traffic infractions 2
16	16	causing vehicle crashes; amending s. 318.14, F.S.; 3
17	17	providing specified penalties for certain infractions 4
18	18	resulting in a crash with another vehicle; amending s. 5
19	19	318.19, F.S.; requiring a hearing for specified 6
20	20	infractions resulting in a crash with another vehicle; 7
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23	23	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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25	25	Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 318.14, Florida 12
26	26	Statutes, is amended to read: 13
27	27	318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; 14
28	28	procedures.— 15
29	29	(5)(a) Any person electing to appear before the designated 16
30	30	official or who is required to appear shall be deemed to have 17
31	31	waived his or her right to the civil penalty provisions of s. 18
32	32	318.18. The official, after a hearing, shall make a 19
33	33	determination as to whether an infraction has been committed. If 20
34	34	the commission of an infraction has been proven, the official 21
35	35	may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, except that in 22
36	36	cases involving unlawful speed in a school zone or involving 23
37	37	unlawful speed in a construction zone, the civil penalty may not 24
38	38	exceed $1,000; or require attendance at a driver improvement 25
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52	52	(b)1. If the person is required to appear before the 27
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54	54	have committed the infraction, the designated official shall 29
55	55	impose a civil penalty of $1,000 in addition to any other 30
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57	57	6 months. 32
58	58	2. If the person is required to appear before the 33
59	59	designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) and is found to 34
60	60	have committed the infraction against a vulnerable road user as 35
61	61	defined in s. 316.027(1), the designated official shall impose a 36
62	62	civil penalty of not less than $5,000 in addition to any other 37
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65	65	approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of 40
66	66	vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as 41
67	67	provided in s. 322.0261(2). 42
68	68	(c)1. If the person is required to appear before the 43
69	69	designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(2) and is found to 44
70	70	have committed the infraction, the designated official shall 45
71	71	impose a civil penalty of $500 in addition to any other 46
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74	74	2. If the person is required to appear before the 49
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89	89	defined in s. 316.027(1), the designated official shall impose a 52
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93	93	approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of 56
94	94	vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as 57
95	95	provided in s. 322.0261(2). 58
96	96	(d) If the person is required to appear before the 59
97	97	designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(6) and is found to 60
98	98	have committed an infraction of s. 316.075(1)(c) or s. 61
99	99	316.123(2): 62
100	100	1. Except as provided in subparagraphs 2. and 3., the 63
101	101	designated official shall impose a civil penalty of $500 in 64
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103	103	2. A second time, the designated official shall impose a 66
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106	106	3. A third or subsequent time, the designated official 69
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109	109	1 year. 72
110	110	(e) If the official determines that no infraction has been 73
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112	112	or penalties that have been paid shall be returned. 75
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125	125	(f) Moneys received from the mandatory civil penalties 76
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127	127	appear before a designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) , or 78
128	128	(2), or (6) shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue and 79
129	129	deposited into the Department of Health Emergency Medical 80
130	130	Services Trust Fund to provide financial support to certified 81
131	131	trauma centers to assure the availability and accessibility of 82
132	132	trauma services throughout the state. Funds deposited into the 83
133	133	Emergency Medical Servic es Trust Fund under this section shall 84
134	134	be allocated as follows: 85
135	135	1.(a) Fifty percent shall be allocated equally among all 86
136	136	Level I, Level II, and pediatric trauma centers in recognition 87
137	137	of readiness costs for maintaining trauma services. 88
138	138	2.(b) Fifty percent shall be allocated among Level I, 89
139	139	Level II, and pediatric trauma centers based on each center's 90
140	140	relative volume of trauma cases as calculated using the hospital 91
141	141	discharge data collected pursuant to s. 408.061. 92
142	142	Section 2. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 318.19, 93
143	143	Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (6) is added to 94
144	144	that section, to read: 95
145	145	318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing. —Any 96
146	146	person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall 97
147	147	not have the provisions of s. 318.14( 2), (4), and (9) available 98
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162	162	(4) Any infraction of s. 316.520(1) or (2); or 101
163	163	(5) Any infraction of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s. 102
164	164	316.189 of exceeding the speed limit by 30 mph or more ; or 103
165	165	(6) Any infraction of s. 316.075(1)(c) or s. 316.123(2) 104
166	166	that results in a crash with another vehicle as defined in s. 105
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168	168	Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 107