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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to noncriminal traffic infractions 2
causing vehicle crashes; amending s. 318.14, F.S.; 3
providing specified penalties for certain infractions 4
resulting in a crash with another vehicle; amending s. 5
318.19, F.S.; requiring a hearing for specified 6
infractions resulting in a crash with another vehicle; 7
providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 318.14, Florida 12
Statutes, is amended to read: 13
318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; 14
procedures.— 15
(5)(a) Any person electing to appear before the designated 16
official or who is required to appear shall be deemed to have 17
waived his or her right to the civil penalty provisions of s. 18
318.18. The official, after a hearing, shall make a 19
determination as to whether an infraction has been committed. If 20
the commission of an infraction has been proven, the official 21
may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, except that in 22
cases involving unlawful speed in a school zone or involving 23
unlawful speed in a construction zone, the civil penalty may not 24
exceed $1,000; or require attendance at a driver improvement 25
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school, or both. 26
(b)1. If the person is required to appear before the 27
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) and is found to 28
have committed the infraction, the designated official shall 29
impose a civil penalty of $1,000 in addition to any other 30
penalties and the person's driver license shall be suspended for 31
6 months. 32
2. If the person is required to appear before the 33
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) and is found to 34
have committed the infraction against a vulnerable road user as 35
defined in s. 316.027(1), the designated official shall impose a 36
civil penalty of not less than $5,000 in addition to any other 37
penalties, the person's driver license shall be suspended for 1 38
year, and the person shall be required to attend a department -39
approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of 40
vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as 41
provided in s. 322.0261(2). 42
(c)1. If the person is required to appear before the 43
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(2) and is found to 44
have committed the infraction, the designated official shall 45
impose a civil penalty of $500 in addition to any other 46
penalties and the person's driver license shall be suspended for 47
3 months. 48
2. If the person is required to appear before the 49
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(2) and is found to 50
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have committed the infraction against a vulnerable road user as 51
defined in s. 316.027(1), the designated official shall impose a 52
civil penalty of not less than $1,500 in addition to any other 53
penalties, the person' s driver license shall be suspended for 3 54
months, and the person shall be required to attend a department -55
approved driver improvement course relating to the rights of 56
vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway as 57
provided in s. 322.0261(2). 58
(d) If the person is required to appear before the 59
designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(6) and is found to 60
have committed an infraction of s. 316.075(1)(c) or s. 61
316.123(2): 62
1. Except as provided in subparagraphs 2. and 3., the 63
designated official shall impose a civil penalty of $500 in 64
addition to any other penalties. 65
2. A second time, the designated official shall impose a 66
civil penalty of $1,000 in addition to any other penalties and 67
the person's driver license shall be suspended for 6 months. 68
3. A third or subsequent time, the designated official 69
shall impose a civil penalty of $1,000 in addition to any other 70
penalties and the person's driver license shall be suspended for 71
1 year. 72
(e) If the official determines that no infraction has been 73
committed, no costs or penalties shall be imposed and any costs 74
or penalties that have been paid shall be returned. 75
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(f) Moneys received from the mandatory civil penalties 76
imposed pursuant to this subsection upon persons required to 77
appear before a designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) , or 78
(2), or (6) shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue and 79
deposited into the Department of Health Emergency Medical 80
Services Trust Fund to provide financial support to certified 81
trauma centers to assure the availability and accessibility of 82
trauma services throughout the state. Funds deposited into the 83
Emergency Medical Servic es Trust Fund under this section shall 84
be allocated as follows: 85
1.(a) Fifty percent shall be allocated equally among all 86
Level I, Level II, and pediatric trauma centers in recognition 87
of readiness costs for maintaining trauma services. 88
2.(b) Fifty percent shall be allocated among Level I, 89
Level II, and pediatric trauma centers based on each center's 90
relative volume of trauma cases as calculated using the hospital 91
discharge data collected pursuant to s. 408.061. 92
Section 2. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 318.19, 93
Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (6) is added to 94
that section, to read: 95
318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing. —Any 96
person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall 97
not have the provisions of s. 318.14( 2), (4), and (9) available 98
to him or her but must appear before the designated official at 99
the time and location of the scheduled hearing: 100
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(4) Any infraction of s. 316.520(1) or (2); or 101
(5) Any infraction of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s. 102
316.189 of exceeding the speed limit by 30 mph or more ; or 103
(6) Any infraction of s. 316.075(1)(c) or s. 316.123(2) 104
that results in a crash with another vehicle as defined in s. 105
316.003. 106
Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 107