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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 from the mandatory civil penalties 81
imposed pursuant to this subsection upon persons required to 82
appear before a designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1), or 83
(2), or (7) shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue and 84
deposited into the Department of Health Emergency Medical 85
Services Trust Fund to provide financial support to certified 86
trauma centers to assure the availability and accessibility of 87
trauma services throughout the state. Funds deposited into the 88
Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund under this section shall 89
be allocated as follows: 90
1.(a) Fifty percent shall be allocated equally among all 91
Level I, Level II, and pediatric trauma centers in recognition 92
of readiness costs for maintaining trauma services. 93
2.(b) Fifty percent shall be allocated among Level I, 94
Level II, and pediatric trauma centers based on each center's 95
relative volume of trauma cases as calculated using the hospital 96
discharge data collected pursuant to s. 408.061. 97
Section 2. Subsections (5) and (6) of section 318.19, 98
Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (7) is added to 99
that section, to read: 100
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318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.—Any 101
person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall 102
not have the provisions of s. 318.14(2), (4), and (9) available 103
to him or her but must appear before the designated official at 104
the time and location of the scheduled hearing: 105
(5) Any infraction of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s. 106
316.189 of exceeding the speed limit by 30 mph or more; or 107
(6) Any infraction of s. 316.1926(2); or 108
(7) Any infraction of s. 316.075(1)(c) or s. 316.123(2) 109
which resulted in a crash with another vehicle as defined in s. 110
316.003. 111
Section 3. Section 324.023, Florida Statutes, is amended 112
to read: 113
324.023 Financial responsibility for bodily injury or 114
death.— 115
(1) In addition to any other financial responsibility 116
required by law, every owner or operator of a motor vehicle that 117
is required to be registered in this state, or that is located 118
within this state, and who:, 119
(a) Regardless of adjudication of guilt, has been found 120
guilty of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a 121
charge of driving under the influence under s. 316.193 after 122
October 1, 2007; or 123
(b) Is found to have committed an infraction of s. 124
316.075(1)(c) or s. 316.123(2) which resulted in a crash with 125
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another vehicle as defined in s. 316.003, 126
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shall, by one of the methods established in s. 324.031(1) or 128
(2), establish and maintain the ability to respond in damages 129
for liability on account of accidents arising out of the use of 130
a motor vehicle in the amount of $100,000 because of bodily 131
injury to, or death of, one person in any one crash and, subject 132
to such limits for one person, in the amount of $300,000 because 133
of bodily injury to, or death of, two or more persons in any one 134
crash and in the amount of $50,000 because of property damage in 135
any one crash. If the owner or operator chooses to establish and 136
maintain such ability by furnishing a certificate of deposit 137
pursuant to s. 324.031(2), such certificate of deposit must be 138
at least $350,000. An owner or operator convicted under 139
paragraph (a) must carry such higher limits must be carried for 140
at least a minimum period of 3 years. An owner or operator 141
convicted under paragraph (b) must carry such higher limits for 142
at least 1 year. 143
(2) If an the owner or operator convicted under paragraph 144
(1)(a) has not been convicted of driving under the influence or 145
a felony traffic offense for at least a period of 3 years after 146
from the date of reinstatement of driving privileges for a 147
violation of s. 316.193, the owner or operator is shall be 148
exempt from this section. 149
Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026. 150