Bill > S0654

Introduced Session

An act relating to traffic infraction enforcement; amending s. 28.37, F.S.; deleting a provision exempting certain penalties and fines from a requirement that a certain percentage of all court related fines collected by the clerk be deposited into the fines and forfeiture fund for a specified purpose; amending s. 316.003, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms “local hearing officer” and “speed detection system”; amending s. 316.008, F.S.; revising the periods during which a county or municipality may enforce school zone speed limits, and the violations for which such enforcement is authorized, through the use of a speed detection system; prohibiting the enforcement of a school zone speed limit through the use of a speed detection system under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances for which a county or municipality may place or install, or contract with a vendor to place or install, a speed detection system within a roadway maintained as a school zone; amending s. 316.0083, F.S.; deleting a provision prohibiting the issuance of certain notices of violation and traffic citations for failure to stop before crossing over a stop line or other point at which a stop is required under certain circumstances; defining the term “careful and prudent manner”; providing that certain counties and municipalities are responsible for and must maintain certain data for a specified period; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide to the Governor and the Legislature recommended legislation, rather than necessary legislation, with a certain report; providing that certain hearings may be conducted either virtually or in person; prohibiting the use of a traffic infraction detector for remote surveillance; providing construction; specifying the purposes for which video and images recorded by a traffic infraction detector may be used; requiring that a traffic infraction detector use technology to obscure certain personal identifying information; providing that certain notices of violation and uniform traffic citations may not be dismissed for a specified reason; requiring the destruction of certain recorded videos and images within a certain timeframe; requiring a traffic infraction detector vendor annually to provide certain written notice to the county or municipality; providing that motor vehicle registration and owner information obtained in a certain manner is not the property of certain manufacturers and vendors; repealing s. 316.00831, F.S., relating to distribution of penalties collected under the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Program; amending s. 316.07456, F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions; amending s. 316.0776, F.S.; providing that only warnings may be issued for certain violations during the duration of a certain public awareness campaign; deleting an obsolete provision; prohibiting a county or municipality from operating a speed detection system under certain circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 316.173, F.S.; requiring district school board authorization and a public hearing process before a school district may place or install, or contract with a vendor to install, operate, and maintain, school bus infraction detection systems; providing requirements for such authorization and public hearing process; requiring a school district that establishes a school bus infraction detection system program after a certain date to enter into a certain interlocal agreement before beginning its school bus infraction detection system program; providing that law enforcement agencies may authorize traffic infraction enforcement officers to issue certain uniform traffic citations for violations enforced through the use of a school bus infraction detection system; providing construction; deleting a prohibition on raising certain arguments in a proceeding challenging certain traffic violations; deleting a required evidentiary standard for certain findings and determinations by local hearing officers; revising the notice of hearing process; revising the number of times a petitioner may reschedule a certain hearing; requiring a petitioner to pay certain costs before the start of the hearing in order to cancel the hearing; requiring that certain testimony be recorded; authorizing, rather than requiring, a local hearing officer to require a petitioner to pay certain costs; revising authorized uses for videos and images recorded as part of a school bus infraction detection system; requiring a school district that operates a school bus infraction detection system annually to report the results of such systems at a meeting of the school board; providing requirements for such meeting; prohibiting certain arguments in a proceeding challenging certain traffic violations; prohibiting a school district from operating school bus infraction detection systems under certain circumstances; requiring certain school districts to submit a certain report to the department annually, rather than quarterly; requiring the department to publish certain reports on its website; deleting obsolete provisions; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 316.1896, F.S.; revising the periods for which a county or municipality may authorize a traffic infraction enforcement officer to issue certain uniform traffic citations; prohibiting the enforcement of a school zone speed limit through the use of a speed detection system under certain circumstances; revising the period within which a person may take certain action after receiving a notice of violation; prohibiting an individual from receiving certain commissions or per-ticket fees under a contract established or renewed on or after a certain date; prohibiting a manufacturer or vendor of speed detection systems from receiving certain fees or remuneration; providing that certain hearings may be conducted either virtually or in person; revising authorized uses for videos and images recorded as part of a speed detection system; deleting an obsolete provision; revising information that must be included in certain reports; deleting a provision authorizing the department to require quarterly submission of certain data components; requiring the department to publish certain reports on its website; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reordering and amending s. 316.1906, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; making a technical change; amending ss. 316.640, 316.650, and 318.15, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 318.18, F.S.; prohibiting an individual from receiving certain commissions or per-ticket fees under a contract established or renewed on or after a certain date; prohibiting a manufacturer or vendor of speed detection systems from receiving certain fees or remuneration; providing exceptions to requirements that certain civil penalties be remitted to school districts; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 320.02, F.S.; authorizing the department to withhold registration or reregistration of a motor vehicle under certain circumstances; amending s. 322.27, F.S.; prohibiting the admissibility of certain infractions as character evidence; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 775.15, F.S.; providing that a 1-year period of limitation for certain noncriminal violations resets upon receipt of certain affidavits; amending s. 1006.21, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; reenacting s. 318.121, F.S., relating to preemption of additional fees, fines, surcharges, and costs, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 318.18, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date.

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Nick DiCeglie (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (2)

Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26 --If Received (on 03/02/2026)

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