Item L03
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: August IS - 16,2001
Division:
District 1
Bulk Item: Yes
No
Department: Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval to advertise an ordinance creating Section 11-12, Monroe County Code, prohibiting the use
of hand-held cell phones while operating motor vehicles, including motorcycles and mopeds, but
allowing headsets and hands free apparatus. Ordinance will provide for violations and penalties.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS REVELANT HOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH
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APPROVED BY:
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OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
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DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
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(Commissio . r Dixie M. Spehar)
DOCUMENTATION:
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DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM # / - L-..3
Revised 2/27/01
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
ORDINANCE NO
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Of
MONROE COUNTY, fLORIDA, CREATING SECTION 11-12, MONROE
COUNTY CODE, PROHIBITING THE USE OF HAND-HELD CELL
PHONES WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE; PROVIDING FOR
VIOLAnONS AND PENALTIES; PROVIDING fOR SEVERABJUTY;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORAnON INTO THE MONROE
COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
~ectlon 1. Sec. 11-12, Monroe County Code, is hereby created to read:
Sec. 11~12. Cell phones.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to use a hand-held cell phone while
operating a motor vehicle.
(b) Penalties. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be
punished by the payment of a fine not to exceed $250.00 or imprisoned for
a period not to exceed 30 days or both. A sentence requiring a reasonable
period of community service may be substituted for the payment of the fine
or the term of imprisonment at the discretion of the County Judge.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity.
~ction 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering
system of the Code.
~ction 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official
notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance
has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the
day of
, 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner Murmy Nelson
COmmissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Mayor/Chairperson
Deputy Clerk
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