I believe KP Jones, our Chairman and Area 3 Director, is a Florida based
attorney out of the Miami area. But, I'm awaiting a call at any moment back
from Representative Arza. Lets wait to call on the attorneys until I have a
chance to speak with him. The bill itself as its stated technically allows
for autocrosses and other such activity at sites deemed suitable referring
to lines 19 to 21:
19 (9)(4) This section does not apply to licensed or duly
20 authorized racetracks, drag strips, or other designated areas
21 set aside by proper authorities for such purposes.
I just want to make sure Rep. Arza is aware of what we do and in emailing
back and forth, was not familiar. Plus, I want to clarify what "proper
authorities" refers to. I'll be back in touch as soon as I hear something.
Mike King
on 3/6/02 12:08 PM, Rick Balderson at rickbalderson@yahoo.com wrote:
> Please look at page 10, lines 19 thru 21. Do we have an
> attorney in the solo group? rick
> --- Mark Chiles <mark@markchiles.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> The State of Florida, in an apparent effort to stop
>> Street Racing, has
>> worded a proposed new state law that could outlaw ALL
>> parking lot
>> autocrosses and all autocrosses and TSD Rallies in
>> general. Unless they are
>> held at a designated race facility.
>>
>> Thought this might interest everyone, now it doesn't say
>> specifically that
>> autocrosses would be illegal, but it does say
>>
>> quote:
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>> "No person shall drive any vehicle in any race, speed
>> competition or
>> contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of
>> physical endurance,
>> exhibition of speed or acceleration, or for the purpose
>> of making a speed
>> record on any highway, roadway, or parking lot. A
>> violation of this
>> paragraph constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree,
>> punishable as
>> provided in s. 775.082 Any person who violates this
>> paragraph shall pay a
>> fine of not less than $250 nor more than $750, and the
>> department shall
>> revoke the driver license of a person so convicted for up
>> to 1 year."
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
>> The bill goes on to define what the state believe racing
>> to be. It is such
>> a broad definition that autocross and rally fall into it.
>>
>> And there are punishments for those who administrate
>> and/or promote and/or
>> spectate at such events.
>>
>> The entire bill worries me as that it is so broad that it
>> could possibly be
>> applied to autocross events, has anybody else heard about
>> this?
>>
>> I am not sure what can be done at this point, as the bill
>> says it is to take
>> effect October 1, 2002.
>>
>>
>> Here's the entire bill:
>>
> http://www.leg.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?File=hb1225.html&Directory=s
>>
> ession/2002/House/bills/billtext/html&Tab=session&Submenu=1[/URL]
>>
>>
>
>
> =====
> Rick Balderson
> RE CFR SCCA
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