Legislation - Find your Legislator: www.myfloridahouse.gov/FindYourRepresentative HB 2573 Sample Letter: Letter
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Each year when
you register your motorcycle, you pay a mandatory fee of $2.50 that goes into a
“Trust Fund” to be used specifically for motorcycle safety awareness programs. These fees go into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund (Florida statute 320.08) to be implemented for motorcycle safety awareness programs (Florida Statute 322.025). This year HB 2573 is requesting ABATE of Florida be allocated $300,000 out of the estimated $2.5 million from the fees generated That's only 12% out of fees generated. In the past when ABATE of Florida, Inc. did receive the money, Motorcyclists deaths did decline. We are very effective at educating about motorcycle safety to ALL Floridians. |
Listed below are the members of the Infrastructure &Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee. This is the first committee that our HB 2573 will have to go through. In the past Doc has spoken in front of them and had good responses from the members and the bill was passed thru to the next committee. We need everyone to
send a short email to each member asking for their support of HB 2573
when it is heard in the Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations
Subcommittee. You can also call their office and leave a brief message
asking for support of HB 2573 Rep. Jayer Williamson
– Chair jayer.williamson@ Here is a brief
example of what you can say in either the email or the phone call. If
you are nervous about calling, I suggest that you call after hours and
leave the message on their voicemail. Much easier that way. My name is _______ with ABATE of Florida, Inc. _______ Chapter. I would like to ask for your support of HB 2573 ABATE of Florida Safety and Education by Rep. McClain. It is scheduled to be heard in your Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee this session. Each year when motorcycle owners register their motorcycle, we pay an additional fee of $2.50 that goes into Highway safety Operating Trust Fund (statute 320.08). ABATE of Florida, Inc. is asking for $300,000 out of the roughly $2.5 million raised by the fees that ONLY motorcyclists pay. ABATE of Florida, Inc. uses 100% of the money for statewide motorcycle safety awareness programs and material to increase the awareness of motorcycles to the general public. In the past each time we received the money, motorcyclists' deaths have declined. Please help us save lives and support HB 2573. Thank you
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HB
743 ABATE of Florida - Violations Against Vulnerable Road Users Representative
McClain
Violations Against Vulnerable Road
Users: Provides criminal penalties for person who commits moving violation that
causes serious bodily injury to, or causes death of, vulnerable road user;
requires person to pay specified fine, serve minimum period of house arrest, &
attend driver improvement course; requires court to revoke person's driver
license for minimum specified
period; defines "vulnerable road user"; provides that act does not prohibit
person from being charged with, convicted of, or punished for other violation of
law.
Who is better at effectively
teaching Motorcycle Safety Awareness, a motorcyclist that actually rides or a
person who sits behind a desk and likely has never ridden a motorcycle?
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