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Fla. Stat. § 316.001 (2025)

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316.001 Short title.This chapter may be known and cited as the “Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law.”
History.s. 1, ch. 71-135.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2021 · leading case: Maddox v. State, 923 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 2006).
Maddox v. State, 923 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 2006). · cites it 2× “" § 316.001, Fla. Stat. (2001) (emphasis supplied).”
Steven J. Pincus v. Am. Traffic Solutions, Inc., 986 F.3d 1305 (11th Cir. 2021). “See Fla. Stat. §§ 316.001 , 316.002. Chapter 318, entitled the “Florida Uniform Disposition of Traffic Infractions Act,” provides for the “implementation of a more uniform and expeditious system for the disposition of traffic infractions.”
City of Hollywood, a political subdivision of the State of Florida v. Eric Arem, 154 So. 3d 359 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014). · cites it 2× “” § 316.001, Fla. Stat. (2013) (italics added).”
Bischoff v. Florida, 242 F. Supp. 2d 1226 (M.D. Fla. 2003). · cites it 2× “Fla. Stat. § 316.001 . The Florida legislature’s intent in adopting the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law was “to make uniform traffic laws to apply throughout the state and its several counties and uniform traffic ordinances to apply in all municipalities.”
Phantom of Clearwater v. Pinellas Cnty., 894 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). “" See §§ 316.001, .002, .008, Fla. Stat. (2003); Thomas v.”
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Link, 416 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). · cites it 2× “" § 316.001, Fla. Stat. (1981). [3] Section 316.”
City of Aventura v. Masone, 89 So. 3d 233 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011). “007, Florida Statutes, provides, in pertinent part, that [tjhe provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance on a matter…”
Luis Torres Jimenez v. State of Florida, etc., 246 So. 3d 219 (2018). · cites it 4× “” § 316.001, Fla. Stat. (2014). We then turn to the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act, which authorizes traffic enforcement officers to issue traffic citations based on images from red light cameras.”
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