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Fla. Stat. § 322.42 (2025)
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322.42 Construction of chapter.—This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety.
History.—s. 53, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(662); s. 54, ch. 20451, 1941.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1977–2016 · leading case: Lescher v. Florida Dept. of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 985 So. 2d 1078 (Fla. 2008).
Lescher v. Florida Dept. of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 985 So. 2d 1078 (Fla. 2008). “Stat. (2005). The Legislature further provided that "[t]his chapter [322] shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety.”
Pulaski v. State, 540 So. 2d 193 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). “§ 322.42, Fla. Stat. (1987); Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v.”
Dept. of High. Saf. v. Bender, 497 So. 2d 1332 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986). “" § 322.42, Fla. Stat. (1983). The offense of DUI is the same before and after section 316.”
State, Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs. v. Walsh, 204 So. 3d 169 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). “(quoting § 322.42, Fla. Stat. (1997)); see also § 322.”
State, Dept. of Hwy. Saf. v. Grapski, 696 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). “" § 322.42, Fla. Stat. (1993). The legislature has determined that, for the protection of the public, a person convicted of DUI must participate in a driver improvement or substance abuse course before being permitted to return to the roads.”
Jackson v. Hertz Corp., 590 So. 2d 929 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991). “[3] Section 322.42, Florida Statutes (1985) provides: "This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety.”
State, Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs. v. Abbey, 745 So. 2d 1024 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999). “” § 322.42, Fla. Stat. (1997). It is also the express legislative intent to “provide maximum safety for all persons who travel or otherwise use the public highways of the state.”
Thompson v. Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 692 So. 2d 272 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997). “” § 322.42, Fla. Stat. (1995). Because there has never been a common law duty of care for the discretionary governmental function of revoking and renewing driver’s licenses and the statutory waiver of sovereign immunity did not create a new duty of care, appellee is, as a matter…”
State, Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs. v. Peacock, 185 So. 3d 632 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). “” § 322.42, Fla. Stat. (2015). However, we may not add words to section 322.”
Silha v. Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 109 So. 3d 820 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “(1999); see also § 322.42, Fla. Stat. (1999) (providing that chapter 322 “shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety”).”
State v. Holzinger, 46 Fla. Supp. 1 (Fla. Palm Beach Cty. Ct. 1977). “To this end, the state has cited Fla. Stat. 322.42 which states — This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety.”
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