Bikers' Rights: Heads Up Florida Bikers: HB-137 Committee Hearing Tomorrow!

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Heads Up Florida Bikers: HB-137 Committee Hearing Tomorrow!
Release Number 0050

Bikers Rights, Motorcyclists Issues, Long Distance Motorcycle Riding

Current Status of HB-137 and SB-802:

http://tinyurl.com/2zxun2

http://tinyurl.com/yuzl2r

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From: noticefrom@floridaabate.com [mailto:noticefrom@floridaabate.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:03 AM
Subject: HB-137 Committee Hearing Thursday

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HB 137 - Offenses Committed While Operating a Motorcycle

http://tinyurl.com/yur9vy

GENERAL BILL by Lopez-Cantera Offenses Committed While Operating a Motorcycle: Provides additional penalties for certain offenses committed by person operating or in actual physical control of motorcycle; requires person be taken into custody; provides for seizure & forfeiture of motorcycle; provides for revocation of person's privilege to operate a motorcycle. Effective Date: October 1, 2008.

Last Event: Added to Committee on Infrastructure agenda on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:27 PM

http://tinyurl.com/2vzjuj

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Please forward the following information as quickly as possible:

Greetings Freedom Fighters,

Short notice, and yes, the legislative session is upon us

Your lobbyist reports that HB137 is scheduled for a committee hearing that starts at 8:30am Thursday morning, it appears to be the second item on the agenda.

It did not appear on the committee agenda until lat night.

This falls into the 'danged if you do', 'danged if you don't' category for us. On one hand, most of us do not plan to fall subject to the penalties prescribed in this bill. One the other hand if we turn the other cheek today, we are liable to get kicked in the pants or run over from behind tomorrow, so the time is here to beg the a question all too familiar to us

? Why target motorcyclists ?

Not only does the bill only target motorcyclists, but they have a full staff report showing that there are laws on the books already for everything in their 'deterrent' legislation.

We owe him one as well in that there has been official and repeated correspondence coming out of the sponsor's office that professes support from ABATE that they do not have. Exactly the opposite remains true as our official position on this bill is hat we OPPOSE it as motorcycle discriminatory legislation.

If you can call or email these committee members, it has to happen today or first thing in the morning.

Committee members

(850) 488-0807 Richard Glorioso Richard.Glorioso@myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 488-7433 Gary Aubuchon Gary.Aubuchon@myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 488-1540 Ed Hooper Ed.Hooper @myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 488-9696 Jimmy Patronis Jimmy.Patronis@myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 488-0256 Stephen Precourt Stephen.Precourt@myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 488-9460 Michael Scionti Michael.Scionti@myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 488-1302 Kelly Skidmore Kelly.Skidmore @myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 488-0175 Susan Bucher Susan.Bucher@myfloridahouse.gov

MESSAGE: Why target motorcycles? Your staff analysis shows the laws are already on the books.

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