§ 316.2044, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 316. STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
Removal of injurious substances.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any street or highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
(2) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a street or highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 158, ch. 99-248.
Note
Note.—Former s. 316.105.
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