Florida Rules of Traffic Court
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6.130. Case Consolidation
When a defendant is cited for the commission of both
a criminal and a civil traffic violation, or both a civil
traffic infraction requiring a mandatory hearing and
a civil traffic infraction not requiring a hearing, the
cases may be heard simultaneously if they arose out of
the same set of facts.
However, in no case shall a traffic hearing officer
hear a criminal traffic case or a case involving a civil
traffic infraction issued in conjunction with a criminal
traffic offense.
Under any of these circumstances the civil traffic infraction
shall be treated as continued for the purpose
of reporting to the department. Prior to the date of the
scheduled hearing or trial, a defendant may dispose of
any nonmandatory civil traffic infraction
in the manner
provided by these rules and section 318.14, Florida
Statutes.
Committee Notes
1990 Amendment. The rule on case consolidation was amended
to include language from chapter 89-337, Laws of Florida, which
prohibits traffic magistrates from hearing civil infractions arising
out of same facts as criminal traffic offenses.
1996 Amendment. Enactment of chapter 94-202, Laws of Florida,
necessitated the deletion of all references in the rules to traffic
“magistrates” in favor of the term traffic “hearing officers.”
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