Handheld personal communications devices; use in school zones and school property, penalty.

Use of handheld personal communications devices; schoolzones and school property; penalty. Adds school crossing zones and schoolproperty to the locations in which a driver is prohibited from holding ahandheld personal communications device in his hand while driving a motorvehicle, with certain exceptions. The bill provides that a violation ispunishable by a mandatory fine of $250. Current law prohibits (i) the readingof an email or text message on the device and manually entering letters or textin the device as a means of communicating and (ii) the holding of a handheldpersonal communication device in a highway work zone, with the same exceptions.This bill was incorporated into HB 874.