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    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Sebesta





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to highway safety; amending s.

  3         316.006, F.S.; providing for interlocal

  4         agreements between municipalities and counties

  5         transferring traffic regulatory authority;

  6         amending s. 316.083, F.S.; requiring an

  7         appropriate signal when overtaking and passing

  8         a vehicle; amending s. 316.155, F.S.;

  9         specifying that signals are required when

10         overtaking or passing a vehicle; amending s.

11         316.2095, F.S.; revising physical requirements

12         for operating motorcycles under certain

13         circumstances; amending s. 316.302, F.S.;

14         providing a penalty for operating a commercial

15         motor vehicle bearing a false or other illegal

16         identification number; amending s. 316.3045,

17         F.S.; revising criteria related to the

18         operation of radios or other sound-making

19         devices in motor vehicles; amending s.

20         318.1215, F.S.; clarifying that funds from the

21         Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety Act be

22         used for driver education programs in schools;

23         requiring that funds be used for enhancement of

24         a driver education program funds; providing a

25         requirement for behind-the-wheel training;

26         amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; revising

27         requirements for agencies that receive funds

28         from the Choose Life license plate; revising

29         authorized uses of revenues from the Animal

30         Friend specialty license plate; amending s.

31         320.089, F.S.; allowing retired members of the

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 1         U.S. Armed Forces Reserve to be issued U.S.

 2         Reserve license plates; amending s. 322.08,

 3         F.S.; allowing funds collected from a voluntary

 4         contribution associated with driver's license

 5         renewals to be used for hearing screening for

 6         all age groups; amending s. 322.2615, F.S.;

 7         providing that the disposition of a related

 8         criminal proceeding may not affect a suspension

 9         of a driver's license for refusal to submit to

10         blood, breath, or urine testing; directing the

11         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

12         to invalidate a suspension for driving with an

13         unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol

14         level if the suspended person is found not

15         guilty at trial of the underlying violation of

16         law; amending s. 322.27, F.S.; correcting a

17         cross-reference relating to points assigned for

18         littering violations; providing an effective

19         date.

20  

21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

22  

23         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 316.006, Florida

24  Statutes, is amended to read:

25         316.006  Jurisdiction.--Jurisdiction to control traffic

26  is vested as follows:

27         (2)  MUNICIPALITIES.--

28         (a)  Chartered municipalities shall have original

29  jurisdiction over all streets and highways located within

30  their boundaries, except state roads, and may place and

31  maintain such traffic control devices which conform to the

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 1  manual and specifications of the Department of Transportation

 2  upon all streets and highways under their original

 3  jurisdiction as they shall deem necessary to indicate and to

 4  carry out the provisions of this chapter or to regulate, warn,

 5  or guide traffic.

 6         (b)  A municipality may exercise jurisdiction over any

 7  private road or roads, or over any limited access road or

 8  roads owned or controlled by a special district, located

 9  within its boundaries if the municipality and party or parties

10  owning or controlling such road or roads provide, by written

11  agreement approved by the governing body of the municipality,

12  for municipal traffic control jurisdiction over the road or

13  roads encompassed by such agreement. Pursuant thereto:

14         1.  Provision for reimbursement for actual costs of

15  traffic control and enforcement and for liability insurance

16  and indemnification by the party or parties, and such other

17  terms as are mutually agreeable, may be included in such an

18  agreement.

19         2.  The exercise of jurisdiction provided for herein

20  shall be in addition to jurisdictional authority presently

21  exercised by municipalities under law, and nothing in this

22  paragraph shall be construed to limit or remove any such

23  jurisdictional authority. Such jurisdiction includes

24  regulation of access to such road or roads by security devices

25  or personnel.

26         3.  Any such agreement may provide for the installation

27  of multiparty stop signs by the parties controlling the roads

28  covered by the agreement if a determination is made by such

29  parties that the signage will enhance traffic safety.

30  Multiparty stop signs must conform to the manual and

31  specifications of the Department of Transportation; however,

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 1  minimum traffic volumes may not be required for the

 2  installation of such signage. Enforcement for the signs shall

 3  be as provided in s. 316.123.

 4         (c)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the

 5  contrary, a municipality may, by interlocal agreement with a

 6  county, agree to transfer traffic regulatory authority over

 7  areas within the municipality to the county.

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 9  This subsection shall not limit those counties which have the

10  charter powers to provide and regulate arterial, toll, and

11  other roads, bridges, tunnels, and related facilities from the

12  proper exercise of those powers by the placement and

13  maintenance of traffic control devices which conform to the

14  manual and specifications of the Department of Transportation

15  on streets and highways located within municipal boundaries.

16         Section 2.  Section 316.083, Florida Statutes, is

17  amended to read:

18         316.083  Overtaking and passing a vehicle.--The

19  following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of

20  vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those

21  limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter stated:

22         (1)  The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle

23  proceeding in the same direction shall give an appropriate

24  signal as provided for in s. 316.156, shall pass to the left

25  thereof at a safe distance, and shall not again drive to the

26  right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken

27  vehicle.

28         (2)  Except when overtaking and passing on the right is

29  permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way

30  to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on audible

31  signal or upon the visible blinking of the headlamps of the

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 1  overtaking vehicle if such overtaking is being attempted at

 2  nighttime, and shall not increase the speed of his or her

 3  vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.

 4         (3)  A violation of this section is a noncriminal

 5  traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as

 6  provided in chapter 318.

 7         Section 3.  Section 316.155, Florida Statutes, is

 8  amended to read:

 9         316.155  When signal required.--

10         (1)  No person may turn a vehicle from a direct course

11  upon a highway unless and until such movement can be made with

12  reasonable safety, and then only after giving an appropriate

13  signal in the manner hereinafter provided, in the event any

14  other vehicle may be affected by the movement.

15         (2)  A signal of intention to turn right or left must

16  be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet

17  traveled by the vehicle before turning, except that such a

18  signal by hand or arm need not be given continuously by a

19  bicyclist if the hand is needed in the control or operation of

20  the bicycle.

21         (3)  No person may stop or suddenly decrease the speed

22  of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the

23  manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle

24  immediately to the rear, when there is opportunity to give

25  such signal.

26         (4)  The signals provided for in s. 316.156 shall be

27  used to indicate an intention to turn, to overtake, or to pass

28  a vehicle and may not, except as provided in s. 316.2397, be

29  flashed on one side only on a parked or disabled vehicle or

30  flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal to operators of

31  other vehicles approaching from the rear.

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 1         (5)  A violation of this section is a noncriminal

 2  traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as

 3  provided in chapter 318.

 4         Section 4.  Section 316.2095, Florida Statutes, is

 5  amended to read:

 6         316.2095  Footrests, handholds, and handlebars.--

 7         (1)  Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in

 8  a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be equipped with footrests

 9  and handholds for such passenger.

10         (2)  No person shall operate any motorcycle with

11  handlebars or with handgrips that are higher than the top of

12  the shoulders of the person operating the motorcycle while

13  properly seated upon the motorcycle more than 15 inches in

14  height above that portion of the seat occupied by the

15  operator.

16         (3)  A violation of this section is a noncriminal

17  traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as

18  provided in chapter 318.

19         Section 5.  Subsection (11) is added to section

20  316.302, Florida Statutes, to read:

21         316.302  Commercial motor vehicles; safety regulations;

22  transporters and shippers of hazardous materials;

23  enforcement.--

24         (11)  In addition to any other penalty provided in this

25  section, a person who operates a commercial motor vehicle that

26  bears an identification number required by this section which

27  is false, fraudulent, or displayed without the consent of the

28  person to whom it is assigned commits a misdemeanor of the

29  first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.

30  775.083.

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 1         Section 6.  Section 316.3045, Florida Statutes, is

 2  amended to read:

 3         316.3045  Operation of radios or other mechanical

 4  soundmaking devices or instruments in vehicles; exemptions.--

 5         (1)  It is unlawful for any person operating or

 6  occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway to operate or

 7  amplify the sound produced by a radio, tape player, or other

 8  mechanical soundmaking device or instrument from within the

 9  motor vehicle so that the sound is:

10         (a)  Plainly audible at a distance of 25 100 feet or

11  more from the motor vehicle; or

12         (b)  Louder than necessary for the convenient hearing

13  by persons inside the vehicle in areas adjoining churches,

14  schools, or hospitals.

15         (2)  The provisions of this section shall not apply to

16  any law enforcement motor vehicle equipped with any

17  communication device necessary in the performance of law

18  enforcement duties or to any emergency vehicle equipped with

19  any communication device necessary in the performance of any

20  emergency procedures.

21         (3)  The provisions of this section do not apply to

22  motor vehicles used for business or political purposes, which

23  in the normal course of conducting such business use

24  soundmaking devices.  The provisions of this subsection shall

25  not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with respect to

26  streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the

27  reasonable exercise of the police power, from regulating the

28  time and manner in which such business may be operated.

29         (4)  The provisions of this section do not apply to the

30  noise made by a horn or other warning device required or

31  permitted by s. 316.271. The Department of Highway Safety and

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 1  Motor Vehicles shall promulgate rules defining "plainly

 2  audible" and establish standards regarding how sound should be

 3  measured by law enforcement personnel who enforce the

 4  provisions of this section.

 5         (5)  A violation of this section is a noncriminal

 6  traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as

 7  provided in chapter 318.

 8         Section 7.  Section 318.1215, Florida Statutes, is

 9  amended to read:

10         318.1215  Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety

11  Act.--Effective October 1, 2002, notwithstanding the

12  provisions of s. 318.121, a board of county commissioners may

13  require, by ordinance, that the clerk of the court collect an

14  additional $3 with each civil traffic penalty, which shall be

15  used to fund driver traffic education programs in public and

16  nonpublic schools. The ordinance shall provide for the board

17  of county commissioners to administer the funds, which shall

18  be used for enhancement, and not replacement, of driver

19  education program funds. The funds shall be used for direct

20  educational expenses and shall not be used for administration.

21  Each  driver education program receiving funds pursuant to

22  this section shall require that a minimum of 30 percent of a

23  student's time in the program be behind-the-wheel training.

24  This section may be cited as the "Dori Slosberg Driver

25  Education Safety Act."

26         Section 8.  Subsections (30) and (56) of section

27  320.08058, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

28         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

29         (30)  CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATES.--

30         (a)  The department shall develop a Choose Life license

31  plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must

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 1  appear at the bottom of the plate, and the words "Choose Life"

 2  must appear at the top of the plate.

 3         (b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed annually

 4  to each county in the ratio that the annual use fees collected

 5  by each county bears to the total fees collected for the

 6  plates within the state. Each county shall distribute the

 7  funds to nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies within the

 8  county, which agencies' services are limited to counseling and

 9  meeting the physical needs of pregnant women who are committed

10  to placing their children for adoption. Funds may not be

11  distributed to any agency that is involved or associated with

12  abortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to

13  abortion clinics, providing medical abortion-related

14  procedures, or proabortion advertising, and funds may not be

15  distributed to any agency that charges women for services

16  received.

17         1.  Agencies that receive the funds must use at least

18  70 percent of the funds to provide for the material needs of

19  pregnant women who are committed to placing their children for

20  adoption, including clothing, housing, medical care, food,

21  utilities, and transportation. Such funds may also be expended

22  on infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents.

23         2.  The remaining funds may be used for adoption,

24  counseling, training, or advertising, but may not be used for

25  administrative expenses, legal expenses, or capital

26  expenditures.

27         3.  Each agency that receives such funds must submit an

28  annual attestation audit, prepared by a certified public

29  accountant, to the county. The county may conduct a

30  consolidated audit in lieu of the annual audit. Any unused

31  funds that exceed 10 percent of the funds received by an

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 1  agency during its fiscal year must be returned to the county,

 2  which shall distribute them to other qualified agencies.

 3         (56)  ANIMAL FRIEND LICENSE PLATES.--

 4         (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053,

 5  the department shall develop an Animal Friend license plate as

 6  provided in this section. Animal Friend license plates must

 7  bear the colors and design approved by the department. The

 8  word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the

 9  words "Animal Friend" must appear at the bottom of the plate.

10         (b)  The department shall retain all annual use fee

11  revenues from the sale of such plates until all startup costs

12  for developing and issuing the plates are recovered, not to

13  exceed $60,000.

14         (c)  After the department has recovered all startup

15  costs for developing and issuing the plates, the annual use

16  fees shall be distributed to the Florida Animal Friend, Inc.,

17  for Humane Society of the United States for animal welfare

18  programs and spay and neuter programs in the state.

19         (d)  No more than 10 percent of the fees collected may

20  be used for administrative costs directly associated with

21  marketing and promotion of the Animal Friend license plate and

22  distribution of funds as described in paragraph (c).

23         (e)  Funds received from the purchase of the Animal

24  Friend license plate shall not be used for litigation.

25         Section 9.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

26  320.089, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

27         320.089  Members of National Guard and active United

28  States Armed Forces reservists; former prisoners of war;

29  survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal recipients;

30  special license plates; fee.--

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 1         (1)(a)  Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck

 2  for private use or recreational vehicle as specified in s.

 3  320.08(9)(c) or (d), which is not used for hire or commercial

 4  use, who is a resident of the state and an active or retired

 5  member of the Florida National Guard, a survivor of the attack

 6  on Pearl Harbor, a recipient of the Purple Heart medal, or an

 7  active or retired member of any branch of the United States

 8  Armed Forces Reserve shall, upon application to the

 9  department, accompanied by proof of active membership or

10  retired status in the Florida National Guard, proof of

11  membership in the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association or proof

12  of active military duty in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941,

13  proof of being a Purple Heart medal recipient, or proof of

14  active or retired membership in any branch of the Armed Forces

15  Reserve, and upon payment of the license tax for the vehicle

16  as provided in s. 320.08, be issued a license plate as

17  provided by s. 320.06, upon which, in lieu of the serial

18  numbers prescribed by s. 320.06, shall be stamped the words

19  "National Guard," "Pearl Harbor Survivor," "Combat-wounded

20  veteran," or "U.S. Reserve," as appropriate, followed by the

21  serial number of the license plate. Additionally, the Purple

22  Heart plate may have the words "Purple Heart" stamped on the

23  plate and the likeness of the Purple Heart medal appearing on

24  the plate.

25         Section 10.  Subsection (6) of section 322.08, Florida

26  Statutes, is amended to read:

27         322.08  Application for license.--

28         (6)  The application form for a driver's license or

29  duplicate thereof shall include language permitting the

30  following:

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 1         (a)  A voluntary contribution of $5 per applicant,

 2  which contribution shall be transferred into the Election

 3  Campaign Financing Trust Fund.

 4         (b)  A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant,

 5  which contribution shall be deposited into the Florida Organ

 6  and Tissue Donor Education and Procurement Trust Fund for

 7  organ and tissue donor education and for maintaining the organ

 8  and tissue donor registry.

 9         (c)  A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant,

10  which contribution shall be distributed to the Florida Council

11  of the Blind.

12         (d)  A voluntary contribution of $2 per applicant,

13  which shall be distributed to the Hearing Research Institute,

14  Incorporated, for the purpose of infant hearing screening in

15  Florida.

16         (e)  A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant,

17  which shall be distributed to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

18  International.

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20  A statement providing an explanation of the purpose of the

21  trust funds shall also be included. For the purpose of

22  applying the service charge provided in s. 215.20,

23  contributions received under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) and

24  under s. 322.18(9)(a) are not income of a revenue nature.

25         Section 11.  Subsection (14) of section 322.2615,

26  Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (16) is added to

27  that section, to read:

28         322.2615  Suspension of license; right to review.--

29         (14)(a)  The decision of the department under this

30  section may shall not be considered in any trial for a

31  violation of s. 316.193, and a nor shall any written statement

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 1  submitted by a person in his or her request for departmental

 2  review under this section may not be admitted admissible into

 3  evidence against him or her in any such trial.

 4         (b)  The disposition of any related criminal

 5  proceedings does shall not affect a suspension for refusal to

 6  submit to a blood, breath, or urine test, authorized by s.

 7  316.1932 or s. 316.1933, imposed under pursuant to this

 8  section.

 9         (16)  The department shall invalidate a suspension for

10  driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol

11  level imposed under this section if the suspended person is

12  found not guilty at trial of an underlying violation of s.

13  316.193.

14         Section 12.  Subsection (3) of section 322.27, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         322.27  Authority of department to suspend or revoke

17  license.--

18         (3)  There is established a point system for evaluation

19  of convictions of violations of motor vehicle laws or

20  ordinances, and violations of applicable provisions of s.

21  403.413(6)(b) when such violations involve the use of motor

22  vehicles, for the determination of the continuing

23  qualification of any person to operate a motor vehicle. The

24  department is authorized to suspend the license of any person

25  upon showing of its records or other good and sufficient

26  evidence that the licensee has been convicted of violation of

27  motor vehicle laws or ordinances, or applicable provisions of

28  s. 403.413(6)(b), amounting to 12 or more points as determined

29  by the point system. The suspension shall be for a period of

30  not more than 1 year.

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 1         (a)  When a licensee accumulates 12 points within a

 2  12-month period, the period of suspension shall be for not

 3  more than 30 days.

 4         (b)  When a licensee accumulates 18 points, including

 5  points upon which suspension action is taken under paragraph

 6  (a), within an 18-month period, the suspension shall be for a

 7  period of not more than 3 months.

 8         (c)  When a licensee accumulates 24 points, including

 9  points upon which suspension action is taken under paragraphs

10  (a) and (b), within a 36-month period, the suspension shall be

11  for a period of not more than 1 year.

12         (d)  The point system shall have as its basic element a

13  graduated scale of points assigning relative values to

14  convictions of the following violations:

15         1.  Reckless driving, willful and wanton--4 points.

16         2.  Leaving the scene of a crash resulting in property

17  damage of more than $50--6 points.

18         3.  Unlawful speed resulting in a crash--6 points.

19         4.  Passing a stopped school bus--4 points.

20         5.  Unlawful speed:

21         a.  Not in excess of 15 miles per hour of lawful or

22  posted speed--3 points.

23         b.  In excess of 15 miles per hour of lawful or posted

24  speed--4 points.

25         6.  All other moving violations (including parking on a

26  highway outside the limits of a municipality)--3 points.

27  However, no points shall be imposed for a violation of s.

28  316.0741 or s. 316.2065(12).

29         7.  Any moving violation covered above, excluding

30  unlawful speed, resulting in a crash--4 points.

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 1         8.  Any conviction under s. 403.413(6)(b) s.

 2  403.413(5)(b)--3 points.

 3         (e)  A conviction in another state of a violation

 4  therein which, if committed in this state, would be a

 5  violation of the traffic laws of this state, or a conviction

 6  of an offense under any federal law substantially conforming

 7  to the traffic laws of this state, except a violation of s.

 8  322.26, may be recorded against a driver on the basis of the

 9  same number of points received had the conviction been made in

10  a court of this state.

11         (f)  In computing the total number of points, when the

12  licensee reaches the danger zone, the department is authorized

13  to send the licensee a warning letter advising that any

14  further convictions may result in suspension of his or her

15  driving privilege.

16         (g)  The department shall administer and enforce the

17  provisions of this law and may make rules and regulations

18  necessary for its administration.

19         (h)  Three points shall be deducted from the driver

20  history record of any person whose driving privilege has been

21  suspended only once pursuant to this subsection and has been

22  reinstated, if such person has complied with all other

23  requirements of this chapter.

24         (i)  This subsection shall not apply to persons

25  operating a nonmotorized vehicle for which a driver's license

26  is not required.

27         Section 13.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 454

 3                                 

 4  1.   Allows municipalities, by interlocal agreement with a
         county, to transfer traffic regulatory authority over
 5       areas within the municipality to the county.

 6  2.   Requires a driver of a vehicle to give an appropriate
         signal when overtaking or passing another vehicle
 7       proceeding in the same direction.

 8  3.   Requires any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than
         in a sidecar or enclosed cab, to be equipped with
 9       handholds for such passenger. In addition, the CS
         specifies a person may not operate a motorcycle with
10       handlebars or handgrips higher than the top of the
         shoulders of the person operating the motorcycle while
11       properly seated on the motorcycle.

12  4.   Provides a person operating a commercial motor vehicle
         bearing an identification number which is false,
13       fraudulent, or displayed without the consent of the
         person to whom it was assigned commits a first degree
14       misdemeanor.

15  5.   Revises the distance to no more than 25 feet that a radio
         may be plainly audible from a motor vehicle.
16  
    6.   Clarifies funds from the Dori Slosberg Driver Education
17       Safety Act be used for driver education programs in
         schools and requires a minimum of 30 percent of a
18       student's time be behind-the-wheel training for certain
         driver education programs.
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    7.   Revises requirements for agencies receiving funds from
20       the Choose Life specialty license plate and revises
         distribution and use of the annual use fee revenues from
21       the Animal Friend specialty license plate.

22  8.   Allows retired members from any branch of the United
         States Armed Forces Reserve to be issued an U.S. Reserve
23       special license plate.

24  9.   Allows funds collected from a voluntary contribution
         associated with driver's licenses and renewals, which is
25       distributed to the Hearing Research Institute, Inc., to
         be used for hearing screening in Florida for all age
26       groups.

27  10.  Directs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
         Vehicles to invalidate a driver's license suspension for
28       driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol or breath-alcohol
         level imposed under s. 322.2615, F.S., if the suspended
29       person is found not guilty of driving under the influence
         at trial. In addition, it clarifies the disposition of a
30       criminal proceeding does not affect a suspension for
         refusal to submit to a blood, breath or urine test.
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    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 454
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