Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1296
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/17/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security (Sachs) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 172 and 173
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Subsection (7) of section 322.21, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         322.21 License fees; procedure for handling and collecting
    8  fees.—
    9         (7) Any veteran honorably discharged from the Armed Forces
   10  who has served in combat been issued a valid identification card
   11  by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in accordance with s.
   12  295.17, has been determined by the United States Department of
   13  Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have a 100-percent total
   14  and permanent service-connected disability rating for
   15  compensation, or has been determined to have a service-connected
   16  total and permanent disability rating of 100 percent, is in
   17  receipt of disability retirement pay from any branch of the
   18  United States Armed Services, and who is qualified to obtain a
   19  driver license under this chapter is exempt from all fees
   20  required by this section.
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   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 31
   25  and insert:
   26         services; amending s. 322.21, F.S.; revising
   27         eligibility for veterans for exemptions from certain
   28         license fees; providing an effective date.