Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 7061, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 1i/RE/2R .
03/10/2016 11:14 PM .
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Senator Soto moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (588642) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 833 and 834
5 insert:
6 Section 12. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (8) of
7 section 322.051, Florida Statutes, to read:
8 322.051 Identification cards.—
9 (8)
10 (c) The international symbol for the deaf and hard of
11 hearing shall be exhibited on the identification card of a
12 person who is deaf or hard of hearing upon the payment of an
13 additional $1 fee for the identification card and the
14 presentation of sufficient proof that the person is deaf or hard
15 of hearing as determined by the department. Until a person’s
16 identification card is next renewed, the person may have the
17 symbol added to his or her identification card upon surrender of
18 his or her current identification card, payment of a $2 fee to
19 be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
20 presentation of sufficient proof that the person is deaf or hard
21 of hearing as determined by the department. If the applicant is
22 not conducting any other transaction affecting the
23 identification card, a replacement identification card may be
24 issued with the symbol without payment of the fee required in s.
25 322.21(1)(f)3. For purposes of this paragraph, the international
26 symbol for the deaf and hard of hearing is substantially as
27 follows:
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29 (International Symbol of Access for Hearing Loss)
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31 Section 13. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
32 322.14, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (d), and
33 a new paragraph (c) is added to that subsection to read:
34 322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
35 (1)
36 (c) The international symbol for the deaf and hard of
37 hearing provided in s. 322.051(8)(c) shall be exhibited on the
38 driver license of a person who is deaf or hard of hearing upon
39 the payment of an additional $1 fee for the license and the
40 presentation of sufficient proof that the person is deaf or hard
41 of hearing as determined by the department. Until a person’s
42 license is next renewed, the person may have the symbol added to
43 his or her license upon the surrender of his or her current
44 license, payment of a $2 fee to be deposited into the Highway
45 Safety Operating Trust Fund, and presentation of sufficient
46 proof that the person is deaf or hard of hearing as determined
47 by the department. If the applicant is not conducting any other
48 transaction affecting the driver license, a replacement license
49 may be issued with the symbol without payment of the fee
50 required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
51 Section 14. The amendments made by this act to ss. 322.051
52 and 322.14, Florida Statutes, shall apply upon implementation of
53 new designs for the driver license and identification card by
54 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
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57 And the title is amended as follows:
58 Delete line 2929
59 and insert:
60 vehicles and equipment”; amending ss. 322.051 and
61 322.14, F.S.; authorizing the international symbol for
62 the deaf and hard of hearing to be exhibited on the
63 driver license or identification card of a person who
64 is deaf or hard of hearing; providing applicability;
65 amending s. 332.08, F.S.;