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House Bill 1615




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1615

        By Representative Arnold






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.

  3         316.646, F.S.; providing that certain drivers

  4         whose licenses have been suspended shall be

  5         required to attend a "financial responsibility

  6         and highway safety education" course approved

  7         by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

  8         Vehicles; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 316.646,

13  Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, to read:

14         316.646  Security required; proof of security and

15  display thereof; dismissal of cases.--

16         (5)  With respect to an operator or owner whose

17  driver's license or registration has been suspended pursuant

18  to this section or s. 627.733, the department shall, beginning

19  on July 1, 1997, require that the operator or owner, as a

20  condition of reinstatement and in addition to any other

21  applicable requirements, attend a "financial responsibility

22  and highway safety education" course approved by the

23  department. The department shall approve such courses whose

24  content shall be designed to educate and promote the awareness

25  of persons with respect to the relationship between highway

26  safety and financial responsibility in the ownership and

27  operation of motor vehicles.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

29  law.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1615

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      Provides, with respect to described drivers or owners of
  4    motor vehicles whose driver's license or registration has
      been suspended, that such drivers or owners shall be
  5    required to attend a "financial responsibility and
      highway safety education" course approved by the
  6    Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles prior to
      reinstatement.
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