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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 211

        By Representative Lacasa






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicle registration;

  3         amending s. 320.02, F.S.; revising requirements

  4         with respect to odometer readings for purposes

  5         of motor vehicle registration; providing

  6         additional requirements; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 320.02, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         320.02  Registration required; application for

14  registration; forms.--

15         (2)(a)  The application for registration shall include

16  the street address of the owner's permanent residence or the

17  address of his or her permanent place of business.  If the

18  owner does not have a permanent residence or permanent place

19  of business or if the owner's permanent residence or permanent

20  place of business cannot be identified by a street address,

21  the application shall include:

22         1.  If the vehicle is registered to a business, the

23  name and street address of the permanent residence of an owner

24  of the business, an officer of the corporation, or an employee

25  who is in a supervisory position.

26         2.  If the vehicle is registered to an individual, the

27  name and street address of the permanent residence of a close

28  relative or friend who is a resident of this state.

29         (b)  The application for registration department shall

30  include the odometer reading for the vehicle at the time of

31  application.  Odometer readings taken for purposes of motor

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 211

    574-120-97






  1  vehicle registration shall be included on the vehicle's

  2  registration certificate, shall be accessible through the

  3  computer system at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

  4  Vehicles, and shall be considered a public record. prescribe a

  5  form upon which motor vehicle owners may record odometer

  6  readings when registering their motor vehicles.

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

  8  law.

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      Revises current motor vehicle registration requirements
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           1.  Require that an application for registration
14    include the current odometer reading for the vehicle at
      the time of application.
15         2.  Require that such odometer readings be disclosed
      on the vehicle's registration certificate.
16         3.  Provide that vehicle odometer readings shall be
      considered a public record and shall be accessible
17    through the computer system used by the Department of
      Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
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