Senate Bill 2266

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2266

    By Senator Campbell





    33-403A-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the driving records of

  3         employees; creating s. 322.71, F.S.; requiring

  4         employers to examine the driving records of

  5         certain prospective employees and periodically

  6         to examine the driving records of certain

  7         employees; providing a penalty for violations;

  8         providing a duty of the Department of Highway

  9         Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 322.71, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         322.71  Employer to examine driving record of employees

17  whose jobs entail frequent driving.--

18         (1)  If the anticipated duties of a prospective

19  employee entail the frequent operation of a motor vehicle in

20  connection with the individual's employment, the employer must

21  obtain from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

22  Vehicles a copy of the prospective employee's driving record

23  and must examine that record before hiring the individual.

24         (2)  Every employer who employs one or more individuals

25  whose duties entail the frequent operation of a motor vehicle

26  must biannually obtain from the Department of Highway Safety

27  and Motor Vehicles, and must examine, the driving record of

28  each such employee.

29         (3)  An employer who does not obtain and examine the

30  driving record of each of his or her prospective employees, as

31  required under subsection (1), or of his or her employees

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  1  whose duties entail the frequent operation of a motor vehicle,

  2  as required under subsection (2), commits a misdemeanor of the

  3  first degree, punishable by fine only, in the amount of

  4  $1,000.

  5         (4)  When a company or business seeks to register a

  6  motor vehicle in the name of the company or business, the

  7  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must send to

  8  the registrant, along with the title information, information

  9  about the requirements of this section.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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13                          SENATE SUMMARY

14    Requires employers to examine the driving records of
      prospective employees and employees who frequently
15    operate motor vehicles in the course of their employment.
      Provides that the failure to examine such records is a
16    first-degree misdemeanor, punishable by a fine in the
      amount of $1,000. Requires the Department of Highway
17    Safety and Motor Vehicles to send information about this
      requirement, together with title information, to
18    companies and businesses that register motor vehicles in
      the business's name.
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