Senate Bill 0368c1

    Florida Senate - 1998                            CS for SB 368

    By the Committee on Transportation and Senator Kurth





    306-1961-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motorcycle safety education;

  3         amending s. 215.22, F.S.; providing an

  4         exemption from a required deduction for that

  5         portion of the Highway Safety Operating Trust

  6         Fund funded by the motorcycle safety education

  7         fee; amending s. 322.0255, F.S.; deleting a

  8         limitation on the reimbursement of certain

  9         fees; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (t) is added to subsection (1) of

14  section 215.22, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         215.22  Certain income and certain trust funds

16  exempt.--

17         (1)  The following income of a revenue nature or the

18  following trust funds shall be exempt from the deduction

19  required by s. 215.20(1):

20         (t)  That portion of the Highway Safety Operating Trust

21  Fund funded by the Motorcycle Safety Education fee collected

22  pursuant to s. 320.08(1)(d).

23         Section 2.  Subsection (5) of section 322.0255, Florida

24  Statutes, is amended to read:

25         322.0255  Florida Motorcycle Safety Education

26  Program.--

27         (5)  The department shall, subject to the availability

28  of funds, reimburse each organization that provides an

29  approved motorcycle safety education course an amount not to

30  exceed $50 for each student who begins the on-cycle portion of

31  the successfully completes such course.  This shall include

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1998                            CS for SB 368
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  1  any student not required to attend a motorcycle safety

  2  education course prior to licensure as required in s. 322.12.

  3  The amount to be reimbursed per student to each course

  4  provider shall be determined by the department.  In order to

  5  facilitate such determination, each course provider shall be

  6  required to submit proof satisfactory to the department of the

  7  expected cost per student to be incurred by such course

  8  provider. In no event shall the amount to be reimbursed per

  9  student to any course provider exceed the expected cost per

10  student or $50, whichever is less.  In addition to the amount

11  of any reimbursement, each course provider that conducts such

12  a course may charge each student a tuition fee sufficient to

13  defray the cost of conducting the course.  The department

14  shall fund the payments required under this subsection from

15  the motorcycle safety education fee, as provided in ss. 320.08

16  and 322.025.

17         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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19          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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22  The CS deletes a provision which authorized the Department to
    purchase and maintain motorcycles, equipment, and materials
23  for use in motorcycle safety courses.

24  The CS deletes a provision which increased the motorcycle
    endorsement fee on a driver's license from $5 to $8.
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