House Bill 3987

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3987

        By Representative Silver






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.

  3         322.16, F.S.; providing exceptions to license

  4         restrictions for certain drivers who are age 17

  5         or younger; providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 322.16,

10  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

11         322.16  License restrictions.--

12         (2)  A person who holds a driver's license and who is

13  under 17 years of age, when operating a motor vehicle after 11

14  p.m. and before 6 a.m., must be accompanied by a driver who

15  holds a valid license to operate the type of vehicle being

16  operated and is at least 21 years of age unless that person is

17  driving directly to or from work. The provisions of this

18  subsection shall not apply to any person who maintains a

19  weighted grade point average of 3.0 or better or who has

20  earned a high school diploma or its equivalent and provides

21  the department with proof satisfactory to the department of

22  such grade point average or the attainment of a high school

23  diploma or its equivalent.

24         (3)  A person who holds a driver's license who is 17

25  years of age, when operating a motor vehicle after 1 a.m. and

26  before 5 a.m., must be accompanied by a driver who holds a

27  valid license to operate the type of vehicle being operated,

28  and is at least 21 years of age unless that person is driving

29  directly to or from work. The provisions of this subsection

30  shall not apply to any person who maintains a weighted grade

31  point average of 3.0 or better or who has earned a high school

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  1  diploma or its equivalent and provides the department with

  2  proof satisfactory to the department of such grade point

  3  average or the attainment of a high school diploma or its

  4  equivalent.

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

  6  law.

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  9                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides exemptions from the provisions of law governing
11    driver license restrictions which are applied to a person
      who holds a driver's license and who is under 17 years of
12    age when operating a motor vehicle after 11 p.m. and
      before 6 a.m., and applied to a person who is 17 years of
13    age when driving after 1 a.m. and before 5 a.m., if the
      person maintains a weighted grade point average of 3.0 or
14    better or has earned a high school diploma or its
      equivalent.
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