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        By Representative Bloom






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicle registration;

  3         amending s. 320.06, F.S.; providing for motor

  4         vehicle registration validation decals and

  5         stickers; amending ss. 320.03, 320.031, 320.04,

  6         320.0607, 320.061, 320.0657, 320.07, 320.071,

  7         320.084, 320.10, 320.26, and 320.261, F.S.;

  8         including reference to validation decals;

  9         providing penalties; providing that funds from

10         the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund may be

11         used to carry out the purposes of the act;

12         amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; including reference

13         to the illegal counterfeiting, manufacture, or

14         sale of validation decals within the offense

15         severity ranking chart; providing an effective

16         date.

17

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

19

20         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 320.06,

21  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

22         320.06  Registration certificates, license plates, and

23  validation stickers, and validation decals generally.--

24         (1)(a)  Upon the receipt of an initial application for

25  registration and payment of the appropriate license tax and

26  other fees required by law, the department shall assign to the

27  motor vehicle a registration license number consisting of

28  letters and numerals or numerals and issue to the owner or

29  lessee a certificate of registration and one registration

30  license plate, unless two plates are required for display by

31  s. 320.0706, for each vehicle so registered.

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  1         (b)  Registration license plates bearing a graphic

  2  symbol and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be

  3  issued for a 5-year period. At the end of said 5-year period,

  4  upon renewal, the plate shall be replaced and the department

  5  shall determine the replacement date for plates issued prior

  6  to October 1, 1985.  The fee for such replacement shall be

  7  $10, $2 of which shall be paid each year before the plate is

  8  replaced, to be credited towards the next $10 replacement fee.

  9  The fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating

10  Trust Fund.  A credit or refund shall not be given for any

11  prior years' payments of such prorated replacement fee when

12  the plate is replaced or surrendered before the end of the

13  5-year period. Except as provided in paragraph (d), with each

14  license plate, there shall be issued a validation decal, which

15  shall be placed on the inside lower corner of the rear window

16  on the driver's side.  The validation decal shall bear the

17  same number as the license plate and shall show the owner's

18  birth month and year of expiration or other appropriate

19  renewal period sticker showing the owner's birth month or the

20  appropriate renewal period if the owner is not a natural

21  person. This validation sticker shall be placed on the upper

22  left corner of the license plate and shall be issued one time

23  during the life of the license plate, or upon request when it

24  has been damaged or destroyed.  There shall also be issued

25  with each license plate a serially numbered validation sticker

26  showing the year of expiration, which sticker shall be placed

27  on the upper right corner of the license plate.  Such license

28  plate and validation decal stickers shall be issued based on

29  the applicant's appropriate renewal period.  The registration

30  period shall be a period of 12 months, and all expirations

31  shall occur based on the applicant's appropriate registration

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  1  period.  A vehicle with an apportioned registration shall be

  2  issued an annual license plate and a cab card that denote the

  3  declared gross vehicle weight for each apportioned

  4  jurisdiction in which the vehicle is authorized to operate.

  5         (c)  A registration license plate plates equipped with

  6  a validation sticker as provided in paragraph (d), or a

  7  validation decal on a vehicle as provided in paragraph (b),

  8  stickers shall be valid for not more than 12 months and shall

  9  expire at midnight on the last day of the registration period.

10  For each registration period after the one in which the metal

11  registration license plate is issued, and until the license

12  plate is required to be replaced, a validation sticker or

13  validation decal showing the year of expiration shall be

14  issued upon payment of the proper license tax amount and fees

15  and shall be valid for not more than 12 months. When a license

16  plate plates equipped with a validation sticker or a vehicle

17  with a validation decal is stickers are issued in any month

18  other than the owner's birth month or the designated

19  registration period for any other motor vehicle, the effective

20  date shall reflect the birth month or month and the year of

21  renewal. However, when a license plate, or validation sticker,

22  or validation decal is issued for a period of less than 12

23  months, the applicant shall pay the appropriate amount of

24  license tax and the applicable fee under the provisions of s.

25  320.14 in addition to all other fees.  Validation decals

26  stickers issued for vehicles taxed under the provisions of s.

27  320.08(6)(a), for any company which owns 250 vehicles or more,

28  or for semitrailers taxed under the provisions of s.

29  320.08(5)(a), for any company which owns 50 vehicles or more,

30  may be placed on any vehicle in the fleet so long as the

31  vehicle receiving the validation decal sticker has the same

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  1  owner's name and address as the vehicle to which the

  2  validation decal sticker was originally assigned. Validation

  3  stickers issued for semitrailers taxed under the provisions of

  4  s. 320.08(5)(a), for any company which owns 50 vehicles or

  5  more, may be placed on any vehicle in the fleet so long as the

  6  vehicle receiving the validation sticker has the same owner's

  7  name and address as the vehicle to which the validation

  8  sticker was originally issued.

  9         (d)  Any vehicle taxed under s. 320.08(1), (2)(a),

10  (3)(d) or (e), (4)(g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), or (n),

11  (5), (7), (8), (9)(a) or (b), (10), (11), or (12) is not

12  required to be issued or to display a validation decal.  With

13  each license plate for vehicles not required to display a

14  validation decal, there shall be issued a validation sticker

15  showing the owner's birth month or the appropriate renewal

16  period if the owner is not a natural person.  This validation

17  sticker shall be placed on the upper left corner of the

18  license plate.  There shall also be issued, with each license

19  plate for vehicles not required to display a validation decal,

20  a serially numbered validation sticker showing the year of

21  expiration, which sticker shall be placed in the upper right

22  corner of the license plate.

23         (2)  The department shall provide the several tax

24  collectors and license plate agents with the necessary number

25  of validation stickers and validation decals.

26         Section 2.  Subsections (1), (2), (3), and (8) of

27  section 320.03, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

28         320.03  Registration; duties of tax collectors;

29  International Registration Plan.--

30         (1)  The tax collectors in the several counties of the

31  state, as authorized agents of the department, shall issue

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  1  registration certificates, registration license plates,

  2  validation stickers, validation decals, and mobile home

  3  stickers to applicants, subject to the requirements of law, in

  4  accordance with rules of the department. Any person, firm, or

  5  corporation representing itself, through advertising or naming

  6  of the business, to be an authorized agent of the department

  7  shall be deemed guilty of an unfair and deceptive trade

  8  practice as defined in part II of chapter 501.  No such

  9  person, firm, or corporation shall use either the state or

10  county name as a part of their business name when such use can

11  reasonably be interpreted as an official state or county

12  office.

13         (2)  Each tax collector is required to give a good and

14  sufficient surety bond, payable to the department, conditioned

15  that the tax collector will faithfully and truly perform the

16  duties imposed upon him or her according to the requirements

17  of law and the rules and regulations of the department and

18  that the tax collector will well and truly pay over and

19  account for all validation stickers, validation decals,

20  records, and other property and money which may come into his

21  or her possession or control by reason of such service.  The

22  amount of such bond shall be determined by the department

23  based on an amount not more than 10 percent above the average

24  of the daily deposits of each tax collector.

25         (3)  Each tax collector shall keep a full and complete

26  record and account of all validation stickers, validation

27  decals, mobile home stickers, or other properties received by

28  him or her from the department, or from any other source, and

29  shall make prompt remittance of moneys collected by him or her

30  at such times and in such manner as prescribed by law.

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  1         (8)  If the applicant's name appears on the list

  2  referred to in s. 316.1001(4)(5) or s. 316.1967(6), a license

  3  plate or revalidation sticker or revalidation decal may not be

  4  issued until that person's name no longer appears on the list

  5  or until the person presents a receipt from the clerk showing

  6  that the fines outstanding have been paid. The tax collector

  7  and the clerk of the court are each entitled to receive

  8  monthly, as costs for implementing and administering this

  9  subsection, 10 percent of the civil penalties and fines

10  recovered from such persons. If the tax collector has private

11  tag agents, such tag agents are entitled to receive a pro rata

12  share of the amount paid to the tax collector, based upon the

13  percentage of license plates and revalidation stickers and

14  revalidation decals issued by the tag agent compared to the

15  total issued within the county. The authority of any private

16  agent to issue license plates shall be revoked, after notice

17  and a hearing as provided in chapter 120, if he or she issues

18  any license plate or revalidation sticker or revalidation

19  decal contrary to the provisions of this subsection. This

20  section applies only to the annual renewal in the owner's

21  birth month of a motor vehicle registration and does not apply

22  to the transfer of a registration of a motor vehicle sold by a

23  motor vehicle dealer licensed under this chapter, except for

24  the transfer of registrations which is inclusive of the annual

25  renewals. This section does not affect the issuance of the

26  title to a motor vehicle, notwithstanding s. 319.23(7)(b).

27         Section 3.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 320.031,

28  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

29         320.031  Mailing of registration certificates, license

30  plates, and validation stickers, and validation decals.--

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  1         (1)  The department and the tax collectors of the

  2  several counties of the state may at the request of the

  3  applicant use United States mail service to deliver

  4  registration certificates and renewals thereof, license

  5  plates, mobile home stickers, and validation stickers, and

  6  validation decals to applicants.

  7         (2)  A mail service charge may be collected for each

  8  registration certificate, license plate, mobile home sticker,

  9  and validation sticker, and validation decal mailed by the

10  department or any tax collector. Each registration

11  certificate, license plate, mobile home sticker, and

12  validation sticker, and validation decal shall be mailed by

13  first-class mail unless otherwise requested by the applicant.

14  The amount of the mail service charge shall be the actual

15  postage required, rounded to the nearest 5 cents, plus a

16  25-cent handling charge.  The mail service charge is in

17  addition to the service charge provided by s. 320.04.

18         Section 4.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

19  320.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         320.04  Registration service charge.--

21         (1)(a)  There shall be a service charge of $2.50 for

22  each application which is handled in connection with original

23  issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of any license

24  plate, mobile home sticker, or validation sticker, or

25  validation decal or with transfer or duplicate issuance of any

26  registration certificate.  There may also be a service charge

27  of up to $1 for the issuance of each license plate validation

28  sticker, validation decal, or and mobile home sticker issued

29  from an automated vending facility which shall be payable to

30  and retained by the department to provide for automated

31  vending facilities or machines used to dispense such stickers

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  1  or decals in each tax collector's or license tag agent's

  2  office.

  3         Section 5.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section

  4  320.0607, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

  5         320.0607  Replacement license plates, validation

  6  sticker, validation decal, or mobile home sticker.--

  7         (1)  Any law enforcement officer or department

  8  compliance examiner or license and registration inspector may

  9  at any time inspect a license plate, validation sticker, or

10  validation decal for proper display and legibility as

11  prescribed by chapter 316.  A damaged or defaced plate,

12  sticker, or decal may be required to be replaced.

13         (2)  When a license plate, mobile home sticker,

14  validation sticker, or validation decal has been lost, stolen,

15  or destroyed, the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home

16  for which the plate, sticker, or decal was issued shall make

17  application to the department for a replacement. The

18  application shall contain the plate, sticker, or decal number

19  being replaced and a statement that the item was lost, stolen,

20  or destroyed. If the application includes a copy of the police

21  report prepared in response to a report of a stolen plate,

22  sticker, or decal, such plate, sticker, or decal must be

23  replaced at no charge.

24         Section 6.  Section 320.061, Florida Statutes, is

25  amended to read:

26         320.061  Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration

27  certificates, license plates, mobile home stickers, or

28  validation stickers, or validation decals; penalty.--No person

29  shall alter the original appearance of any registration

30  license plate, mobile home sticker, validation sticker,

31  validation decal, or vehicle registration certificate issued

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  1  for and assigned to any motor vehicle or mobile home, whether

  2  by mutilation, alteration, defacement, or change of color or

  3  in any other manner.  Any person who violates the provisions

  4  of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second

  5  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

  6         Section 7.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

  7  320.0657, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  8         320.0657  Permanent registration; fleet license

  9  plates.--

10         (1)(a)  The owner or lessee of 250 or more

11  nonapportioned commercial motor vehicles licensed under s.

12  320.08(2), (3), (4), (5)(a)1. and (b), and (7), who has posted

13  a bond as prescribed by department rules, may apply via

14  magnetically encoded computer tape reel or cartridge which is

15  machine readable by the installed computer system at the

16  department for permanent license plates. All vehicles with a

17  fleet license plate shall have the company's name or logo and

18  unit number displayed so that they are readily identifiable.

19  The provisions of s. 320.0605 shall not apply to vehicles

20  registered in accordance with this section, and no annual

21  validation sticker or validation decal is required.

22         Section 8.  Subsection (3) of section 320.07, Florida

23  Statutes, is amended to read:

24         320.07  Expiration of registration; annual renewal

25  required; penalties.--

26         (3)  The operation of any motor vehicle without having

27  attached thereto a registration license plate and validation

28  stickers or validation decal, as required, or the use of any

29  mobile home without having attached thereto a mobile home

30  sticker, for the current registration period shall subject the

31  owner thereof, if he or she is present, or, if the owner is

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  1  not present, the operator thereof to the following penalty

  2  provisions:

  3         (a)  Any person whose motor vehicle or mobile home

  4  registration has been expired for a period of 6 months or less

  5  shall be subject to the penalty provided in s. 318.14.

  6         (b)  Any person whose motor vehicle or mobile home

  7  registration has been expired for more than 6 months is guilty

  8  of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided

  9  in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

10         (c)  However, no operator shall be charged with a

11  violation of this subsection if the operator can show,

12  pursuant to a valid lease agreement, that the vehicle had been

13  leased for a period of 30 days or less at the time of the

14  offense.

15         Section 9.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 320.071,

16  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

17         320.071  Advance registration renewal; procedures.--

18         (2)  Upon the filing of the application and payment of

19  the appropriate license tax under s. 320.08, service charges

20  required by s. 320.04, and any additional fees required by

21  law, the department or its agent shall issue to the owner of

22  the motor vehicle or mobile home a validation sticker,

23  validation decal, or mobile home sticker, as appropriate,

24  which, when affixed to the license plate, rear window, or

25  mobile home, as required, shall renew the registration for the

26  appropriate registration period.

27         (3)  Any person who uses a mobile home sticker, or

28  validation sticker, or validation decal without lawful

29  authority or who willfully violates any rule of the department

30  relating to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the

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  1  second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.

  2  775.083.

  3         Section 10.  Subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of

  4  subsection (4) of section 320.084, Florida Statutes, are

  5  amended to read:

  6         320.084  Free motor vehicle license plate to certain

  7  disabled veterans.--

  8         (3)  The department shall, as it deems necessary,

  9  require each person to whom a motor vehicle license plate has

10  been issued pursuant to subsection (1) to apply to the

11  department for reissuance of his or her registration license

12  plate.  Upon receipt of the application and proof of the

13  applicant's continued eligibility, the department shall issue

14  a new permanent "DV" numerical motor vehicle license plate

15  which shall be of the colors red, white, and blue similar to

16  the colors of the United States flag. The operation of a motor

17  vehicle displaying a "DV" license plate from a previous issue

18  period or a noncurrent validation sticker or validation decal

19  after the date specified by the department shall subject the

20  owner if he or she is present, otherwise the operator, to the

21  penalty provided in s. 318.18(2).  Such permanent license

22  plate shall be removed upon sale of the vehicle, but may be

23  transferred to another vehicle owned by such veteran in the

24  manner prescribed by law.  The license number of each plate

25  issued under this section shall be identified by the letter

26  designation "DV."  Upon request of any such veteran, the

27  department is authorized to issue a designation plate

28  containing only the letters "DV," to be displayed on the front

29  of the vehicle.

30         (4)(a)  With the issuance of each new permanent "DV"

31  numerical motor vehicle license plate, the department shall

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  1  initially issue, without cost to the applicant, a validation

  2  decal the expiration of which shall sticker reflecting the

  3  owner's birth month and a serially numbered validation sticker

  4  reflecting the year of expiration.  The initial sticker

  5  reflecting the year of expiration may not exceed 15 months.

  6         Section 11.  Subsection (2) of section 320.10, Florida

  7  Statutes, is amended to read:

  8         320.10  Exemptions.--

  9         (2)  Any such vehicle or mobile home, except one owned

10  or operated exclusively by the Federal Government, shall be

11  furnished a license plate, validation sticker, validation

12  decal, or mobile home sticker upon the proper application to

13  the department and upon the payment of $3 to cover the cost of

14  same. For any motor vehicle or mobile home which is exempt

15  under paragraph (1)(a), there shall be issued a license plate,

16  validation sticker, validation decal, or mobile home sticker

17  prescribed by s. 320.06; and for any vehicle which is exempt

18  under paragraphs (1)(c)-(h), there shall be issued a license

19  plate under series "X."  Vehicles exempt under this provision

20  must be equipped with proper license plates showing such

21  exempt status.

22         Section 12.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

23  320.26, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

24         320.26  Counterfeiting license plates, validation

25  stickers, validation decals, mobile home stickers, cab cards,

26  trip permits, or special temporary operational permits

27  prohibited; penalty.--

28         (1)(a)  No person shall counterfeit registration

29  license plates, validation stickers, validation decals, or

30  mobile home stickers, or have in his or her possession any

31  such plates or stickers; nor shall any person manufacture,

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  1  sell, or dispose of registration license plates, validation

  2  stickers, or mobile home stickers in the state without first

  3  having obtained the permission and authority of the department

  4  in writing.

  5         Section 13.  Section 320.261, Florida Statutes, is

  6  amended to read:

  7         320.261  Attaching registration license plate not

  8  assigned unlawful; penalty.--Any person who knowingly attaches

  9  to any motor vehicle or mobile home any registration license

10  plate, or who knowingly attaches any validation sticker or

11  mobile home sticker to a registration license plate, or who

12  knowingly attaches any validation decal to a motor vehicle,

13  which plate, or sticker, or decal was not issued and assigned

14  or lawfully transferred to such vehicle, is guilty of a

15  misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.

16  775.082 or s. 775.083.

17         Section 14.  Funds from the Highway Safety Operating

18  Trust Fund may be used by the department to carry out the

19  purposes of this act.

20         Section 15.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section

21  921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

22         921.0022  Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity

23  ranking chart.--

24         (3)  OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART

25

26  Florida           Felony

27  Statute           Degree             Description

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29                              (a)  LEVEL 1

30  24.118(3)(a)       3rd      Counterfeit or altered state

31                              lottery ticket.

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  1  212.054(2)(b)      3rd      Discretionary sales surtax;

  2                              limitations, administration, and

  3                              collection.

  4  212.15(2)(b)       3rd      Failure to remit sales taxes,

  5                              amount greater than $300 but less

  6                              than $20,000.

  7  319.30(5)          3rd      Sell, exchange, give away

  8                              certificate of title or

  9                              identification number plate.

10  319.35(1)(a)       3rd      Tamper, adjust, change, etc., an

11                              odometer.

12  320.26(1)(a)       3rd      Counterfeit, manufacture, or sell

13                              registration license plates, or

14                              validation stickers, or

15                              validation decals.

16  322.212(1)         3rd      Possession of forged, stolen,

17                              counterfeit, or unlawfully issued

18                              driver's license.

19  322.212(4)         3rd      Supply or aid in supplying

20                              unauthorized driver's license.

21  322.212(5)         3rd      False application for driver's

22                              license.

23  370.13(4)(a)       3rd      Molest any stone crab trap, line,

24                              or buoy which is property of

25                              licenseholder.

26  370.135(1)         3rd      Molest any blue crab trap, line,

27                              or buoy which is property of

28                              licenseholder.

29  372.663(1)         3rd      Poach any alligator or

30                              crocodilia.

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  1  414.39(2)          3rd      Unauthorized use, possession,

  2                              forgery, or alteration of food

  3                              stamps, Medicaid ID, value

  4                              greater than $200.

  5  414.39(3)(a)       3rd      Fraudulent misappropriation of

  6                              public assistance funds by

  7                              employee/official, value more

  8                              than $200.

  9  443.071(1)         3rd      False statement or representation

10                              to obtain or increase

11                              unemployment compensation

12                              benefits.

13  458.327(1)(a)      3rd      Unlicensed practice of medicine.

14  466.026(1)(a)      3rd      Unlicensed practice of dentistry

15                              or dental hygiene.

16  509.151(1)         3rd      Defraud an innkeeper, food or

17                              lodging value greater than $300.

18  517.302(1)         3rd      Violation of the Florida

19                              Securities and Investor

20                              Protection Act.

21  562.27(1)          3rd      Possess still or still apparatus.

22  713.69             3rd      Tenant removes property upon

23                              which lien has accrued, value

24                              more than $50.

25  812.014(3)(c)      3rd      Petit theft (3rd conviction);

26                              theft of any property not

27                              specified in subsection (2).

28  812.081(2)         3rd      Unlawfully makes or causes to be

29                              made a reproduction of a trade

30                              secret.

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  1  815.04(4)(a)       3rd      Offense against intellectual

  2                              property (i.e., computer

  3                              programs, data).

  4  817.52(2)          3rd      Hiring with intent to defraud,

  5                              motor vehicle services.

  6  826.01             3rd      Bigamy.

  7  828.122(3)         3rd      Fighting or baiting animals.

  8  831.04(1)          3rd      Any erasure, alteration, etc., of

  9                              any replacement deed, map, plat,

10                              or other document listed in s.

11                              92.28.

12  831.31(1)(a)       3rd      Sell, deliver, or possess

13                              counterfeit controlled

14                              substances, all but s. 893.03(5)

15                              drugs.

16  832.041(1)         3rd      Stopping payment with intent to

17                              defraud $150 or more.

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19   (2)(b)&(4)(c)     3rd      Knowing, making, issuing

20                              worthless checks $150 or more or

21                              obtaining property in return for

22                              worthless check $150 or more.

23  838.015(3)         3rd      Bribery.

24  838.016(1)         3rd      Public servant receiving unlawful

25                              compensation.

26  838.15(2)          3rd      Commercial bribe receiving.

27  838.16             3rd      Commercial bribery.

28  843.18             3rd      Fleeing by boat to elude a law

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  1  847.011(1)(a)      3rd      Sell, distribute, etc., obscene,

  2                              lewd, etc., material (2nd

  3                              conviction).

  4  849.01             3rd      Keeping gambling house.

  5  849.09(1)(a)-(d)   3rd      Lottery; set up, promote, etc.,

  6                              or assist therein, conduct or

  7                              advertise drawing for prizes, or

  8                              dispose of property or money by

  9                              means of lottery.

10  849.23             3rd      Gambling-related machines;

11                              "common offender" as to property

12                              rights.

13  849.25(2)          3rd      Engaging in bookmaking.

14  860.08             3rd      Interfere with a railroad signal.

15  860.13(1)(a)       3rd      Operate aircraft while under the

16                              influence.

17  893.13(2)(a)2.     3rd      Purchase of cannabis.

18  893.13(6)(a)       3rd      Possession of cannabis (more than

19                              20 grams).

20  893.13(7)(a)10.    3rd      Affix false or forged label to

21                              package of controlled substance.

22  934.03(1)(a)       3rd      Intercepts, or procures any other

23                              person to intercept, any wire or

24                              oral communication.

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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides for motor vehicle registration validation decals
  4    which are to be placed on the inside lower corner of the
      rear window on the driver's side. Revises existing
  5    provisions of law relating to motor vehicles to include
      reference to such decals. Provides penalties for
  6    unlawfully attaching a decal to a motor vehicle or
      counterfeiting decals. Provides that funds from the
  7    Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund may be used to carry
      out the purposes of the act. See bill for details.
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