House Bill 4803

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4803

        By Representative Feeney






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state uniform traffic

  3         control; creating s. 316.29545, F.S., directing

  4         the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

  5         Vehicles to provide for the issuance of medical

  6         exemption certificates to certain persons who

  7         may operate a motor vehicle with sunscreening

  8         materials which are not in compliance with

  9         state law; providing for exemptions for certain

10         law enforcement vehicles; providing for a fee;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 316.29545, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         316.29545  Window sunscreening exclusions; medical

18  exemption; certain law enforcement vehicles exempt.--

19         (1)  The department shall issue medical exemption

20  certificates to persons who are afflicted with Lupus or

21  similar medical conditions which require a limited exposure to

22  light, which certificates shall entitle the person to whom the

23  certificate is issued to have sunscreening material on the

24  windshield, side windows, and windows behind the driver which

25  are in violation of the requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957.

26  The department shall provide, by rule, for the form of the

27  medical certificate authorized by this section. At a minimum,

28  the medical exemption certificate shall include a vehicle

29  description with the make, model, year, vehicle identification

30  number, and medical exemption decal number issued for the

31  vehicle and the name of the person or persons who are the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4803

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  1  registered owners of the vehicle. A medical exemption

  2  certificate shall be nontransferable and shall become null and

  3  void upon the sale or transfer of the vehicle identified on

  4  the certificate.

  5         (2) The department shall exempt all law enforcement

  6  vehicles used in undercover or canine operations from the

  7  window sunscreening requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957.

  8         (3)  The department may charge a fee in an amount

  9  sufficient to defray the expenses of issuing a medical

10  exemption certificate as described in subsection (1).

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1 of the

12  year in which enacted.

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15                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Directs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
17    Vehicles to issue medical exemption certificates to
      certain persons who shall be exempt from sunscreening
18    requirements on motor vehicle windows. Directs the
      department to exempt law enforcement vehicles used in
19    undercover or canine operations from such suncreening
      requirements. Authorizes a fee for the issuance of
20    medical exemption certificates.  See bill for details.

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