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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998           CS/CS/HB 667

        By the Committees on Finance & Taxation, Governmental
    Rules & Regulations and Representative Kelly





  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.; authorizing

  8         the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

  9         Vehicles to purchase and maintain motorcycles,

10         equipment, and materials for use in motorcycle

11         safety courses; deleting a limitation on the

12         reimbursement of certain fees; providing an

13         effective date.

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

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

18  section 215.22, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         215.22  Certain income and certain trust funds

20  exempt.--

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

22  following trust funds shall be exempt from the deduction

23  required by s. 215.20(1):

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

25  Fund funded by the Motorcycle Safety Education fee collected

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

27         Section 2.  Subsections (2) and (5) of section

28  322.0255, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

29         322.0255  Florida Motorcycle Safety Education

30  Program.--

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  1         (2)  The department shall establish and administer

  2  motorcycle safety courses and may also purchase and maintain

  3  motorcycles, equipment, and materials for use in the program.

  4  The department shall prescribe the curricula for such courses,

  5  which must include a minimum of 12 hours of instruction, at

  6  least 6 hours of which shall consist of actual motorcycle

  7  operation.  The department may adopt or include courses,

  8  curricula, or materials developed by the Motorcycle Safety

  9  Foundation or by other traffic safety groups determined to be

10  comparable by the department.

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

12  of funds, reimburse each organization that provides an

13  approved motorcycle safety education course an amount not to

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

15  the successfully completes such course.  This shall include

16  any student not required to attend a motorcycle safety

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

18  The amount to be reimbursed per student to each course

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

20  facilitate such determination, each course provider shall be

21  required to submit proof satisfactory to the department of the

22  expected cost per student to be incurred by such course

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

24  student to any course provider exceed the expected cost per

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

26  of any reimbursement, each course provider that conducts such

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

28  defray the cost of conducting the course.  The department

29  shall fund the payments required under this subsection from

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

31  and 322.025.

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  1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1 of the

  2  year in which enacted.

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