Senate Bill 1776

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1776

    By Senator Campbell





    33-596A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver's licenses; amending

  3         s. 322.08, F.S.; authorizing the Department of

  4         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to require

  5         driver's license applicants to submit

  6         fingerprints; prohibiting the department from

  7         issuing a driver's license before completing an

  8         examination of the applicant's record;

  9         requiring the department to request and receive

10         information from, and exchange information

11         with, other jurisdictions; authorizing the

12         department to adopt rules; 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.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 322.08,

18  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended to read:

19         322.08  Application for license.--

20         (2)  Each such application shall reflect the full name

21  (first, middle or maiden, and last), proof of identity

22  satisfactory to the department, proof of birth date

23  satisfactory to the department, sex, social security number,

24  and residence and mailing address of the applicant, and

25  briefly describe the applicant, and shall state whether the

26  applicant has previously been licensed to drive, and if so,

27  when and by what state, and whether any such license or

28  driving privilege has ever been disqualified, revoked, or

29  suspended, or whether an application has ever been refused,

30  and if so, the date of and reason for such disqualification,

31  suspension, revocation, or refusal. The department shall not

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1776
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  1  issue a driver's license until a complete examination of the

  2  application has been made. The department shall adopt such

  3  rules as are necessary for the orderly processing of driver's

  4  license applications. The department may require the applicant

  5  to submit fingerprints by means of an inkless fingerprint

  6  scanning device at the time of application. The department may

  7  not issue a license until it has made a complete examination

  8  of the applicant's record. The department may adopt rules that

  9  are necessary for the orderly processing of license

10  applications.

11         (3)  Each such application shall include a consent to

12  release driving record information which requires, entitling

13  the department to request, receive, and exchange such

14  information with other jurisdictions.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Authorizes the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
      Vehicles to adopt rules for orderly processing of
20    driver's license applications. Authorizes the department
      to require driver's license applicants to submit
21    fingerprints by means of inkless scanning devices.
      Prohibits the department from issuing a driver's license
22    until the applicant's record has been examined. Removes
      the department's discretion to not request and receive
23    information from, and exchange information with, other
      jurisdictions.
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