House Bill 0429

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 429

        By Representative Greenstein






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.

  3         322.08, F.S.; revising requirements with

  4         respect to applications for license; providing

  5         that the department shall request, receive, and

  6         exchange certain information with other

  7         jurisdictions; requiring a complete examination

  8         of applications prior to the issuance of a

  9         license; providing for rules; authorizing the

10         department to require the submission of

11         fingerprints; 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.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 322.08,

16  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended, and subsection

17  (8) is added to said section, to read:

18         322.08  Application for license.--

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

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

21  satisfactory to the department, proof of birth date

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

23  and residence and mailing address of the applicant, and

24  briefly describe the applicant, and shall state whether the

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

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

27  driving privilege has ever been disqualified, revoked, or

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

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

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

31  issue a driver license until a complete examination of the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 429

    706-103-99






  1  applicant's application has been made.  The department shall

  2  make such rules as are necessary for the orderly processing of

  3  driver license applications.

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

  5  release driving record information, which requires entitling

  6  the department to request, receive, and exchange such

  7  information with other jurisdictions.

  8         (8)  The department may require applicants for a driver

  9  license to submit fingerprints by means of an inkless

10  fingerprint scanning device at the time of application.

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

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14                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Revises a provision of law governing applications for a
16    driver license to:
           1.  Require the Department of Highway Safety and
17    Motor Vehicles not to issue a license until a complete
      examination of the applicant's record has been completed.
18         2.  Require the department to request, receive, and
      exchange described information with other jurisdictions.
19         3.  Authorize the department to require applicants
      to submit fingerprints by means of an inkless fingerprint
20    scanning device used at the time of the submission of the
      application.
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