HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                  Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1911, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Crist, Lacasa, and Bullard offered the

12  following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 5, line 6,

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18         Section 1.  Effective July 1, 2000, subsection (1) of

19  section 715.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         715.05  Reporting of unclaimed motor vehicles.--

21         (1)  Whenever any law enforcement agency authorizes the

22  removal of a vehicle or whenever any towing service, garage,

23  repair shop, or automotive service, storage, or parking place

24  notifies the law enforcement agency of possession of a vehicle

25  pursuant to s. 715.07(2)(a)2., the applicable law enforcement

26  agency shall contact the Department of Highway Safety and

27  Motor Vehicles, or the appropriate agency of the state of

28  registration, if known, within 24 hours through the medium of

29  electronic communications giving the full description of the

30  vehicle.  Upon receipt of the full description of the vehicle,

31  the department shall search its files to determine the owner's

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                  Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1911, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  name, the name of the insurance company insuring the vehicle,

 2  and whether any person has filed a lien upon the vehicle as

 3  provided in s. 319.27(2) and (3) and notify the applicable law

 4  enforcement agency within 72 hours.  The person in charge of

 5  the towing service, garage, repair shop, or automotive

 6  service, storage, or parking place shall obtain such

 7  information from the applicable law enforcement agency within

 8  5 days from the date of storage and shall, by certified mail,

 9  return receipt requested, notify the owner, the insurer, and

10  all lienholders of the location of the vehicle and of the fact

11  that it is unclaimed.  Such notice shall be given within 7

12  days, excluding Saturday and Sunday, from the date of storage

13  and shall be complete upon mailing; however, if the state of

14  registration is unknown, the person in charge of the towing

15  service, garage, repair shop, or automotive service, storage,

16  or parking place shall make a good faith best effort in so

17  notifying the owner, the insurer, and any lienholders, and

18  such notice shall be given within a reasonable period of time

19  from the date of storage.

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 1, line 3, after vessels;

25  remove from the title of the bill:

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27  and insert in lieu thereof:

28         amending s. 715.05, F.S.; revising language

29         with respect to the reporting of unclaimed

30         motor vehicles;

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