HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-22                                  Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1911

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Fuller offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (635611) (with title amendment) 

14         On page 21, line 27 through page 22, line 7,

15  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 18.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section

19  318.1451, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

20         318.1451  Driver improvement schools.--

21         (1)(a)  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor

22  Vehicles shall approve the courses of all driver improvement

23  schools, as the courses relate to ss. 318.14(9), 322.0261,

24  322.095, and 322.291. The chief judge of the applicable

25  judicial circuit may establish requirements regarding the

26  location of schools within the judicial circuit. A person may

27  engage in the business of operating a driver improvement

28  school that offers department-approved courses related to ss.

29  318.14(9), 322.0261, 322.095, and 322.291.

30         (b)  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor

31  Vehicles shall approve and regulate courses that use

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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 1  technology as the delivery method of all driver improvement

 2  schools as the courses relate to ss. 318.14(9) and 322.0261.

 3         (2)(a)  In determining whether to approve the courses

 4  referenced in this section, the department shall consider

 5  course content designed to promote safety, driver awareness,

 6  crash avoidance techniques, and other factors or criteria to

 7  improve driver performance from a safety viewpoint.

 8         (b)  In determining whether to approve courses of

 9  driver improvement schools that use technology as the delivery

10  method as the courses relate to ss. 318.14(9) and 322.0261,

11  the department shall consider only those courses submitted by

12  a person, business, or entity which have approval for

13  statewide delivery.

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17  And the title is amended as follows:

18         On page 41, line 23, of the amendment

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20  after the semicolon insert:

21         providing the Department of Highway Safety and

22         Motor Vehicles regulatory authority over the

23         approval process for courses related to basic

24         driver improvement courses that use technology

25         as the delivery method; redefining the term

26         "approved courses" to mean those courses which

27         have passed and have maintained standards

28         approved for statewide delivery;

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