Senate Bill 2262c1

    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 2262

    By the Committee on Transportation and Senator Sullivan





    306-1821-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver's licenses; creating

  3         s. 322.2617, F.S.; providing for a notice by

  4         certified letter to a person whose driver's

  5         license is going to be suspended, disqualified,

  6         cancelled, or revoked prior to the suspension,

  7         disqualification, cancellation, or revocation;

  8         prohibiting suspension, disqualification,

  9         cancellation, or revocation for a certain time

10         period; providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 322.2617, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         322.2617  Driver's license notification required prior

17  to suspension.--In addition to any other requirement provided

18  for in this chapter or in any provision of the Florida

19  Statutes with respect to the suspension, disqualification,

20  cancellation, or revocation of a driver's license other than

21  such actions for driving under the influence, prior to the

22  suspension, disqualification, cancellation, or revocation of a

23  driver's license, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

24  Vehicles must first send a certified letter to the address on

25  the person's current driver's license, providing that person

26  with a 30-day notice of the reason or reasons for the

27  suspension or revocation together with instructions on what

28  the person may do to avoid the suspension, disqualification,

29  cancellations, or revocation, if possible. No suspension,

30  disqualification, cancellation, or revocation of a driver's

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    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 2262
    306-1821-00




  1  license shall take effect until 30 days from the date that the

  2  certified letter is delivered.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  6          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  7                             SB 2262

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  9  The CS requires driver's license suspension, disqualification,
    cancellation, and revocation notices to be sent by certified
10  mail to the licensee and requires 30-day notice of suspension,
    disqualification, cancellation, or revocation.
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    The CS further provides this provision does not apply to the
12  suspension, disqualification, cancellation, or revocation of a
    driver's license for driving under the influence.
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