Senate Bill 2520

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2520

    By Senator Silver





    38-1157-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to towed vehicles; requiring

  3         persons who tow or otherwise remove motor

  4         vehicles to notify the local law enforcement

  5         agency; providing notification requirements;

  6         requiring the law enforcement agency to enter

  7         such information in the state FCIC/NCIC

  8         computer system; requiring law enforcement

  9         agencies to inquire into the reported theft or

10         recovery of vehicles or certain vehicle

11         identification information and requiring them

12         to enter such information into the state

13         FCIC/NCIC computer system; providing an

14         effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  (1)  Any person that tows, repossesses, or

19  otherwise removes a vehicle from public or private property,

20  without the owner or lessee, or his or her agent present,

21  shall, within 30 minutes after removing the vehicle, notify

22  the police or, in an unincorporated area, the sheriff, of the

23  time of the removal; the storage or delivery site; the make,

24  model, color, license plate, and vehicle identification number

25  of the vehicle; and the reason for the removal, and shall

26  obtain the name of the person at the agency to whom such

27  information was reported and note the name on the trip record.

28         (2)  The law enforcement agency that receives

29  notification of such removal shall immediately enter the

30  vehicle identification information by electronic communication

31  into the state FCIC/NCIC computer system.

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  1         Section 2.  (1)  When a law enforcement agency is

  2  notified that a vehicle, license plate, registration decal, or

  3  a vehicle vin plate has been stolen or recovered, the agency

  4  shall make due and diligent inquiry into the circumstance of

  5  the reported theft or recovery, or shall immediately refer the

  6  person reporting such information to the law enforcement

  7  agency having jurisdiction over the place where the item was

  8  removed or recovered.

  9         (2)  Upon notification of such theft or recovery, the

10  law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the place

11  where the item was removed or recovered shall immediately

12  enter the information by electronic communication into the

13  state FCIC/NCIC computer system.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Requires persons who tow or otherwise remove motor
      vehicles to notify the local law enforcement agency.
19    Requires the law enforcement agency to enter such
      information into the state FCIC/NCIC computer system and
20    also requires local law enforcement agencies to enter
      information about reported stolen or found motor vehicles
21    or certain motor vehicle identification into that
      computer system.
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