Senate Bill 2520c1
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Florida Senate - 2000 CS for SB 2520
By the Committee on Transportation and Senator Silver
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to towed vehicles; requiring
3 local law enforcement agencies to enter certain
4 information into the state FCIC/NCIC computer
5 system; requiring law enforcement agencies to
6 inquire into the reported theft or recovery of
7 vehicles or certain vehicle identification
8 information and requiring them to enter such
9 information into the state FCIC/NCIC computer
10 system; amending s. 715.05, F.S.; revising
11 provisions relating to unclaimed motor
12 vehicles; providing an effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Any law enforcement agency that authorizes
17 the removal of a motor vehicle under section 715.05, Florida
18 Statutes, that receives notification of the removal of a motor
19 vehicle from private property under section 715.07, Florida
20 Statutes, or that receives notification of the repossession of
21 a motor vehicle under section 493.6118, Florida Statutes,
22 shall, within 24 hours after removal of the motor vehicle or
23 receipt of such notification, enter the vehicle identification
24 information by electronic communication into the state
25 FCIC/NCIC computer system.
26 Section 2. (1) When a law enforcement agency is
27 notified that a vehicle, license plate, registration decal, or
28 a vehicle vin plate has been stolen or recovered, the agency
29 shall make due and diligent inquiry into the circumstance of
30 the reported theft or recovery, or shall immediately refer the
31 person reporting such information to the law enforcement
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1 agency having jurisdiction over the place where the item was
2 removed or recovered.
3 (2) Upon notification of such theft or recovery, the
4 law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the place
5 where the item was removed or recovered shall, within 24 hours
6 after receipt of this notification, enter the information by
7 electronic communication into the state FCIC/NCIC computer
8 system.
9 Section 3. Effective July 1, 2000, subsection (1) of
10 section 715.05, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 318 of
11 chapter 99-248, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
12 (1) Whenever any law enforcement agency authorizes the
13 removal of a vehicle or whenever any towing service, garage,
14 repair shop, or automotive service, storage, or parking place
15 notifies the law enforcement agency of possession of a vehicle
16 pursuant to s. 715.07(2)(a)2., the applicable law enforcement
17 agency shall contact the Department of Highway Safety and
18 Motor Vehicles, or the appropriate agency of the state of
19 registration, if known, within 24 hours through the medium of
20 electronic communications giving the full description of the
21 vehicle. Upon receipt of the full description of the vehicle,
22 the department shall search its files to determine the owner's
23 name, the name of the insurance company insuring the vehicle,
24 and whether any person has filed a lien upon the vehicle as
25 provided in s. 319.27(2) and (3) and notify the applicable law
26 enforcement agency within 72 hours. The person in charge of
27 the towing service, garage, repair shop, or automotive
28 service, storage, or parking place shall obtain such
29 information from the applicable law enforcement agency within
30 5 days from the date of storage and shall, by certified mail,
31 return receipt requested, notify the owner, the insurer, and
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1 all lienholders of the location of the vehicle and of the fact
2 that it is unclaimed. Such notice shall be given within 7
3 days, excluding Saturday and Sunday, from the date of storage
4 and shall be complete upon mailing; however, if the state of
5 registration is unknown, the person in charge of the towing
6 service, garage, repair shop, or automotive service, storage,
7 or parking place shall make a good faith best effort in so
8 notifying the owner, the insurer, and any lienholders, and
9 such notice shall be given within a reasonable period of time
10 from the date of storage.
11 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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13 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
14 SB 2520
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16 The CS provides for the continued operation of existing law
enforcement notification requirements when a motor vehicle is
17 removed or repossessed.
18 The CS provides that law enforcement agencies must enter
vehicle identification information into the FCIC/NCIC computer
19 system within 24 hours of the removal of a vehicle or receipt
of notification that a vehicle has been removed or
20 repossessed. The CS also provides the same 24 hour data entry
requirement for notification of the theft or recovery of
21 motor vehicles.
22 The CS deletes the requirement that the Department of Highway
Safety and Motor Vehicles provide the name of the applicable
23 insurance company for notification purposes in instances of
unclaimed motor vehicles.
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