SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 780

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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 9 and 10,

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17         Section 22.  Effective upon this act becoming a law,

18  subsection (1) of section 715.05, Florida Statutes, as amended

19  by section 318 of chapter 99-248, Laws of Florida, is amended

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21         715.05  Reporting of unclaimed motor vehicles.--

22         (1)  Whenever any law enforcement agency authorizes the

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

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

25  notifies the law enforcement agency of possession of a vehicle

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

27  agency shall contact the Department of Highway Safety and

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

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

30  electronic communications giving the full description of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 7  service, storage, or parking place shall obtain such

 8  information from the applicable law enforcement agency within

 9  5 days from the date of storage and shall, by certified mail,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20  from the date of storage.

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22  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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26  And the title is amended as follows:

27         On page 2, line 20, after the semicolon,

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30         amending s. 715.05, F.S.; deleting requirements

31         that notices of unclaimed motor vehicles be

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