Senate Bill sb1360

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1360

    By Senator Posey





    15-572-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicle license

  3         plates; amending s. 320.061, F.S.; prohibiting

  4         the covering or otherwise obscuring of a

  5         license plate in a manner that limits viewing

  6         the information contained on the plate;

  7         providing a penalty; providing an effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 320.061, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         320.061  Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration

15  certificates, license plates, mobile home stickers, or

16  validation stickers; unlawful to obscure license plates;

17  penalty.--

18         (1)  No person may shall alter the original appearance

19  of any registration license plate, mobile home sticker,

20  validation sticker, or vehicle registration certificate issued

21  for and assigned to any motor vehicle or mobile home, whether

22  by mutilation, alteration, defacement, or change of color or

23  in any other manner.

24         (2) No person may cover or otherwise obscure a license

25  plate in a manner that limits the visibility of the

26  information contained on the plate.

27         (3)  Any person who violates the provisions of this

28  section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree,

29  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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