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Florida House of Representatives - 2001 HB 1875
By the Committee on Transportation and Representative
Russell
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to driver licensing; creating
3 the Driver Licensing Study Commission within
4 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
5 Vehicles; providing for membership and
6 appointment; providing for staff; providing for
7 duties of the commission; providing for
8 dissolution of the commission upon submission
9 of a required report; providing an
10 appropriation; providing an effective date.
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12 WHEREAS, outsourcing through public-private
13 partnerships has been successfully implemented in the State of
14 Florida across a broad range of functions, and
15 WHEREAS, the Legislature is constantly seeking to find
16 additional ways to provide high-quality services at lower
17 costs for the citizens of the State of Florida, and
18 WHEREAS, driver licensing shows promise as an area
19 where public-private partnership would benefit the citizens of
20 the State of Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,
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22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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24 Section 1. Driver Licensing Study Commission
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26 (1) The Driver Licensing Study Commission is created
27 within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
28 Vehicles. The commission shall consist of eight members, to
29 be appointed as follows:
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1 (a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
2 appoint two members, at least one of whom must have business
3 managerial experience in the private sector.
4 (b) The President of the Senate shall appoint two
5 members, at least one of whom must have business managerial
6 experience in the private sector.
7 (c) The Governor shall appoint three members, at least
8 one of whom must have information technology experience
9 relating to systems utilizing complex databases.
10 (d) The Executive Director of the Department of
11 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall serve as an ex
12 officio, nonvoting member of the commission.
13 (2) The commission shall elect a chair and a vice
14 chair from its membership at its first meeting.
15 (3) The commission shall be appointed no later than
16 June 15, 2001, and its first meeting shall be held no later
17 than July 15, 2001. The commission shall meet periodically at
18 the request of the chair.
19 (3) Members of the commission shall serve without
20 compensation, except for per diem and reimbursement for travel
21 expenses as provided by s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
22 (4) A vacancy in the commission shall be filled within
23 30 days after its occurrence in the same manner as the
24 original appointment.
25 (5) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor
26 Vehicles shall serve as primary staff to the commission,
27 providing technical and administrative assistance and ensuring
28 that commission meetings are electronically recorded. Such
29 recordings shall be preserved pursuant to chs. 119 and 257,
30 Florida Statutes.
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1 (6) The commission shall study and make
2 recommendations on the feasibility of using privatization,
3 outsourcing, and public-private partnership techniques in the
4 delivery of driver's license services. The commission shall
5 review local government driver's licensing programs and shall
6 review results available from driver's licensing privatization
7 pilot projects in the state. The study shall address the
8 following issues:
9 (a) Identification of functions that are appropriate
10 for privatization or outsourcing and functions for which the
11 public sector should maintain direct control.
12 (b) Technology and re-engineering of business
13 processes to achieve greater efficiencies, ultimately
14 resulting in cost reduction.
15 (c) The format and type of necessary procurement
16 procedures and oversight and audit mechanisms to protect the
17 interests of the State of Florida in dealings with private
18 service providers.
19 (d) Contractual controls to ensure appropriate service
20 delivery and customer satisfaction levels.
21 (e) Safeguards for control of personal information.
22 (f) Ways to encourage the use of alternative service
23 delivery options.
24 (g) Service center size and location to ensure that
25 the public is best served.
26 (h) Issues related to utilization and placement of
27 current public driver's license employees in public-private
28 licensing enterprises.
29 (i) Any other issues the commission deems relevant to
30 the privatization of drivers licensing functions.
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1 (7) The commission shall prepare an initial report of
2 its findings and recommendations on the issues listed in
3 subsection (6) and shall submit the report to the Governor,
4 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President
5 of the Senate on or before January 1, 2002. The commission
6 shall prepare a final report of its findings and
7 recommendations, taking into consideration the results of any
8 pilot projects for delivery of driver's license services, and
9 shall submit the report to the Governor, the Speaker of the
10 House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate on
11 or before January 1, 2003. The commission is dissolved at the
12 time it submits its final report.
13 Section 2. There is appropriated from the Highway
14 Safety Operating Trust Fund to the Driver Licensing Study
15 Commission the sum of $100,000 for the purpose of conducting
16 the study described in section 1.
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
18 law.
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21 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Creates the Driver Licensing Study Commission within the
23 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to study
and make recommendations on the feasibility of using
24 privatization, outsourcing, and public-private
partnership techniques in the delivery of driver's
25 license services. See bill for details.
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