Senate Bill sb0516

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 516

    By Senator Geller





    29-380-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver's licenses; amending

  3         ss. 322.055, 322.056, F.S.; prescribing duty of

  4         the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

  5         Vehicles to revoke or withhold a driver's

  6         license or driving privilege when that penalty

  7         is prescribed by law; 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.  Subsection (5) of section 322.055, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         322.055  Revocation or suspension of, or delay of

15  eligibility for, driver's license for persons 18 years of age

16  or older convicted of certain drug offenses.--

17         (5)  If the court fails to direct the department to

18  revoke or withhold issuance of a person's driver's license or

19  driving privilege when required under this section or if the

20  period of revocation was not specified by the court at the

21  time of imposing sentence or within 30 days thereafter, the

22  department shall forthwith revoke or withhold issuance of the

23  person's driver's license or driving privilege as required by

24  this section. Each clerk of court shall promptly report to the

25  department each conviction for the possession or sale of,

26  trafficking in, or conspiracy to possess, sell, or traffic in

27  a controlled substance.

28         Section 2.  Subsection (6) is added to section 322.056,

29  Florida Statutes, to read:

30         322.056  Mandatory revocation or suspension of, or

31  delay of eligibility for, driver's license for persons under

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 516
    29-380-01




  1  age 18 found guilty of certain alcohol, drug, or tobacco

  2  offenses; prohibition.--

  3         (6)  If the court fails to direct the department to

  4  revoke or withhold issuance of a person's driver's license or

  5  driving privilege when required under this section or if the

  6  period of revocation was not specified by the court at the

  7  time of imposing sentence or within 30 days thereafter, the

  8  department shall forthwith revoke or withhold issuance of the

  9  person's driver's license or driving privilege as required by

10  this section. Each clerk of court shall promptly report to the

11  department each finding of guilt or delinquency for a

12  violation of s. 562.11(2), s. 562.111, s. 569.11, or chapter

13  893.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2001.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Requires the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
      Vehicles to revoke or withhold issuance of a driver's
19    license or driving privilege when that penalty is
      prescribed for certain alcohol, drug, or tobacco offenses
20    even though the court has failed to direct that action
      or, if it has directed the revocation, has failed to
21    specify the period of revocation. Requires clerks of
      court to report to the department findings of guilt or
22    delinquency for specified beverage law, tobacco, or drug
      violations.
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