House Bill hb0557

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 557

        By Representative Peterman






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to drivers' licenses; amending

  3         s. 322.056, F.S.; authorizing the court to

  4         direct the Department of Highway Safety and

  5         Motor Vehicles to issue a driver's license

  6         restricted to business or employment purposes

  7         only to certain persons under age 18 found

  8         guilty of certain alcohol, drug, or tobacco

  9         offenses; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 322.056, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         322.056  Mandatory revocation or suspension of, or

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

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

18  offenses; prohibition.--

19         (1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 322.055, if a

20  person under 18 years of age is found guilty of or delinquent

21  for a violation of s. 562.11(2), s. 562.111, or chapter 893,

22  and:

23         (a)  The person is eligible by reason of age for a

24  driver's license or driving privilege, the court shall direct

25  the department to revoke or to withhold issuance of his or her

26  driver's license or driving privilege for a period of:

27         1.  Not less than 6 months and not more than 1 year for

28  the first violation.

29         2.  Two years, for a subsequent violation.

30         (b)  The person's driver's license or driving privilege

31  is under suspension or revocation for any reason, the court

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 557

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  1  shall direct the department to extend the period of suspension

  2  or revocation by an additional period of:

  3         1.  Not less than 6 months and not more than 1 year for

  4  the first violation.

  5         2.  Two years, for a subsequent violation.

  6         (c)  The person is ineligible by reason of age for a

  7  driver's license or driving privilege, the court shall direct

  8  the department to withhold issuance of his or her driver's

  9  license or driving privilege for a period of:

10         1.  Not less than 6 months and not more than 1 year

11  after the date on which he or she would otherwise have become

12  eligible, for the first violation.

13         2.  Two years after the date on which he or she would

14  otherwise have become eligible, for a subsequent violation.

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16  However, the court may, in its sound discretion, direct the

17  department to issue a license for driving privileges

18  restricted to business or employment purposes only, as defined

19  in s. 322.271, if the person is otherwise qualified for such a

20  license.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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25                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes the court to direct the Department of Highway
27    Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue a driver's license
      restricted to business and employment purposes only to
28    certain persons under age 18 found guilty of certain
      alcohol, drug, or tobacco offenses. See bill for details.
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