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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1213
Amendment No. 006 (for drafter's use only)
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11 The Committee on Transportation offered the following:
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17 Section 19. Subsection (7) of section 322.095, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended and subsections (8) and (9) are added to
19 said section to read:
20 (7)(a) No governmental entity or court shall provide,
21 issue, or maintain any information or orders regarding traffic
22 law and substance abuse education program schools or course
23 providers, with the exception of directing inquiries or
24 requests to the local telephone directory heading of driving
25 instruction or the driver's license applicant reference guide.
26 However, the department is authorized to maintain the
27 information and records necessary to administer its duties and
28 responsibilities for the program. Where such information is a
29 public record as defined in chapter 119, it shall be made
30 available to the public upon request pursuant to s. 119.07(1).
31 (b) The department shall prepare for any governmental
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1 entity to distribute a driver's license applicant reference
2 guide which shall list the benefits of attending a traffic law
3 and substance abuse education school, but under no
4 circumstance may include any list of course providers or
5 schools. The department shall refer further inquiries to the
6 telephone directory heading of driving instruction. The
7 department may prepare a list of fully approved traffic law
8 and substance abuse education course providers with a single
9 telephone number for each such provider, as furnished by the
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11 (8) The department shall approve and regulate courses
12 that use technology as the delivery method of all traffic law
13 and substance abuse education schools as the courses relate to
14 this section.
15 (9) In determining whether to approve courses of
16 traffic law and substance abuse education schools that use
17 technology as the delivery method as the courses relate to
18 this section, for courses submitted on or after May 1, 2002,
19 the department shall consider only those courses submitted by
20 a person, business, or entity which has received:
21 (a) approval for statewide delivery, and
22 (b) independent scientific research evidence of course
23 effectiveness.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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31 amending s. 322.095, F.S.; deleting provision
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1 prohibiting governmental entities or courts
2 from providing information regarding traffic
3 law and substance abuse education program
4 schools or course providers; authorizing the
5 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
6 to provide a list of approved traffic law and
7 substance abuse education course providers with
8 a single phone number for each provider;
9 requiring the Department of Highway Safety and
10 Motor Vehicles to approve and regulate certain
11 courses for driver improvement schools;
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