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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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    Amendment No. 08f (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Gardiner offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 32, between lines 17 and 18, of the bill

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17         Section 23.  Subsection (2) of section 320.0848,

18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         320.0848 Persons who have disabilities; issuance of

20  disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for

21  certain providers of transportation services to persons who

22  have disabilities.--

23         (2)  DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; PERSONS WITH LONG-TERM

24  MOBILITY PROBLEMS.--

25         (a)  The disabled parking permit is a placard that can

26  be placed in a motor vehicle so as to be visible from the

27  front and rear of the vehicle. Each side of the placard must

28  have the international symbol of accessibility in a

29  contrasting color in the center so as to be visible. One side

30  of the placard must display the applicant's driver's license

31  number or state identification card number along with a

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  1  warning that the applicant must have such identification at

  2  all times while using the parking permit. A validation sticker

  3  must also be issued with each disabled parking permit, showing

  4  the month and year of expiration on each side of the placard.

  5  Validation stickers must be of the size specified by the

  6  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and must be

  7  affixed to the disabled parking permits. The disabled parking

  8  permits must use the same colors as license plate validations.

  9         (b)  License plates issued under ss. 320.084, 320.0842,

10  320.0843, and 320.0845 are valid for the same parking

11  privileges and other privileges provided under ss. 316.1955,

12  316.1964, and 526.141(5)(a).

13         (c)  The administrative processing fee for each initial

14  4-year disabled parking permit or renewal permit shall be

15  $1.50, and all proceeds of that fee shall be retained by the

16  tax collector of the county in which the fee was collected.

17         (c)1.  Except as provided in subparagraph 2., the fee

18  for a disabled parking permit shall be:

19         a.  Fifteen dollars for each initial 4-year permit or

20  renewal permit, of which the State Transportation Trust Fund

21  shall receive $13.50 and the tax collector of the county in

22  which the fee was collected shall receive $1.50.

23         b.  One dollar for each additional or additional

24  renewal 4-year permit, of which the State Transportation Trust

25  Fund shall receive all funds collected. 

26         (d)  The department shall not issue an additional

27  disabled parking permit unless the applicant states that he or

28  she is they are a frequent traveler or a quadriplegic. The

29  department may not issue to any one eligible applicant more

30  than two disabled parking permits except to an organization in

31  accordance with paragraph (1)(e). Subsections (1), (5), (6),

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  1  and (7) apply to this subsection.

  2         (e)2.  If an applicant who is a disabled veteran, is a

  3  resident of this state, has been honorably discharged, and

  4  either has been determined by the Department of Defense or the

  5  United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

  6  predecessor to have a service-connected disability rating for

  7  compensation of 50 percent or greater or has been determined

  8  to have a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or

  9  greater and is in receipt of both disability retirement pay

10  from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, he or

11  she must still provide and has a signed physician's statement

12  of qualification for the disabled parking permits., the fee

13  for a disabled parking permit shall be:

14         a.  One dollar and fifty cents for the initial 4-year

15  permit or renewal permit.

16         b.  One dollar for each additional or additional

17  renewal 4-year permit.

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19  The tax collector of the county in which the fee was collected

20  shall retain all funds received pursuant to this subparagraph.

21         3.  If an applicant presents to the department a

22  statement from the Federal Government or the State of Florida

23  indicating the applicant is a recipient of supplemental

24  security income, the fee for the disabled parking permit shall

25  be $9 for the initial 4-year permit or renewal permit, of

26  which the State Transportation Trust Fund shall receive $6.75

27  and the tax collector of the county in which the fee was

28  collected shall receive $2.25. 

29         (f)(d)  To obtain a replacement for a disabled parking

30  permit that has been lost or stolen, a person must submit an

31  application on a form prescribed by the department and must

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  1  pay a replacement fee in the amount of $1.00, to be retained

  2  by the issuing agency. If the person submits with the

  3  application a police report documenting that the permit was

  4  stolen, there is no replacement fee.

  5         (g)(e)  A person who qualifies for a disabled parking

  6  permit under this section may be issued an international

  7  wheelchair user symbol license plate under s. 320.0843 in lieu

  8  of the disabled parking permit; or, if the person qualifies

  9  for a "DV" license plate under s. 320.084, such a license

10  plate may be issued to him or her in lieu of a disabled

11  parking permit.

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         On page 3, line 14, after the semicolon,

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19         amending s. 320.0848, F.S.; revising fees for

20         the 4-year disabled parking permit and renewal

21         permit;

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