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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicles, vessels, and

  3         enforcement of laws related thereto; amending

  4         s. 316.003, F.S.; providing that certain

  5         vehicles of the Department of Health are

  6         authorized emergency vehicles; amending s.

  7         316.006, F.S.; authorizing the installation of

  8         multiparty stop signs on certain roads;

  9         providing guidelines for the installation of

10         such signage; revising the traffic control

11         jurisdiction of a county over certain roads and

12         rights-of-way dedicated in a residential

13         subdivision under certain circumstances;

14         creating s. 316.00825, F.S.; authorizing the

15         governing body of a county to abandon the roads

16         and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded

17         subdivision plat under certain circumstances;

18         providing for traffic control jurisdiction of

19         such roads; amending s. 316.061, F.S.;

20         authorizing certain entities to remove crashed

21         motor vehicles from roadways under certain

22         circumstances; providing a limitation of

23         liability; amending s. 316.066, F.S.; providing

24         for access to vehicle crash reports by local,

25         state, and federal entities under certain

26         circumstances; requiring said entities to

27         maintain confidential status of such reports;

28         amending s. 316.1975, F.S.; exempting operators

29         of solid waste and recovered materials vehicles

30         from provisions regarding unattended motor

31         vehicles under certain circumstances; creating


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  1         s. 316.2127, F.S.; providing for operation of

  2         utility vehicles on city streets, county roads,

  3         or the State Highway System under certain

  4         circumstances; amending s. 316.2397, F.S.;

  5         authorizing emergency response vehicles of the

  6         Department of Health to use red flashing

  7         lights; amending s. 316.304, F.S.; revising

  8         requirements regarding the wearing of headsets

  9         while operating a vehicle; amending s. 316.520,

10         F.S.; clarifying that a violation of a

11         provision governing loads on vehicles is a

12         moving rather than a nonmoving violation;

13         exempting certain vehicles carrying

14         agricultural products; providing for criminal

15         penalties for failure to secure loads on

16         vehicles under certain circumstances; amending

17         s. 316.640, F.S.; revising traffic law

18         enforcement authority of university police

19         officers; revising the powers and duties of

20         traffic crash investigation officers; amending

21         s. 318.1451, F.S.; providing traffic school

22         reference guide requirements; amending s.

23         318.18, F.S.; providing for assessment of

24         doubled fines for speeding in toll collection

25         zones; providing a minimum penalty for

26         violations of s. 316.520, F.S.; amending s.

27         318.19, F.S.; providing a mandatory hearing for

28         violations of s. 316.520, F.S.; revising

29         traffic law enforcement authority of the Office

30         of Agricultural Law Enforcement; amending s.

31         570.073, F.S.; revising the powers and duties


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  1         of the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement;

  2         amending s. 319.23, F.S.; requiring the

  3         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

  4         to retain certain evidence of title; amending

  5         s. 319.28, F.S.; revising requirements for

  6         processing an application for title based on a

  7         contractual default; amending s. 319.33, F.S.;

  8         revising the elements of the offense of

  9         possessing, selling or offering for sale,

10         concealing, or disposing of a motor vehicle or

11         mobile home, or major component part thereof,

12         on which the motor number or vehicle

13         identification number has been destroyed,

14         removed, covered, altered, or defaced;

15         providing penalties; amending s. 320.025, F.S.;

16         providing for confidential registration and

17         issuance under fictitious name of decals for

18         vessels operated by a law enforcement agency;

19         requiring registration number and decal to be

20         affixed to such vessel; amending s. 320.05,

21         F.S.; providing for release of vessel

22         registration information; providing exceptions;

23         amending s. 320.055, F.S.; providing

24         registration period for certain nonapportioned

25         vehicles; amending s. 320.06, F.S.; revising

26         form of license plate validation stickers;

27         reducing the number of required validation

28         stickers per plate; amending s. 320.072, F.S.;

29         revising initial registration fee exemptions;

30         amending s. 320.0805, F.S.; reducing the

31         timeframe for a personalized license plate to


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  1         remain out of circulation prior to

  2         reassignment; amending s. 320.08056, F.S.;

  3         providing for a use fee; amending s. 320.08058,

  4         F.S.; directing the Department of Highway

  5         Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Florida

  6         Golf license plate; providing for the

  7         distribution and use of fees; authorizing the

  8         Florida Sports Foundation to establish a youth

  9         golf program; providing for an advisory

10         committee; amending s. 320.083, F.S.; revising

11         requirements for the Amateur Radio Operator

12         specialty license plate; amending s. 320.0848,

13         F.S.; revising fees for the 4-year disabled

14         parking permit and renewal permit; amending s.

15         320.089, F.S.; revising weight restriction for

16         the Ex-POW and Purple Heart license plates;

17         amending s. 320.275, F.S.; creating a technical

18         advisory committee to the Automobile Dealers

19         Industry Advisory Board; providing for its

20         duties and composition; requiring the office of

21         the Attorney General, the Department of

22         Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the

23         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

24         to provide consumer education and information;

25         amending s. 321.02, F.S.; providing for colors

26         for use on Florida Highway Patrol motor

27         vehicles and motorcycles; amending s. 322.051,

28         F.S.; requiring acceptance of the Florida

29         identification card as proof of identification

30         by persons accepting the Florida driver license

31         as proof of identification; amending s.


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  1         322.095, F.S.; deleting provision prohibiting

  2         governmental entities or courts from providing

  3         information regarding traffic law and substance

  4         abuse education program schools or course

  5         providers; authorizing the Department of

  6         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide a

  7         list of approved traffic law and substance

  8         abuse education course providers with a single

  9         phone number for each provider; requiring the

10         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

11         to approve and regulate certain courses for

12         driver improvement schools; amending s. 322.25,

13         F.S.; correcting a cross reference; amending s.

14         322.27, F.S.; revising language relating to

15         habitual traffic offender license revocation;

16         amending s. 322.271, F.S.; correcting a cross

17         reference; amending s. 322.28, F.S.; deleting

18         obsolete language relating to revocation of a

19         driver's license; repealing s. 322.282, F.S.,

20         relating to procedure when court revokes or

21         suspends license or driving privilege and

22         orders reinstatement, and s. 322.331, F.S.,

23         relating to restoration of license for habitual

24         traffic offenders; amending s. 324.091, F.S.;

25         providing for electronic access to vehicle

26         insurer information; prohibiting compilation

27         and retention of such information; amending s.

28         328.01, F.S.; deleting the requirement that a

29         copy of a contract upon which a claim of

30         ownership of a vessel is made be submitted if

31         an application for transfer of title is based


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  1         on a contractual default; amending s. 328.42,

  2         F.S.; authorizing the department to deny or

  3         cancel a vessel registration, license plate, or

  4         fuel-use tax decal when given a dishonored

  5         check by the customer; amending s. 328.56,

  6         F.S.; revising language relating to display of

  7         vessel registration number; amending s. 328.72,

  8         F.S.; deleting certain requirements for the

  9         transfer of ownership of an antique vessel;

10         amending s. 832.09, F.S.; requiring the

11         department to create a standardized form for

12         notification from clerks of courts of

13         satisfaction of a worthless check; providing an

14         effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 316.003, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         316.003  Definitions.--The following words and phrases,

21  when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings

22  respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where

23  the context otherwise requires:

24         (1)  AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.--Vehicles of the

25  fire department (fire patrol), police vehicles, and such

26  ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments,

27  public service corporations operated by private corporations,

28  the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of

29  Health, and the Department of Transportation as are designated

30  or authorized by their respective department or the chief of

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  1  police of an incorporated city or any sheriff of any of the

  2  various counties.

  3         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and

  4  paragraph (b) of subsection (3) are amended and paragraph (c)

  5  is added to subsection (3) of section 316.006, Florida

  6  Statutes, to read:

  7         316.006  Jurisdiction.--Jurisdiction to control traffic

  8  is vested as follows:

  9         (2)  MUNICIPALITIES.--

10         (b)  A municipality may exercise jurisdiction over any

11  private road or roads, or over any limited access road or

12  roads owned or controlled by a special district, located

13  within its boundaries if the municipality and party or parties

14  owning or controlling such road or roads provide, by written

15  agreement approved by the governing body of the municipality,

16  for municipal traffic control jurisdiction over the road or

17  roads encompassed by such agreement. Pursuant thereto:

18         1.  Provision for reimbursement for actual costs of

19  traffic control and enforcement and for liability insurance

20  and indemnification by the party or parties, and such other

21  terms as are mutually agreeable, may be included in such an

22  agreement.

23         2.  The exercise of jurisdiction provided for herein

24  shall be in addition to jurisdictional authority presently

25  exercised by municipalities under law, and nothing in this

26  paragraph shall be construed to limit or remove any such

27  jurisdictional authority. Such jurisdiction includes

28  regulation of access to such road or roads by security devices

29  or personnel.

30         3.  Any such agreement may provide for the installation

31  of multiparty stop signs by the parties controlling the roads


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  1  covered by the agreement if a determination is made by such

  2  parties that the signage will enhance traffic safety.

  3  Multiparty stop signs must conform to the manual and

  4  specifications of the Department of Transportation; however,

  5  minimum traffic volumes may not be required for the

  6  installation of such signage. Enforcement for the signs shall

  7  be as provided in s. 316.123.

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  9  This subsection shall not limit those counties which have the

10  charter powers to provide and regulate arterial, toll, and

11  other roads, bridges, tunnels, and related facilities from the

12  proper exercise of those powers by the placement and

13  maintenance of traffic control devices which conform to the

14  manual and specifications of the Department of Transportation

15  on streets and highways located within municipal boundaries.

16         (3)  COUNTIES.--

17         (b)  A county may exercise jurisdiction over any

18  private road or roads, or over any limited access road or

19  roads owned or controlled by a special district, located in

20  the unincorporated area within its boundaries if the county

21  and party or parties owning or controlling such road or roads

22  provide, by written agreement approved by the governing body

23  of the county, for county traffic control jurisdiction over

24  the road or roads encompassed by such agreement. Pursuant

25  thereto:

26         1.  Provision for reimbursement for actual costs of

27  traffic control and enforcement and for liability insurance

28  and indemnification by the party or parties, and such other

29  terms as are mutually agreeable, may be included in such an

30  agreement.

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  1         2.  Prior to entering into an agreement which provides

  2  for enforcement of the traffic laws of the state over a

  3  private road or roads, or over any limited access road or

  4  roads owned or controlled by a special district, the governing

  5  body of the county shall consult with the sheriff. No such

  6  agreement shall take effect prior to October 1, the beginning

  7  of the county fiscal year, unless this requirement is waived

  8  in writing by the sheriff.

  9         3.  The exercise of jurisdiction provided for herein

10  shall be in addition to jurisdictional authority presently

11  exercised by counties under law, and nothing in this paragraph

12  shall be construed to limit or remove any such jurisdictional

13  authority.

14         4.  Any such agreement may provide for the installation

15  of multiparty stop signs by the parties controlling the roads

16  covered by the agreement if a determination is made by such

17  parties that the signage will enhance traffic safety.

18  Multiparty stop signs must conform to the manual and

19  specifications of the Department of Transportation; however,

20  minimum traffic volumes may not be required for the

21  installation of such signage. Enforcement for the signs shall

22  be as provided in s. 316.123.

23         (c)  If the governing body of a county abandons the

24  roads and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded residential

25  subdivision, and simultaneously conveys the county's interest

26  therein to a homeowners' association for the subdivision in

27  the manner prescribed in s. 316.00825, that county's traffic

28  control jurisdiction over the abandoned and conveyed roads

29  ceases unless the requirements of paragraph (b) are met.

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  1  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), each county

  2  shall have original jurisdiction to regulate parking, by

  3  resolution of the board of county commissioners and the

  4  erection of signs conforming to the manual and specifications

  5  of the Department of Transportation, in parking areas located

  6  on property owned or leased by the county, whether or not such

  7  areas are located within the boundaries of chartered

  8  municipalities.

  9         Section 3.  Section 316.00825, Florida Statutes, is

10  created to read:

11         316.00825  Closing and abandonment of roads; optional

12  conveyance to homeowners' association; traffic control

13  jurisdiction.--

14         (1)(a)  In addition to the authority provided in s.

15  336.12, the governing body of the county may abandon the roads

16  and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded residential

17  subdivision plat and simultaneously convey the county's

18  interest in such roads, rights-of-way, and appurtenant

19  drainage facilities to a homeowners' association for the

20  subdivision, if the following conditions have been met:

21         1.  The homeowners' association has requested the

22  abandonment and conveyance in writing for the purpose of

23  converting the subdivision to a gated neighborhood with

24  restricted public access.

25         2.  No fewer than four-fifths of the owners of record

26  of property located in the subdivision have consented in

27  writing to the abandonment and simultaneous conveyance to the

28  homeowners' association.

29         3.  The homeowners' association is both a corporation

30  not for profit organized and in good standing under chapter

31  617, and a "homeowners' association" as  defined in s.


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  1  720.301(7) with the power to levy and collect assessments for

  2  routine and periodic major maintenance and operation of street

  3  lighting, drainage, sidewalks, and pavement in the

  4  subdivision.

  5         4.  The homeowners' association has entered into and

  6  executed such agreements, covenants, warranties, and other

  7  instruments; has provided, or has provided assurance of, such

  8  funds, reserve funds, and funding sources; and has satisfied

  9  such other requirements and conditions as may be established

10  or imposed by the county with respect to the ongoing

11  operation, maintenance, and repair and the periodic

12  reconstruction or replacement of the roads, drainage, street

13  lighting, and sidewalks in the subdivision after the

14  abandonment by the county.

15         (b)  The homeowners' association shall install,

16  operate, maintain, repair, and replace all signs, signals,

17  markings, striping, guardrails, and other traffic control

18  devices necessary or useful for the private roads unless an

19  agreement has been entered into between the county and the

20  homeowners' association, as authorized under s. 316.006(3)(b),

21  expressly providing that the county has traffic control

22  jurisdiction.

23         (2)  Upon abandonment of the roads and rights-of-way

24  and the conveyance thereof to the homeowners' association, the

25  homeowners' association shall have all the rights, title, and

26  interest in the roads and rights-of-way, including all

27  appurtenant drainage facilities, as were previously vested in

28  the county.  Thereafter, the homeowners' association shall

29  hold the roads and rights-of-way in trust for the benefit of

30  the owners of the property in the subdivision, and shall

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  1  reconstruct the roads, street lighting, sidewalks, and

  2  drainage facilities as necessary to ensure their use and

  3  enjoyment by the property owners, tenants, and residents of

  4  the subdivision and their guests and invitees.  The provisions

  5  of this section shall be regarded as supplemental and

  6  additional to the provisions of s. 336.12, and shall not be

  7  regarded as in derogation of that section.

  8         Section 4.  Subsection (3) is added to section 316.061,

  9  Florida Statutes, to read:

10         316.061  Crashes involving damage to vehicle or

11  property.--

12         (3)  Employees or authorized agents of the Department

13  of Transportation, law enforcement with proper jurisdiction,

14  and an expressway authority created pursuant to chapter 348,

15  in the exercise, management, control, and maintenance of its

16  highway system, may undertake the removal from the main

17  traveled way of roads on its highway system of all vehicles

18  incapacitated as a result of a motor vehicle crash and of

19  debris caused thereby. Such removal is applicable when such a

20  crash results only in damage to a vehicle or other property,

21  and where such removal can be accomplished safely and will

22  result in the improved safety or convenience of travel upon

23  the road. The driver or any other person who has removed a

24  vehicle from the main traveled way of the road as provided in

25  this subsection shall not be considered liable or at fault

26  regarding the cause of the accident solely by reason of moving

27  the vehicle.

28         Section 5.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section

29  316.066, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

30         316.066  Written reports of crashes.--

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  1         (c)  Crash reports required by this section which

  2  reveal the identity, home or employment telephone number or

  3  home or employment address of, or other personal information

  4  concerning the parties involved in the crash and which are

  5  received or prepared by any agency that regularly receives or

  6  prepares information from or concerning the parties to motor

  7  vehicle crashes are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)

  8  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution for a period of

  9  60 days after the date the report is filed. However, such

10  reports may be made immediately available to the parties

11  involved in the crash, their legal representatives, their

12  licensed insurance agents, their insurers or insurers to which

13  they have applied for coverage, persons under contract with

14  such insurers to provide claims or underwriting information,

15  prosecutorial authorities, radio and television stations

16  licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, newspapers

17  qualified to publish legal notices under ss. 50.011 and

18  50.031, and free newspapers of general circulation, published

19  once a week or more often, available and of interest to the

20  public generally for the dissemination of news. For the

21  purposes of this section, the following products or

22  publications are not newspapers as referred to in this

23  section: those intended primarily for members of a particular

24  profession or occupational group; those with the primary

25  purpose of distributing advertising; and those with the

26  primary purpose of publishing names and other personally

27  identifying information concerning parties to motor vehicle

28  crashes.  Any local, state, or federal agency, agent, or

29  employee that is authorized to have access to such reports by

30  any provision of law shall be granted such access in the

31  furtherance of the agency's statutory duties notwithstanding


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  1  the provisions of this paragraph. Any local, state, or federal

  2  agency, agent, or employee receiving such crash reports shall

  3  maintain the confidential and exempt status of those reports

  4  and shall not disclose such crash reports to any person or

  5  entity. Any person attempting to access crash reports within

  6  60 days after the date the report is filed must present

  7  legitimate credentials or identification that demonstrates his

  8  or her qualifications to access that information. This

  9  exemption is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act

10  of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed

11  on October 2, 2006, unless reviewed and saved from repeal

12  through reenactment by the Legislature.

13         Section 6.  Subsection (2) of section 316.1975, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         316.1975  Unattended motor vehicle.--

16         (2)  This section does not apply to the operator of:

17         (a)  An authorized emergency vehicle while in the

18  performance of official duties and the vehicle is equipped

19  with an activated antitheft device that prohibits the vehicle

20  from being driven; or

21         (b)  A licensed delivery truck or other delivery

22  vehicle while making deliveries; or

23         (c)  A solid waste or recovered materials vehicle while

24  collecting such items.

25         Section 7.  Section 316.2127, Florida Statutes, is

26  created to read:

27         316.2127  Operation of utility vehicles on certain

28  roadways by homeowners' associations.--The operation of a

29  utility vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, upon the public

30  roads or streets of this state by a homeowners' association,

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  1  as defined in s. 720.301, or its agents is prohibited except

  2  as provided herein:

  3         (1)  A utility vehicle may be operated by a homeowners'

  4  association or its agents only upon a county road that has

  5  been designated by a county, or a city street that has been

  6  designated by a city, for use by a utility vehicle for general

  7  maintenance, security, and landscaping purposes. Prior to

  8  making such a designation, the responsible local governmental

  9  entity must first determine that utility vehicles may safely

10  travel on or cross the public road or street, considering

11  factors including the speed, volume, and character of motor

12  vehicle traffic on the road or street. Upon a determination

13  that utility vehicles may be safely operated on a designated

14  road or street, the responsible governmental entity shall post

15  appropriate signs to indicate that such operation is allowed.

16         (2)  A utility vehicle may be operated by a homeowners'

17  association or its agents on a portion of the State Highway

18  System only under the following conditions:

19         (a)  To cross a portion of the State Highway System

20  which intersects a county road or a city street that has been

21  designated for use by utility vehicles if the Department of

22  Transportation has reviewed and approved the location and

23  design of the crossing and any traffic control devices needed

24  for safety purposes.

25         (b)  To cross, at midblock, a portion of the State

26  Highway System where the highway bisects property controlled

27  or maintained by a homeowners' association if the Department

28  of Transportation has reviewed and approved the location and

29  design of the crossing and any traffic control devices needed

30  for safety purposes.

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  1         (c)  To travel on a state road that has been designated

  2  for transfer to a local government unit pursuant to s.

  3  335.0415 if the Department of Transportation determines that

  4  the operation of a utility vehicle within the right-of-way of

  5  the road will not impede the safe and efficient flow of motor

  6  vehicle traffic. The department may authorize the operation of

  7  utility vehicles on such a road if:

  8         1.  The road is the only available public road on which

  9  utility vehicles may travel or cross or the road provides the

10  safest travel route among alternative routes available; and

11         2.  The speed, volume, and character of motor vehicle

12  traffic on the road is considered in making such a

13  determination.

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15  Upon its determination that utility vehicles may be operated

16  on a given road, the department shall post appropriate signs

17  on the road to indicate that such operation is allowed.

18         (3)  A utility vehicle may be operated by a homeowners'

19  association or its agents only during the hours between

20  sunrise and sunset, unless the responsible governmental entity

21  has determined that a utility vehicle may be operated during

22  the hours between sunset and sunrise and the utility vehicle

23  is equipped with headlights, brake lights, turn signals, and a

24  windshield.

25         (4)  A utility vehicle must be equipped with efficient

26  brakes, a reliable steering apparatus, safe tires, a rearview

27  mirror, and red reflectorized warning devices in both the

28  front and the rear.

29         (5)  A utility vehicle may not be operated on public

30  roads or streets by any person under the age of 14.

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  1  A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic

  2  infraction, punishable pursuant to chapter 318 as either a

  3  moving violation for infractions of subsection (1), subsection

  4  (2), subsection (3), or subsection (4) or as a nonmoving

  5  violation for infractions of subsection (5).

  6         Section 8.  Subsection (9) of section 316.2397, Florida

  7  Statutes, is amended to read:

  8         316.2397  Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.--

  9         (9)  Flashing red lights may be used by emergency

10  response vehicles of the Department of Environmental

11  Protection and the Department of Health when responding to an

12  emergency in the line of duty.

13         Section 9.  Subsection (2) of section 316.304, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         316.304 Wearing of headsets.--

16         (2)  This section does not apply to:

17         (a)  Any law enforcement officer equipped with any

18  communication device necessary in performing his or her

19  assigned duties or to any emergency vehicle operator equipped

20  with any ear protection device.

21         (b)  Any applicant for a license to operate a

22  motorcycle while taking the examination required by s.

23  322.12(5).

24         (c)  Any person operating a motorcycle who is using a

25  headset that is installed in a helmet and worn so as to

26  prevent the speakers from making direct contact with the

27  user's ears so that the user can hear surrounding sounds.

28         (d)  Any person using a headset in conjunction with a

29  cellular telephone that only provides sound through one ear

30  and allows surrounding sounds to be hear with the other ear.

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  1         (e)  Any person using a headset in conjunction with

  2  communicating with the central base operation that only

  3  provides sound through one ear and allows surrounding sounds

  4  to be heard with the other ear.

  5         Section 10.  Section 316.520, Florida Statutes, is

  6  amended to read:

  7         316.520  Loads on vehicles.--

  8         (1)  A vehicle may not be driven or moved on any

  9  highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to

10  prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking,

11  blowing, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may

12  be dropped only for the purpose of securing traction or water

13  or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning

14  or maintaining the roadway.

15         (2)  It is the duty of every owner and driver,

16  individually and severally, of any vehicle hauling, upon any

17  public road or highway open to the public, dirt, sand, lime

18  rock, gravel, silica, or other similar aggregate or trash,

19  garbage, any inanimate object or objects, or any similar

20  material that could fall or blow from such vehicle, to prevent

21  such materials from falling, blowing, or in any way escaping

22  from such vehicle. Covering and securing the load with a

23  close-fitting tarpaulin or other appropriate cover is

24  required.

25         (3)(a)  Except as provided in paragraph (b), a

26  violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction,

27  punishable as a moving nonmoving violation as provided in

28  chapter 318.

29         (b)  Any person who violates the provisions of this

30  section which offense results in personal injury to an

31  individual and which offense occurs as a result of failing to


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  1  comply with subsections (1) and (2) commits a criminal traffic

  2  offense and a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as

  3  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

  4         (4)  The provisions of subsection (2) requiring

  5  covering and securing the load with a close-fitting tarpaulin

  6  or other appropriate cover does not apply to vehicles carrying

  7  agricultural products locally from a harvest site or to or

  8  from a farm on roads where the posted speed limit is 65 miles

  9  per hour or less and the distance driven on public roads is

10  less than 20 miles.

11         Section 11.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1), paragraph

12  (b) of subsection (2), and paragraphs (b) and (c) of

13  subsection (3) of section 316.640, Florida Statutes, are

14  amended to read:

15         316.640  Enforcement.--The enforcement of the traffic

16  laws of this state is vested as follows:

17         (1)  STATE.--

18         (a)1.a.  The Division of Florida Highway Patrol of the

19  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Division

20  of Law Enforcement of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation

21  Commission, the Division of Law Enforcement of the Department

22  of Environmental Protection, and law enforcement officers of

23  the Department of Transportation each have authority to

24  enforce all of the traffic laws of this state on all the

25  streets and highways thereof and elsewhere throughout the

26  state wherever the public has a right to travel by motor

27  vehicle. The Division of the Florida Highway Patrol may employ

28  as a traffic accident investigation officer any individual who

29  successfully completes at least 200 hours of instruction in

30  traffic accident investigation and court presentation through

31  the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program as approved by the


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  1  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission and funded

  2  through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or

  3  a similar program approved by the commission, but who does not

  4  necessarily meet the uniform minimum standards established by

  5  the commission for law enforcement officers or auxiliary law

  6  enforcement officers under chapter 943. Any such traffic

  7  accident investigation officer who makes an investigation at

  8  the scene of a traffic accident may issue traffic citations,

  9  based upon personal investigation, when he or she has

10  reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a person who

11  was involved in the accident committed an offense under this

12  chapter, chapter 319, chapter 320, or chapter 322 in

13  connection with the accident. This paragraph does not permit

14  the carrying of firearms or other weapons, nor do such

15  officers have arrest authority other than for the issuance of

16  a traffic citation as authorized in this paragraph.

17         b.  University police officers shall have authority to

18  enforce all of the traffic laws of this state when such

19  violations occur on or about any property or facilities that

20  are under the guidance, supervision, regulation, or control of

21  a state university, a direct-support organization of such

22  state university, or any other organization controlled by the

23  state university or a direct-support organization of the state

24  university System, except that traffic laws may be enforced

25  off-campus when hot pursuit originates on or adjacent to any

26  such property or facilities on-campus.

27         c.  Community college police officers shall have the

28  authority to enforce all the traffic laws of this state only

29  when such violations occur on any property or facilities that

30  are under the guidance, supervision, regulation, or control of

31  the community college system.


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  1         d.  Police officers employed by an airport authority

  2  shall have the authority to enforce all of the traffic laws of

  3  this state only when such violations occur on any property or

  4  facilities that are owned or operated by an airport authority.

  5         (I)  An airport authority may employ as a parking

  6  enforcement specialist any individual who successfully

  7  completes a training program established and approved by the

  8  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for parking

  9  enforcement specialists but who does not otherwise meet the

10  uniform minimum standards established by the commission for

11  law enforcement officers or auxiliary or part-time officers

12  under s. 943.12. Nothing in this sub-sub-subparagraph shall be

13  construed to permit the carrying of firearms or other weapons,

14  nor shall such parking enforcement specialist have arrest

15  authority.

16         (II)  A parking enforcement specialist employed by an

17  airport authority is authorized to enforce all state, county,

18  and municipal laws and ordinances governing parking only when

19  such violations are on property or facilities owned or

20  operated by the airport authority employing the specialist, by

21  appropriate state, county, or municipal traffic citation.

22         e.  The Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement of the

23  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have the

24  authority to enforce traffic laws of this state only as

25  authorized by the provisions of chapter 570. However, nothing

26  in this section shall expand the authority of the Office of

27  Agricultural Law Enforcement at its agricultural inspection

28  stations to issue any traffic tickets except those traffic

29  tickets for vehicles illegally passing the inspection station.

30         f.  School safety officers shall have the authority to

31  enforce all of the traffic laws of this state when such


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  1  violations occur on or about any property or facilities which

  2  are under the guidance, supervision, regulation, or control of

  3  the district school board.

  4         2.  An agency of the state as described in subparagraph

  5  1. is prohibited from establishing a traffic citation quota. A

  6  violation of this subparagraph is not subject to the penalties

  7  provided in chapter 318.

  8         3.  Any disciplinary action taken or performance

  9  evaluation conducted by an agency of the state as described in

10  subparagraph 1. of a law enforcement officer's traffic

11  enforcement activity must be in accordance with written

12  work-performance standards. Such standards must be approved by

13  the agency and any collective bargaining unit representing

14  such law enforcement officer. A violation of this subparagraph

15  is not subject to the penalties provided in chapter 318.

16         (2)  COUNTIES.--

17         (b)  The sheriff's office of each county may employ as

18  a traffic crash investigation officer any individual who

19  successfully completes at least 200 hours of instruction in

20  traffic crash investigation and court presentation through the

21  Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) as approved by

22  the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission and

23  funded through the National Highway Traffic Safety

24  Administration (NHTSA) or a similar program approved by the

25  commission, but who does not necessarily otherwise meet the

26  uniform minimum standards established by the commission for

27  law enforcement officers or auxiliary law enforcement officers

28  under chapter 943. Any such traffic crash investigation

29  officer who makes an investigation at the scene of a traffic

30  crash may issue traffic citations when, based upon personal

31  investigation, he or she has reasonable and probable grounds


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  1  to believe that a person who was involved in the crash has

  2  committed an offense under this chapter, chapter 319, chapter

  3  320, or chapter 322 in connection with the crash. This

  4  paragraph does not permit the carrying of firearms or other

  5  weapons, nor do such officers have arrest authority other than

  6  for the issuance of a traffic citation as authorized in this

  7  paragraph.

  8         (3)  MUNICIPALITIES.--

  9         (b)  The police department of a chartered municipality

10  may employ as a traffic crash investigation officer any

11  individual who successfully completes at least 200 hours of

12  instruction in traffic crash investigation and court

13  presentation through the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program

14  (STEP) as approved by the Criminal Justice Standards and

15  Training Commission and funded through the National Highway

16  Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) or a similar program

17  approved by the commission, but who does not otherwise meet

18  the uniform minimum standards established by the commission

19  for law enforcement officers or auxiliary law enforcement

20  officers under chapter 943. Any such traffic crash

21  investigation officer who makes an investigation at the scene

22  of a traffic crash is authorized to issue traffic citations

23  when, based upon personal investigation, he or she has

24  reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a person

25  involved in the crash has committed an offense under the

26  provisions of this chapter, chapter 319, chapter 320, or

27  chapter 322 in connection with the crash. Nothing in This

28  paragraph does not shall be construed to permit the carrying

29  of firearms or other weapons, nor do shall such officers have

30  arrest authority other than for the issuance of a traffic

31  citation as authorized above.


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  1         (c)1.  A chartered municipality or its authorized

  2  agency or instrumentality may employ as a parking enforcement

  3  specialist any individual who successfully completes a

  4  training program established and approved by the Criminal

  5  Justice Standards and Training Commission for parking

  6  enforcement specialists, but who does not otherwise meet the

  7  uniform minimum standards established by the commission for

  8  law enforcement officers or auxiliary or part-time officers

  9  under s. 943.12.

10         2.  A parking enforcement specialist employed by a

11  chartered municipality or its authorized agency or

12  instrumentality is authorized to enforce all state, county,

13  and municipal laws and ordinances governing parking within the

14  boundaries of the municipality employing the specialist, by

15  appropriate state, county, or municipal traffic citation.

16  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to permit the

17  carrying of firearms or other weapons, nor shall such a

18  parking enforcement specialist have arrest authority.

19         3.  A parking enforcement specialist employed pursuant

20  to this subsection may not carry firearms or other weapons or

21  have arrest authority.

22         Section 12.  Subsection (5) of section 318.1451,

23  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

24         318.1451  Driver improvement schools.--

25         (5)(a)  No governmental entity or court shall provide,

26  issue, or maintain any information or orders regarding driver

27  improvement schools or course providers, with the exception of

28  directing inquiries or requests to the local telephone

29  directory heading of driving instruction or the traffic school

30  reference guide. However, The department is authorized to

31  maintain the information and records necessary to administer


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  1  its duties and responsibilities for driver improvement

  2  courses. Where such information is a public record as defined

  3  in chapter 119, it shall be made available to the public upon

  4  request pursuant to s. 119.07(1).

  5         (b)  The department or court may shall prepare for any

  6  governmental entity to distribute a traffic school reference

  7  guide which lists shall list the benefits of attending a

  8  driver improvement school and contains the names of the fully

  9  approved course providers with a single telephone number for

10  each such provider, as furnished by the provider, but under no

11  circumstance may any list of course providers or schools be

12  included, and shall refer further inquiries to the telephone

13  directory under driving instruction.

14         Section 13.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (3)

15  of section 318.18, Florida Statutes, and subsection (12) is

16  added to said section,  to read:

17         318.18  Amount of civil penalties.--The penalties

18  required for a noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14

19  are as follows:

20         (3)

21         (b)  For moving violations involving unlawful speed,

22  the fines are as follows:

23

24  For speed exceeding the limit by:                        Fine:

25  1-5 m.p.h..............................................Warning

26  6-9 m.p.h.................................................$ 25

27  10-14 m.p.h...............................................$100

28  15-19 m.p.h...............................................$125

29  20-29 m.p.h...............................................$150

30  30 m.p.h. and above.......................................$250

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  1         (f)  A person cited for exceeding the speed limit

  2  within a zone posted for any electronic or manual toll

  3  collection facility will be assessed a fine double the amount

  4  listed in paragraph (b). However, no person cited for

  5  exceeding the speed limit in any toll collection zone shall be

  6  subject to a doubled fine unless the governmental entity or

  7  authority controlling the toll collection zone first installs

  8  a traffic control device providing warning that speeding fines

  9  are doubled. Any such traffic control device must meet the

10  requirements of the uniform system of traffic control devices.

11         (12)  One hundred dollars for a violation of s.

12  316.520(1) or (2). If, at a hearing, the alleged offender is

13  found to have committed this offense, the court shall impose a

14  minimum civil penalty of $100. For a second or subsequent

15  adjudication within a period of 5 years, the department shall

16  suspend the driver's license of the person for not less than

17  180 days and not more than 1 year.

18         Section 14.  Section 318.19, Florida Statutes, is

19  amended to read:

20         318.19  Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.--Any

21  person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall

22  not have the provisions of s. 318.14(2), (4), and (9)

23  available to him or her but must appear before the designated

24  official at the time and location of the scheduled hearing:

25         (1)  Any infraction which results in a crash that

26  causes the death of another; or

27         (2)  Any infraction which results in a crash that

28  causes "serious bodily injury" of another as defined in s.

29  316.1933(1); or

30         (3)  Any infraction of s. 316.172(1)(b); or

31         (4)  Any infraction of s. 316.520(1) or (2).


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  1         Section 15.  Subsection (1), paragraph (b) of

  2  subsection (2), and paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3)

  3  of section 316.640, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

  4         316.640  Enforcement.--The enforcement of the traffic

  5  laws of this state is vested as follows:

  6         (1)  STATE.--

  7         (a)1.a.  The Division of Florida Highway Patrol of the

  8  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Division

  9  of Law Enforcement of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation

10  Commission, the Division of Law Enforcement of the Department

11  of Environmental Protection, and law enforcement officers of

12  the Department of Transportation each have authority to

13  enforce all of the traffic laws of this state on all the

14  streets and highways thereof and elsewhere throughout the

15  state wherever the public has a right to travel by motor

16  vehicle. The Division of the Florida Highway Patrol may employ

17  as a traffic accident investigation officer any individual who

18  successfully completes at least 200 hours of instruction in

19  traffic accident investigation and court presentation through

20  the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program as approved by the

21  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission and funded

22  through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or

23  a similar program approved by the commission, but who does not

24  necessarily meet the uniform minimum standards established by

25  the commission for law enforcement officers or auxiliary law

26  enforcement officers under chapter 943. Any such traffic

27  accident investigation officer who makes an investigation at

28  the scene of a traffic accident may issue traffic citations,

29  based upon personal investigation, when he or she has

30  reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a person who

31  was involved in the accident committed an offense under this


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  1  chapter, chapter 319, chapter 320, or chapter 322 in

  2  connection with the accident. This paragraph does not permit

  3  the carrying of firearms or other weapons, nor do such

  4  officers have arrest authority other than for the issuance of

  5  a traffic citation as authorized in this paragraph.

  6         b.  University police officers shall have authority to

  7  enforce all of the traffic laws of this state when such

  8  violations occur on or about any property or facilities that

  9  are under the guidance, supervision, regulation, or control of

10  a state university, a direct-support organization of such

11  state university, or any other organization controlled by the

12  state university or a direct-support organization of the state

13  university System, except that traffic laws may be enforced

14  off-campus when hot pursuit originates on or adjacent to any

15  such property or facilities on-campus.

16         c.  Community college police officers shall have the

17  authority to enforce all the traffic laws of this state only

18  when such violations occur on any property or facilities that

19  are under the guidance, supervision, regulation, or control of

20  the community college system.

21         d.  Police officers employed by an airport authority

22  shall have the authority to enforce all of the traffic laws of

23  this state only when such violations occur on any property or

24  facilities that are owned or operated by an airport authority.

25         (I)  An airport authority may employ as a parking

26  enforcement specialist any individual who successfully

27  completes a training program established and approved by the

28  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for parking

29  enforcement specialists but who does not otherwise meet the

30  uniform minimum standards established by the commission for

31  law enforcement officers or auxiliary or part-time officers


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  1  under s. 943.12. Nothing in this sub-sub-subparagraph shall be

  2  construed to permit the carrying of firearms or other weapons,

  3  nor shall such parking enforcement specialist have arrest

  4  authority.

  5         (II)  A parking enforcement specialist employed by an

  6  airport authority is authorized to enforce all state, county,

  7  and municipal laws and ordinances governing parking only when

  8  such violations are on property or facilities owned or

  9  operated by the airport authority employing the specialist, by

10  appropriate state, county, or municipal traffic citation.

11         e.  The Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement of the

12  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have the

13  authority to enforce traffic laws of this state only as

14  authorized by the provisions of chapter 570. However, nothing

15  in this section shall expand the authority of the Office of

16  Agricultural Law Enforcement at its agricultural inspection

17  stations to issue any traffic tickets except those traffic

18  tickets for vehicles illegally passing the inspection station.

19         f.  School safety officers shall have the authority to

20  enforce all of the traffic laws of this state when such

21  violations occur on or about any property or facilities which

22  are under the guidance, supervision, regulation, or control of

23  the district school board.

24         2.  An agency of the state as described in subparagraph

25  1. is prohibited from establishing a traffic citation quota. A

26  violation of this subparagraph is not subject to the penalties

27  provided in chapter 318.

28         3.  Any disciplinary action taken or performance

29  evaluation conducted by an agency of the state as described in

30  subparagraph 1. of a law enforcement officer's traffic

31  enforcement activity must be in accordance with written


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  1  work-performance standards. Such standards must be approved by

  2  the agency and any collective bargaining unit representing

  3  such law enforcement officer. A violation of this subparagraph

  4  is not subject to the penalties provided in chapter 318.

  5         (2)  COUNTIES.--

  6         (b)  The sheriff's office of each county may employ as

  7  a traffic crash investigation officer any individual who

  8  successfully completes at least 200 hours of instruction in

  9  traffic crash investigation and court presentation through the

10  Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) as approved by

11  the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission and

12  funded through the National Highway Traffic Safety

13  Administration (NHTSA) or a similar program approved by the

14  commission, but who does not necessarily otherwise meet the

15  uniform minimum standards established by the commission for

16  law enforcement officers or auxiliary law enforcement officers

17  under chapter 943. Any such traffic crash investigation

18  officer who makes an investigation at the scene of a traffic

19  crash may issue traffic citations when, based upon personal

20  investigation, he or she has reasonable and probable grounds

21  to believe that a person who was involved in the crash has

22  committed an offense under this chapter, chapter 319, chapter

23  320, or chapter 322 in connection with the crash. This

24  paragraph does not permit the carrying of firearms or other

25  weapons, nor do such officers have arrest authority other than

26  for the issuance of a traffic citation as authorized in this

27  paragraph.

28         (3)  MUNICIPALITIES.--

29         (b)  The police department of a chartered municipality

30  may employ as a traffic crash investigation officer any

31  individual who successfully completes at least 200 hours of


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  1  instruction in traffic crash investigation and court

  2  presentation through the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program

  3  (STEP) as approved by the Criminal Justice Standards and

  4  Training Commission and funded through the National Highway

  5  Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) or a similar program

  6  approved by the commission, but who does not otherwise meet

  7  the uniform minimum standards established by the commission

  8  for law enforcement officers or auxiliary law enforcement

  9  officers under chapter 943. Any such traffic crash

10  investigation officer who makes an investigation at the scene

11  of a traffic crash is authorized to issue traffic citations

12  when, based upon personal investigation, he or she has

13  reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a person

14  involved in the crash has committed an offense under the

15  provisions of this chapter, chapter 319, chapter 320, or

16  chapter 322 in connection with the crash. Nothing in This

17  paragraph does not shall be construed to permit the carrying

18  of firearms or other weapons, nor do shall such officers have

19  arrest authority other than for the issuance of a traffic

20  citation as authorized above.

21         (c)1.  A chartered municipality or its authorized

22  agency or instrumentality may employ as a parking enforcement

23  specialist any individual who successfully completes a

24  training program established and approved by the Criminal

25  Justice Standards and Training Commission for parking

26  enforcement specialists, but who does not otherwise meet the

27  uniform minimum standards established by the commission for

28  law enforcement officers or auxiliary or part-time officers

29  under s. 943.12.

30         2.  A parking enforcement specialist employed by a

31  chartered municipality or its authorized agency or


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  1  instrumentality is authorized to enforce all state, county,

  2  and municipal laws and ordinances governing parking within the

  3  boundaries of the municipality employing the specialist, by

  4  appropriate state, county, or municipal traffic citation.

  5  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to permit the

  6  carrying of firearms or other weapons, nor shall such a

  7  parking enforcement specialist have arrest authority.

  8         3.  A parking enforcement specialist employed pursuant

  9  to this subsection may not carry firearms or other weapons or

10  have arrest authority.

11         Section 10.  Section 570.073, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         570.073  Department of Agriculture and Consumer

14  Services, law enforcement officers.--

15         (1)  The commissioner may create an Office of

16  Agricultural Law Enforcement under the supervision of a senior

17  manager exempt under s. 110.205 in the Senior Management

18  Service. The commissioner may designate law enforcement

19  officers, as necessary, to enforce any criminal law or conduct

20  any criminal investigation or to enforce the provisions of any

21  statute or any other laws of this staterelating to any matter

22  over which the department has jurisdiction or which occurs on

23  property owned, managed, or occupied by the department.

24  Officers appointed under this section have the primary

25  responsibility for enforcing laws relating to agriculture and

26  consumer services as outlined below and violations of law that

27  threaten the overall security and safety of this state's

28  agriculture and consumer services. Those matters include The

29  primary responsibilities include the enforcement of laws

30  relating to:

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  1         (a)  Domesticated animals, including livestock,

  2  poultry, aquaculture products, and other wild or domesticated

  3  animals or animal products.

  4         (b)  Farms, farm equipment, livery tack, citrus or

  5  citrus products, or horticultural products.

  6         (c)  Trespass, littering, forests, forest fires, and

  7  open burning.

  8         (d)  Damage to or theft of forest products.

  9         (e)  Enforcement of a marketing order.

10         (f)  Protection of consumers.

11         (g)  Civil traffic offenses as outlined under Florida

12  law provided for in chapters 316, 320, and 322, subject to the

13  provisions of chapter 318, relating to any matter over which

14  the department has jurisdiction or committed on property

15  owned, managed, or occupied by the department.

16         (h)  The use of alcohol or drugs which occurs on

17  property owned, managed, or occupied by the department.

18         (i)  Any emergency situation in which the life, limb,

19  or property of any person is placed in immediate and serious

20  danger.

21         (j)  Any crime incidental to or related to paragraphs

22  (a)-(i).

23         (k)  Any law over which the Commissioner of Agriculture

24  has responsibility.

25         (2)  Each law enforcement officer shall meet the

26  qualifications of law enforcement officers under s. 943.13 and

27  shall be certified as a law enforcement officer by the

28  Department of Law Enforcement under the provisions of chapter

29  943. Upon certification, each law enforcement officer is

30  subject to and shall have the same arrest and other authority

31  provided for law enforcement officers generally in chapter 901


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  1  and shall have statewide jurisdiction as provided in

  2  subsection (1).  Each officer shall also have arrest authority

  3  as provided for state law enforcement officers in s.

  4  901.15(11). Such officers have full law enforcement powers

  5  granted to other peace officers of this state, including the

  6  power to make arrests, carry firearms, serve court process,

  7  and seize contraband and the proceeds of illegal activities.

  8         (3)  The Commissioner may also appoint part-time,

  9  reserve or auxiliary law enforcement officers under chapter

10  943.

11         (4)(3)  All department law enforcement officers, upon

12  certification under s. 943.1395, shall have the same right and

13  authority to carry arms as do the sheriffs of this state.

14         (5)(4)  Each law enforcement officer in the state who

15  is certified pursuant to chapter 943 has the same authority as

16  law enforcement officers designated in this section to enforce

17  the laws of this state as described in subsection (1).

18         Section 11.  Subsection (5) of section 318.1451,

19  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         318.1451  Driver improvement schools.--

21         (5)(a)  No governmental entity or court shall provide,

22  issue, or maintain any information or orders regarding driver

23  improvement schools or course providers, with the exception of

24  directing inquiries or requests to the local telephone

25  directory heading of driving instruction or the traffic school

26  reference guide. However, The department is authorized to

27  maintain the information and records necessary to administer

28  its duties and responsibilities for driver improvement

29  courses. Where such information is a public record as defined

30  in chapter 119, it shall be made available to the public upon

31  request pursuant to s. 119.07(1).


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  1         (b)  The department or court may shall prepare for any

  2  governmental entity to distribute a traffic school reference

  3  guide which lists shall list the benefits of attending a

  4  driver improvement school and contains the names of the fully

  5  approved course providers with a single telephone number for

  6  each such provider, as furnished by the provider, but under no

  7  circumstance may any list of course providers or schools be

  8  included, and shall refer further inquiries to the telephone

  9  directory under driving instruction.

10         Section 12.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (3)

11  of section 318.18, Florida Statutes, to read:

12         318.18  Amount of civil penalties.--The penalties

13  required for a noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14

14  are as follows:

15         (3)

16         (b)  For moving violations involving unlawful speed,

17  the fines are as follows:

18

19  For speed exceeding the limit by:                        Fine:

20  1-5 m.p.h..............................................Warning

21  6-9 m.p.h.................................................$ 25

22  10-14 m.p.h...............................................$100

23  15-19 m.p.h...............................................$125

24  20-29 m.p.h...............................................$150

25  30 m.p.h. and above.......................................$250

26

27         (f)  A person cited for exceeding the speed limit

28  within a zone posted for any electronic or manual toll

29  collection facility will be assessed a fine double the amount

30  listed in paragraph (b). However, no person cited for

31  exceeding the speed limit in any toll collection zone shall be


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  1  subject to a doubled fine unless the governmental entity or

  2  authority controlling the toll collection zone first installs

  3  a traffic control device providing warning that speeding fines

  4  are doubled. Any such traffic control device must meet the

  5  requirements of the uniform system of traffic control devices.

  6         Section 13.  Subsections (5) and (11) of section

  7  319.23, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

  8         319.23  Application for, and issuance of, certificate

  9  of title.--

10         (5)  The certificate of title issued by the department

11  for a motor vehicle or mobile home previously registered

12  outside this state shall give the name of the state or country

13  in which the vehicle was last registered outside this state.

14  The department shall retain the evidence of title presented by

15  the applicant upon which the certificate of title is issued.

16  The department shall use reasonable diligence in ascertaining

17  whether or not the facts in the application are true; and, if

18  satisfied that the applicant is the owner of the motor vehicle

19  or mobile home and that the application is in the proper form,

20  it shall issue a certificate of title.

21         (11)  The department is not required to retain any

22  evidence of title presented by the applicant and based on

23  which the certificate of title is issued.

24         Section 14.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

25  319.28, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

26         319.28  Transfer of ownership by operation of law.--

27         (1)(a)  In the event of the transfer of ownership of a

28  motor vehicle or mobile home by operation of law as upon

29  inheritance, devise or bequest, order in bankruptcy,

30  insolvency, replevin, attachment, execution, or other judicial

31  sale or whenever the engine of a motor vehicle is replaced by


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  1  another engine or whenever a motor vehicle is sold to satisfy

  2  storage or repair charges or repossession is had upon default

  3  in performance of the terms of a security agreement, chattel

  4  mortgage, conditional sales contract, trust receipt, or other

  5  like agreement, and upon the surrender of the prior

  6  certificate of title or, when that is not possible,

  7  presentation of satisfactory proof to the department of

  8  ownership and right of possession to such motor vehicle or

  9  mobile home, and upon payment of the fee prescribed by law and

10  presentation of an application for certificate of title, the

11  department may issue to the applicant a certificate of title

12  thereto. If the application is predicated upon a security

13  agreement, chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract, trust

14  receipt, or other like agreement, the original instrument or a

15  certified copy thereof shall accompany the application;

16  however, if an owner under a chattel mortgage voluntarily

17  surrenders possession of the motor vehicle or mobile home, the

18  original or a certified copy of the chattel mortgage shall

19  accompany the application for a certificate of title and it

20  shall not be necessary to institute proceedings in any court

21  to foreclose such mortgage.

22         Section 15.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section

23  319.33, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) of

24  said section is reenacted, to read:

25         319.33  Offenses involving vehicle identification

26  numbers, applications, certificates, papers; penalty.--

27         (1)  It is unlawful:

28         (d)  To possess, sell or offer for sale, conceal, or

29  dispose of in this state a motor vehicle or mobile home, or

30  major component part thereof, on which any the motor number or

31  vehicle identification number that has been affixed by the


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  1  manufacturer or by a state agency, such as the Department of

  2  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which regulates motor

  3  vehicles has been destroyed, removed, covered, altered, or

  4  defaced, with knowledge of such destruction, removal,

  5  covering, alteration, or defacement, except as provided in s.

  6  319.30(4).

  7         (6)  Any person who violates any provision of this

  8  section is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable

  9  as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.  Any

10  motor vehicle used in violation of this section shall

11  constitute contraband which may be seized by a law enforcement

12  agency and shall be subject to forfeiture proceedings pursuant

13  to ss. 932.701-932.704.  This section is not exclusive of any

14  other penalties prescribed by any existing or future laws for

15  the larceny or unauthorized taking of motor vehicles or mobile

16  homes, but is supplementary thereto.

17         Section 16.  Section 320.025, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         320.025  Registration certificate and license plate or

20  decal issued under fictitious name; application.--

21         (1)  A confidential registration certificate and

22  registration license plate or decal shall be issued under a

23  fictitious name only for a motor vehicle or vessel owned or

24  operated by a law enforcement agency of state, county,

25  municipal, or federal government, the Attorney General's

26  Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, or any state public defender's

27  office. The requesting agency shall file a written application

28  with the department on forms furnished by the department,

29  which includes a statement that the license plate or decal

30  will be used for the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control

31  Unit, or law enforcement or any state public defender's office


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  1  activities requiring concealment of publicly leased or owned

  2  motor vehicles or vessels and a statement of the position

  3  classifications of the individuals who are authorized to use

  4  the license plate or decal. The department may modify its

  5  records to reflect the fictitious identity of the owner or

  6  lessee until such time as the license plate or decal and

  7  registration certificate are surrendered to it.

  8         (2)  Except as provided in subsection (1), any motor

  9  vehicle owned or exclusively operated by the state or any

10  county, municipality, or other governmental entity must at all

11  times display a license plate of the type prescribed in s.

12  320.0655. Any vessel owned or exclusively operated by the

13  state or any county, municipality, or other governmental

14  entity must at all times display a registration number as

15  required in s. 328.56 and a vessel decal as required in s.

16  328.48(5).

17         (3)  This section constitutes an exception to other

18  statutes relating to falsification of public records, false

19  swearing, and similar matters. All records relating to the

20  registration application of the Attorney General's Medicaid

21  Fraud Control Unit, a law enforcement agency, or any state

22  public defender's office, and records necessary to carry out

23  the intended purpose of this section, are exempt from the

24  provisions of s. 119.07(1), and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

25  Constitution as long as the information is retained by the

26  department. This section does not prohibit other personations,

27  fabrications, or creations of false identifications by the

28  Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, or law

29  enforcement or public defender's officers in the official

30  performance of covert operations.

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  1         Section 17.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 320.05,

  2  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

  3         320.05  Records of the department; inspection

  4  procedure; lists and searches; fees.--

  5         (1)  Except as provided in ss. s. 119.07(3) and

  6  320.025(3), the department may release records as provided in

  7  this section.

  8         (2)  Upon receipt of an application for the

  9  registration of a motor vehicle, vessel, or mobile home, as

10  herein provided for, the department shall register the motor

11  vehicle, vessel, or mobile home under the distinctive number

12  assigned to such motor vehicle, vessel, or mobile home by the

13  department. Electronic registration records shall be open to

14  the inspection of the public during business hours.

15  Information on a motor vehicle or vessel registration may not

16  be made available to a person unless the person requesting the

17  information furnishes positive proof of identification. The

18  agency that furnishes a motor vehicle or vessel registration

19  record shall record the name and address of any person other

20  than a representative of a law enforcement agency who requests

21  and receives information from a motor vehicle or vessel

22  registration record and shall also record the name and address

23  of the person who is the subject of the inquiry or other

24  information identifying the entity about which information is

25  requested. A record of each such inquiry must be maintained

26  for a period of 6 months from the date upon which the

27  information was released to the inquirer. Nothing in this

28  section shall prohibit any financial institution, insurance

29  company, motor vehicle dealer, licensee under chapter 493,

30  attorney, or other agency which the department determines has

31  the right to know from obtaining, for professional or business


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  1  use only, information in such records from the department

  2  through any means of telecommunication pursuant to a code

  3  developed by the department providing all fees specified in

  4  subsection (3) have been paid. The department shall disclose

  5  records or information to the child support enforcement agency

  6  to assist in the location of individuals who owe or

  7  potentially owe support, as defined in s. 409.2554, or to whom

  8  such an obligation is owed pursuant to Title IV-D of the

  9  Social Security Act.

10         Section 18.  Subsection (5) of section 320.055, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         320.055  Registration periods; renewal periods.--The

13  following registration periods and renewal periods are

14  established:

15         (5)  For a vehicle subject to apportioned registration

16  under s. 320.08(4), (5)(a)1., (e), (6)(b), or (14), the

17  registration period shall be a period of 12 months beginning

18  in a month designated by the department and ending on the last

19  day of the 12th month. For a vehicle subject to this

20  registration period, the renewal period is the last month of

21  the registration period. The registration period may be

22  shortened or extended at the discretion of the department, on

23  receipt of the appropriate prorated fees, in order to evenly

24  distribute such registrations on a monthly basis. For a

25  vehicle subject to nonapportioned registration under s.

26  320.08(4), (5)(a)1., (6)(b), or (14), the registration period

27  begins December 1 and ends November 30. The renewal period is

28  the 31-day period beginning December 1.

29         Section 19.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1)

30  of section 320.06, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

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  1         320.06  Registration certificates, license plates, and

  2  validation stickers generally.--

  3         (1)

  4         (b)  Registration license plates bearing a graphic

  5  symbol and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be

  6  issued for a 5-year period. At the end of said 5-year period,

  7  upon renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The fee for such

  8  replacement shall be $10, $2 of which shall be paid each year

  9  before the plate is replaced, to be credited towards the next

10  $10 replacement fee. The fees shall be deposited into the

11  Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. A credit or refund shall

12  not be given for any prior years' payments of such prorated

13  replacement fee when the plate is replaced or surrendered

14  before the end of the 5-year period. With each license plate,

15  there shall be issued a validation sticker showing the owner's

16  birth month, license plate number, and the year of expiration

17  or the appropriate renewal period if the owner is not a

18  natural person. The This validation sticker is to shall be

19  placed on the upper right left corner of the license plate and

20  shall be issued one time during the life of the license plate,

21  or upon request when it has been damaged or destroyed. There

22  shall also be issued with each license plate a serially

23  numbered validation sticker showing the year of expiration,

24  which sticker shall be placed on the upper right corner of the

25  license plate. Such license plate and validation sticker

26  stickers shall be issued based on the applicant's appropriate

27  renewal period. The registration period shall be a period of

28  12 months, and all expirations shall occur based on the

29  applicant's appropriate registration period. A vehicle with an

30  apportioned registration shall be issued an annual license

31  plate and a cab card that denote the declared gross vehicle


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  1  weight for each apportioned jurisdiction in which the vehicle

  2  is authorized to operate.

  3         (c)  Registration license plates equipped with

  4  validation stickers shall be valid for not more than 12 months

  5  and shall expire at midnight on the last day of the

  6  registration period. For each registration period after the

  7  one in which the metal registration license plate is issued,

  8  and until the license plate is required to be replaced, a

  9  validation sticker showing the month and year of expiration

10  shall be issued upon payment of the proper license tax amount

11  and fees and shall be valid for not more than 12 months. When

12  license plates equipped with validation stickers are issued in

13  any month other than the owner's birth month or the designated

14  registration period for any other motor vehicle, the effective

15  date shall reflect the birth month or month and the year of

16  renewal. However, when a license plate or validation sticker

17  is issued for a period of less than 12 months, the applicant

18  shall pay the appropriate amount of license tax and the

19  applicable fee under the provisions of s. 320.14 in addition

20  to all other fees. Validation stickers issued for vehicles

21  taxed under the provisions of s. 320.08(6)(a), for any company

22  which owns 250 vehicles or more, or for semitrailers taxed

23  under the provisions of s. 320.08(5)(a), for any company which

24  owns 50 vehicles or more, may be placed on any vehicle in the

25  fleet so long as the vehicle receiving the validation sticker

26  has the same owner's name and address as the vehicle to which

27  the validation sticker was originally assigned.

28         Section 20.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

29  320.072, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

30         320.072  Additional fee imposed on certain motor

31  vehicle registration transactions.--


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  1         (2)  The fee imposed by subsection (1) shall not apply

  2  to:

  3         (a)  Any registration renewal transaction, except that

  4  this exemption shall not apply if the plate being renewed

  5  expired 10 or more years prior to the transaction date.

  6         Section 21.  Subsection (6) of section 320.0805,

  7  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  8         320.0805  Personalized prestige license plates.--

  9         (6)  A personalized prestige license plate shall be

10  issued for the exclusive continuing use of the applicant. An

11  exact duplicate of any plate may not be issued to any other

12  applicant during the same registration period. An exact

13  duplicate may not be issued for any succeeding year unless the

14  previous owner of a specific plate relinquishes it by failure

15  to apply for renewal or reissuance for 1 year three

16  consecutive annual registration periods following the last

17  original year of issuance.

18         Section 22.  Paragraph (hh) is added to subsection (4)

19  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter

20  2001-355, Laws of Florida, to read:

21         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

22         (4)  The following license plate annual use fees shall

23  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

24         (hh)  Florida Golf license plate, $25.

25         Section 23.  Subsection (34) is added to section

26  320.08058, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter 2001-355,

27  Laws of Florida, to read:

28         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

29         (34)  FLORIDA GOLF LICENSE PLATES.--

30         (a)  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor

31  Vehicles shall develop a Florida Golf license plate as


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  1  provided in this section.  The word "Florida" must appear at

  2  the bottom of the plate.  The Dade Amateur Golf Association,

  3  following consultation with the PGA TOUR, the Florida Sports

  4  Foundation, the LPGA, and the PGA of America may submit a

  5  revised sample plate for consideration by the department.

  6         (b)  The department shall distribute the Florida Golf

  7  license plate annual use fee to the Florida Sports Foundation,

  8  a direct-support organization of the Office of Tourism, Trade,

  9  and Economic Development.  The license plate annual use fees

10  are to be annually allocated as follows:

11         1.  Up to 5 percent of the proceeds from the annual use

12  fees may be used by the Florida Sports Foundation for the

13  administration of the Florida Youth Golf Program.

14         2.  The Dade Amateur Golf Association shall receive the

15  first $80,000 in proceeds from the annual use fees for the

16  operation of youth golf programs in Miami-Dade County.

17  Thereafter, 15 percent of the proceeds from the annual use

18  fees shall be provided to the Dade Amateur Golf Association

19  for the operation of youth golf programs in Miami-Dade County.

20         3.  The remaining proceeds from the annual use fees

21  shall be available for grants to nonprofit organizations to

22  operate youth golf programs and for marketing the Florida Golf

23  license plates.  All grant recipients, including the Dade

24  Amateur Golf Association, shall be required to provide to the

25  Florida Sports Foundation an annual program and financial

26  report regarding the use of grant funds.  Such reports shall

27  be made available to the public.

28         (c)  The Florida Sports Foundation may establish a

29  Florida Youth Golf Program.  The Florida Youth Golf Program

30  shall assist organizations for the benefit of youth, introduce

31  young people to golf, instruct young people in golf, teach the


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  1  values of golf, and stress life skills, fair play, courtesy,

  2  and self-discipline.

  3         (d)  The Florida Sports Foundation shall establish a

  4  seven-member advisory committee to offer advice regarding the

  5  distribution of the annual use fees for grants to nonprofit

  6  organizations.  The advisory committee shall consist of one

  7  member from a group serving youth, one member from a group

  8  serving disabled youth, and five members at large.

  9         Section 24.  Subsection (1) of section 320.083, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         320.083  Amateur radio operators; special license

12  plates; fees.--

13         (1)  A person who is the owner or lessee of an

14  automobile or truck for private use, a truck weighing not more

15  than 7,999 5,000 pounds, or a recreational vehicle as

16  specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) or (d), which is not used for

17  hire or commercial use; who is a resident of the state; and

18  who holds a valid official amateur radio station license

19  issued by the Federal Communications Commission shall be

20  issued a special license plate upon application, accompanied

21  by proof of ownership of such radio station license, and

22  payment of the following tax and fees:

23         (a)  The license tax required for the vehicle, as

24  prescribed by s. 320.08(2), (3)(a), (b), or (c), (4)(a), (b),

25  (c), (d), (e), or (f), or (9); and

26         (b)  An initial additional fee of $5, and an additional

27  fee of $1.50 thereafter.

28         Section 25.  Subsection (2) of section 320.0848,

29  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

30         320.0848 Persons who have disabilities; issuance of

31  disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for


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  1  certain providers of transportation services to persons who

  2  have disabilities.--

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

  4  MOBILITY PROBLEMS.--

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

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

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

  8  have the international symbol of accessibility in a

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

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

11  number or state identification card number along with a

12  warning that the applicant must have such identification at

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

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

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

16  Validation stickers must be of the size specified by the

17  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and must be

18  affixed to the disabled parking permits. The disabled parking

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

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

21  320.0843, and 320.0845 are valid for the same parking

22  privileges and other privileges provided under ss. 316.1955,

23  316.1964, and 526.141(5)(a).

24         (c)  The administrative processing fee for each initial

25  4-year disabled parking permit or renewal permit shall be

26  $1.50, and all proceeds of that fee shall be retained by the

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

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

29  for a disabled parking permit shall be:

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

31  renewal permit, of which the State Transportation Trust Fund


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

  2  which the fee was collected shall receive $1.50.

  3         b.  One dollar for each additional or additional

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

  5  Fund shall receive all funds collected. 

  6         (d)  The department shall not issue an additional

  7  disabled parking permit unless the applicant states that he or

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

  9  department may not issue to any one eligible applicant more

10  than two disabled parking permits except to an organization in

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

12  and (7) apply to this subsection.

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

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

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

16  United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

17  predecessor to have a service-connected disability rating for

18  compensation of 50 percent or greater or has been determined

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

20  greater and is in receipt of both disability retirement pay

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

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

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

24  for a disabled parking permit shall be:

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

26  permit or renewal permit.

27         b.  One dollar for each additional or additional

28  renewal 4-year permit.

29

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

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  1         3.  If an applicant presents to the department a

  2  statement from the Federal Government or the State of Florida

  3  indicating the applicant is a recipient of supplemental

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

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

  6  which the State Transportation Trust Fund shall receive $6.75

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

  8  collected shall receive $2.25. 

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

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

11  application on a form prescribed by the department and must

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

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

14  application a police report documenting that the permit was

15  stolen, there is no replacement fee.

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

17  permit under this section may be issued an international

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

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

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

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

22  parking permit.

23         Section 26.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section

24  320.089, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

25         320.089  Members of National Guard and active United

26  States Armed Forces reservists; former prisoners of war;

27  survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal recipients;

28  special license plates; fee.--

29         (2)  Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck for

30  private use, truck weighing not more than 7,999 5,000 pounds,

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  1  (d), which is not used for hire or commercial use, who is a

  2  resident of the state and who is a former prisoner of war, or

  3  their unremarried surviving spouse, shall, upon application

  4  therefor to the department, be issued a license plate as

  5  provided in s. 320.06, on which license plate are stamped the

  6  words "Ex-POW" followed by the serial number. Each application

  7  shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant meets the

  8  qualifications specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b).

  9         (a)  A citizen of the United States who served as a

10  member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the armed

11  forces of a nation allied with the United States who was held

12  as a prisoner of war at such time as the Armed Forces of the

13  United States were engaged in combat, or their unremarried

14  surviving spouse, may be issued the special license plate

15  provided for in this subsection without payment of the license

16  tax imposed by s. 320.08.

17         (b)  A person who was serving as a civilian with the

18  consent of the United States Government, or a person who was a

19  member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was not a

20  United States citizen and was held as a prisoner of war when

21  the Armed Forces of the United States were engaged in combat,

22  or their unremarried surviving spouse, may be issued the

23  special license plate provided for in this subsection upon

24  payment of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08.

25         (3)  Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck for

26  private use, truck weighing not more than 7,999 5,000 pounds,

27  or recreational vehicle as specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) or

28  (d), which is not used for hire or commercial use, who is a

29  resident of this state and who is the unremarried surviving

30  spouse of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal shall, upon

31  application therefor to the department, with the payment of


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  1  the required fees, be issued a license plate as provided in s.

  2  320.06, on which license plate are stamped the words "Purple

  3  Heart" and the likeness of the Purple Heart medal followed by

  4  the serial number. Each application shall be accompanied by

  5  proof that the applicant is the unremarried surviving spouse

  6  of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal.

  7         Section 27.  Subsection (4) and (5) are added to

  8  section 320.275, Florida Statutes, to read:

  9         320.275  Automobile Dealers Industry Advisory Board.--

10         (4)  A technical advisory committee is created to

11  advise the Automobile Dealers Industry Advisory Board.  The

12  committee, from its own initiative, may make recommendations

13  to the board on proposed legislation and proposed rules and

14  procedures, may consider any matters relating to the motor

15  vehicle dealer industry, and may make recommendations on

16  consumer education and information, and submit an annual

17  report to the board.  The technical advisory committee shall

18  be composed of one representative from a senior citizens

19  organization; one representative from an organization

20  representing low-income Floridians; one representative from

21  the consumer affairs division of a county or city; one

22  representative from a nationally recognized consumer

23  organization; one representative from an organization

24  representing the disabled; and one representative from the

25  office of the Attorney General.

26         (5)  The office of the Attorney General, the Department

27  of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the Department of

28  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall coordinate and provide

29  consumer education and information relative to this chapter.

30         Section 28.  Section 321.02, Florida Statutes, is

31  amended to read:


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  1         321.02  Powers and duties of department, highway

  2  patrol.--The director of the Division of Highway Patrol of the

  3  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall also be

  4  the commander of the Florida Highway Patrol. The said

  5  department shall set up and promulgate rules and regulations

  6  by which the personnel of the Florida Highway Patrol officers

  7  shall be examined, employed, trained, located, suspended,

  8  reduced in rank, discharged, recruited, paid and pensioned,

  9  subject to civil service provisions hereafter set out. The

10  department may enter into contracts or agreements, with or

11  without competitive bidding or procurement, to make available,

12  on a fair, reasonable, nonexclusive, and nondiscriminatory

13  basis, property and other structures under division control

14  for the placement of new facilities by any wireless provider

15  of mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. s. 153(n) or s.

16  332(d), and any telecommunications company as defined in s.

17  364.02 when it is determined to be practical and feasible to

18  make such property or other structures available. The

19  department may, without adopting a rule, charge a just,

20  reasonable, and nondiscriminatory fee for placement of the

21  facilities, payable annually, based on the fair market value

22  of space used by comparable communications facilities in the

23  state. The department and a wireless provider or

24  telecommunications company may negotiate the reduction or

25  elimination of a fee in consideration of services provided to

26  the division by the wireless provider or the

27  telecommunications company. All such fees collected by the

28  department shall be deposited directly into the State Agency

29  Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund, and may be used to

30  construct, maintain, or support the system. The department is

31  further specifically authorized to purchase, sell, trade,


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  1  rent, lease and maintain all necessary equipment, uniforms,

  2  motor vehicles, communication systems, housing facilities,

  3  office space, and perform any other acts necessary for the

  4  proper administration and enforcement of this chapter.

  5  However, all supplies and equipment consisting of single items

  6  or in lots shall be purchased under the requirements of s.

  7  287.057.  Purchases shall be made by accepting the bid of the

  8  lowest responsive bidder, the right being reserved to reject

  9  all bids. The department shall prescribe a distinctive uniform

10  and distinctive emblem to be worn by all officers of the

11  Florida Highway Patrol.  It shall be unlawful for any other

12  person or persons to wear a similar uniform or emblem, or any

13  part or parts thereof.  The department shall also prescribe a

14  distinctive color or colors for use on all motor vehicles and

15  motorcycles operated to be used by the Florida Highway Patrol.

16  The prescribed colors shall be referred to as "Florida Highway

17  Patrol black and tan."

18         Section 29.  Subsection (7) is added to section

19  322.051, Florida Statutes, to read:

20         322.051  Identification cards.--

21         (7)  Any person accepting the Florida driver license as

22  proof of identification must accept a Florida identification

23  card as proof of identification when the bearer of the

24  identification card does not also have a driver license.

25         Section 30.  Subsection (7) of section 322.095, Florida

26  Statutes, is amended, and subsections (8) and (9) are added to

27  said section, to read:

28         322.095  Traffic law and substance abuse education

29  program for driver's license applicants.--

30         (7)(a)  No governmental entity or court shall provide,

31  issue, or maintain any information or orders regarding traffic


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  1  law and substance abuse education program schools or course

  2  providers, with the exception of directing inquiries or

  3  requests to the local telephone directory heading of driving

  4  instruction or the driver's license applicant reference guide.

  5  However, The department is authorized to maintain the

  6  information and records necessary to administer its duties and

  7  responsibilities for the program. Where such information is a

  8  public record as defined in chapter 119, it shall be made

  9  available to the public upon request pursuant to s. 119.07(1).

10  The department may prepare a list of fully approved traffic

11  law and substance abuse education course providers with a

12  single telephone number for each such provider, as furnished

13  by the provider.

14         (b)  The department shall prepare for any governmental

15  entity to distribute a driver's license applicant reference

16  guide which shall list the benefits of attending a traffic law

17  and substance abuse education school, but under no

18  circumstance may include any list of course providers or

19  schools. The department shall refer further inquiries to the

20  telephone directory heading of driving instruction.

21         (8)  The department shall approve and regulate courses

22  of all traffic law and substance abuse education schools that

23  use technology as the delivery method as the courses relate to

24  this section.

25         (9)  In determining whether to approve courses of

26  traffic law and substance abuse education schools that use

27  technology as the delivery method as the courses relate to

28  this section, for courses submitted on or after May 1, 2002,

29  the department shall consider only those courses submitted by

30  a person, business, or entity that has received:

31         (a)  Approval for statewide delivery; and


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  1         (b)  Independent scientific research evidence of course

  2  effectiveness.

  3         Section 31.  Subsection (7) of section 322.25, Florida

  4  Statutes, is amended to read:

  5         322.25  When court to forward license to department and

  6  report convictions; temporary reinstatement of driving

  7  privileges.--

  8         (7)  Any licensed driver convicted of driving, or being

  9  in the actual physical control of, a vehicle within this state

10  while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, any chemical

11  substance set forth in s. 877.111, or any substance controlled

12  under chapter 893, when affected to the extent that his or her

13  normal faculties are impaired, and whose license and driving

14  privilege have been revoked as provided in subsection (1) may

15  be issued a court order for reinstatement of a driving

16  privilege on a temporary basis; provided that, as a part of

17  the penalty, upon conviction, the defendant is required to

18  enroll in and complete a driver improvement course for the

19  rehabilitation of drinking drivers and the driver is otherwise

20  eligible for reinstatement of the driving privilege as

21  provided by s. 322.282. The court order for reinstatement

22  shall be on a form provided by the department and must be

23  taken by the person convicted to a Florida driver's license

24  examining office, where a temporary driving permit may be

25  issued. The period of time for which a temporary permit issued

26  in accordance with this subsection is valid shall be deemed to

27  be part of the period of revocation imposed by the court.

28         Section 32.  Subsection (5) of section 322.27, Florida

29  Statutes, is amended to read:

30         322.27  Authority of department to suspend or revoke

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  1         (5)  The department shall revoke the license of any

  2  person designated a habitual offender, as set forth in s.

  3  322.264, and such person shall not be eligible to be

  4  relicensed for a minimum of 5 years after from the date of

  5  revocation, except as provided for in s. 322.271. Any person

  6  whose license is revoked may, by petition to the department,

  7  show cause why his or her license should not be revoked.

  8         Section 33.  Subsection (4) of section 322.271, Florida

  9  Statutes, is amended to read:

10         322.271  Authority to modify revocation, cancellation,

11  or suspension order.--

12         (4)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s.

13  322.28(2)(d)(e), a person whose driving privilege has been

14  permanently revoked because he or she has been convicted of

15  DUI manslaughter in violation of s. 316.193 and has no prior

16  convictions for DUI-related offenses may, upon the expiration

17  of 5 years after the date of such revocation or the expiration

18  of 5 years after the termination of any term of incarceration

19  under s. 316.193 or former s. 316.1931, whichever date is

20  later, petition the department for reinstatement of his or her

21  driving privilege.

22         (a)  Within 30 days after the receipt of such a

23  petition, the department shall afford the petitioner an

24  opportunity for a hearing. At the hearing, the petitioner must

25  demonstrate to the department that he or she:

26         1.  Has not been arrested for a drug-related offense

27  during the 5 years preceding the filing of the petition;

28         2.  Has not driven a motor vehicle without a license

29  for at least 5 years prior to the hearing;

30         3.  Has been drug-free for at least 5 years prior to

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  1         4.  Has completed a DUI program licensed by the

  2  department.

  3         (b)  At such hearing, the department shall determine

  4  the petitioner's qualification, fitness, and need to drive.

  5  Upon such determination, the department may, in its

  6  discretion, reinstate the driver's license of the petitioner.

  7  Such reinstatement must be made subject to the following

  8  qualifications:

  9         1.  The license must be restricted for employment

10  purposes for not less than 1 year; and

11         2.  Such person must be supervised by a DUI program

12  licensed by the department and report to the program for such

13  supervision and education at least four times a year or

14  additionally as required by the program for the remainder of

15  the revocation period. Such supervision shall include

16  evaluation, education, referral into treatment, and other

17  activities required by the department.

18         (c)  Such person must assume the reasonable costs of

19  supervision. If such person fails to comply with the required

20  supervision, the program shall report the failure to the

21  department, and the department shall cancel such person's

22  driving privilege.

23         (d)  If, after reinstatement, such person is convicted

24  of an offense for which mandatory revocation of his or her

25  license is required, the department shall revoke his or her

26  driving privilege.

27         (e)  The department shall adopt rules regulating the

28  providing of services by DUI programs pursuant to this

29  section.

30         Section 34.  Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (2)

31  of section 322.28, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:


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  1         322.28  Period of suspension or revocation.--

  2         (2)  In a prosecution for a violation of s. 316.193 or

  3  former s. 316.1931, the following provisions apply:

  4         (d)  When any driver's license or driving privilege has

  5  been revoked pursuant to the provisions of this section, the

  6  department shall not grant a new license, except upon

  7  reexamination of the licensee after the expiration of the

  8  period of revocation so prescribed. However, the court may, in

  9  its sound discretion, issue an order of reinstatement on a

10  form furnished by the department which the person may take to

11  any driver's license examining office for reinstatement by the

12  department pursuant to s. 322.282.

13         (d)(e)  The court shall permanently revoke the driver's

14  license or driving privilege of a person who has been

15  convicted four times for violation of s. 316.193 or former s.

16  316.1931 or a combination of such sections. The court shall

17  permanently revoke the driver's license or driving privilege

18  of any person who has been convicted of DUI manslaughter in

19  violation of s. 316.193. If the court has not permanently

20  revoked such driver's license or driving privilege within 30

21  days after imposing sentence, the department shall permanently

22  revoke the driver's license or driving privilege pursuant to

23  this paragraph. No driver's license or driving privilege may

24  be issued or granted to any such person. This paragraph

25  applies only if at least one of the convictions for violation

26  of s. 316.193 or former s. 316.1931 was for a violation that

27  occurred after July 1, 1982. For the purposes of this

28  paragraph, a conviction for violation of former s. 316.028,

29  former s. 316.1931, or former s. 860.01 is also considered a

30  conviction for violation of s. 316.193. Also, a conviction of

31  driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated,


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  1  driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level, or any other

  2  similar alcohol-related or drug-related traffic offense

  3  outside this state is considered a conviction for the purposes

  4  of this paragraph.

  5         Section 35.  Sections 322.282 and 322.331, Florida

  6  Statutes, are repealed.

  7         Section 36.  Subsection (3) is added to section

  8  324.091, Florida Statutes, to read:

  9         324.091  Notice to department; notice to insurer.--

10         (3)  Electronic access to the vehicle insurer

11  information maintained in the department's vehicle database

12  may be provided by an approved third-party provider to

13  insurers, lawyers, and financial institutions in compliance

14  with s. 627.736(9)(a) and for subrogation and claims purposes

15  only. The compilation and retention of this information is

16  strictly prohibited.

17         Section 37.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section

18  328.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         328.01  Application for certificate of title.--

20         (3)

21         (b)  If the application for transfer of title is based

22  upon a contractual default, the recorded lienholder shall

23  establish proof of right to ownership by submitting with the

24  application the original certificate of title and a copy of

25  the applicable contract upon which the claim of ownership is

26  made. If the claim is based upon a court order or judgment, a

27  copy of such document shall accompany the application for

28  transfer of title. If, on the basis of departmental records,

29  there appears to be any other lien on the vessel, the

30  certificate of title must contain a statement of such a lien,

31  unless the application for a certificate of title is either


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  1  accompanied by proper evidence of the satisfaction or

  2  extinction of the lien or contains a statement certifying that

  3  any lienholder named on the last-issued certificate of title

  4  has been sent notice by certified mail, at least 5 days before

  5  the application was filed, of the applicant's intention to

  6  seek a repossessed title. If such notice is given and no

  7  written protest to the department is presented by a subsequent

  8  lienholder within 15 days after the date on which the notice

  9  was mailed, the certificate of title shall be issued showing

10  no liens. If the former owner or any subsequent lienholder

11  files a written protest under oath within the 15-day period,

12  the department shall not issue the repossessed certificate for

13  10 days thereafter. If, within the 10-day period, no

14  injunction or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction

15  has been served on the department commanding it not to deliver

16  the certificate, the department shall deliver the repossessed

17  certificate to the applicant, or as is otherwise directed in

18  the application, showing no other liens than those shown in

19  the application.

20         Section 38.  Subsection (2) of section 328.42, Florida

21  Statutes, is amended to read:

22         328.42  Suspension or denial of a vessel registration

23  due to support delinquency; dishonored checks.--

24         (2)  The department may deny or cancel any vessel

25  registration, license plate, or fuel-use tax decal if the

26  owner pays for the registration, license plate, fuel-use tax

27  decal, or any tax liability, penalty, or interest specified in

28  chapter 207 by a dishonored check.

29         Section 39.  Section 328.56, Florida Statutes, is

30  amended to read:

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  1         328.56  Vessel registration number.--Each vessel that

  2  is used on the waters of the state must display a commercial

  3  or recreational Florida registration number, unless it is:

  4         (1)  A vessel used exclusively on private lakes and

  5  ponds.

  6         (2)  A vessel owned by the United States Government.

  7         (3)  A vessel used exclusively as a ship's lifeboat.

  8         (4)  A non-motor-powered vessel.

  9         (5)  A federally documented vessel.

10         (6)  A vessel already covered by a registration number

11  in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant

12  to a federally approved numbering system of another state or

13  by the United States Coast Guard in a state without a

14  federally approved numbering system, if the vessel has not

15  been within this state for a period in excess of 90

16  consecutive days.

17         (7)  A vessel operating under a valid temporary

18  certificate of number.

19         (8)  A vessel from a country other than the United

20  States temporarily using the waters of this state.

21         (9)  An undocumented vessel used exclusively for

22  racing.

23         Section 40.  Subsection (4) of section 328.72, Florida

24  Statutes, is amended to read:

25         328.72  Classification; registration; fees and charges;

26  surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle

27  stickers.--

28         (4)  TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.--

29         (a)  When the ownership of a registered vessel changes,

30  an application for transfer of registration shall be filed

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  1  with a fee of $3.25. The county tax collector shall retain

  2  $2.25 of the fee and shall remit $1 to the department. A

  3  refund may not be made for any unused portion of a

  4  registration period.

  5         (b)  If a vessel is an antique as defined in subsection

  6  (2), the application shall be accompanied by either a

  7  certificate of title, a bill of sale and a registration, or a

  8  bill of sale and an affidavit by the owner defending the title

  9  from all claims. The bill of sale must contain a complete

10  vessel description to include the hull identification number

11  and engine number, if appropriate; the year, make, and color

12  of the vessel; the selling price; and the signatures of the

13  seller and purchaser.

14         Section 41.  Subsection (3) is added to section 832.09,

15  Florida Statutes, to read:

16         832.09  Suspension of driver license after warrant or

17  capias is issued in worthless check case.--

18         (3)  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor

19  Vehicles shall create a standardized form to be distributed to

20  the clerks of the court in each county for the purpose of

21  notifying the department that a person has satisfied the

22  requirements of the court. Notices of compliance with the

23  court's requirements shall be on the standardized form

24  provided by the department.

25         Section 42.  This act shall take effect October 1,

26  2002.

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