House Bill hb0223

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 223

        By Representative Ritter






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.

  3         322.031, F.S.; providing for the expiration

  4         date of certain drivers' licenses issued to

  5         foreign residents who are in Florida with a

  6         visa; prohibiting renewal without a valid visa;

  7         providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 322.031,

12  Florida Statutes, to read:

13         322.031  Nonresident; when license required.--

14         (5)  Any other provision of this chapter or any other

15  chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, with respect to a

16  foreign resident who has been issued a visa in this state who

17  is issued a Florida driver's license, the Florida driver's

18  license shall expire 4 years from the date of issuance or upon

19  the expiration of the visa, whichever date first occurs. A

20  person in Florida who has been issued a visa may not renew a

21  driver's license without proof of a valid visa presented to

22  the department prior to the issuance of the renewed driver's

23  license.

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

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 223

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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides, with respect to foreign residents who are in
  4    Florida with a visa and who are issued a Florida driver's
      license, the driver's license shall expire 4 years after
  5    the date of issuance or upon the expiration of the visa,
      whichever date first occurs. Prohibits renewal of a
  6    driver's license to a person who has been issued a visa
      unless the person presents a valid visa at the time of
  7    renewal.

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