House Bill hb0367c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              CS/HB 367

        By the Council for Ready Infrastructure and
    Representatives Justice, Bucher, Gibson, Kravitz, Baker, Crow,
    Meadows, Jordan, Cusack, Seiler, Mahon, Waters, Hogan,
    Harrell, Bennett, Clarke, Henriquez, Needelman, Davis and
    Joyner


  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to disabled veterans; amending

  3         s. 320.0842, F.S.; authorizing certain veterans

  4         to apply for a license plate with the

  5         wheelchair symbol; providing for an annual use

  6         fee; providing for the disposition of the fee;

  7         providing for the collection of other required

  8         taxes, charges, and fees; providing an

  9         effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsections (5), (6), and (7) are added to

14  section 320.0842, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         320.0842  Free motor vehicle license plates to veterans

16  who use wheelchairs.--

17         (5)  Any applicant, who because of a long-term mobility

18  impairment is eligible for the disabled parking permit issued

19  under s. 320.0848, is eligible for a license plate under this

20  section if:

21         (a)  The United States Department of Veterans Affairs

22  has determined the applicant to have a service-connected

23  disability rated for compensation between 10 and 90 percent;

24  or

25         (b)  The applicant has been determined to have a

26  service-connected disability of between 10 and 90 percent and

27  the applicant is in receipt of disability retirement pay from

28  any branch of the United States Armed Services.

29         (6)  Applicants applying under subsection (5) shall be

30  a