Senate Bill sb0242c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 242

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Saunders





    306-1822-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Department of Highway

  3         Safety and Motor Vehicles; amending s. 322.27,

  4         F.S.; requiring law enforcement agencies to

  5         notify the department of any traffic fatality

  6         or the commission of an offense that requires

  7         mandatory revocation of license upon

  8         conviction; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 322.27, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         322.27  Authority of department to suspend or revoke

15  license.--

16         (1)  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in

17  chapter 120, the department is hereby authorized to suspend

18  the license of any person without preliminary hearing upon a

19  showing of its records or other sufficient evidence that the

20  licensee:

21         (a)  Has committed an offense for which mandatory

22  revocation of license is required upon conviction. A law

23  enforcement agency must provide information to the department

24  within 24 hours after any traffic fatality or the commission

25  of an offense for which mandatory revocation of license upon

26  conviction is required;

27         (b)  Has been convicted of a violation of any traffic

28  law which resulted in a crash that caused the death or

29  personal injury of another or property damage in excess of

30  $500;

31         (c)  Is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle;

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    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 242
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  1         (d)  Has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of

  2  such license or has knowingly been a party to the obtaining of

  3  a license by fraud or misrepresentation or to display, or

  4  represent as one's own, any driver's license not issued him or

  5  her.  Provided, however, no provision of this section shall be

  6  construed to include the provisions of s. 322.32(1);

  7         (e)  Has committed an offense in another state which if

  8  committed in this state would be grounds for suspension or

  9  revocation; or

10         (f)  Has committed a second or subsequent violation of

11  s. 316.172(1) within a 5-year period of any previous

12  violation.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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15          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
16                         Senate Bill 242

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18  The CS provides a law enforcement agency must provide
    information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
19  Vehicles within 24 hours after any traffic fatality or the
    commission of an offense for which mandatory revocation of
20  license upon conviction is required.

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