Senate Bill sb0336

    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 336

    By Senator Wise





    5-109-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicle liability

  3         insurance; requiring that persons convicted of

  4         certain offenses of driving under the influence

  5         maintain a noncancelable motor vehicle

  6         liability policy for a specified period

  7         following license reinstatement; requiring

  8         periodic proof of financial responsibility and

  9         renewal of vehicle registration; requiring that

10         the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

11         Vehicles issue a vehicle registration

12         certificate and validation sticker displaying

13         the date of expiration; providing an effective

14         date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Noncancelable motor vehicle liability

19  policy required following certain DUI offenses.--

20         (1)  If a person's motor vehicle license is suspended

21  or revoked due to any violation of section 316.193, Florida

22  Statutes, that person must maintain proof of financial

23  responsibility as provided in this section for each motor

24  vehicle registered in his or her name for 3 years following

25  license reinstatement. During the 3-year period, the person

26  may not register a motor vehicle unless he or she maintains a

27  noncancelable motor vehicle liability policy of at least 3

28  months' duration which insures the operator against loss from

29  liability for bodily injury, death, and property damage

30  arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the motor

31  vehicle in an amount not less than the limits described in

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 336
    5-109-03




 1  section 324.021(7), Florida Statutes, and which conforms to

 2  the requirements of section 324.151, Florida Statutes. The

 3  vehicle registration is subject to renewal every 3 months.

 4         (2)  Notwithstanding section 320.055, Florida Statutes,

 5  upon reinstatement of the person's license and proof of

 6  financial responsibility as provided in subsection (1), the

 7  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall issue a

 8  vehicle registration certificate that is valid for 3 months

 9  and shall issue a validation sticker that displays an

10  expiration date of 3 months after the date of issuance.

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

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14                          SENATE SUMMARY

15    Prohibits a person whose license has been suspended or
      revoked for certain DUI offenses from registering a motor
16    vehicle unless that person maintains a noncancelable
      motor vehicle liability policy. Requires that such policy
17    be maintained for 3 years following license
      reinstatement. Requires the Department of Highway Safety
18    and Motor Vehicles to renew the person's vehicle
      registration and validation sticker every 3 months during
19    that 3-year period if the person presents proof of
      maintaining the noncancelable liability policy.
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