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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety and | ||
| 3 | Motor Vehicles; amending s. 322.27, F.S.; requiring law | ||
| 4 | enforcement agencies to notify the department of any | ||
| 5 | traffic fatality or when a law enforcement agency | ||
| 6 | initiates action to obtain a blood test for purposes of | ||
| 7 | determining alcoholic content or presence of chemical or | ||
| 8 | controlled substances in a case of death or serious bodily | ||
| 9 | injury; amending s. 322.20, F.S.; requiring the department | ||
| 10 | to maintain records of convictions of persons holding a | ||
| 11 | foreign license to drive; providing an effective date. | ||
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 15 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section | ||
| 16 | 322.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 17 | 322.27 Authority of department to suspend or revoke | ||
| 18 | license.-- | ||
| 19 | (1) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in | ||
| 20 | chapter 120, the department is hereby authorized to suspend the | ||
| 21 | license of any person without preliminary hearing upon a showing | ||
| 22 | of its records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee: | ||
| 23 | (a) Has committed an offense for which mandatory | ||
| 24 | revocation of license is required upon conviction. A law | ||
| 25 | enforcement agency must provide information to the department | ||
| 26 | within 24 hours after any traffic fatality or when the law | ||
| 27 | enforcement agency initiates action pursuant to s. 316.1933; | ||
| 28 | Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 322.20, Florida | ||
| 29 | Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 30 | 322.20 Records of the department; fees; destruction of | ||
| 31 | records.-- | ||
| 32 | (2) The department shall also maintain a record of all | ||
| 33 | crash reports, abstracts of court records of convictions, and | ||
| 34 | notices of revocation or suspension of a person's driver's | ||
| 35 | license or driving privilege. Records of convictions of a person | ||
| 36 | holding a foreign license to drive shall be maintained by the | ||
| 37 | department if the uniform traffic citation indicates an address | ||
| 38 | located in this state. | ||
| 39 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. | ||