Senate Bill sb2126

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2126

    By Senator Clary





    4-1200-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver's licenses; amending

  3         s. 322.09, F.S.; requiring the signature of a

  4         secondary guardian on a driver's license

  5         application for a minor under certain

  6         circumstances; amending s. 322.11, F.S.;

  7         providing for notice to a minor before

  8         canceling the minor's license due to the death

  9         of or withdrawal of consent by the person who

10         co-signed the initial application; providing an

11         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  322.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         322.09  Application of minors; responsibility for

18  negligence or misconduct of minor.--

19         (1)(a)  The application of any person under the age of

20  18 years for a driver's license must be signed and verified

21  before a person authorized to administer oaths by the father,

22  mother, or guardian, by a secondary guardian if the primary

23  guardian withdraws consent or dies before the minor reaches 18

24  years of age, or, if there is no parent or guardian, by

25  another responsible adult who is willing to assume the

26  obligation imposed under this chapter upon a person signing

27  the application of a minor.  This section does not apply to a

28  person under the age of 18 years who is emancipated by

29  marriage.

30         Section 2.  Section 322.11, Florida Statutes, is

31  amended to read:

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2126
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 1         322.11  Revocation of license upon death of person

 2  signing minor's application.--The department, upon receipt of

 3  satisfactory evidence of the death of the person who signed

 4  the application of a minor for a license, shall, 90 days after

 5  giving written notice to the minor, cancel such license and

 6  may shall not issue a new license until such time as the new

 7  application, duly signed and verified, is made as required by

 8  this chapter.  This provision does shall not apply if in the

 9  event the minor has attained the age of 18 years.

10         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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13                          SENATE SUMMARY

14    Provides for a secondary guardian to sign a driver's
      license application of a minor if the primary guardian
15    dies or withdraws consent. Requires 90 days' notice to a
      minor before canceling the license due to the death of
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