Senate Bill sb1326
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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 1326
By Senator King
8-888-06 See HB 473
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to salvage motor vehicle
3 dealers; amending s. 319.30, F.S.; requiring a
4 salvage motor vehicle dealer to notify a law
5 enforcement agency and receive confirmation
6 that a motor vehicle is not reported as stolen
7 before destroying, dismantling, or changing the
8 motor vehicle; requiring the dealer to maintain
9 records of the notification and confirmation
10 for a certain time period; requiring the dealer
11 to provide law enforcement agencies with access
12 to such records; providing penalties for
13 violation; providing an effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Present paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of
18 section 319.30, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
19 (d) and a new paragraph (c) is added to that subsection to
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21 319.30 Definitions; dismantling, destruction, change
22 of identity of motor vehicle or mobile home; salvage.--
23 (2)
24 (c) A salvage motor vehicle dealer shall not destroy,
25 dismantle, or change a motor vehicle that has been received by
26 that dealer in the course of business without first notifying
27 a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the property
28 where the vehicle is located and receiving confirmation from
29 that law enforcement agency that the motor vehicle is not
30 reported as stolen. The salvage motor vehicle dealer shall
31 maintain legible records of that notification and
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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 1326
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1 confirmation, which records shall include a complete
2 description of the vehicle, including the vehicle
3 identification number, the name of the law enforcement agency
4 notified, the date of the notification, and the name of the
5 officer or deputy sheriff who confirmed that the motor vehicle
6 had not been reported stolen. The records required by this
7 paragraph shall be maintained at the place of business of the
8 salvage motor vehicle dealer for a period of 2 years from the
9 date of notification and shall be made available for
10 inspection upon request by any law enforcement officer during
11 that 2-year period. A person who willfully violates this
12 paragraph commits a misdemeanor of the first degree,
13 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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