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
    8-888-06                                            See HB 473




 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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