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11 The Committee on Domestic Security (Sebesta) recommended the
12 following amendment to amendment (720760):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 33. (1) The Department of Highway Safety and
19 Motor Vehicles shall study the outsourcing of its driver's
20 license services and shall make recommendations to the
21 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
22 House of Representatives by January 1, 2007. As used in this
23 section, the term "outsourcing" means the process of
24 contracting with an external service provider or other
25 governmental agency to provide a service, in whole or in part,
26 while the department retains the responsibility and
27 accountability for the service.
28 (2) As part of its study, the department shall provide
29 a description of the services to be outsourced. Types of
30 issues for the department to consider must include, but need
31 not be limited to:
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1 (a) A detailed description of the service to be
2 outsourced and a description and analysis of the department's
3 current performance of the service.
4 (b) A cost-benefit analysis describing the estimated
5 specific direct and indirect costs or savings; performance
6 improvements, including reducing wait times at driver's
7 license offices; risks; and qualitative and quantitative
8 benefits involved in or resulting from outsourcing the
9 service. The cost-benefit analysis must include a detailed
10 plan and timeline identifying all actions that must be
11 implemented to realize the expected benefits.
12 (c) A statement of the potential effect on applicable
13 federal, state, and local revenues and expenditures. The
14 statement must specifically describe the effect on general
15 revenue, trust funds, general revenue service charges, and
16 interest on trust funds, together with the potential direct or
17 indirect effect on federal funding and cost allocations.
18 (d) A plan to ensure compliance with public-records
19 law.
20 (e) A transition and implementation plan for
21 addressing changes in the number of department personnel,
22 affected business processes, and employee-transition issues.
23 Such a plan must also specify the mechanism for continuing the
24 operation of the service if the contractor fails to perform or
25 comply with the performance standards and provisions of the
26 contract. Within this plan, the department shall identify all
27 resources, including full-time equivalent positions, which are
28 subject to outsourcing.
29 Section 34. Subsection (2) of section 318.15, Florida
30 Statutes, is amended to read:
31 318.15 Failure to comply with civil penalty or to
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1 appear; penalty.--
2 (2) After suspension of the driver's license and
3 privilege to drive of a person under subsection (1), the
4 license and privilege may not be reinstated until the person
5 complies with all obligations and penalties imposed on him or
6 her under s. 318.18 and presents to a driver license office a
7 certificate of compliance issued by the court, together with a
8 nonrefundable service charge of up to $47.50 imposed under s.
9 322.29, or presents a certificate of compliance and pays the
10 aforementioned service charge of up to $47.50 to the clerk of
11 the court or a driver licensing agent authorized in s.
12 322.135, F.S. tax collector clearing such suspension. Of the
13 charge collected by the clerk of the court or driver licensing
14 agent the tax collector, $10 shall be remitted to the
15 Department of Revenue to be deposited into the Highway Safety
16 Operating Trust Fund. Such person shall also be in compliance
17 with requirements of chapter 322 prior to reinstatement.
18 Section 35. Subsection (1) of section 322.02, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 322.02 Legislative intent; administration.--
21 (1) The Legislature finds that over the past several
22 years the department and individual county tax collectors have
23 entered into contracts for the delivery of full and limited
24 driver license services where such contractual relationships
25 best served the public interest through state administration
26 and enforcement and local government implementation. It is the
27 intent of the Legislature that future interests and processes
28 for developing and expanding the department's relationship
29 with tax collectors and other county constitutional officers
30 through contractual relationships for the delivery of driver
31 license services be achieved through the provisions of this
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1 chapter, thereby serving best the public interest considering
2 accountability, cost-effectiveness, efficiency,
3 responsiveness, and high-quality service to the drivers in
4 Florida.
5 Section 36. Subsection (10) is added to section
6 322.135, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 322.135 Driver's license agents.--
8 (10) The department is hereby authorized to contract
9 with any county constitutional officer to provide driver
10 license services in the same manner as provided in this
11 section in a county where the tax collector is not elected, or
12 elects not to provide driver license services.
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18 And the title is amended as follows:
19 On page 73, line 9, after the semicolon
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22 directing the department to study the
23 outsourcing of its driver's license services to
24 a provider or other governmental agency, in
25 whole or in part, while retaining
26 responsibility and accountability for the
27 services; requiring that the department submit
28 a report to the Governor and Legislature by a
29 specified date; providing requirements for the
30 department with respect to issues to be
31 included in the study; requiring a cost-benefit
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1 analysis and a transition and implementation
2 plan; amending s. 318.15, F.S.; providing for
3 the collection of certain service charges by
4 authorized driver licensing agents; amending s.
5 322.02, F.S.; revising legislative intent
6 provisions to include references to county
7 constitutional officers providing driver
8 licensing services; amending s. 322.135, F.S.;
9 authorizing the department to contract with any
10 county constitutional officer for driver
11 license services in counties where the tax
12 collector is not elected or does not provide
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