| 1 | The Transportation Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to driver license services; directing the |
| 7 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to study |
| 8 | outsourcing its driver license services; providing a |
| 9 | definition; requiring that the department submit a report |
| 10 | to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; |
| 11 | providing requirements for the department with respect to |
| 12 | issues to be included in the study; requiring a cost- |
| 13 | benefit analysis and a transition and implementation plan; |
| 14 | amending s. 318.15, F.S.; providing for the collection of |
| 15 | certain service charges by authorized driver's license |
| 16 | agents; amending s. 322.02, F.S.; revising legislative |
| 17 | intent provisions to include references to county |
| 18 | constitutional officers providing driver license services; |
| 19 | amending s. 322.135, F.S.; authorizing the department to |
| 20 | contract with any county constitutional officer for driver |
| 21 | license services in certain counties; providing an |
| 22 | effective date. |
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| 24 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 26 | Section 1. (1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 27 | Vehicles shall study the outsourcing of its driver license |
| 28 | services and shall make recommendations to the Governor, the |
| 29 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 30 | Representatives by January 1, 2007. As used in this section, the |
| 31 | term "outsourcing" means the process of contracting with an |
| 32 | external service provider or other governmental agency to |
| 33 | provide a service, in whole or in part, while the department |
| 34 | retains the responsibility and accountability for the service. |
| 35 | (2) As part of its study, the department shall provide a |
| 36 | description of the services to be outsourced. Types of issues |
| 37 | for the department to consider must include, but need not be |
| 38 | limited to: |
| 39 | (a) A detailed description of the service to be outsourced |
| 40 | and a description and analysis of the department's current |
| 41 | performance of the service. |
| 42 | (b) A cost-benefit analysis describing the estimated |
| 43 | specific direct and indirect costs or savings; performance |
| 44 | improvements, including reducing wait times at driver license |
| 45 | offices; risks; and qualitative and quantitative benefits |
| 46 | involved in or resulting from outsourcing the service. The cost- |
| 47 | benefit analysis must include a detailed plan and timeline |
| 48 | identifying all actions that must be implemented to realize the |
| 49 | expected benefits. |
| 50 | (c) A statement of the potential effect on applicable |
| 51 | federal, state, and local revenues and expenditures. The |
| 52 | statement must specifically describe the effect on general |
| 53 | revenue, trust funds, general revenue service charges, and |
| 54 | interest on trust funds, together with the potential direct or |
| 55 | indirect effect on federal funding and cost allocations. |
| 56 | (d) A plan to ensure compliance with public records law. |
| 57 | (e) A transition and implementation plan for addressing |
| 58 | changes in the number of department personnel, affected business |
| 59 | processes, and employee-transition issues. Such a plan must also |
| 60 | specify the mechanism for continuing the operation of the |
| 61 | service if the contractor fails to perform or comply with the |
| 62 | performance standards and provisions of the contract. Within |
| 63 | this plan, the department shall identify all resources, |
| 64 | including full-time equivalent positions, which are subject to |
| 65 | outsourcing. |
| 66 | Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 318.15, Florida |
| 67 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 68 | 318.15 Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear; |
| 69 | penalty.-- |
| 70 | (2) After suspension of the driver's license and privilege |
| 71 | to drive of a person under subsection (1), the license and |
| 72 | privilege may not be reinstated until the person complies with |
| 73 | all obligations and penalties imposed on him or her under s. |
| 74 | 318.18 and presents to a driver license office a certificate of |
| 75 | compliance issued by the court, together with a nonrefundable |
| 76 | service charge of up to $47.50 imposed under s. 322.29, or |
| 77 | presents a certificate of compliance and pays the aforementioned |
| 78 | service charge of up to $47.50 to the clerk of the court or a |
| 79 | driver licensing agent authorized in s. 322.135, tax collector |
| 80 | clearing such suspension. Of the charge collected by the clerk |
| 81 | of the court or a driver licensing agent the tax collector, $10 |
| 82 | shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue to be deposited |
| 83 | into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. Such person shall |
| 84 | also be in compliance with requirements of chapter 322 prior to |
| 85 | reinstatement. |
| 86 | Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 322.02, Florida |
| 87 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 88 | 322.02 Legislative intent; administration.-- |
| 89 | (1) The Legislature finds that over the past several years |
| 90 | the department and individual county tax collectors have entered |
| 91 | into contracts for the delivery of full and limited driver |
| 92 | license services where such contractual relationships best |
| 93 | served the public interest through state administration and |
| 94 | enforcement and local government implementation. It is the |
| 95 | intent of the Legislature that future interests and processes |
| 96 | for developing and expanding the department's relationship with |
| 97 | tax collectors and other county constitutional officers through |
| 98 | contractual relationships for the delivery of driver license |
| 99 | services be achieved through the provisions of this chapter, |
| 100 | thereby serving best the public interest considering |
| 101 | accountability, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, responsiveness, |
| 102 | and high-quality service to the drivers in Florida. |
| 103 | Section 4. Subsection (10) is added to section 322.135, |
| 104 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 105 | 322.135 Driver's license agents.-- |
| 106 | (10) The department may contract with any county |
| 107 | constitutional officer to provide driver license services in the |
| 108 | same manner as provided in this section in a county in which the |
| 109 | tax collector is not elected or elects not to provide driver |
| 110 | license services. |
| 111 | Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |