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11 Senator Sebesta moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
14 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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16 and insert:
17 Section 1. Section 207.008, Florida Statutes, is
18 amended to read:
20 registered motor carrier shall maintain and keep pertinent
21 records and papers as may be required by the department for
22 the reasonable administration of this chapter and shall
23 preserve the records upon which each quarterly tax return is
24 based for 4 years following the due date or filing date of the
25 return, whichever is later such records as long as required by
26 s. 213.35.
27 Section 2. Section 207.021, Florida Statutes, is
28 amended to read:
29 207.021 Informal conferences; settlement or compromise
30 of taxes, penalties, or interest.--
31 (1)(a) The department may adopt rules for establishing
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1 informal conferences for the resolution of disputes arising
2 from the assessment of taxes, penalties, or interest or the
3 denial of refunds under chapter 120.
4 (b) During any proceeding arising under this section,
5 the motor carrier has the right to be represented and to
6 record all procedures at the motor carrier's expense.
7 (2)(a) The executive director or his or her designee
8 may enter into a closing agreement with a taxpayer settling or
9 compromising the taxpayer's liability for any tax, interest,
10 or penalty assessed under this chapter. Each agreement must be
11 in writing, in the form of a closing agreement approved by the
12 department, and signed by the executive director or his or her
13 designee. The agreement is final and conclusive, except upon a
14 showing of material fraud or misrepresentation of material
15 fact. The department may not make an additional assessment
16 against the taxpayer for the tax, interest, or penalty
17 specified in the closing agreement for the time specified in
18 the closing agreement, and the taxpayer may not institute a
19 judicial or administrative proceeding to recover any tax,
20 interest, or penalty paid pursuant to the closing agreement.
21 The executive director of the department or his or her
22 designee may approve the closing agreement.
23 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for the purpose of
24 settling and compromising the liability of a taxpayer for any
25 tax or interest on the grounds of doubt as to liability based
26 on the taxpayer's reasonable reliance on a written
27 determination issued by the department, the department may
28 compromise the amount of the tax or interest resulting from
29 such reasonable reliance.
30 (3) A taxpayer's liability for any tax or interest
31 specified in this chapter may be compromised by the department
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1 upon the grounds of doubt as to liability for or the
2 collectibility of such tax or interest. Doubt as to the
3 liability of a taxpayer for tax and interest exists if the
4 taxpayer demonstrates that he or she reasonably relied on a
5 written determination of the department.
6 (4) A taxpayer's liability for any tax or interest
7 under this chapter shall be settled or compromised in whole or
8 in part whenever or to the extent allowable under the Articles
9 of Agreement of the International Fuel Tax Agreement.
10 (5) A taxpayer's liability for penalties under this
11 chapter may be settled or compromised if it is determined by
12 the department that the noncompliance is due to reasonable
13 cause and not willful negligence, willful neglect, or fraud.
14 (6) The department may enter into an agreement for
15 scheduling payments of any tax, penalty, or interest owed to
16 the department as a result of an audit assessment issued under
17 this chapter. The department may settle or compromise,
18 pursuant to s. 213.21, penalties or interest imposed under
19 this chapter.
20 Section 3. Effective July 1, 2008, section 261.10,
21 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
22 261.10 Criteria for recreation areas and trails;
23 limitation on liability.--
24 (1) Publicly owned or operated off-highway vehicle
25 recreation areas and trails shall be designated and maintained
26 for recreational travel by off-highway vehicles. These areas
27 and trails need not be generally suitable or maintained for
28 normal travel by conventional two-wheel-drive vehicles and
29 should not be designated as recreational footpaths. State
30 off-highway vehicle recreation areas and trails must be
31 selected and managed in accordance with this chapter.
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1 (2) State agencies, water management districts,
2 counties, and municipalities, and officers and employees
3 thereof, which provide off-highway recreation areas and trails
4 on publicly owned land are not liable for damage to personal
5 property or personal injury or death to any person resulting
6 from participation in the inherently dangerous risks of
7 off-highway vehicle recreation. This subsection does not limit
8 liability that would otherwise exist for an act of negligence
9 by a state agency, water management district, county, or
10 municipality, or officer or employee thereof, which is the
11 proximate cause of the damage, injury, or death. Nothing in
12 this subsection creates a duty of care or basis of liability
13 for death, personal injury, or damage to personal property,
14 nor shall anything in this subsection be deemed to be a waiver
15 of sovereign immunity under any circumstances.
16 Section 4. Effective July 1, 2008, section 261.20,
17 Florida Statutes, is created to read:
18 261.20 Operations of off-highway vehicles on public
19 lands; restrictions; safety courses; required equipment;
20 prohibited acts; penalties.--
21 (1) This section applies only to the operation of
22 off-highway vehicles on public lands.
23 (2) Any person operating an off-highway vehicle as
24 permitted in this section who has not attained 16 years of age
25 must be supervised by an adult while operating the off-highway
26 vehicle.
27 (3) Effective July 1, 2008, while operating an
28 off-highway vehicle, a person who has not attained 16 years of
29 age must have in his or her possession a certificate
30 evidencing the satisfactory completion of an approved
31 off-highway vehicle safety course in this state or another
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1 jurisdiction. A nonresident who has not attained 16 years of
2 age and who is in this state temporarily for a period not to
3 exceed 30 days is exempt from this subsection. Nothing
4 contained in this chapter shall prohibit an agency from
5 requiring additional safety-education courses for all
6 operators.
7 (4)(a) The department shall approve all off-highway
8 vehicle public safety-education programs required by this
9 chapter as a condition for operating on public lands.
10 (b) An off-highway vehicle must be equipped with a
11 spark arrester that is approved by the United States
12 Department of Agriculture Forest Service, a braking system,
13 and a muffler, all in operating condition.
14 (c) On and after July 1, 2008, off-highway vehicles,
15 when operating pursuant to this chapter, shall be equipped
16 with a silencer or other device which limits sound emissions.
17 Exhaust noise must not exceed 96 decibels in the A-weighting
18 scale for vehicles manufactured after January 1, 1986, or 99
19 decibels in the A-weighting scale for vehicles manufactured
20 before January 1, 1986, when measured from a distance of 20
21 inches using test procedures established by the Society of
22 Automotive Engineers under Standard J-1287. Off-highway
23 vehicle manufacturers or their agents prior to the sale to the
24 general public in this state of any new off-highway vehicle
25 model manufactured after January 1, 2008, shall provide to the
26 department revolutions-per-minute data needed to conduct the
27 J-1287 test, where applicable.
28 (d) An off-highway vehicle that is operated between
29 sunset and sunrise, or when visibility is reduced because of
30 rain, smoke, or smog, must display a lighted headlamp and
31 taillamp unless the use of such lights is prohibited by other
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1 laws, such as a prohibition on the use of lights when hunting
2 at night.
3 (e) An off-highway vehicle that is used in certain
4 organized and sanctioned competitive events being held on a
5 closed course may be exempted by departmental rule from any
6 equipment requirement in this subsection.
7 (5) It is a violation of this section:
8 (a) To carry a passenger on an off-highway vehicle,
9 unless the machine is specifically designed by the
10 manufacturer to carry an operator and a single passenger.
11 (b) To operate an off-highway vehicle while under the
12 influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or any
13 prescription or over-the-counter drug that impairs vision or
14 motor condition.
15 (c) For a person who has not attained 16 years of age,
16 to operate an off-highway vehicle without wearing eye
17 protection, over-the-ankle boots, and a safety helmet that is
18 approved by the United States Department of Transportation or
19 Snell Memorial Foundation.
20 (d) To operate an off-highway vehicle in a careless or
21 reckless manner that endangers or causes injury or damage to
22 another person or property.
23 (6) Any person who violates this section commits a
24 noncriminal infraction and is subject to a fine of not less
25 than $100, and may have his or her privilege to operate an ATV
26 on public lands revoked. However, a person who commits such
27 acts with intent to defraud, or who commits a second or
28 subsequent violation, is subject to a fine of not less than
29 $500 and may have his or her privilege to operate an ATV on
30 public lands revoked.
31 (7) Public land managing agencies, through the course
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1 of their management activities, are exempt from the provisions
2 of subsection (5)(a).
3 Section 5. Subsection (43) of section 316.003, Florida
4 Statutes, is amended to read:
5 316.003 Definitions.--The following words and phrases,
6 when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
7 respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where
8 the context otherwise requires:
9 (43) SADDLE MOUNT; FULL MOUNT.--An arrangement whereby
10 the front wheels of one vehicle rest in a secured position
11 upon another vehicle. All of the wheels of the towing vehicle
12 are upon the ground and only the rear wheels of the towed
13 vehicle rest upon the ground. Such combinations may include
14 one full mount, whereby a smaller transport vehicle is placed
15 completely on the last towed vehicle.
16 Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and
17 paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 316.006, Florida
18 Statutes, are amended to read:
19 316.006 Jurisdiction.--Jurisdiction to control traffic
20 is vested as follows:
21 (2) MUNICIPALITIES.--
22 (b) A municipality may exercise jurisdiction over any
23 private road or roads, or over any limited access road or
24 roads owned or controlled by a special district, located
25 within its boundaries if the municipality and party or parties
26 owning or controlling such road or roads provide, by written
27 agreement approved by the governing body of the municipality,
28 for municipal traffic control jurisdiction over the road or
29 roads encompassed by such agreement. Pursuant thereto:
30 1. Provision for reimbursement for actual costs of
31 traffic control and enforcement and for liability insurance
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1 and indemnification by the party or parties, and such other
2 terms as are mutually agreeable, may be included in such an
3 agreement.
4 2. The exercise of jurisdiction provided for herein
5 shall be in addition to jurisdictional authority presently
6 exercised by municipalities under law, and nothing in this
7 paragraph shall be construed to limit or remove any such
8 jurisdictional authority. Such jurisdiction includes
9 regulation of access to such road or roads by security devices
10 or personnel.
11 3. Any such agreement may provide for the installation
12 of multiparty stop signs by the parties controlling the roads
13 covered by the agreement if a determination is made by such
14 parties that the signage will enhance traffic safety.
15 Multiparty stop signs must conform to the manual and
16 specifications of the Department of Transportation; however,
17 minimum traffic volumes may not be required for the
18 installation of such signage. Enforcement for the signs shall
19 be as provided in s. 316.123.
20 4. The board of directors of a homeowners' association
21 as defined in chapter 720 may, by majority vote, elect to have
22 state traffic laws enforced by local law enforcement agencies
23 on private roads that are controlled by the association.
24 (3) COUNTIES.--
25 (b) A county may exercise jurisdiction over any
26 private road or roads, or over any limited access road or
27 roads owned or controlled by a special district, located in
28 the unincorporated area within its boundaries if the county
29 and party or parties owning or controlling such road or roads
30 provide, by written agreement approved by the governing body
31 of the county, for county traffic control jurisdiction over
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1 the road or roads encompassed by such agreement. Pursuant
2 thereto:
3 1. Provision for reimbursement for actual costs of
4 traffic control and enforcement and for liability insurance
5 and indemnification by the party or parties, and such other
6 terms as are mutually agreeable, may be included in such an
7 agreement.
8 2. Prior to entering into an agreement which provides
9 for enforcement of the traffic laws of the state over a
10 private road or roads, or over any limited access road or
11 roads owned or controlled by a special district, the governing
12 body of the county shall consult with the sheriff. No such
13 agreement shall take effect prior to October 1, the beginning
14 of the county fiscal year, unless this requirement is waived
15 in writing by the sheriff.
16 3. The exercise of jurisdiction provided for herein
17 shall be in addition to jurisdictional authority presently
18 exercised by counties under law, and nothing in this paragraph
19 shall be construed to limit or remove any such jurisdictional
20 authority.
21 4. Any such agreement may provide for the installation
22 of multiparty stop signs by the parties controlling the roads
23 covered by the agreement if a determination is made by such
24 parties that the signage will enhance traffic safety.
25 Multiparty stop signs must conform to the manual and
26 specifications of the Department of Transportation; however,
27 minimum traffic volumes may not be required for the
28 installation of such signage. Enforcement for the signs shall
29 be as provided in s. 316.123.
30 5. The board of directors of a homeowners' association
31 as defined in chapter 720 may, by majority vote, elect to have
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1 state traffic laws enforced by local law enforcement agencies
2 on private roads that are controlled by the association.
3 Section 7. Section 316.0085, Florida Statutes, is
4 amended to read:
5 316.0085 Skateboarding; inline skating; freestyle or
6 mountain and off-road bicycling; paintball; definitions;
7 liability.--
8 (1) The purpose of this section is to encourage
9 governmental owners or lessees of property to make land
10 available to the public for skateboarding, inline skating,
11 paintball, and freestyle or mountain and off-road bicycling.
12 It is recognized that governmental owners or lessees of
13 property have failed to make property available for such
14 activities because of the exposure to liability from lawsuits
15 and the prohibitive cost of insurance, if insurance can be
16 obtained for such activities. It is also recognized that risks
17 and dangers are inherent in these activities, which risks and
18 dangers should be assumed by those participating in such
19 activities.
20 (2) As used in this section, the term:
21 (a) "Governmental entity" means:
22 1. The United States, the State of Florida, any county
23 or municipality, or any department, agency, or other
24 instrumentality thereof.
25 2. Any school board, special district, authority, or
26 other entity exercising governmental authority.
27 (b) "Inherent risk" means those dangers or conditions
28 that are characteristic of, intrinsic to, or an integral part
29 of skateboarding, inline skating, paintball, and freestyle or
30 mountain and off-road bicycling.
31 (3) This section does not grant authority or
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1 permission for a person to engage in skateboarding, inline
2 skating, paintball, or freestyle or mountain and off-road
3 bicycling on property owned or controlled by a governmental
4 entity unless such governmental entity has specifically
5 designated such area for skateboarding, inline skating,
6 paintball, or freestyle or mountain and off-road bicycling.
7 Each governmental entity shall post a rule in each
8 specifically designated area that identifies all authorized
9 activities and indicates that a child under 17 years of age
10 may not engage in any of those activities until the
11 governmental entity has obtained written consent, in a form
12 acceptable to the governmental entity, from the child's
13 parents or legal guardians.
14 (4) A governmental entity or public employee is not
15 liable to any person who voluntarily participates in
16 skateboarding, inline skating, paintball, or freestyle or
17 mountain and off-road bicycling for any damage or injury to
18 property or persons which arises out of a person's
19 participation in such activity, and which takes place in an
20 area designated for such activity.
21 (5) This section does not limit liability that would
22 otherwise exist for any of the following:
23 (a) The failure of the governmental entity or public
24 employee to guard against or warn of a dangerous condition of
25 which a participant does not and cannot reasonably be expected
26 to have notice.
27 (b) An act of gross negligence by the governmental
28 entity or public employee that is the proximate cause of the
29 injury.
30 (c) The failure of a governmental entity that provides
31 a designated area for skateboarding, inline skating,
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1 paintball, or freestyle or mountain and off-road bicycling to
2 obtain the written consent, in a form acceptable to the
3 governmental entity, from the parents or legal guardians of
4 any child under 17 years of age before authorizing such child
5 to participate in skateboarding, inline skating, paintball, or
6 freestyle or mountain and off-road bicycling in such
7 designated area, unless that child's participation is in
8 violation of posted rules governing the authorized use of the
9 designated area, except that a parent or legal guardian must
10 demonstrate that written consent to engage in mountain or
11 off-road bicycling in a designated area was provided to the
12 governmental entity before entering the designated area.
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14 Nothing in this subsection creates a duty of care or basis of
15 liability for death, personal injury, or damage to personal
16 property. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to be a
17 waiver of sovereign immunity under any circumstances.
18 (6) Nothing in this section shall limit the liability
19 of an independent concessionaire, or any person or
20 organization other than a governmental entity or public
21 employee, whether or not the person or organization has a
22 contractual relationship with a governmental entity to use the
23 public property, for injuries or damages suffered in any case
24 as a result of the operation of skateboards, inline skates,
25 paintball equipment, or freestyle or mountain and off-road
26 bicycles on public property by the concessionaire, person, or
27 organization.
28 (7)(a) Any person who participates in or assists in
29 skateboarding, inline skating, paintball, or freestyle or
30 mountain and off-road bicycling assumes the known and unknown
31 inherent risks in these activities irrespective of age, and is
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1 legally responsible for all damages, injury, or death to
2 himself or herself or other persons or property which result
3 from these activities. Any person who observes skateboarding,
4 inline skating, paintball, or freestyle or mountain or
5 off-road bicycling assumes the known and unknown inherent
6 risks in these activities irrespective of age, and is legally
7 responsible for all damages, injury, or death to himself or
8 herself which result from these activities. A governmental
9 entity that sponsors, allows, or permits skateboarding, inline
10 skating, paintball, or freestyle or mountain or off-road
11 bicycling on its property is not required to eliminate, alter,
12 or control the inherent risks in these activities.
13 (b) While engaged in skateboarding, inline skating,
14 paintball, or freestyle or mountain or off-road bicycling,
15 irrespective of where such activities occur, a participant is
16 responsible for doing all of the following:
17 1. Acting within the limits of his or her ability and
18 the purpose and design of the equipment used.
19 2. Maintaining control of his or her person and the
20 equipment used.
21 3. Refraining from acting in any manner which may
22 cause or contribute to death or injury of himself or herself,
23 or other persons.
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25 Failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph
26 shall constitute negligence.
27 (8) The fact that a governmental entity carries
28 insurance which covers any act described in this section shall
29 not constitute a waiver of the protections set forth in this
30 section, regardless of the existence or limits of such
31 coverage.
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1 Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 316.1001, Florida
2 Statutes, is amended to read:
3 316.1001 Payment of toll on toll facilities required;
4 penalties.--
5 (2)(a) For the purpose of enforcing this section, any
6 governmental entity, as defined in s. 334.03, that owns or
7 operates a toll facility may, by rule or ordinance, authorize
8 a toll enforcement officer to issue a uniform traffic citation
9 for a violation of this section. Toll enforcement officer
10 means the designee of a governmental entity whose authority is
11 to enforce the payment of tolls. The governmental entity may
12 designate toll enforcement officers pursuant to s. 316.640(1).
13 (b) A citation issued under this subsection may be
14 issued by mailing the citation by first class mail, or by
15 certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of
16 the registered owner of the motor vehicle involved in the
17 violation. Mailing the citation to this address constitutes
18 notification. In the case of joint ownership of a motor
19 vehicle, the traffic citation must be mailed to the first name
20 appearing on the registration, unless the first name appearing
21 on the registration is a business organization, in which case
22 the second name appearing on the registration may be used. A
23 citation issued under this paragraph must be mailed to the
24 registered owner of the motor vehicle involved in the
25 violation within 14 days after the date of issuance of the
26 violation. In addition to the citation, notification must be
27 sent to the registered owner of the motor vehicle involved in
28 the violation specifying remedies available under ss.
29 318.14(12) and 318.18(7).
30 (c) The owner of the motor vehicle involved in the
31 violation is responsible and liable for payment of a citation
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1 issued for failure to pay a toll, unless the owner can
2 establish the motor vehicle was, at the time of the violation,
3 in the care, custody, or control of another person. In order
4 to establish such facts, the owner of the motor vehicle is
5 required, within 14 days after the date of issuance of the
6 citation, to furnish to the appropriate governmental entity an
7 affidavit setting forth:
8 1. The name, address, date of birth, and, if known,
9 the driver license number of the person who leased, rented, or
10 otherwise had the care, custody, or control of the motor
11 vehicle at the time of the alleged violation; or
12 2. If stolen, the police report indicating that the
13 vehicle was stolen at the time of the alleged violation.
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15 Upon receipt of an affidavit the person designated as having
16 care, custody, and control of the motor vehicle at the time of
17 the violation may be issued a citation for failure to pay a
18 required toll. The affidavit shall be admissible in a
19 proceeding pursuant to this section for the purpose of
20 providing that the person identified in the affidavit was in
21 actual care, custody, or control of the motor vehicle. The
22 owner of a leased vehicle for which a citation is issued for
23 failure to pay a toll is not responsible for payment of the
24 citation and is not required to submit an affidavit as
25 specified in this subsection if the motor vehicle involved in
26 the violation is registered in the name of the lessee of such
27 motor vehicle.
28 (d) A written report of a toll enforcement officer to
29 photographic evidence that a required toll was not paid is
30 admissible in any proceeding to enforce this section and
31 raises a rebuttable presumption that the motor vehicle named
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1 in the report or shown in the photographic evidence was used
2 in violation of this section.
3 Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 316.192, Florida
4 Statutes, is amended to read:
5 316.192 Reckless driving.--
6 (1)(a) Any person who drives any vehicle in willful or
7 wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is
8 guilty of reckless driving.
9 (b) Fleeing a law enforcement officer in a motor
10 vehicle is reckless driving per se.
11 Section 10. Subsection (1) of section 316.1955,
12 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 316.1955 Enforcement of parking requirements for
14 persons who have disabilities.--
15 (1) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or
16 park a vehicle within, or to obstruct, any such specially
17 designated and marked parking space provided in accordance
18 with s. 553.5041, unless the vehicle displays a disabled
19 parking permit issued under s. 316.1958 or s. 320.0848 or a
20 license plate issued under s. 320.084, s. 320.0842, s.
21 320.0843, or s. 320.0845, and the vehicle is transporting the
22 person to whom the displayed permit is issued. The violation
23 may not be dismissed for failure of the marking on the parking
24 space to comply with s. 553.5041 if the space is in general
25 compliance and is clearly distinguishable as a designated
26 accessible parking space for people who have disabilities.
27 Only a warning may be issued for unlawfully parking in a space
28 designated for persons with disabilities if there is no
29 above-grade sign as provided in s. 553.5041.
30 (a) Whenever a law enforcement officer, a parking
31 enforcement specialist, or the owner or lessee of the space
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1 finds a vehicle in violation of this subsection, that officer,
2 owner, or lessor shall have the vehicle in violation removed
3 to any lawful parking space or facility or require the
4 operator or other person in charge of the vehicle immediately
5 to remove the unauthorized vehicle from the parking space.
6 Whenever any vehicle is removed under this section to a
7 storage lot, garage, or other safe parking space, the cost of
8 the removal and parking constitutes a lien against the
9 vehicle.
10 (b) The officer or specialist shall charge the
11 operator or other person in charge of the vehicle in violation
12 with a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as provided
13 in s. 316.008(4) or s. 318.18(6). The owner of a leased
14 vehicle is not responsible for a violation of this section if
15 the vehicle is registered in the name of the lessee.
16 (c) All convictions for violations of this section
17 must be reported to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
18 Vehicles by the clerk of the court.
19 (d) A law enforcement officer or a parking enforcement
20 specialist has the right to demand to be shown the person's
21 disabled parking permit and driver's license or state
22 identification card when investigating the possibility of a
23 violation of this section. If such a request is refused, the
24 person in charge of the vehicle may be charged with resisting
25 an officer without violence, as provided in s. 843.02.
26 Section 11. Section 316.2015, Florida Statutes, is
27 amended to read:
28 316.2015 Unlawful for person to ride on exterior of
29 vehicle.--
30 (1) It is unlawful for any operator of a passenger
31 vehicle to permit any person to ride on the bumper, radiator,
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1 fender, hood, top, trunk, or running board of such vehicle
2 when operated upon any street or highway which is maintained
3 by the state, county, or municipality. However, the operator
4 of any vehicle shall not be in violation of this section when
5 such operator permits any person to occupy seats securely
6 affixed to the exterior of such vehicle. Any person who
7 violates the provisions of this subsection shall be cited for
8 a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318.
9 (2)(a) No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any
10 portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of
11 passengers. This paragraph does not apply to an employee of a
12 fire department, an employee of a governmentally operated
13 solid waste disposal department or a waste disposal service
14 operating pursuant to a contract with a governmental entity,
15 or to a volunteer firefighter when the employee or firefighter
16 is engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, and does not
17 apply to a person who is being transported in response to an
18 emergency by a public agency or pursuant to the direction or
19 authority of a public agency. This paragraph does provision
20 shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary
21 discharge of a duty or to a person or persons riding within
22 truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
23 (b) It is unlawful for any operator of a pickup truck
24 or flatbed truck to permit a minor child who has not attained
25 18 years of age to ride upon limited access facilities of the
26 state within the open body of a pickup truck or flatbed truck
27 unless the minor is restrained within the open body in the
28 back of a truck that has been modified to include secure
29 seating and safety restraints to prevent the passenger from
30 being thrown, falling, or jumping from the truck. This
31 paragraph does not apply in a medical emergency if the child
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1 is accompanied within the truck by an adult. A county is
2 exempt from this paragraph if the governing body of the
3 county, by majority vote, following a noticed public hearing,
4 votes to exempt the county from this paragraph.
5 (c) Any person who violates the provisions of this
6 subsection shall be cited for a nonmoving violation,
7 punishable as provided in chapter 318.
8 (3) This section shall not apply to a performer
9 engaged in a professional exhibition or person participating
10 in an exhibition or parade, or any such person preparing to
11 participate in such exhibitions or parades.
12 Section 12. Subsection (1) section 316.2095, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 316.2095 Footrests, handholds, and handlebars.--
15 (1) Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in
16 a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be equipped with footrests
17 and handholds for such passenger.
18 Section 13. Effective January 1, 2007, present
19 subsection (6) of section 316.211, Florida Statutes, is
20 redesignated as subsection (7), and a new subsection (6) is
21 added to that section, to read:
22 316.211 Equipment for motorcycle and moped riders.--
23 (6) Each motorcycle registered to a person under 21
24 years of age must display a license plate that is unique in
25 design and color.
26 Section 14. Section 316.2123, Florida Statutes, is
27 created to read:
28 316.2123 Operation of an ATV on certain roadways.--
29 (1) The operation of an ATV, as defined in s.
30 317.0003, upon the public roads or streets of this state is
31 prohibited, except that an ATV may be operated during the
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1 daytime on an unpaved roadway where the posted speed limit is
2 less than 35 miles per hour by a licensed driver or by a minor
3 under the supervision of a licensed driver. The operator must
4 provide proof of ownership pursuant to chapter 317 upon
5 request by a law enforcement officer.
6 (2) A county is exempt from this section if the
7 governing body of the county, by majority vote, following a
8 noticed public hearing, votes to exempt the county from this
9 section.
10 Section 15. Subsection (3) is added to section
11 316.2125, Florida Statutes, to read:
12 316.2125 Operation of golf carts within a retirement
13 community.--
14 (3) A local governmental entity may enact an ordinance
15 regarding golf cart operation and equipment which is more
16 restrictive than those enumerated in this section. Upon
17 enactment of any such ordinance, the local governmental entity
18 shall post appropriate signs or otherwise inform the residents
19 that such an ordinance exists and that it shall be enforced
20 within the local government's jurisdictional territory. An
21 ordinance referred to in this section must apply only to an
22 unlicensed driver.
23 Section 16. Section 316.2128, Florida Statutes, is
24 created to read:
25 316.2128 Operation of motorized scooters and miniature
26 motorcycles; requirements for sales.--
27 (1) A person who engages in the business of, serves in
28 the capacity of, or acts as a commercial seller of motorized
29 scooters or miniature motorcycles in this state must
30 prominently display at his or her place of business a notice
31 that such vehicles are not legal to operate on public roads or
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1 sidewalks and may not be registered as motor vehicles. The
2 required notice must also appear in all forms of advertising
3 offering motorized scooters or miniature motorcycles for sale.
4 The notice and a copy of this section must also be provided to
5 a consumer prior to the consumer's purchasing or becoming
6 obligated to purchase a motorized scooter or a miniature
7 motorcycle.
8 (2) Any person selling or offering a motorized scooter
9 or a miniature motorcycle for sale in violation of this
10 subsection commits an unfair and deceptive trade practice as
11 defined in part II of chapter 501.
12 Section 17. Subsection (2) of section 316.221, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 316.221 Taillamps.--
15 (2) Either a taillamp or a separate lamp shall be so
16 constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the
17 rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a
18 distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any taillamp or taillamps,
19 together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating the
20 rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted
21 whenever the headlamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
22 Dump trucks and vehicles having dump bodies are exempt from
23 the requirements of this subsection.
24 Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1),
25 paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (f), and (i) of subsection (2), and
26 subsection (3) of section 316.302, Florida Statutes, are
27 amended to read:
28 316.302 Commercial motor vehicles; safety regulations;
29 transporters and shippers of hazardous materials;
30 enforcement.--
31 (1)
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1 (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all
2 owners or drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are
3 engaged in intrastate commerce are subject to the rules and
4 regulations contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382, 385, and
5 390-397, with the exception of 49 C.F.R. s. 390.5 as it
6 relates to the definition of bus, as such rules and
7 regulations existed on October 1, 2005 2004.
8 (2)
9 (b) Except as provided in 49 C.F.R. s. 395.1, a person
10 who operates a commercial motor vehicle solely in intrastate
11 commerce not transporting any hazardous material in amounts
12 that require placarding pursuant to 49 C.F.R. part 172 may not
13 drive:
14 1. More than 12 hours following 10 consecutive hours
15 off duty; or
16 2. For any period after the end of the 16th hour after
17 coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty. is
18 exempt from 49 C.F.R. s. 395.3(a) and (b) and may, after 8
19 hours' rest, and following the required initial motor vehicle
20 inspection, be permitted to drive any part of the first 15
21 on-duty hours in any 24-hour period, but may not be permitted
22 to operate a commercial motor vehicle after that until the
23 requirement of another 8 hours' rest has been fulfilled.
24
25 The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to drivers of
26 utility service vehicles as defined in 49 C.F.R. s. 395.2.
27 public utility vehicles or authorized emergency vehicles
28 during periods of severe weather or other emergencies.
29 (c) Except as provided in 49 C.F.R. s. 395.1, a person
30 who operates a commercial motor vehicle solely in intrastate
31 commerce not transporting any hazardous material in amounts
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1 that require placarding pursuant to 49 C.F.R. part 172 may not
2 drive after having been on duty more than 70 hours in any
3 period of 7 consecutive days or more than 80 hours in any
4 period of 8 consecutive days if the motor carrier operates
5 every day of the week. Thirty-four be on duty more than 72
6 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days, but carriers
7 operating every day in a week may permit drivers to remain on
8 duty for a total of not more than 84 hours in any period of 8
9 consecutive days; however, 24 consecutive hours off duty shall
10 constitute the end of any such period of 7 or 8 consecutive
11 days. This weekly limit does not apply to a person who
12 operates a commercial motor vehicle solely within this state
13 while transporting, during harvest periods, any unprocessed
14 agricultural products or unprocessed food or fiber that is are
15 subject to seasonal harvesting from place of harvest to the
16 first place of processing or storage or from place of harvest
17 directly to market or while transporting livestock, livestock
18 feed, or farm supplies directly related to growing or
19 harvesting agricultural products. Upon request of the
20 Department of Transportation, motor carriers shall furnish
21 time records or other written verification to that department
22 so that the Department of Transportation can determine
23 compliance with this subsection. These time records must be
24 furnished to the Department of Transportation within 2 10 days
25 after receipt of that department's request. Falsification of
26 such information is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
27 $100. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to drivers
28 of public utility service vehicles as defined in 49 C.F.R. s.
29 395.2. or authorized emergency vehicles during periods of
30 severe weather or other emergencies.
31 (d) A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle
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1 solely in intrastate commerce not transporting any hazardous
2 material in amounts that require placarding pursuant to 49
3 C.F.R. part 172 within a 150 200 air-mile radius of the
4 location where the vehicle is based need not comply with 49
5 C.F.R. s. 395.8, if the requirements of 49 C.F.R. s.
6 395.1(e)(1)(iii) and (v) are met. If a driver is not released
7 from duty within 12 hours after the driver arrives for duty,
8 the motor carrier must maintain documentation of the driver's
9 driving times throughout the duty period except that time
10 records shall be maintained as prescribed in 49 C.F.R. s.
11 395.1(e)(5).
12 (f) A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle
13 having a declared gross vehicle weight of less than 26,001
14 26,000 pounds solely in intrastate commerce and who is not
15 transporting hazardous materials in amounts that require
16 placarding pursuant to 49 C.F.R. part 172, or who is
17 transporting petroleum products as defined in s. 376.301, is
18 exempt from subsection (1). However, such person must comply
19 with 49 C.F.R. parts 382, 392, and 393, and with 49 C.F.R. ss.
20 396.3(a)(1) and 396.9.
21 (i) A person who was a regularly employed driver of a
22 commercial motor vehicle on July 4, 1987, and whose driving
23 record shows no traffic convictions, pursuant to s. 322.61,
24 during the 2-year period immediately preceding the application
25 for the commercial driver's license, and who is otherwise
26 qualified as a driver under 49 C.F.R. part 391, and who
27 operates a commercial vehicle in intrastate commerce only,
28 shall be exempt from the requirements of 49 C.F.R. part 391,
29 subpart E, s. 391.41(b)(10). However, such operators are still
30 subject to the requirements of ss. 322.12 and 322.121. As
31 proof of eligibility, such driver shall have in his or her
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1 possession a physical examination form dated within the past
2 24 months.
3 (3) A person who has not attained under the age of 18
4 years of age may not operate a commercial motor vehicle,
5 except that a person who has not attained under the age of 18
6 years of age may operate a commercial motor vehicle which has
7 a gross vehicle weight of less than 26,001 26,000 pounds while
8 transporting agricultural products, including horticultural or
9 forestry products, from farm or harvest place to storage or
10 market.
11 Section 19. Subsections (5) and (10) of section
12 316.515, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
13 316.515 Maximum width, height, length.--
14 (5) IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY;, AGRICULTURAL TRAILERS;,
15 FORESTRY EQUIPMENT; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.--
16 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
17 straight trucks, agricultural tractors, and cotton module
18 movers, not exceeding 50 feet in length, or any combination of
19 up to and including three implements of husbandry, including
20 the towing power unit, and any single agricultural trailer
21 with a load thereon or any agricultural implements attached to
22 a towing power unit not exceeding 130 inches in width, or a
23 self-propelled agricultural implement or an agricultural
24 tractor not exceeding 130 inches in width, is authorized for
25 the purpose of transporting peanuts, grains, soybeans, cotton,
26 hay, straw, or other perishable farm products from their point
27 of production to the first point of change of custody or of
28 long-term storage, and for the purpose of returning to such
29 point of production, or for the purpose of moving such
30 tractors, movers, and implements from one point of
31 agricultural production to another, by a person engaged in the
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1 production of any such product or custom hauler, if such
2 vehicle or combination of vehicles otherwise complies with
3 this section. The Department of Transportation may issue
4 overwidth permits for implements of husbandry greater than 130
5 inches, but not more than 170 inches, in width. Such vehicles
6 shall be operated in accordance with all safety requirements
7 prescribed by law and Department of Transportation rules. The
8 Department of Transportation may issue overlength permits for
9 cotton module movers greater than 50 feet but not more than 55
10 feet in overall length. Such vehicles shall be operated in
11 accordance with all safety requirements prescribed by law and
12 rules of the Department of Transportation.
13 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
14 equipment not exceeding 136 inches in width and not capable of
15 speeds exceeding 20 miles per hour which is used exclusively
16 for harvesting forestry products is authorized for the purpose
17 of transporting equipment from one point of harvest to another
18 point of harvest, not to exceed 10 miles, by a person engaged
19 in the harvesting of forestry products. Such vehicles must be
20 operated during daylight hours only, in accordance with all
21 safety requirements prescribed by s. 316.2295(5) and (6).
22 (10) AUTOMOBILE TOWAWAY AND DRIVEAWAY OPERATIONS.--An
23 automobile towaway or driveaway operation transporting new or
24 used trucks may use what is known to the trade as "saddle
25 mounts," if the overall length does not exceed 97 75 feet and
26 no more than three saddle mounts are towed. Such combinations
27 may include one full mount. Saddle mount combinations must
28 also comply with the applicable safety regulations in 49
29 C.F.R. s. 393.71.
30 Section 20. Subsection (9) of section 318.14, Florida
31 Statutes, is amended to read:
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1 318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception;
2 procedures.--
3 (9) Any person who does not hold a commercial driver's
4 license and who is cited for an infraction under this section
5 other than a violation of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s.
6 316.189 when the driver exceeds the posted limit by 30 miles
7 per hour or more, s. 320.0605, s. 320.07(3)(a) or (b), s.
8 322.065, s. 322.15(1), s. 322.61, or s. 322.62 may, in lieu of
9 a court appearance, elect to attend in the location of his or
10 her choice within this state a basic driver improvement course
11 approved by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
12 Vehicles. In such a case, adjudication must be withheld;
13 points, as provided by s. 322.27, may not be assessed; and the
14 civil penalty that is imposed by s. 318.18(3) must be reduced
15 by 18 percent; however, a person may not make an election
16 under this subsection if the person has made an election under
17 this subsection in the preceding 12 months. A person may make
18 no more than five elections under this subsection. The
19 requirement for community service under s. 318.18(8) is not
20 waived by a plea of nolo contendere or by the withholding of
21 adjudication of guilt by a court.
22 Section 21. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1)
23 of section 318.143, Florida Statutes, to read:
24 318.143 Sanctions for infractions by minors.--
25 (1) If the court finds that a minor has committed a
26 violation of any of the provisions of chapter 316, the court
27 may also impose one or more of the following sanctions:
28 (f) The court may require the minor and his or her
29 parents or guardians to participate in a registered youthful
30 driver monitoring service as described in s. 318.1435.
31 Section 22. Section 318.1435, Florida Statutes, is
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1 created to read:
2 318.1435 Youthful driver monitoring services.--
3 (1) As used in this section, the term "youthful driver
4 monitoring service" means an entity that enables parents or
5 guardians to monitor the driving performance of their minor
6 children. The service may provide monitoring by posting on a
7 vehicle a placard that shows a toll-free telephone number and
8 a unique identifying number and includes a request to members
9 of the public to call the toll-free telephone number to report
10 inappropriate driving practices. The service shall enter into
11 a contract with the parents or guardians under which the
12 service shall timely forward to the parents or guardians all
13 reports of inappropriate driving practices by the minor child.
14 (2) A youthful driver monitoring service may register
15 with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The
16 registration must consist of a narrative description of the
17 services offered by the youthful driver monitoring service,
18 the name of the manager in charge of the service, the address
19 of the service, and the telephone number of the service.
20 Registration under this subsection remains valid indefinitely,
21 but it is the responsibility of the youthful driver monitoring
22 service to timely file a revised registration statement to
23 reflect any changes in the required information. If the
24 department determines that the youthful driver monitoring
25 service is not providing the services described in the
26 narrative statement, the department may suspend the
27 registration; however, the department must reinstate the
28 registration when the service files a revised statement that
29 reflects its actual practices.
30 Section 23. Subsection (2) of section 318.15, Florida
31 Statutes, is amended to read:
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1 318.15 Failure to comply with civil penalty or to
2 appear; penalty.--
3 (2) After suspension of the driver's license and
4 privilege to drive of a person under subsection (1), the
5 license and privilege may not be reinstated until the person
6 complies with all obligations and penalties imposed on him or
7 her under s. 318.18 and presents to a driver license office a
8 certificate of compliance issued by the court, together with a
9 nonrefundable service charge of up to $47.50 imposed under s.
10 322.29, or presents a certificate of compliance and pays the
11 aforementioned service charge of up to $47.50 to the clerk of
12 the court or a driver licensing agent authorized in s. 322.135
13 tax collector clearing such suspension. Of the charge
14 collected by the clerk of the court or driver licensing agent
15 the tax collector, $10 shall be remitted to the Department of
16 Revenue to be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating
17 Trust Fund. Such person shall also be in compliance with
18 requirements of chapter 322 prior to reinstatement.
19 Section 24. Subsections (3) and (12) of section
20 318.18, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21 318.18 Amount of civil penalties.--The penalties
22 required for a noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14
23 are as follows:
24 (3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
25 $60 for all moving violations not requiring a mandatory
26 appearance.
27 (b) For moving violations involving unlawful speed,
28 the fines are as follows:
29
30 For speed exceeding the limit by: Fine:
31 1-5 m.p.h..............................................Warning
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1 6-9 m.p.h.................................................$ 25
2 10-14 m.p.h...............................................$100
3 15-19 m.p.h...............................................$125
4 20-29 m.p.h...............................................$150
5 30 m.p.h. and above.......................................$250
6
7 (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a person cited for
8 exceeding the speed limit by up to 5 m.p.h. in a legally
9 posted school zone will be fined $50. A person exceeding the
10 speed limit in a school zone shall pay a fine double the
11 amount listed in paragraph (b).
12 (d) A person cited for exceeding the speed limit in a
13 posted construction zone shall pay a fine double the amount
14 listed in paragraph (b). The fine shall be doubled for
15 construction zone violations only if construction personnel
16 are present or operating equipment on the road or immediately
17 adjacent to the road under construction.
18 (e) If a violation of s. 316.1301 or s. 316.1303
19 results in an injury to the pedestrian or damage to the
20 property of the pedestrian, an additional fine of up to $250
21 shall be paid. This amount must be distributed pursuant to s.
22 318.21.
23 (f) A person cited for exceeding the speed limit
24 within a zone posted for any electronic or manual toll
25 collection facility shall pay a fine double the amount listed
26 in paragraph (b). However, no person cited for exceeding the
27 speed limit in any toll collection zone shall be subject to a
28 doubled fine unless the governmental entity or authority
29 controlling the toll collection zone first installs a traffic
30 control device providing warning that speeding fines are
31 doubled. Any such traffic control device must meet the
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1 requirements of the uniform system of traffic control devices.
2 (g) A person cited for a second or subsequent
3 conviction of speed exceeding the limit by 30 miles per hour
4 and above within a 12-month period shall pay a fine that is
5 double the amount listed in paragraph (b). For purposes of
6 this paragraph, the term "conviction" means a finding of guilt
7 as a result of a jury verdict, nonjury trial, or entry of a
8 plea of guilty. Moneys received from the increased fine
9 imposed by this paragraph shall be remitted to the Department
10 of Revenue and deposited into the Department of Health
11 Administrative Trust Fund to provide financial support to
12 certified trauma centers to assure the availability and
13 accessibility of trauma services throughout the state. Funds
14 deposited into the Administrative Trust Fund under this
15 section shall be allocated as follows:
16 1. Fifty percent shall be allocated equally among all
17 Level I, Level II, and pediatric trauma centers in recognition
18 of readiness costs for maintaining trauma services.
19 2. Fifty percent shall be allocated among Level I,
20 Level II, and pediatric trauma centers based on each center's
21 relative volume of trauma cases as reported in the Department
22 of Health Trauma Registry.
23 (12) Two One hundred dollars for a violation of s.
24 316.520(1) or (2). If, at a hearing, the alleged offender is
25 found to have committed this offense, the court shall impose a
26 minimum civil penalty of $200 $100. For a second or subsequent
27 adjudication within a period of 5 years, the department shall
28 suspend the driver's license of the person for not less than 1
29 year 180 days and not more than 2 years 1 year.
30 Section 25. Section 318.19, Florida Statutes, is
31 amended to read:
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1 318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.--Any
2 person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall
3 not have the provisions of s. 318.14(2), (4), and (9)
4 available to him or her but must appear before the designated
5 official at the time and location of the scheduled hearing:
6 (1) Any infraction which results in a crash that
7 causes the death of another;
8 (2) Any infraction which results in a crash that
9 causes "serious bodily injury" of another as defined in s.
10 316.1933(1);
11 (3) Any infraction of s. 316.172(1)(b); or
12 (4) Any infraction of s. 316.520(1) or (2); or.
13 (5) Any infraction of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s.
14 316.189 of exceeding the speed limit by 30 m.p.h. or more.
15 Section 26. Subsection (1) of section 318.32, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended to read:
17 318.32 Jurisdiction; limitations.--
18 (1) Hearing officers shall be empowered to accept
19 pleas from and decide the guilt or innocence of any person,
20 adult or juvenile, charged with any civil traffic infraction
21 and shall be empowered to adjudicate or withhold adjudication
22 of guilt in the same manner as a county court judge under the
23 statutes, rules, and procedures presently existing or as
24 subsequently amended, except that hearing officers shall not:
25 (a) Have the power to hold a defendant in contempt of
26 court, but shall be permitted to file a motion for order of
27 contempt with the appropriate state trial court judge;
28 (b) Hear a case involving a crash resulting in injury
29 or death;
30 (c) Hear a criminal traffic offense case or a case
31 involving a civil traffic infraction issued in conjunction
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1 with a criminal traffic offense; or
2 (d) Have the power to suspend or revoke a defendant's
3 driver's license pursuant to s. 316.655(2).
4 Section 27. Subsection (1) of section 320.015, Florida
5 Statutes, is amended to read:
6 320.015 Taxation of mobile homes.--
7 (1) A mobile home, as defined in s. 320.01(2),
8 regardless of its actual use, shall be subject only to a
9 license tax unless classified and taxed as real property. A
10 mobile home is to be considered real property only when the
11 owner of the mobile home is also the owner of the land on
12 which the mobile home is situated and said mobile home is
13 permanently affixed thereto. Any prefabricated or modular
14 housing unit or portion thereof not manufactured upon an
15 integral chassis or undercarriage for travel over the highways
16 shall be taxed as real property once it is permanently affixed
17 to real property. This subsection does not apply to a display
18 home or other inventory being held for sale by a manufacturer
19 or dealer of modular housing units even though transported
20 over the highways to a site for erection or use.
21 Section 28. Effective July 1, 2008, subsection (1) of
22 section 320.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
23 320.02 Registration required; application for
24 registration; forms.--
25 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
26 every owner or person in charge of a motor vehicle that which
27 is operated or driven on the roads of this state shall
28 register the vehicle in this state. The owner or person in
29 charge shall apply to the department or to its authorized
30 agent for registration of each such vehicle on a form
31 prescribed by the department. Prior to the original
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1 registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped,
2 the owner, if a natural person, must present proof that he or
3 she has a valid motorcycle endorsement as required in chapter
4 322. A No registration is not required for any motor vehicle
5 that which is not operated on the roads of this state during
6 the registration period.
7 Section 29. Subsection (8) of section 320.03, Florida
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
10 International Registration Plan.--
11 (8) If the applicant's name appears on the list
12 referred to in s. 316.1001(4), s. 316.1967(6), or s.
13 713.78(13), a license plate or revalidation sticker may not be
14 issued until that person's name no longer appears on the list
15 or until the person presents a receipt from the clerk showing
16 that the fines outstanding have been paid. This subsection
17 does not apply to the owner of a leased vehicle if the vehicle
18 is registered in the name of the lessee of the vehicle. The
19 tax collector and the clerk of the court are each entitled to
20 receive monthly, as costs for implementing and administering
21 this subsection, 10 percent of the civil penalties and fines
22 recovered from such persons. As used in this subsection, the
23 term "civil penalties and fines" does not include a wrecker
24 operator's lien as described in s. 713.78(13). If the tax
25 collector has private tag agents, such tag agents are entitled
26 to receive a pro rata share of the amount paid to the tax
27 collector, based upon the percentage of license plates and
28 revalidation stickers issued by the tag agent compared to the
29 total issued within the county. The authority of any private
30 agent to issue license plates shall be revoked, after notice
31 and a hearing as provided in chapter 120, if he or she issues
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1 any license plate or revalidation sticker contrary to the
2 provisions of this subsection. This section applies only to
3 the annual renewal in the owner's birth month of a motor
4 vehicle registration and does not apply to the transfer of a
5 registration of a motor vehicle sold by a motor vehicle dealer
6 licensed under this chapter, except for the transfer of
7 registrations which is inclusive of the annual renewals. This
8 section does not affect the issuance of the title to a motor
9 vehicle, notwithstanding s. 319.23(7)(b).
10 Section 30. Section 320.07, Florida Statutes, is
11 amended to read:
12 320.07 Expiration of registration; annual renewal
13 required; penalties.--
14 (1) The registration of a motor vehicle or mobile home
15 shall expire at midnight on the last day of the registration
16 period. A vehicle shall not be operated on the roads of this
17 state after expiration of the renewal period unless the
18 registration has been renewed according to law.
19 (2) Registration shall be renewed annually during the
20 applicable renewal period, upon payment of the applicable
21 license tax amount required by s. 320.08, service charges
22 required by s. 320.04, and any additional fees required by
23 law. However, any person owning a motor vehicle registered
24 under s. 320.08(4), (6)(b), or (13) may register semiannually
25 as provided in s. 320.0705.
26 (3) The operation of any motor vehicle without having
27 attached thereto a registration license plate and validation
28 stickers, or the use of any mobile home without having
29 attached thereto a mobile home sticker, for the current
30 registration period shall subject the owner thereof, if he or
31 she is present, or, if the owner is not present, the operator
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1 thereof to the following penalty provisions:
2 (a) Any person whose motor vehicle or mobile home
3 registration has been expired for a period of 6 months or less
4 commits a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a
5 nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
6 (b) Any person whose motor vehicle or mobile home
7 registration has been expired for more than 6 months shall
8 upon a first offense be subject to the penalty provided in s.
9 318.14.
10 (c) Any person whose motor vehicle or mobile home
11 registration has been expired for more than 6 months shall
12 upon a second or subsequent offense be guilty of a misdemeanor
13 of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or
14 s. 775.083.
15 (d) However, no operator shall be charged with a
16 violation of this subsection if the operator can show,
17 pursuant to a valid lease agreement, that the vehicle had been
18 leased for a period of 30 days or less at the time of the
19 offense.
20 (e) Any servicemember, as defined in s. 250.01, whose
21 mobile home registration has expired while serving on active
22 duty or state active duty shall not be charged with a
23 violation of this subsection if, at the time of the offense,
24 the servicemember was serving on active duty or state active
25 duty 35 miles or more from the mobile home. The servicemember
26 must present to the department either a copy of the official
27 military orders or a written verification signed by the
28 servicemember's commanding officer to waive charges.
29 (f) The owner of a leased motor vehicle is not
30 responsible for any penalty specified in this subsection if
31 the motor vehicle is registered in the name of the lessee of
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1 the motor vehicle.
2 (4)(a) In addition to a penalty provided in subsection
3 (3), a delinquent fee based on the following schedule of
4 license taxes shall be imposed on any applicant who fails to
5 renew a registration prior to the end of the month in which
6 renewal registration is due. The delinquent fee shall be
7 applied beginning on the 11th calendar day of the month
8 succeeding the renewal period. The delinquent fee shall not
9 apply to those vehicles which have not been required to be
10 registered during the preceding registration period or as
11 provided in s. 320.18(2). The delinquent fee shall be imposed
12 as follows:
13 1. License tax of $5 but not more than $25: $5 flat.
14 2. License tax over $25 but not more than $50: $10
15 flat.
16 3. License tax over $50 but not more than $100: $15
17 flat.
18 4. License tax over $100 but not more than $400: $50
19 flat.
20 5. License tax over $400 but not more than $600: $100
21 flat.
22 6. License tax over $600 and up: $250 flat.
23 (b) A person who has been assessed a penalty pursuant
24 to s. 316.545(2)(b) for failure to have a valid vehicle
25 registration certificate is not subject to the delinquent fee
26 authorized by this subsection if such person obtains a valid
27 registration certificate within 10 working days after such
28 penalty was assessed. The official receipt authorized by s.
29 316.545(6) constitutes proof of payment of the penalty
30 authorized in s. 316.545(2)(b).
31 (c) The owner of a leased motor vehicle is not
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1 responsible for any delinquent fee specified in this
2 subsection if the motor vehicle is registered in the name of
3 the lessee of the motor vehicle.
4 (5) Any servicemember, as defined in s. 250.01, whose
5 motor vehicle or mobile home registration has expired while
6 serving on active duty or state active duty, shall be able to
7 renew his or her registration upon return from active duty or
8 state active duty without penalty, if the servicemember served
9 on active duty or state active duty 35 miles or more from the
10 servicemember's home of record prior to entering active duty
11 or state active duty. The servicemember must provide to the
12 department either a copy of the official military orders or a
13 written verification signed by the servicemember's commanding
14 officer to waive delinquent fees.
15 (6) Delinquent fees imposed under this section shall
16 not be apportionable under the International Registration
17 Plan.
18 Section 31. Section 320.0706, Florida Statutes, is
19 amended to read:
20 320.0706 Display of license plates on trucks.--The
21 owner of any commercial truck of gross vehicle weight of
22 26,001 pounds or more shall display the registration license
23 plate on both the front and rear of the truck in conformance
24 with all the requirements of s. 316.605 that do not conflict
25 with this section. The owner of a dump truck may place the
26 rear license plate on the gate no higher than 60 inches to
27 allow for better visibility. However, the owner of a truck
28 tractor shall be required to display the registration license
29 plate only on the front of such vehicle.
30 Section 32. Paragraph (eee) is added to subsection (4)
31 of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, as amended by section
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1 1 of chapter 2005-357, Laws of Florida, and paragraph (a) of
2 subsection (8) of that section is amended, to read:
3 320.08056 Specialty license plates.--
4 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall
5 be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
6 (eee) Future Farmers of America license plate, $25.
7 (8)(a) The department must discontinue the issuance of
8 an approved specialty license plate if the number of valid
9 specialty plate registrations falls below 1,000 plates for at
10 least 12 consecutive months. A warning letter shall be mailed
11 to the sponsoring organization following the first month in
12 which the total number of valid specialty plate registrations
13 is below 1,000 plates. This paragraph does not apply to
14 collegiate license plates established under s. 320.08058(3).
15 Section 33. Subsection (57) is added to section
16 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
17 320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
18 (57) FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA LICENSE PLATES.--
19 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053,
20 the department shall develop a Future Farmers of America
21 license plate as provided in this section. Future Farmers of
22 America license plates must bear the colors and design
23 approved by the department. The word "Florida" must appear at
24 the top of the plate, and the words "Agricultural Education"
25 must appear at the bottom of the plate.
26 (b) The license plate annual use fee shall be
27 distributed quarterly to the Florida Future Farmers of America
28 Foundation, Inc., to fund activities and services of the
29 Future Farmers of America.
30 (c) The Florida Future Farmers of America Foundation,
31 Inc., shall retain all revenue from the annual use fees until
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1 all startup costs for developing and establishing the plates
2 have been recovered. Thereafter, up to 10 percent of the
3 annual use fee revenue may be used for administrative,
4 handling, and disbursement expenses and up to 5 percent may be
5 used for advertising and marketing costs. All remaining annual
6 use fee revenue shall be used by the Florida Future Farmers of
7 America Foundation, Inc., to fund its activities, programs,
8 and projects, including, but not limited to, student and
9 teacher leadership programs, the Foundation for Leadership
10 Training Center, teacher recruitment and retention, and other
11 special projects.
12 Section 34. Section 320.089, Florida Statutes, is
13 amended to read:
14 320.089 Members of National Guard and active United
15 States Armed Forces reservists; former prisoners of war;
16 survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal recipients;
17 Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
18 Veterans; special license plates; fee.--
19 (1)(a) Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck
20 for private use or recreational vehicle as specified in s.
21 320.08(9)(c) or (d), which is not used for hire or commercial
22 use, who is a resident of the state and an active or retired
23 member of the Florida National Guard, a survivor of the attack
24 on Pearl Harbor, a recipient of the Purple Heart medal, or an
25 active or retired member of any branch of the United States
26 Armed Forces Reserve shall, upon application to the
27 department, accompanied by proof of active membership or
28 retired status in the Florida National Guard, proof of
29 membership in the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association or proof
30 of active military duty in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941,
31 proof of being a Purple Heart medal recipient, or proof of
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1 active or retired membership in any branch of the Armed Forces
2 Reserve, and upon payment of the license tax for the vehicle
3 as provided in s. 320.08, be issued a license plate as
4 provided by s. 320.06, upon which, in lieu of the serial
5 numbers prescribed by s. 320.06, shall be stamped the words
6 "National Guard," "Pearl Harbor Survivor," "Combat-wounded
7 veteran," or "U.S. Reserve," as appropriate, followed by the
8 serial number of the license plate. Additionally, the Purple
9 Heart plate may have the words "Purple Heart" stamped on the
10 plate and the likeness of the Purple Heart medal appearing on
11 the plate.
12 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
13 contrary, beginning with fiscal year 2002-2003 and annually
14 thereafter, the first $100,000 in general revenue generated
15 from the sale of license plates issued under this section
16 which are stamped with the words "National Guard," "Pearl
17 Harbor Survivor," "Combat-wounded veteran," or "U.S. Reserve"
18 shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund,
19 as described in s. 296.38(2), to be used for the purposes
20 established by law for that trust fund.
21 (c) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the
22 contrary, an applicant for a Pearl Harbor Survivor license
23 plate or a Purple Heart license plate who also qualifies for a
24 disabled veteran's license plate under s. 320.084 shall be
25 issued the appropriate special license plate without payment
26 of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08.
27 (2) Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck for
28 private use, truck weighing not more than 7,999 pounds, or
29 recreational vehicle as specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) or (d),
30 which is not used for hire or commercial use, who is a
31 resident of the state and who is a former prisoner of war, or
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1 their unremarried surviving spouse, shall, upon application
2 therefor to the department, be issued a license plate as
3 provided in s. 320.06, on which license plate are stamped the
4 words "Ex-POW" followed by the serial number. Each application
5 shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant meets the
6 qualifications specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b).
7 (a) A citizen of the United States who served as a
8 member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the armed
9 forces of a nation allied with the United States who was held
10 as a prisoner of war at such time as the Armed Forces of the
11 United States were engaged in combat, or their unremarried
12 surviving spouse, may be issued the special license plate
13 provided for in this subsection without payment of the license
14 tax imposed by s. 320.08.
15 (b) A person who was serving as a civilian with the
16 consent of the United States Government, or a person who was a
17 member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was not a
18 United States citizen and was held as a prisoner of war when
19 the Armed Forces of the United States were engaged in combat,
20 or their unremarried surviving spouse, may be issued the
21 special license plate provided for in this subsection upon
22 payment of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08.
23 (3) Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck for
24 private use, truck weighing not more than 7,999 pounds, or
25 recreational vehicle as specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) or (d),
26 which is not used for hire or commercial use, who is a
27 resident of this state and who is the unremarried surviving
28 spouse of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal shall, upon
29 application therefor to the department, with the payment of
30 the required fees, be issued a license plate as provided in s.
31 320.06, on which license plate are stamped the words "Purple
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1 Heart" and the likeness of the Purple Heart medal followed by
2 the serial number. Each application shall be accompanied by
3 proof that the applicant is the unremarried surviving spouse
4 of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal.
5 (4) The owner or lessee of an automobile or truck for
6 private use, a truck weighing not more than 7,999 pounds, or a
7 recreational vehicle as specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) or (d)
8 which automobile, truck, or recreational vehicle is not used
9 for hire or commercial use who is a resident of the state and
10 a current or former member of the United States military who
11 was deployed and served in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom
12 or in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom shall,
13 upon application to the department, accompanied by proof of
14 active membership or former active duty status during one of
15 these operations, and upon payment of the license tax for the
16 vehicle as provided in s. 320.08, be issued a license plate as
17 provided by s. 320.06 upon which, in lieu of the registration
18 license number prescribed by s. 320.06, shall be stamped the
19 words "Operation Iraqi Freedom" or "Operation Enduring
20 Freedom," as appropriate, followed by the registration license
21 number of the plate.
22 Section 35. Subsection (4) and paragraph (b) of
23 subsection (9) of section 320.27, Florida Statutes, are
24 amended to read:
25 320.27 Motor vehicle dealers.--
26 (4) LICENSE CERTIFICATE.--
27 (a) A license certificate shall be issued by the
28 department in accordance with such application when the
29 application is regular in form and in compliance with the
30 provisions of this section. The license certificate may be in
31 the form of a document or a computerized card as determined by
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1 the department. The actual cost of each original, additional,
2 or replacement computerized card shall be borne by the
3 licensee and is in addition to the fee for licensure. Such
4 license, when so issued, entitles the licensee to carry on and
5 conduct the business of a motor vehicle dealer. Each license
6 issued to a franchise motor vehicle dealer expires annually on
7 December 31 unless revoked or suspended prior to that date.
8 Each license issued to an independent or wholesale dealer or
9 auction expires annually on April 30 unless revoked or
10 suspended prior to that date. Not less than 60 days prior to
11 the license expiration date, the department shall deliver or
12 mail to each licensee the necessary renewal forms. Each
13 independent dealer shall certify that the dealer principal
14 (owner, partner, officer of the corporation, or director of
15 the licensee, or a full-time employee of the licensee that
16 holds a responsible management-level position) has completed 8
17 hours of continuing education prior to filing the renewal
18 forms with the department. Such certification shall be filed
19 once every 2 years commencing with the 2006 renewal period.
20 The continuing education shall include at least 2 hours of
21 legal or legislative issues, 1 hour of department issues, and
22 5 hours of relevant motor vehicle industry topics. Continuing
23 education shall be provided by dealer schools licensed under
24 paragraph (b) either in a classroom setting or by
25 correspondence. Such schools shall provide certificates of
26 completion to the department and the customer which shall be
27 filed with the license renewal form, and such schools may
28 charge a fee for providing continuing education. Any licensee
29 who does not file his or her application and fees and any
30 other requisite documents, as required by law, with the
31 department at least 30 days prior to the license expiration
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1 date shall cease to engage in business as a motor vehicle
2 dealer on the license expiration date. A renewal filed with
3 the department within 45 days after the expiration date shall
4 be accompanied by a delinquent fee of $100. Thereafter, a new
5 application is required, accompanied by the initial license
6 fee. A license certificate duly issued by the department may
7 be modified by endorsement to show a change in the name of the
8 licensee, provided, as shown by affidavit of the licensee, the
9 majority ownership interest of the licensee has not changed or
10 the name of the person appearing as franchisee on the sales
11 and service agreement has not changed. Modification of a
12 license certificate to show any name change as herein provided
13 shall not require initial licensure or reissuance of dealer
14 tags; however, any dealer obtaining a name change shall
15 transact all business in and be properly identified by that
16 name. All documents relative to licensure shall reflect the
17 new name. In the case of a franchise dealer, the name change
18 shall be approved by the manufacturer, distributor, or
19 importer. A licensee applying for a name change endorsement
20 shall pay a fee of $25 which fee shall apply to the change in
21 the name of a main location and all additional locations
22 licensed under the provisions of subsection (5). Each initial
23 license application received by the department shall be
24 accompanied by verification that, within the preceding 6
25 months, the applicant, or one or more of his or her designated
26 employees, has attended a training and information seminar
27 conducted by a licensed motor vehicle dealer training school.
28 Any applicant for a new franchised motor vehicle dealer
29 license who has held a valid franchised motor vehicle dealer
30 license continuously for the past 2 years and who remains in
31 good standing with the department is exempt from the
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1 prelicensing training requirement. Such seminar shall include,
2 but is not limited to, statutory dealer requirements, which
3 requirements include required bookkeeping and recordkeeping
4 procedures, requirements for the collection of sales and use
5 taxes, and such other information that in the opinion of the
6 department will promote good business practices. No seminar
7 may exceed 8 hours in length.
8 (b) Each initial license application received by the
9 department for licensure under subparagraph (1)(c)2. must be
10 accompanied by verification that, within the preceding 6
11 months, the applicant (owner, partner, officer of the
12 corporation, or director of the applicant, or a full-time
13 employee of the applicant that holds a responsible
14 management-level position) has successfully completed training
15 conducted by a licensed motor vehicle dealer training school.
16 Such training must include training in titling and
17 registration of motor vehicles, laws relating to unfair and
18 deceptive trade practices, laws relating to financing with
19 regard to buy-here, pay-here operations, and such other
20 information that in the opinion of the department will promote
21 good business practices. Successful completion of this
22 training shall be determined by examination administered at
23 the end of the course and attendance of no less than 90
24 percent of the total hours required by such school. Any
25 applicant who had held a valid motor vehicle dealer's license
26 within the past 2 years and who remains in good standing with
27 the department is exempt from the requirements of this
28 paragraph. In the case of nonresident applicants, the
29 requirement to attend such training shall be placed on any
30 employee of the licensee who holds a responsible
31 management-level position and who is employed full-time at the
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1 motor vehicle dealership. The department shall have the
2 authority to adopt any rule necessary for establishing the
3 training curriculum; length of training, which shall not
4 exceed 8 hours for required department topics and shall not
5 exceed an additional 24 hours for topics related to other
6 regulatory agencies' instructor qualifications; and any other
7 requirements under this section. The curriculum for other
8 subjects shall be approved by any and all other regulatory
9 agencies having jurisdiction over specific subject matters;
10 however, the overall administration of the licensing of these
11 dealer schools and their instructors shall remain with the
12 department. Such schools are authorized to charge a fee.
13 This privatized method for training applicants for dealer
14 licensing pursuant to subparagraph (1)(c)2. is a pilot program
15 that shall be evaluated by the department after it has been in
16 operation for a period of 2 years.
17 (9) DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION.--
18 (b) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke any
19 license issued hereunder or under the provisions of s. 320.77
20 or s. 320.771 upon proof that a licensee has committed, with
21 sufficient frequency so as to establish a pattern of
22 wrongdoing on the part of a licensee, violations of one or
23 more of the following activities:
24 1. Representation that a demonstrator is a new motor
25 vehicle, or the attempt to sell or the sale of a demonstrator
26 as a new motor vehicle without written notice to the purchaser
27 that the vehicle is a demonstrator. For the purposes of this
28 section, a "demonstrator," a "new motor vehicle," and a "used
29 motor vehicle" shall be defined as under s. 320.60.
30 2. Unjustifiable refusal to comply with a licensee's
31 responsibility under the terms of the new motor vehicle
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1 warranty issued by its respective manufacturer, distributor,
2 or importer. However, if such refusal is at the direction of
3 the manufacturer, distributor, or importer, such refusal shall
4 not be a ground under this section.
5 3. Misrepresentation or false, deceptive, or
6 misleading statements with regard to the sale or financing of
7 motor vehicles which any motor vehicle dealer has, or causes
8 to have, advertised, printed, displayed, published,
9 distributed, broadcast, televised, or made in any manner with
10 regard to the sale or financing of motor vehicles.
11 4. Failure by any motor vehicle dealer to provide a
12 customer or purchaser with an odometer disclosure statement
13 and a copy of any bona fide written, executed sales contract
14 or agreement of purchase connected with the purchase of the
15 motor vehicle purchased by the customer or purchaser.
16 5. Failure of any motor vehicle dealer to comply with
17 the terms of any bona fide written, executed agreement,
18 pursuant to the sale of a motor vehicle.
19 6. Failure to apply for transfer of a title as
20 prescribed in s. 319.23(6).
21 7. Use of the dealer license identification number by
22 any person other than the licensed dealer or his or her
23 designee.
24 8. Failure to continually meet the requirements of the
25 licensure law.
26 9. Representation to a customer or any advertisement
27 to the public representing or suggesting that a motor vehicle
28 is a new motor vehicle if such vehicle lawfully cannot be
29 titled in the name of the customer or other member of the
30 public by the seller using a manufacturer's statement of
31 origin as permitted in s. 319.23(1).
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1 10. Requirement by any motor vehicle dealer that a
2 customer or purchaser accept equipment on his or her motor
3 vehicle which was not ordered by the customer or purchaser.
4 11. Requirement by any motor vehicle dealer that any
5 customer or purchaser finance a motor vehicle with a specific
6 financial institution or company.
7 12. Requirement by any motor vehicle dealer that the
8 purchaser of a motor vehicle contract with the dealer for
9 physical damage insurance.
10 13. Perpetration of a fraud upon any person as a
11 result of dealing in motor vehicles, including, without
12 limitation, the misrepresentation to any person by the
13 licensee of the licensee's relationship to any manufacturer,
14 importer, or distributor.
15 14. Violation of any of the provisions of s. 319.35 by
16 any motor vehicle dealer.
17 15. Sale by a motor vehicle dealer of a vehicle
18 offered in trade by a customer prior to consummation of the
19 sale, exchange, or transfer of a newly acquired vehicle to the
20 customer, unless the customer provides written authorization
21 for the sale of the trade-in vehicle prior to delivery of the
22 newly acquired vehicle.
23 16. Willful failure to comply with any administrative
24 rule adopted by the department or the provisions of s.
25 320.131(8).
26 17. Violation of chapter 319, this chapter, or ss.
27 559.901-559.9221, which has to do with dealing in or repairing
28 motor vehicles or mobile homes. Additionally, in the case of
29 used motor vehicles, the willful violation of the federal law
30 and rule in 15 U.S.C. s. 2304, 16 C.F.R. part 455, pertaining
31 to the consumer sales window form.
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1 18. Failure to maintain evidence of notification to
2 the owner or coowner of a vehicle regarding registration or
3 titling fees owned as required in s. 320.02(19).
4 19. Failure to register a mobile home salesperson with
5 the department as required by this section.
6 Section 36. Subsection (5) is added to section
7 320.405, Florida Statutes, to read:
8 320.405 International Registration Plan; inspection of
9 records; hearings.--
10 (5) The department may enter into an agreement for
11 scheduling the payment of taxes or penalties owed to the
12 department as a result of an audit assessment issued under
13 this section.
14 Section 37. Subsection (1) of section 320.77 is
15 amended, present subsections (9) through (15) are redesignated
16 as subsections (10) through (16), respectively, and a new
17 subsection (9) is added to that section, to read:
18 320.77 License required of mobile home dealers.--
19 (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:
20 (a) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the business
21 of buying, selling, or dealing in mobile homes or offering or
22 displaying mobile homes for sale. The term "dealer" includes
23 a mobile home broker. Any person who buys, sells, deals in, or
24 offers or displays for sale, or who acts as the agent for the
25 sale of, one or more mobile homes in any 12-month period shall
26 be prima facie presumed to be a dealer. The terms "selling"
27 and "sale" include lease-purchase transactions. The term
28 "dealer" does not include banks, credit unions, and finance
29 companies that acquire mobile homes as an incident to their
30 regular business and does not include mobile home rental and
31 leasing companies that sell mobile homes to dealers licensed
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1 under this section. A licensed dealer may transact business in
2 recreational vehicles with a motor vehicle auction as defined
3 in s. 320.27(1)(c)4. Any licensed dealer dealing exclusively
4 in mobile homes shall not have benefit of the privilege of
5 using dealer license plates.
6 (b) "Mobile home broker" means any person who is
7 engaged in the business of offering to procure or procuring
8 used mobile homes for the general public; who holds himself or
9 herself out through solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise
10 as one who offers to procure or procures used mobile homes for
11 the general public; or who acts as the agent or intermediary
12 on behalf of the owner or seller of a used mobile home which
13 is for sale or who assists or represents the seller in finding
14 a buyer for the mobile home.
15 (c)1. "Mobile home salesperson" means a person not
16 otherwise expressly excluded by this section who:
17 a. Is employed as a salesperson by a mobile home
18 dealer, as defined in s. 320.77, or who, under any contract,
19 agreement, or arrangement with a dealer, for a commission,
20 money, profit, or any other thing of value, sells, exchanges,
21 buys, or offers for sale, negotiates, or attempts to negotiate
22 a sale or exchange of an interest in a mobile home required to
23 be titled under this chapter;
24 b. Induces or attempts to induce any person to buy or
25 exchange an interest in a mobile home required to be
26 registered and who receives or expects to receive a
27 commission, money, brokerage fees, profit, or any other thing
28 of value from the seller or purchaser of the mobile home; or
29 c. Exercises managerial control over the business of a
30 licensed mobile home dealer or who supervises mobile home
31 salespersons employed by a licensed mobile home dealer,
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1 whether compensated by salary or commission, including, but
2 not limited to, any person who is employed by the mobile home
3 dealer as a general manager, assistant general manager, or
4 sales manager, or any employee of a licensed mobile home
5 dealer who negotiates with or induces a customer to enter into
6 a security agreement or purchase agreement or purchase order
7 for the sale of a mobile home on behalf of the licensed mobile
8 home dealer.
9 2. The term does not include:
10 a. A representative of an insurance company or a
11 finance company, or a public official who, in the regular
12 course of business, is required to dispose of or sell mobile
13 homes under a contractual right or obligation of the employer,
14 in the performance of an official duty, or under the authority
15 of any court if the sale is to save the seller from any loss
16 or pursuant to the authority of a court.
17 b. A person who is licensed as a manufacturer,
18 remanufacturer, transporter, distributor, or representative of
19 mobile homes.
20 c. A person who is licensed as a mobile home dealer
21 under this chapter.
22 d. A person not engaged in the purchase or sale of
23 mobile homes as a business who is disposing of mobile homes
24 acquired for his or her own use or for use in his or her
25 business if the mobile homes were acquired and used in good
26 faith and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of
27 this chapter.
28 (9) Salespersons to be registered by licensees.--
29 (a) Each licensee shall register with the department,
30 within 30 days after the date of hire, the name, local
31 residence address, and home telephone number of each person
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1 employed by such licensee as a mobile home salesperson. A
2 licensee may not provide a post office box in lieu of a
3 physical residential address.
4 (b) Each time a mobile home salesperson employed by a
5 licensee changes his residence address, the salesperson must
6 notify the department within 20 days after the change.
7 (c) Quarterly, each licensee shall notify the
8 department of the termination or separation from employment of
9 each mobile home salesperson employed by the licensee. Each
10 notification must be on a form prescribed by the department.
11 Section 38. Section 320.781, Florida Statutes, is
12 amended to read:
13 320.781 Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle
14 Protection Trust Fund.--
15 (1) There is hereby established a Mobile Home and
16 Recreational Vehicle Protection Trust Fund. The trust fund
17 shall be administered and managed by the Department of Highway
18 Safety and Motor Vehicles. The expenses incurred by the
19 department in administering this section shall be paid only
20 from appropriations made from the trust fund.
21 (2) Beginning October 1, 1990, the department shall
22 charge and collect an additional fee of $1 for each new mobile
23 home and new recreational vehicle title transaction for which
24 it charges a fee. This additional fee shall be deposited into
25 the trust fund. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor
26 Vehicles shall charge a fee of $40 per annual dealer and
27 manufacturer license and license renewal, which shall be
28 deposited into the trust fund. The sums deposited in the trust
29 fund shall be used exclusively for carrying out the purposes
30 of this section. These sums may be invested and reinvested by
31 the Chief Financial Officer under the same limitations as
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1 apply to investment of other state funds, with all interest
2 from these investments deposited to the credit of the trust
3 fund.
4 (3) The trust fund shall be used to satisfy any
5 judgment or claim by any person, as provided by this section,
6 against a mobile home or recreational vehicle dealer or broker
7 for damages, restitution, or expenses, including reasonable
8 attorney's fees, resulting from a cause of action directly
9 related to the conditions of any written contract made by him
10 or her in connection with the sale, exchange, or improvement
11 of any mobile home or recreational vehicle, or for any
12 violation of chapter 319 or this chapter.
13 (4) The trust fund shall not be liable for any
14 judgment, or part thereof, resulting from any tort claim
15 except as expressly provided in subsection (3), nor for any
16 punitive, exemplary, double, or treble damages. A person, the
17 state, or any political subdivision thereof may recover
18 against the mobile home or recreational vehicle dealer,
19 broker, or surety, jointly and severally, for such damages,
20 restitution, or expenses; provided, however, that in no event
21 shall the trust fund or the surety be liable for an amount in
22 excess of actual damages, restitution, or expenses.
23 (5) Subject to the limitations and requirements of
24 this section, the trust fund shall be used by the department
25 to compensate persons who have unsatisfied judgments, or in
26 certain limited circumstances unsatisfied claims, against a
27 mobile home or recreational vehicle dealer or broker. The
28 following conditions must exist for a person to be eligible to
29 file a claim against the trust fund in one of the following
30 situations:
31 (a) The claimant has obtained a final judgment that
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1 which is unsatisfied against the mobile home or recreational
2 vehicle dealer or broker or its surety jointly and severally,
3 or against the mobile home dealer or broker only, if the court
4 found that the surety was not liable due to prior payment of
5 valid claims against the bond in an amount equal to, or
6 greater than, the face amount of the applicable bond; or the
7 claimant is prohibited from filing a claim in a lawsuit
8 because a bankruptcy proceeding is pending by the dealer or
9 broker, and the claimant has filed a claim in that bankruptcy
10 proceeding; or the dealer or broker has closed his or her
11 business and cannot be found or located within the
12 jurisdiction of the state; and.
13 (b) A claim has been made in a lawsuit against the
14 surety and a judgment obtained is unsatisfied; a claim has
15 been made in a lawsuit against the surety which has been
16 stayed or discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding; or a claimant
17 is prohibited from filing a claim in a lawsuit because a
18 bankruptcy proceeding is pending by surety or the surety is
19 not liable due to the prior payment of valid claims against
20 the bond in an amount equal to, or greater than, the face
21 amount of the applicable bond. However, a claimant may not
22 recover against the trust fund if the claimant has recovered
23 from the surety an amount that is equal to or greater than the
24 total loss. The claimant has obtained a judgment against the
25 surety of the mobile home or recreational vehicle dealer or
26 broker that is unsatisfied.
27 (c) The claimant has alleged a claim against the
28 mobile home or recreational vehicle dealer or broker in a
29 lawsuit which has been stayed or discharged as a result of the
30 filing for reorganization or discharge in bankruptcy by the
31 dealer or broker, and judgment against the surety is not
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1 possible because of the bankruptcy or liquidation of the
2 surety, or because the surety has been found by a court of
3 competent jurisdiction not to be liable due to prior payment
4 of valid claims against the bond in an amount equal to, or
5 greater than, the face amount of the applicable bond.
6 (6) In order to recover from the trust fund, the
7 person must file an application and verified claim with the
8 department.
9 (a) If the claimant has obtained a judgment that which
10 is unsatisfied against the mobile home or recreational vehicle
11 dealer or broker or its surety as set forth in this section,
12 the verified claim must specify the following:
13 1.a. That the judgment against the mobile home or
14 recreational vehicle dealer or broker and its surety has been
15 entered; or
16 b. That the judgment against the mobile home or
17 recreational vehicle dealer or broker contains a specific
18 finding that the surety has no liability, that execution has
19 been returned unsatisfied, and that a judgment lien has been
20 perfected;
21 2. The amount of actual damages broken down by
22 category as awarded by the court or jury in the cause which
23 resulted in the unsatisfied judgment, and the amount of
24 attorney's fees set forth in the unsatisfied judgment;
25 3. The amount of payment or other consideration
26 received, if any, from the mobile home or recreational vehicle
27 dealer or broker or its surety;
28 4. The amount that may be realized, if any, from the
29 sale of real or personal property or other assets of the
30 judgment debtor liable to be sold or applied in satisfaction
31 of the judgment and the balance remaining due on the judgment
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1 after application of the amount which has been realized and a
2 certification that the claimant has made a good faith effort
3 to collect the judgment; and
4 5. An assignment by the claimant of rights, title, or
5 interest in the unsatisfied judgement lien to the department;
6 and
7 6.5. Such other information as the department
8 requires.
9 (b) If the claimant has alleged a claim as set forth
10 in paragraph (5)(a) (5)(c) and for the reasons set forth
11 therein has not been able to secure a judgment, the verified
12 claim must contain the following:
13 1. A true copy of the pleadings in the lawsuit that
14 which was stayed or discharged by the bankruptcy court and the
15 order of the bankruptcy court staying those proceedings or a
16 true copy of the claim that was filed in the bankruptcy court
17 proceedings;
18 2. Allegations of the acts or omissions by the mobile
19 home or recreational vehicle dealer or broker setting forth
20 the specific acts or omissions complained of which resulted in
21 actual damage to the person, along with the actual dollar
22 amount necessary to reimburse or compensate the person for
23 costs or expenses resulting from the acts or omissions of
24 which the person complained;
25 3. True copies of all purchase agreements, notices,
26 service or repair orders or papers or documents of any kind
27 whatsoever which the person received in connection with the
28 purchase, exchange, or lease-purchase of the mobile home or
29 recreational vehicle from which the person's cause of action
30 arises; and
31 4. An assignment by the claimant of rights, title, or
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1 interest in the claim to the department; and
2 5.4. Such other information as the department
3 requires.
4 (c) The department may require such proof as it deems
5 necessary to document the matters set forth in the claim.
6 (7) Within 90 days after receipt of the application
7 and verified claim, the department shall issue its
8 determination on the claim. Such determination shall not be
9 subject to the provisions of chapter 120, but shall be
10 reviewable only by writ of certiorari in the circuit court in
11 the county in which the claimant resides in the manner and
12 within the time provided by the Florida Rules of Appellate
13 Procedure. The claim must be paid within 45 days after the
14 determination, or, if judicial review is sought, within 45
15 days after the review becomes final. A person may not be paid
16 an amount from the fund in excess of $25,000 per mobile home
17 or recreational vehicle, which includes any damages,
18 restitution, payments received as the result of a claim
19 against the surety bond, or expenses, including reasonable
20 attorney's fees. Prior to payment, the person must execute an
21 assignment to the department of all the person's rights and
22 title to, and interest in, the unsatisfied judgment and
23 judgment lien or the claim against the dealer or broker and
24 its surety.
25 (8) The department, in its discretion and where
26 feasible, may try to recover from the mobile home or
27 recreational vehicle dealer or broker, or the judgment debtor
28 or its surety, all sums paid to persons from the trust fund.
29 Any sums recovered shall be deposited to the credit of the
30 trust fund. The department shall be awarded a reasonable
31 attorney's fee for all actions taken to recover any sums paid
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1 to persons from the trust fund pursuant to this section.
2 (9) This section does not apply to any claim, and a
3 person may not recover against the trust fund as the result of
4 any claim, against a mobile home or recreational vehicle
5 dealer or broker resulting from a cause of action directly
6 related to the sale, lease-purchase, exchange, brokerage, or
7 installation of a mobile home or recreational vehicle prior to
8 July 1, 2006 October 1, 1990.
9 (10) Neither the department, nor the trust fund shall
10 be liable to any person for recovery if the trust fund does
11 not have the moneys necessary to pay amounts claimed. If the
12 trust fund does not have sufficient assets to pay the
13 claimant, it shall log the time and date of its determination
14 for payment to a claimant. If moneys become available, the
15 department shall pay the claimant whose unpaid claim is the
16 earliest by time and date of determination.
17 (11) It is unlawful for any person or his or her agent
18 to file any notice, statement, or other document required
19 under this section which is false or contains any material
20 misstatement of fact. Any person who violates this subsection
21 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as
22 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
23 Section 39. Subsection (16) of section 322.01, Florida
24 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (43) and (44) are added
25 to that section, to read:
26 322.01 Definitions.--As used in this chapter:
27 (16) "Driver's license" means a certificate that
28 which, subject to all other requirements of law, authorizes an
29 individual to drive a motor vehicle and denotes an operator's
30 license as defined in 49 U.S.C. s. 30301.
31 (43) "Identification card" means a personal
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1 identification card issued by the department which conforms to
2 the definition in 18 U.S.C. s. 1028(d).
3 (44) "Temporary driver's license" or "temporary
4 identification card" means a certificate issued by the
5 department which, subject to all other requirements of law,
6 authorizes an individual to drive a motor vehicle and denotes
7 an operator's license, as defined in 49 U.S.C. s. 30301, or a
8 personal identification card issued by the department which
9 conforms to the definition in 18 U.S.C. s. 1028(d) and denotes
10 that the holder is permitted to stay for a short duration of
11 time, as specified on the temporary identification card, and
12 is not a permanent resident of the United States.
13 Section 40. Subsection (2) of section 322.05, Florida
14 Statutes, is amended to read:
15 322.05 Persons not to be licensed.--The department may
16 not issue a license:
17 (2) To a person who is at least 16 years of age but is
18 under 18 years of age unless the person meets the requirements
19 of s. 322.091 and holds a valid:
20 (a) Learner's driver's license for at least 12 months,
21 with no moving traffic convictions, before applying for a
22 license;
23 (b) Learner's driver's license for at least 12 months
24 and who has a moving traffic conviction but elects to attend a
25 traffic driving school for which adjudication must be withheld
26 pursuant to s. 318.14; or
27 (c) License that was issued in another state or in a
28 foreign jurisdiction and that would not be subject to
29 suspension or revocation under the laws of this state.
30 Section 41. Subsection (1) of section 322.051, Florida
31 Statutes, is amended to read:
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1 322.051 Identification cards.--
2 (1) Any person who is 5 12 years of age or older, or
3 any person who has a disability, regardless of age, who
4 applies for a disabled parking permit under s. 320.0848, may
5 be issued an identification card by the department upon
6 completion of an application and payment of an application
7 fee.
8 (a) Each such application shall include the following
9 information regarding the applicant:
10 1. Full name (first, middle or maiden, and last),
11 gender, social security card number, county of residence and
12 mailing address, country of birth, and a brief description.
13 2. Proof of birth date satisfactory to the department.
14 3. Proof of identity satisfactory to the department.
15 Such proof must include one of the following documents issued
16 to the applicant:
17 a. A driver's license record or identification card
18 record from another jurisdiction that required the applicant
19 to submit a document for identification which is substantially
20 similar to a document required under sub-subparagraph b.,
21 sub-subparagraph c., sub-subparagraph d., sub-subparagraph e.,
22 sub-subparagraph f., or sub-subparagraph g.;
23 b. A certified copy of a United States birth
24 certificate;
25 c. A United States passport;
26 d. A naturalization certificate issued by the United
27 States Department of Homeland Security;
28 e. An alien registration receipt card (green card);
29 f. An employment authorization card issued by the
30 United States Department of Homeland Security; or
31 g. Proof of nonimmigrant classification provided by
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1 the United States Department of Homeland Security, for an
2 original identification card. In order to prove such
3 nonimmigrant classification, applicants may produce but are
4 not limited to the following documents:
5 (I) A notice of hearing from an immigration court
6 scheduling a hearing on any proceeding.
7 (II) A notice from the Board of Immigration Appeals
8 acknowledging pendency of an appeal.
9 (III) Notice of the approval of an application for
10 adjustment of status issued by the United States Bureau of
11 Citizenship and Immigration Services.
12 (IV) Any official documentation confirming the filing
13 of a petition for asylum or refugee status or any other relief
14 issued by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and
15 Immigration Services.
16 (V) Notice of action transferring any pending matter
17 from another jurisdiction to Florida, issued by the United
18 States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
19 (VI) Order of an immigration judge or immigration
20 officer granting any relief that authorizes the alien to live
21 and work in the United States including, but not limited to
22 asylum.
23 (VII) Evidence that an application is pending for
24 adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for
25 permanent residence in the United States or conditional
26 permanent resident status in the United States, if a visa
27 number is available having a current priority date for
28 processing by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and
29 Immigration Services.
30
31 Presentation of any of the documents described in
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1 sub-subparagraph f. or sub-subparagraph g. entitles the
2 applicant to an identification card for a period not to exceed
3 the expiration date of the document presented or 1 year 2
4 years, whichever first occurs.
5 (b) An application for an identification card must be
6 signed and verified by the applicant in a format designated by
7 the department before a person authorized to administer oaths.
8 The fee for an identification card is $3, including payment
9 for the color photograph or digital image of the applicant.
10 (c) Each such applicant may include fingerprints and
11 any other unique biometric means of identity.
12 Section 42. Subsection (2) of section 322.08, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 322.08 Application for license.--
15 (2) Each such application shall include the following
16 information regarding the applicant:
17 (a) Full name (first, middle or maiden, and last),
18 gender, social security card number, county of residence and
19 mailing address, country of birth, and a brief description.
20 (b) Proof of birth date satisfactory to the
21 department.
22 (c) Proof of identity satisfactory to the department.
23 Such proof must include one of the following documents issued
24 to the applicant:
25 1. A driver's license record or identification card
26 record from another jurisdiction that required the applicant
27 to submit a document for identification which is substantially
28 similar to a document required under subparagraph 2.,
29 subparagraph 3., subparagraph 4., subparagraph 5.,
30 subparagraph 6., or subparagraph 7.;
31 2. A certified copy of a United States birth
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1 certificate;
2 3. A United States passport;
3 4. A naturalization certificate issued by the United
4 States Department of Homeland Security;
5 5. An alien registration receipt card (green card);
6 6. An employment authorization card issued by the
7 United States Department of Homeland Security; or
8 7. Proof of nonimmigrant classification provided by
9 the United States Department of Homeland Security, for an
10 original driver's license. In order to prove nonimmigrant
11 classification, an applicant may produce the following
12 documents, including, but not limited to:
13 a. A notice of hearing from an immigration court
14 scheduling a hearing on any proceeding.
15 b. A notice from the Board of Immigration Appeals
16 acknowledging pendency of an appeal.
17 c. A notice of the approval of an application for
18 adjustment of status issued by the United States Bureau of
19 Citizenship and Immigration Services and Naturalization
20 Service.
21 d. Any official documentation confirming the filing of
22 a petition for asylum or refugee status or any other relief
23 issued by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and
24 Immigration Services and Naturalization Service.
25 e. A notice of action transferring any pending matter
26 from another jurisdiction to this state issued by the United
27 States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and
28 Naturalization Service.
29 f. An order of an immigration judge or immigration
30 officer granting any relief that authorizes the alien to live
31 and work in the United States, including, but not limited to,
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1 asylum.
2 g. Evidence that an application is pending for
3 adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for
4 permanent residence in the United States or conditional
5 permanent resident status in the United States, if a visa
6 number is available having a current priority date for
7 processing by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and
8 Immigration Services.
9
10 Presentation of any of the documents in subparagraph 6. or
11 subparagraph 7. entitles the applicant to a driver's license
12 or temporary permit for a period not to exceed the expiration
13 date of the document presented or 1 year 2 years, whichever
14 occurs first.
15 (d) Whether the applicant has previously been licensed
16 to drive, and, if so, when and by what state, and whether any
17 such license or driving privilege has ever been disqualified,
18 revoked, or suspended, or whether an application has ever been
19 refused, and, if so, the date of and reason for such
20 disqualification, suspension, revocation, or refusal.
21 (e) Each such application may include fingerprints and
22 other unique biometric means of identity.
23 Section 43. Effective July 1, 2008, subsection (5) of
24 section 322.12, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
25 322.12 Examination of applicants.--
26 (5)(a) The department shall formulate a separate
27 examination for applicants for licenses to operate
28 motorcycles. Any applicant for a driver's license who wishes
29 to operate a motorcycle, and who is otherwise qualified, must
30 successfully complete such an examination, which is in
31 addition to the examination administered under subsection (3).
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1 The examination must test the applicant's knowledge of the
2 operation of a motorcycle and of any traffic laws specifically
3 relating thereto and must include an actual demonstration of
4 his or her ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control
5 in the operation of a motorcycle. Any applicant who fails to
6 pass the initial knowledge examination will incur a $5 fee for
7 each subsequent examination, to be deposited into the Highway
8 Safety Operating Trust Fund. Any applicant who fails to pass
9 the initial skills examination will incur a $10 fee for each
10 subsequent examination, to be deposited into the Highway
11 Safety Operating Trust Fund. In the formulation of the
12 examination, the department shall consider the use of the
13 Motorcycle Operator Skills Test and the Motorcycle in Traffic
14 Test offered by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. The
15 department shall indicate on the license of any person who
16 successfully completes the examination that the licensee is
17 authorized to operate a motorcycle. If the applicant wishes to
18 be licensed to operate a motorcycle only, he or she need not
19 take the skill or road test required under subsection (3) for
20 the operation of a motor vehicle, and the department shall
21 indicate such a limitation on his or her license as a
22 restriction. Every first-time applicant for licensure to
23 operate a motorcycle who is under 21 years of age must provide
24 proof of completion of a motorcycle safety course, as provided
25 for in s. 322.0255, before the applicant may be licensed to
26 operate a motorcycle.
27 (b) The department may exempt any applicant from the
28 examination provided in this subsection if the applicant
29 presents a certificate showing successful completion of a
30 course approved by the department, which course includes a
31 similar examination of the knowledge and skill of the
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1 applicant in the operation of a motorcycle.
2 Section 44. Subsection (8) of section 322.121, Florida
3 Statutes, is amended to read:
4 322.121 Periodic reexamination of all drivers.--
5 (8) In addition to any other examination authorized by
6 this section, an applicant for a renewal of an endorsement
7 issued under s. 322.57(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), or (f)
8 may be required to complete successfully an examination of his
9 or her knowledge regarding state and federal rules,
10 regulations, and laws, governing the type of vehicle which he
11 or she is seeking an endorsement to operate.
12 Section 45. Section 322.2615, Florida Statutes, is
13 amended to read:
14 322.2615 Suspension of license; right to review.--
15 (1)(a) A law enforcement officer or correctional
16 officer shall, on behalf of the department, suspend the
17 driving privilege of a person who is driving or in actual
18 physical control of a motor vehicle and who has an has been
19 arrested by a law enforcement officer for a violation of s.
20 316.193, relating to unlawful blood-alcohol level or
21 breath-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher, or of a person who has
22 refused to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test or a test
23 of his or her breath-alcohol or blood-alcohol level authorized
24 by s. 316.1932. The officer shall take the person's driver's
25 license and issue the person a 10-day temporary permit if the
26 person is otherwise eligible for the driving privilege and
27 shall issue the person a notice of suspension. If a blood test
28 has been administered, the results of which are not available
29 to the officer or at the time of the arrest, the agency
30 employing the officer shall transmit such results to the
31 department within 5 days after receipt of the results. If the
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1 department then determines that the person was arrested for a
2 violation of s. 316.193 and that the person had a
3 blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher,
4 the department shall suspend the person's driver's license
5 pursuant to subsection (3).
6 (b) The suspension under paragraph (a) shall be
7 pursuant to, and the notice of suspension shall inform the
8 driver of, the following:
9 1.a. The driver refused to submit to a lawful breath,
10 blood, or urine test and his or her driving privilege is
11 suspended for a period of 1 year for a first refusal or for a
12 period of 18 months if his or her driving privilege has been
13 previously suspended as a result of a refusal to submit to
14 such a test; or
15 b. The driver was driving or in actual physical
16 control of a motor vehicle and had violated s. 316.193 by
17 driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol
18 level of 0.08 or higher as provided in that section and his or
19 her driving privilege is suspended for a period of 6 months
20 for a first offense or for a period of 1 year if his or her
21 driving privilege has been previously suspended under this
22 section for a violation of s. 316.193.
23 2. The suspension period shall commence on the date of
24 arrest or issuance of the notice of suspension, whichever is
25 later.
26 3. The driver may request a formal or informal review
27 of the suspension by the department within 10 days after the
28 date of arrest or issuance of the notice of suspension,
29 whichever is later.
30 4. The temporary permit issued at the time of
31 suspension arrest expires will expire at midnight of the 10th
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1 day following the date of arrest or issuance of the notice of
2 suspension, whichever is later.
3 5. The driver may submit to the department any
4 materials relevant to the suspension arrest.
5 (2) Except as provided in paragraph (1)(a), the law
6 enforcement officer shall forward to the department, within 5
7 days after issuing the date of the arrest, a copy of the
8 notice of suspension, the driver's license; of the person
9 arrested, and a report of the arrest, including an affidavit
10 stating the officer's grounds for belief that the person was
11 driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while
12 under the influence of alcoholic beverages or chemical or
13 controlled substances arrested was in violation of s. 316.193;
14 the results of any breath or blood test or an affidavit
15 stating that a breath, blood, or urine test was requested by a
16 law enforcement officer or correctional officer and that the
17 person arrested refused to submit; a copy of the citation
18 issued to the person arrested; and the officer's description
19 of the person's field sobriety test, if any; the notice of
20 suspension; and a copy of the crash report, if any. The
21 failure of the officer to submit materials within the 5-day
22 period specified in this subsection and in subsection (1) does
23 shall not affect the department's ability to consider any
24 evidence submitted at or prior to the hearing. The officer
25 may also submit a copy of a videotape of the field sobriety
26 test or the attempt to administer such test. Materials
27 submitted to the department by a law enforcement agency or
28 correctional agency shall be considered self-authenticating
29 and shall be in the record for consideration by the hearing
30 officer. Notwithstanding s. 316.066(4), the crash report shall
31 be considered by the hearing officer.
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1 (3) If the department determines that the license of
2 the person arrested should be suspended pursuant to this
3 section and if the notice of suspension has not already been
4 served upon the person by a law enforcement officer or
5 correctional officer as provided in subsection (1), the
6 department shall issue a notice of suspension and, unless the
7 notice is mailed pursuant to s. 322.251, a temporary permit
8 that which expires 10 days after the date of issuance if the
9 driver is otherwise eligible.
10 (4) If the person whose license was suspended arrested
11 requests an informal review pursuant to subparagraph (1)(b)3.,
12 the department shall conduct the informal review by a hearing
13 officer employed by the department. Such informal review
14 hearing shall consist solely of an examination by the
15 department of the materials submitted by a law enforcement
16 officer or correctional officer and by the person whose
17 license was suspended arrested, and the presence of an officer
18 or witness is not required.
19 (5) After completion of the informal review, notice of
20 the department's decision sustaining, amending, or
21 invalidating the suspension of the driver's license of the
22 person whose license was suspended arrested must be provided
23 to such person. Such notice must be mailed to the person at
24 the last known address shown on the department's records, or
25 to the address provided in the law enforcement officer's
26 report if such address differs from the address of record,
27 within 21 days after the expiration of the temporary permit
28 issued pursuant to subsection (1) or subsection (3).
29 (6)(a) If the person whose license was suspended
30 arrested requests a formal review, the department must
31 schedule a hearing to be held within 30 days after such
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1 request is received by the department and must notify the
2 person of the date, time, and place of the hearing.
3 (b) Such formal review hearing shall be held before a
4 hearing officer employed by the department, and the hearing
5 officer shall be authorized to administer oaths, examine
6 witnesses and take testimony, receive relevant evidence, issue
7 subpoenas for the officers and witnesses identified in
8 documents in subsection (2), regulate the course and conduct
9 of the hearing, question witnesses, and make a ruling on the
10 suspension. The department and the person arrested may
11 subpoena witnesses, and the party requesting the presence of a
12 witness shall be responsible for the payment of any witness
13 fees and for notifying in writing the state attorney's office
14 in the appropriate circuit of the issuance of the subpoena.
15 If the person who requests a formal review hearing fails to
16 appear and the hearing officer finds such failure to be
17 without just cause, the right to a formal hearing is waived
18 and the suspension shall be sustained.
19 (c) A party may seek enforcement of a subpoena under
20 paragraph (b) by filing a petition for enforcement in the
21 circuit court of the judicial circuit in which the person
22 failing to comply with the subpoena resides. A failure to
23 comply with an order of the court shall result in a finding of
24 contempt of court. However, a person is shall not be in
25 contempt while a subpoena is being challenged.
26 (d) The department must, within 7 working days after a
27 formal review hearing, send notice to the person of the
28 hearing officer's decision as to whether sufficient cause
29 exists to sustain, amend, or invalidate the suspension.
30 (7) In a formal review hearing under subsection (6) or
31 an informal review hearing under subsection (4), the hearing
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1 officer shall determine by a preponderance of the evidence
2 whether sufficient cause exists to sustain, amend, or
3 invalidate the suspension. The scope of the review shall be
4 limited to the following issues:
5 (a) If the license was suspended for driving with an
6 unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of 0.08
7 or higher in violation of s. 316.193:
8 1. Whether the arresting law enforcement officer had
9 probable cause to believe that the person whose license was
10 suspended was driving or in actual physical control of a motor
11 vehicle in this state while under the influence of alcoholic
12 beverages or chemical or controlled substances.
13 2. Whether the person was placed under lawful arrest
14 for a violation of s. 316.193.
15 2.3. Whether the person whose license was suspended
16 had an unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of
17 0.08 or higher as provided in s. 316.193.
18 (b) If the license was suspended for refusal to submit
19 to a breath, blood, or urine test:
20 1. Whether the arresting law enforcement officer had
21 probable cause to believe that the person whose license was
22 suspended was driving or in actual physical control of a motor
23 vehicle in this state while under the influence of alcoholic
24 beverages or chemical or controlled substances.
25 2. Whether the person was placed under lawful arrest
26 for a violation of s. 316.193.
27 2.3. Whether the person whose license was suspended
28 refused to submit to any such test after being requested to do
29 so by a law enforcement officer or correctional officer.
30 3.4. Whether the person whose license was suspended
31 was told that if he or she refused to submit to such test his
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1 or her privilege to operate a motor vehicle would be suspended
2 for a period of 1 year or, in the case of a second or
3 subsequent refusal, for a period of 18 months.
4 (8) Based on the determination of the hearing officer
5 pursuant to subsection (7) for both informal hearings under
6 subsection (4) and formal hearings under subsection (6), the
7 department shall:
8 (a) Sustain the suspension of the person's driving
9 privilege for a period of 1 year for a first refusal, or for a
10 period of 18 months if the driving privilege of such person
11 has been previously suspended as a result of a refusal to
12 submit to such tests, if the arrested person refused to submit
13 to a lawful breath, blood, or urine test. The suspension
14 period commences on the date of the arrest or issuance of the
15 notice of suspension, whichever is later.
16 (b) Sustain the suspension of the person's driving
17 privilege for a period of 6 months for a blood-alcohol level
18 or breath-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher violation of s.
19 316.193, or for a period of 1 year if the driving privilege of
20 such person has been previously suspended under this section
21 as a result of driving with an unlawful alcohol level a
22 violation of s. 316.193. The suspension period commences on
23 the date of the arrest or issuance of the notice of
24 suspension, whichever is later.
25 (9) A request for a formal review hearing or an
26 informal review hearing shall not stay the suspension of the
27 person's driver's license. If the department fails to
28 schedule the formal review hearing to be held within 30 days
29 after receipt of the request therefor, the department shall
30 invalidate the suspension. If the scheduled hearing is
31 continued at the department's initiative, the department shall
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1 issue a temporary driving permit that which shall be valid
2 until the hearing is conducted if the person is otherwise
3 eligible for the driving privilege. Such permit may shall not
4 be issued to a person who sought and obtained a continuance of
5 the hearing. The permit issued under this subsection shall
6 authorize driving for business or employment use only.
7 (10) A person whose driver's license is suspended
8 under subsection (1) or subsection (3) may apply for issuance
9 of a license for business or employment purposes only if the
10 person is otherwise eligible for the driving privilege
11 pursuant to s. 322.271.
12 (a) If the suspension of the driver's license of the
13 person for failure to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test
14 is sustained, the person is not eligible to receive a license
15 for business or employment purposes only, pursuant to s.
16 322.271, until 90 days have elapsed after the expiration of
17 the last temporary permit issued. If the driver is not issued
18 a 10-day permit pursuant to this section or s. 322.64 because
19 he or she is ineligible for the permit and the suspension for
20 failure to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test is not
21 invalidated by the department, the driver is not eligible to
22 receive a business or employment license pursuant to s.
23 322.271 until 90 days have elapsed from the date of the
24 suspension.
25 (b) If the suspension of the driver's license of the
26 person arrested for a violation of s. 316.193, relating to
27 unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of 0.08
28 or higher, is sustained, the person is not eligible to receive
29 a license for business or employment purposes only pursuant to
30 s. 322.271 until 30 days have elapsed after the expiration of
31 the last temporary permit issued. If the driver is not issued
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1 a 10-day permit pursuant to this section or s. 322.64 because
2 he or she is ineligible for the permit and the suspension for
3 a violation of s. 316.193, relating to unlawful blood-alcohol
4 level or breath-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher, is not
5 invalidated by the department, the driver is not eligible to
6 receive a business or employment license pursuant to s.
7 322.271 until 30 days have elapsed from the date of the
8 suspension arrest.
9 (11) The formal review hearing may be conducted upon a
10 review of the reports of a law enforcement officer or a
11 correctional officer, including documents relating to the
12 administration of a breath test or blood test or the refusal
13 to take either test or the refusal to take a urine test.
14 However, as provided in subsection (6), the driver may
15 subpoena the officer or any person who administered or
16 analyzed a breath or blood test.
17 (12) The formal review hearing and the informal review
18 hearing are exempt from the provisions of chapter 120. The
19 department may is authorized to adopt rules for the conduct of
20 reviews under this section.
21 (13) A person may appeal any decision of the
22 department sustaining a suspension of his or her driver's
23 license by a petition for writ of certiorari to the circuit
24 court in the county wherein such person resides or wherein a
25 formal or informal review was conducted pursuant to s. 322.31.
26 However, an appeal shall not stay the suspension. A law
27 enforcement agency may appeal any decision of the department
28 invalidating a suspension by a petition for writ of certiorari
29 to the circuit court in the county wherein a formal or
30 informal review was conducted. This subsection shall not be
31 construed to provide for a de novo appeal.
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1 (14)(a) The decision of the department under this
2 section or any circuit court review thereof may not be
3 considered in any trial for a violation of s. 316.193, and a
4 written statement submitted by a person in his or her request
5 for departmental review under this section may not be admitted
6 into evidence against him or her in any such trial.
7 (b) The disposition of any related criminal
8 proceedings does not affect a suspension for refusal to submit
9 to a blood, breath, or urine test, authorized by s. 316.1932
10 or s. 316.1933, imposed under this section.
11 (15) If the department suspends a person's license
12 under s. 322.2616, it may not also suspend the person's
13 license under this section for the same episode that was the
14 basis for the suspension under s. 322.2616.
15 (16) The department shall invalidate a suspension for
16 driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol
17 level imposed under this section if the suspended person is
18 found not guilty at trial of an underlying violation of s.
19 316.193.
20 Section 46. (1) The Department of Highway Safety and
21 Motor Vehicles shall study the outsourcing of its driver
22 license services and shall make recommendations to the
23 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
24 House of Representatives by January 1, 2007. As used in this
25 section, the term "outsourcing" means the process of
26 contracting with an external service provider or other
27 governmental agency to provide a service, in whole or in part,
28 while the department retains the responsibility and
29 accountability for the service.
30 (2) As part of its study, the department shall provide
31 a description of the services to be outsourced. Types of
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1 issues for the department to consider must include, but need
2 not be limited to:
3 (a) A detailed description of the service to be
4 outsourced and a description and analysis of the department's
5 current performance of the service.
6 (b) A cost-benefit analysis describing the estimated
7 specific direct and indirect costs or savings; performance
8 improvements, including reduced wait times at driver license
9 offices; risks; and qualitative and quantitative benefits
10 involved in or resulting from outsourcing the service. The
11 cost-benefit analysis must include a detailed plan and
12 timeline identifying all actions that must be implemented to
13 realize the expected benefits.
14 (c) A statement of the potential effect on applicable
15 federal, state, and local revenues and expenditures. The
16 statement must specifically describe the effect on general
17 revenue, trust funds, general revenue service charges, and
18 interest on trust funds, together with the potential direct or
19 indirect effect on federal funding and cost allocations.
20 (d) A plan to ensure compliance with public-records
21 law.
22 (e) A transition and implementation plan for
23 addressing changes in the number of department personnel,
24 affected business processes, and employee-transition issues.
25 Such a plan must also specify the mechanism for continuing the
26 operation of the service if the contractor fails to perform or
27 comply with the performance standards and provisions of the
28 contract. Within this plan, the department shall identify all
29 resources, including full-time equivalent positions, which are
30 subject to outsourcing.
31 Section 47. Subsection (1) of section 627.733, Florida
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1 Statutes, is amended to read:
2 627.733 Required security.--
3 (1)(a) Every owner or registrant of a motor vehicle,
4 other than a motor vehicle used as a taxicab, school bus as
5 defined in s. 1006.25, or limousine, required to be registered
6 and licensed in this state shall maintain security as required
7 by subsection (3) in effect continuously throughout the
8 registration or licensing period.
9 (b) Every owner or registrant of a motor vehicle used
10 as a taxicab shall not be governed by paragraph (1)(a) but
11 shall maintain security as required under s. 324.032(1), and
12 s. 627.737 shall not apply to any motor vehicle used as a
13 taxicab.
14 Section 48. Subsection (1) of section 324.032, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended to read:
16 324.032 Manner of proving financial responsibility;
17 for-hire passenger transportation vehicles.--Notwithstanding
18 the provisions of s. 324.031:
19 (1)(a) A person who is either the owner or a lessee
20 required to maintain insurance under s. 627.733(1)(b) s.
21 324.021(9)(b) and who operates one or more taxicabs,
22 limousines, jitneys, or any other for-hire passenger
23 transportation vehicles may prove financial responsibility by
24 furnishing satisfactory evidence of holding a motor vehicle
25 liability policy as defined in s. 324.031, but with minimum
26 limits of $125,000/250,000/50,000.
27 (b) A person who is either the owner or a lessee
28 required to maintain insurance under s. 324.021(9)(b) and who
29 operates limousines, jitneys, or any other for-hire passenger
30 vehicles, other than taxicabs, may prove financial
31 responsibility by furnishing satisfactory evidence of holding
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1 a motor vehicle liability policy as defined in s. 324.031.
2
3 Upon request by the department, the applicant must provide the
4 department at the applicant's principal place of business in
5 this state access to the applicant's underlying financial
6 information and financial statements that provide the basis of
7 the certified public accountant's certification. The applicant
8 shall reimburse the requesting department for all reasonable
9 costs incurred by it in reviewing the supporting information.
10 The maximum amount of self-insurance permissible under this
11 subsection is $300,000 and must be stated on a per-occurrence
12 basis, and the applicant shall maintain adequate excess
13 insurance issued by an authorized or eligible insurer licensed
14 or approved by the Office of Insurance Regulation. All risks
15 self-insured shall remain with the owner or lessee providing
16 it, and the risks are not transferable to any other person,
17 unless a policy complying with subsection (1) is obtained.
18 Section 49. Section 318.1215, Florida Statutes, is
19 amended to read:
20 318.1215 Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety
21 Act.--Effective October 1, 2002, Notwithstanding the
22 provisions of s. 318.121, a board of county commissioners may
23 require, by ordinance, that the clerk of the court collect an
24 additional $5 $3 with each civil traffic penalty, which shall
25 be used to fund driver education programs in public and
26 nonpublic schools. The ordinance shall provide for the board
27 of county commissioners to administer the funds, which shall
28 be used for enhancement, and not replacement, of driver
29 education program funds. The funds shall be used for direct
30 educational expenses and shall not be used for administration.
31 Each driver education program receiving funds pursuant to this
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1 section shall require that a minimum of 30 percent of a
2 student's time in the program be behind-the-wheel training.
3 This section may be cited as the "Dori Slosberg Driver
4 Education Safety Act."
5 Section 50. Subsection (1) of section 316.083, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 316.083 Overtaking and passing a vehicle.--The
8 following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of
9 vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those
10 limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter stated:
11 (1) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle
12 proceeding in the same direction shall give an appropriate
13 signal as provided for in s. 316.156, shall pass to the left
14 thereof at a safe distance, and shall not again drive to the
15 right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken
16 vehicle. The driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or other
17 nonmotorized vehicle must pass the bicycle or other
18 nonmotorized vehicle at a safe distance of not less than 3
19 feet between the vehicle and the bicycle or other nonmotorized
20 vehicle.
21 Section 51. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
22 this act, this act shall take effect October 1, 2006.
23
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26 And the title is amended as follows:
27 Delete everything before the enacting clause
28
29 and insert:
30 A bill to be entitled
31 An act relating to the Department of Highway
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1 Safety and Motor Vehicles; amending s. 207.008,
2 F.S.; requiring that a motor carrier maintain
3 certain tax records for a specified period;
4 amending s. 207.021, F.S.; authorizing the
5 department to adopt rules to resolve disputes
6 with motor carriers involving taxes, penalties,
7 interest, or refunds; providing for an
8 agreement with the department settling or
9 compromising a taxpayer's liability for any
10 tax, interest, or penalty; authorizing
11 agreements for scheduling payments of taxes,
12 penalties, or interest; amending s. 261.10,
13 F.S.; providing a limitation on liability in
14 off-highway vehicle recreation; creating s.
15 261.20, F.S.; authorizing operations of
16 off-highway vehicles on public lands; providing
17 restrictions; requiring safety courses;
18 defining prohibited acts; providing penalties;
19 amending s. 316.003, F.S.; defining the term
20 "full mount"; revising the definition of
21 "saddle mount" to provide for a full mount;
22 amending s. 316.006, F.S.; authorizing the
23 board of directors of a homeowner's association
24 to provide for local law enforcement agencies
25 to enforce state traffic laws on private roads
26 that are controlled by the association;
27 amending s. 316.0085, F.S.; applying provisions
28 that relate to liability with respect to
29 skateboarding, inline skating, and other
30 recreational pursuits to mountain and off-road
31 bicycling as well; requiring demonstration that
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1 consent by a parent or legal guardian was
2 provided to a governmental entity in specified
3 circumstances; amending s. 316.1001, F.S.;
4 exempting the owner of a leased vehicle from
5 responsibility for a failure to pay a toll
6 violation under certain circumstances; amending
7 s. 316.192, F.S.; adding to the definition of
8 acts that constitute reckless driving;
9 specifying certain acts that constitute
10 reckless driving per se; amending s. 316.1955,
11 F.S.; exempting the owner of a leased vehicle
12 from responsibility for a violation of certain
13 disabled parking violations in specific
14 circumstances; amending s. 316.2015, F.S.;
15 deleting an exception to a prohibition against
16 persons riding on the exterior of a passenger
17 vehicle; revising exceptions to a prohibition
18 against persons riding on any vehicle on an
19 area of the vehicle not designed or intended
20 for the use of passengers; prohibiting an
21 operator from allowing certain minors to ride
22 within the open body of a pickup truck or
23 flatbed truck on limited access facilities;
24 providing exceptions; providing penalties;
25 providing for counties to be exempted from the
26 section; amending s. 316.2095, F.S.; deleting a
27 requirement that certain motorcycles be
28 equipped with passenger handholds; amending s.
29 316.211, F.S.; requiring a unique license plate
30 for a motorcycle registered to a person younger
31 than a specified age; creating s. 316.2123,
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1 F.S.; providing for all-terrain vehicle
2 operation under certain conditions; requiring
3 the operator to provide proof of ownership to a
4 law enforcement officer; providing for counties
5 to be exempted from the act; amending s.
6 316.2125, F.S.; granting local jurisdictions
7 the authority to enact ordinances governing the
8 use of golf carts within a retirement community
9 which are more restrictive than state law;
10 creating s. 316.2128, F.S.; providing
11 requirements for the commercial sale of
12 motorized scooters and miniature motorcycles;
13 providing that a violation of the commercial
14 sales requirements is an unfair and deceptive
15 trade practice; amending s. 316.221, F.S.;
16 exempting dump trucks and similar vehicles from
17 the requirement that the rear registration
18 plate be illuminated; amending s. 316.302,
19 F.S.; updating references to federal commercial
20 motor vehicle regulations; revising
21 hours-of-service requirements for certain
22 intrastate motor carriers; revising conditions
23 for an exemption from commercial driver's
24 license requirements; revising weight
25 requirements for application of certain
26 exceptions to specified federal regulations and
27 to operation of certain commercial motor
28 vehicles by persons of a certain age; amending
29 s. 316.515, F.S.; authorizing certain uses of
30 forestry equipment; providing width and speed
31 limitations; requiring such vehicles to be
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1 operated in accordance with specified safety
2 requirements; revising length and mount
3 requirements for automobile towaway and
4 driveaway operations; authorizing saddle mount
5 combinations to include one full mount;
6 amending s. 318.14, F.S.; providing exceptions
7 to procedures for certain speed-limit
8 violations; removing the option for certain
9 offenders to attend driver improvement school;
10 amending s. 318.143, F.S., relating to
11 sanctions for infractions of ch. 316, F.S.,
12 committed by minors; allowing a court to
13 require a minor and his or her parents or
14 guardians to participate in a registered
15 youthful driver monitoring service; creating s.
16 318.1435, F.S.; defining the term "youthful
17 driver monitoring service"; providing
18 procedures by which such a service may provide
19 monitoring; providing registration
20 requirements; amending s. 318.15, F.S.;
21 providing for the collection of certain service
22 charges by authorized driver licensing agents;
23 amending s. 318.18, F.S.; providing increased
24 penalties for violation of load on vehicle
25 restrictions; amending s. 318.19, F.S.;
26 requiring mandatory hearings for certain
27 speed-limit violations; amending s. 318.32,
28 F.S.; authorizing officers to revoke a driver's
29 license under certain circumstances; amending
30 s. 320.015, F.S.; providing that a
31 prefabricated or modular home shall be taxed as
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1 real property after it is permanently affixed
2 to real property; providing an exception for
3 certain display homes or dealer inventory;
4 amending s. 320.02, F.S.; requiring proof of an
5 endorsement before the original registration of
6 a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped;
7 amending s. 320.03, F.S.; exempting certain
8 owners of leased vehicles from certain
9 registration requirements; amending s. 320.07,
10 F.S.; exempting certain owners of leased
11 vehicles from certain penalties relating to
12 annual registration-renewal requirements;
13 amending s. 320.0706, F.S.; providing
14 requirements for displaying the rear license
15 plate on a dump truck; amending s. 320.08056,
16 F.S.; providing annual use fees for certain
17 plates; exempting collegiate license plates
18 from the requirement for maintaining a
19 specified number of license plate
20 registrations; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.;
21 creating the Future Farmers of America license
22 plate; providing for the distribution of annual
23 use fees received from the sale of such plates;
24 amending s. 320.089, F.S.; providing for
25 Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring
26 Freedom license plates for qualified military
27 personnel; amending s. 320.27, F.S.; exempting
28 certain applicants for a new franchised motor
29 vehicle dealer license from certain training
30 requirements; providing penalties for the
31 failure to register a mobile home salesperson;
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1 amending s. 320.405, F.S.; authorizing the
2 department to enter into an agreement for
3 scheduling the payment of taxes or penalties;
4 amending s. 320.77, F.S.; providing a
5 definition; requiring mobile home salespersons
6 to be registered with the department; amending
7 s. 320.781, F.S.; providing for certain claims
8 to be satisfied from the Mobile Home and
9 Recreational Vehicle Protection Trust Fund;
10 establishing certain conditions for such
11 claims; providing limits on such claims;
12 amending s. 322.01, F.S.; redefining the term
13 "driver's license" to include an operator's
14 license as defined by federal law; defining the
15 terms "identification card," "temporary
16 driver's license," and "temporary
17 identification card" for purposes of ch. 322,
18 F.S.; amending s. 322.05, F.S.; requiring that
19 a driver holding a learner license may only
20 have his or her application for a Class E
21 license delayed for a moving violation;
22 amending s. 322.051, F.S.; revising the age at
23 which a person may be issued an identification
24 card by the department; authorizing the use of
25 additional documentation for purposes of
26 proving nonimmigrant classification when a
27 person applies for an identification card;
28 amending s. 322.08, F.S.; authorizing the use
29 of additional documentation for purposes of
30 proving nonimmigrant classification when a
31 person applies for a driver's license; amending
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1 s. 322.12, F.S.; requiring that all first-time
2 applicants for a license to operate a
3 motorcycle complete a motorcycle safety course;
4 amending s. 322.121, F.S.; revising periodic
5 license examination requirements; providing for
6 such testing of applicants for renewal of a
7 license under provisions requiring an
8 endorsement permitting the applicant to operate
9 a tank vehicle transporting hazardous
10 materials; amending s. 322.2615, F.S.; revising
11 the procedures under which a law enforcement
12 officer or correctional officer may suspend the
13 driving privilege of a person who is driving a
14 motor vehicle and who has an unlawful
15 blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level or
16 who refuses to submit to a test of his or her
17 urine, breath, or blood; deleting a requirement
18 that such person be arrested for the offense of
19 driving under the influence; revising certain
20 reporting requirements; providing that
21 materials submitted to the department by the
22 law enforcement agency, including the crash
23 report, are self-authenticating and part of the
24 record for the hearing officer; authorizing a
25 law enforcement agency to appeal a decision by
26 the department invalidating a suspension of a
27 person's driving privilege; directing the
28 department to study the outsourcing of its
29 driver license services to a provider or other
30 governmental agency, in whole or in part, while
31 retaining responsibility and accountability for
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1 the services; requiring that the department
2 submit a report to the Governor and Legislature
3 by a specified date; providing requirements for
4 the department with respect to issues to be
5 included in the study; requiring a cost-benefit
6 analysis and a transition and implementation
7 plan; amending s. 627.733, F.S.; revising
8 security requirements for certain vehicles;
9 amending s. 324.032, F.S.; revising financial
10 responsibility requirements for certain
11 for-hire vehicles; amending s. 318.1215, F.S.;
12 deleting obsolete language; increasing the
13 amount of the surcharge on each civil traffic
14 penalty which is to be used for driver
15 education programs in schools; amending s.
16 316.083, F.S.; requiring the driver of a
17 vehicle overtaking a bicycle or other
18 nonmotorized vehicle to pass the bicycle or
19 other nonmotorized vehicle at a safe, specified
20 distance; providing effective dates.
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