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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to issuance of disabled parking permits;

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amending s. 320.0848, F.S.; authorizing the Department of

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Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue disabled

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parking permits to a health care facility or organization

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that provides care or treatment to persons meeting the

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qualifications for a permit; providing for use of the

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permits by those persons; providing for cancellation of

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unreturned permits; providing an effective date.

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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     Section 1.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of

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section 320.0848, Florida Statutes, to read:

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     320.0848  Persons who have disabilities; issuance of

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disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain

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providers of transportation services to persons who have

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disabilities.--

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     (1)

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     (f) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is

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authorized to issue up to five disabled parking permits to any

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health care facility or organization that provides care or

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treatment to persons meeting the qualifications for a permit

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under this section. The facility or organization may make the

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permits available for use by a qualifying person during the time

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period the person is receiving services from the facility or

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organization. All permits issued under this paragraph are the

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responsibility of the recipient facility or organization. The

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facility or organization shall report to the department within 10

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business days any unreturned permits. The department shall

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immediately cancel the unreturned permits.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.