Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 906
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/01/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Bullard) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 82 and 83
    4  insert:
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    6         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section
    7  319.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         319.33 Offenses involving vehicle identification numbers,
    9  applications, certificates, papers; penalty.—
   10         (7)(a)1. If all identifying numbers of a motor vehicle or
   11  mobile home do not exist or have been destroyed, removed,
   12  covered, altered, or defaced, or if the real identity of the
   13  motor vehicle or mobile home cannot be determined, the motor
   14  vehicle or mobile home shall constitute contraband and shall be
   15  subject to forfeiture by a seizing law enforcement agency,
   16  pursuant to applicable provisions of ss. 932.701-932.704. Such
   17  motor vehicle shall not be operated on the streets and highways
   18  of the state unless, by written order of a court of competent
   19  jurisdiction, the department is directed to assign to the
   20  vehicle a replacement vehicle identification number which shall
   21  thereafter be used for identification purposes. If the motor
   22  vehicle is confiscated from a licensed motor vehicle dealer as
   23  defined in s. 320.27, the dealer’s license shall be revoked.
   24         2. If such motor vehicle or mobile home is found abandoned
   25  on private property and there is no discernable manner by which
   26  an owner, potential owner, or anyone having any interest in the
   27  motor vehicle or mobile home can be ascertained by a law
   28  enforcement agency and the owner of the private property
   29  disclaims any ownership interest in the motor vehicle or mobile
   30  home whatsoever, the law enforcement agency may follow the
   31  procedures for abandoned property contained in s. 705.103 in
   32  lieu of the forfeiture provisions of ss. 932.701-932.704.
   33  Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph 1., the
   34  department may assign to such vehicle a replacement vehicle
   35  identification number, which shall thereafter be used for
   36  identification purposes, and the assignment need not be directed
   37  by court order.
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   40         And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete line 14
   42  and insert:
   43  certificate of title; amending s. 319.33, F.S.; providing
   44  alternate disposition procedures for certain motor vehicles and
   45  mobile homes abandoned on private property; providing for
   46  issuance by the department of a replacement vehicle
   47  identification number; providing an effective date.