| 1 | Representative Horner offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
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| 6 | Section 1. Section 20.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 7 | read: |
| 8 | 20.24 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.- |
| 9 | There is created a Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 10 | Vehicles. |
| 11 | (1) The head of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 12 | Vehicles is the Governor and Cabinet. |
| 13 | (2) The following divisions, and bureaus within the |
| 14 | divisions, of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 15 | Vehicles are established: |
| 16 | (a) Division of the Florida Highway Patrol. |
| 17 | (b) Division of Motorist Services. |
| 18 | (b) Division of Driver Licenses. |
| 19 | (c) Division of Motor Vehicles. |
| 20 | Section 2. Section 218.337, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 21 | to read: |
| 22 | 218.337 Tax collectors; branch offices.-A tax collector |
| 23 | may establish one or more branch offices by acquiring title to |
| 24 | real property or by lease agreement. The tax collector may staff |
| 25 | and equip such branch offices to conduct state business only |
| 26 | upon execution of an interagency agreement or, if authorized to |
| 27 | do so by resolution of the county governing body, conduct |
| 28 | business pursuant to s. (1)(k), Art. VIII of the State |
| 29 | Constitution. The department shall rely on the tax collector's |
| 30 | determination that a branch office is necessary and shall base |
| 31 | its approval of the tax collector's budget in accordance with |
| 32 | the procedures of s. 195.087(2). |
| 33 | Section 3. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section |
| 34 | 288.816, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 35 | 288.816 Intergovernmental relations.- |
| 36 | (2) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development |
| 37 | shall be responsible for all consular relations between the |
| 38 | state and all foreign governments doing business in Florida. The |
| 39 | office shall monitor United States laws and directives to ensure |
| 40 | that all federal treaties regarding foreign privileges and |
| 41 | immunities are properly observed. The office shall promulgate |
| 42 | rules which shall: |
| 43 | (e) Verify entitlement to issuance of special motor |
| 44 | vehicle license plates by the Division of Motor Vehicles of the |
| 45 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to honorary |
| 46 | consuls or such other officials representing foreign governments |
| 47 | who are not entitled to issuance of special Consul Corps license |
| 48 | plates by the United States Government. |
| 49 | Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
| 50 | 311.121, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 51 | 311.121 Qualifications, training, and certification of |
| 52 | licensed security officers at Florida seaports.- |
| 53 | (3) The Seaport Security Officer Qualification, Training, |
| 54 | and Standards Coordinating Council is created under the |
| 55 | Department of Law Enforcement. |
| 56 | (a) The executive director of the Department of Law |
| 57 | Enforcement shall appoint 11 members to the council, to include: |
| 58 | 1. The seaport administrator of the Department of Law |
| 59 | Enforcement. |
| 60 | 2. The Commissioner of Education or his or her designee. |
| 61 | 3. The director of the Division of Licensing of the |
| 62 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. |
| 63 | 4. The administrator of the Florida Seaport Transportation |
| 64 | and Economic Development Council. |
| 65 | 5. Two seaport security directors from seaports designated |
| 66 | under s. 311.09. |
| 67 | 6. One director of a state law enforcement academy. |
| 68 | 7. One representative of a local law enforcement agency. |
| 69 | 8. Two representatives of contract security services. |
| 70 | 9. One representative of the Division of Driver Licenses |
| 71 | of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. |
| 72 | Section 5. Section 316.1957, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 73 | to read: |
| 74 | 316.1957 Parking violations; designated parking spaces for |
| 75 | persons who have disabilities.-When evidence is presented in any |
| 76 | court of the fact that any motor vehicle was parked in a |
| 77 | properly designated parking space for persons who have |
| 78 | disabilities in violation of s. 316.1955, it is prima facie |
| 79 | evidence that the vehicle was parked and left in the space by |
| 80 | the person, firm, or corporation in whose name the vehicle is |
| 81 | registered and licensed according to the records of the |
| 82 | department Division of Motor Vehicles. |
| 83 | Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section |
| 84 | 316.613, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 85 | 316.613 Child restraint requirements.- |
| 86 | (1) |
| 87 | (b) The department Division of Motor Vehicles shall |
| 88 | provide notice of the requirement for child restraint devices, |
| 89 | which notice shall accompany the delivery of each motor vehicle |
| 90 | license tag. |
| 91 | Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 92 | 318.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 93 | 318.15 Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear; |
| 94 | penalty.- |
| 95 | (1)(a) If a person fails to comply with the civil |
| 96 | penalties provided in s. 318.18 within the time period specified |
| 97 | in s. 318.14(4), fails to enter into or comply with the terms of |
| 98 | a penalty payment plan with the clerk of the court in accordance |
| 99 | with ss. 318.14 and 28.246, fails to attend driver improvement |
| 100 | school, or fails to appear at a scheduled hearing, the clerk of |
| 101 | the court shall notify the Division of Driver Licenses of the |
| 102 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of such failure |
| 103 | within 10 days after such failure. Upon receipt of such notice, |
| 104 | the department shall immediately issue an order suspending the |
| 105 | driver's license and privilege to drive of such person effective |
| 106 | 20 days after the date the order of suspension is mailed in |
| 107 | accordance with s. 322.251(1), (2), and (6). Any such suspension |
| 108 | of the driving privilege which has not been reinstated, |
| 109 | including a similar suspension imposed outside Florida, shall |
| 110 | remain on the records of the department for a period of 7 years |
| 111 | from the date imposed and shall be removed from the records |
| 112 | after the expiration of 7 years from the date it is imposed. |
| 113 | Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and subsection |
| 114 | (5) of section 320.05, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 115 | 320.05 Records of the department; inspection procedure; |
| 116 | lists and searches; fees.- |
| 117 | (3) |
| 118 | (b) Fees therefor shall be charged and collected as |
| 119 | follows: |
| 120 | 1. For providing lists of motor vehicle or vessel records |
| 121 | for the entire state, or any part or parts thereof, divided |
| 122 | according to counties, a sum computed at a rate of not less than |
| 123 | 1 cent nor more than 5 cents per item. |
| 124 | 2. For providing noncertified photographic copies of motor |
| 125 | vehicle or vessel documents, $1 per page. |
| 126 | 3. For providing noncertified photographic copies of |
| 127 | micrographic records, $1 per page. |
| 128 | 4. For providing certified copies of motor vehicle or |
| 129 | vessel records, $3 per record. |
| 130 | 5. For providing noncertified computer-generated printouts |
| 131 | of motor vehicle or vessel records, 50 cents per record. |
| 132 | 6. For providing certified computer-generated printouts of |
| 133 | motor vehicle or vessel records, $3 per record. |
| 134 | 7. For providing electronic access to motor vehicle, |
| 135 | vessel, and mobile home registration data requested by tag, |
| 136 | vehicle identification number, title number, or decal number, 50 |
| 137 | cents per item. |
| 138 | 8. For providing electronic access to driver's license |
| 139 | status report by name, sex, and date of birth or by driver |
| 140 | license number, 50 cents per item. |
| 141 | 9. For providing lists of licensed mobile home dealers and |
| 142 | manufacturers and recreational vehicle dealers and |
| 143 | manufacturers, $15 per list. |
| 144 | 10. For providing lists of licensed motor vehicle dealers, |
| 145 | $25 per list. |
| 146 | 11. For each copy of a videotape record, $15 per tape. |
| 147 | 12. For each copy of the Division of Motorist Services |
| 148 | Motor Vehicles Procedures Manual, $25. |
| 149 | (5) The creation and maintenance of records by the |
| 150 | Division of Motorist Services within the department and the |
| 151 | Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this chapter shall not be |
| 152 | regarded as law enforcement functions of agency recordkeeping. |
| 153 | Section 9. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of |
| 154 | section 320.275, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 155 | 320.275 Automobile Dealers Industry Advisory Board.- |
| 156 | (2) MEMBERSHIP, TERMS, MEETINGS.- |
| 157 | (a) The board shall be composed of 12 members. The |
| 158 | executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 159 | Vehicles shall appoint the members from names submitted by the |
| 160 | entities for the designated categories the member will |
| 161 | represent. The executive director shall appoint one |
| 162 | representative of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 163 | Vehicles, who must represent the Division of Motor Vehicles; two |
| 164 | representatives of the independent motor vehicle industry as |
| 165 | recommended by the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers |
| 166 | Association; two representatives of the franchise motor vehicle |
| 167 | industry as recommended by the Florida Automobile Dealers |
| 168 | Association; one representative of the auction motor vehicle |
| 169 | industry who is from an auction chain and is recommended by a |
| 170 | group affiliated with the National Auto Auction Association; one |
| 171 | representative of the auction motor vehicle industry who is from |
| 172 | an independent auction and is recommended by a group affiliated |
| 173 | with the National Auto Auction Association; one representative |
| 174 | from the Department of Revenue; a Florida tax collector |
| 175 | representative recommended by the Florida Tax Collectors |
| 176 | Association; one representative from the Better Business Bureau; |
| 177 | one representative from the Department of Agriculture and |
| 178 | Consumer Services, who must represent the Division of Consumer |
| 179 | Services; and one representative of the insurance industry who |
| 180 | writes motor vehicle dealer surety bonds. |
| 181 | (b)1. The executive director shall appoint the following |
| 182 | initial members to 1-year terms: one representative from the |
| 183 | motor vehicle auction industry who represents an auction chain, |
| 184 | one representative from the independent motor vehicle industry, |
| 185 | one representative from the franchise motor vehicle industry, |
| 186 | one representative from the Department of Revenue, one Florida |
| 187 | tax collector, and one representative from the Better Business |
| 188 | Bureau. |
| 189 | 2. The executive director shall appoint the following |
| 190 | initial members to 2-year terms: one representative from the |
| 191 | motor vehicle auction industry who represents an independent |
| 192 | auction, one representative from the independent motor vehicle |
| 193 | industry, one representative from the franchise motor vehicle |
| 194 | industry, one representative from the Division of Consumer |
| 195 | Services, one representative from the insurance industry, and |
| 196 | one representative from the department Division of Motor |
| 197 | Vehicles. |
| 198 | 3. As the initial terms expire, the executive director |
| 199 | shall appoint successors from the same designated category for |
| 200 | terms of 2 years. If renominated, a member may succeed himself |
| 201 | or herself. |
| 202 | 4. The board shall appoint a chair and vice chair at its |
| 203 | initial meeting and every 2 years thereafter. |
| 204 | Section 10. Subsection (3) of section 322.02, Florida |
| 205 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 206 | 322.02 Legislative intent; administration.- |
| 207 | (3) The department shall employ a director, who is charged |
| 208 | with the duty of serving as the executive officer of the |
| 209 | Division of Motorist Services Driver Licenses of the department |
| 210 | insofar as the administration of this chapter is concerned. He |
| 211 | or she shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the |
| 212 | department, and his or her official actions and decisions as |
| 213 | executive officer shall be conclusive unless the same are |
| 214 | superseded or reversed by the department or by a court of |
| 215 | competent jurisdiction. |
| 216 | Section 11. Subsections (1) and (5) of section 322.135, |
| 217 | Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (7) is added to |
| 218 | that section, to read: |
| 219 | 322.135 Driver's license agents.- |
| 220 | (1) The department shall, upon application, authorize by |
| 221 | interagency agreement any or all of the tax collectors who are |
| 222 | constitutional officers under s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State |
| 223 | Constitution in the several counties of the state, subject to |
| 224 | the requirements of law, in accordance with rules of the |
| 225 | department, to serve as its agent for the provision of specified |
| 226 | driver's license services. |
| 227 | (a) These services shall be limited to the issuance of |
| 228 | driver's licenses and identification cards as authorized by this |
| 229 | chapter. |
| 230 | (b) Each tax collector who is authorized by the department |
| 231 | to provide driver's license services shall bear all costs |
| 232 | associated with providing those services. |
| 233 | (c) A service fee of $6.25 shall be charged, in addition |
| 234 | to the fees set forth in this chapter, for providing all |
| 235 | services pursuant to this chapter. The service fee may not be |
| 236 | charged: |
| 237 | 1. More than once per customer during a single visit to a |
| 238 | tax collector's office. |
| 239 | 2. For a reexamination requested by the Medical Advisory |
| 240 | Board or required pursuant to s. 322.221. |
| 241 | 3. For a voter registration transaction. |
| 242 | 4. In violation of any federal or state law. |
| 243 | (5) All driver's license issuance services shall be |
| 244 | assumed by the tax collectors who are constitutional officers |
| 245 | under s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State Constitution no later than |
| 246 | December 31, 2013. The department, in conjunction with the |
| 247 | Florida Tax Collectors Association and the Florida Association |
| 248 | of Counties, shall develop a plan to transition all driver's |
| 249 | license issuance services to the county tax collectors who are |
| 250 | constitutional officers under s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State |
| 251 | Constitution. The transition plan must be submitted to the |
| 252 | President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of |
| 253 | Representatives on or before February 1, 2011. The transition |
| 254 | plan must include a timeline to complete the full transition of |
| 255 | all driver's license issuance services no later than June 30, |
| 256 | 2015, and may include, but is not limited to, recommendations on |
| 257 | the use of regional service centers, interlocal agreements, and |
| 258 | equipment. |
| 259 | (7) The department may adopt rules to create exceptions |
| 260 | for counties that cannot provide full driver's license services |
| 261 | due to their small population. In addition, counties may enter |
| 262 | into interlocal agreements providing for a county tax collector |
| 263 | to provide driver's license services for another county. |
| 264 | Section 12. Subsections (9), (10), (13), (14), and (16) of |
| 265 | section 322.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 266 | 322.20 Records of the department; fees; destruction of |
| 267 | records.- |
| 268 | (9) The department may, upon application, furnish to any |
| 269 | person, from its records the records of the Division of Driver |
| 270 | Licenses, a list of the names, addresses, and birth dates of the |
| 271 | licensed drivers of the entire state or any portion thereof by |
| 272 | age group. In addition, the department may furnish to the |
| 273 | courts, for the purpose of establishing jury selection lists, |
| 274 | the names, addresses, and birth dates of the persons of the |
| 275 | entire state or any portion thereof by age group having |
| 276 | identification cards issued by the department. Each person who |
| 277 | requests such information shall pay a fee, set by the |
| 278 | department, of 1 cent per name listed, except that the |
| 279 | department shall furnish such information without charge to the |
| 280 | courts for the purpose of jury selection or to any state agency |
| 281 | or to any state attorney, sheriff, or chief of police. Such |
| 282 | court, state agency, state attorney, or law enforcement agency |
| 283 | may not sell, give away, or allow the copying of such |
| 284 | information. Noncompliance with this prohibition shall authorize |
| 285 | the department to charge the noncomplying court, state agency, |
| 286 | state attorney, or law enforcement agency the appropriate fee |
| 287 | for any subsequent lists requested. The department may adopt |
| 288 | rules necessary to implement this subsection. |
| 289 | (10) The department Division of Driver Licenses is |
| 290 | authorized, upon application of any person and payment of the |
| 291 | proper fees, to search and to assist such person in the search |
| 292 | of the records of the department and make reports thereof and to |
| 293 | make photographic copies of the departmental records and |
| 294 | attestations thereof. |
| 295 | (13) The department Division of Driver Licenses shall |
| 296 | implement a system that allows either parent of a minor, or a |
| 297 | guardian, or other responsible adult who signed a minor's |
| 298 | application for a driver's license to have Internet access |
| 299 | through a secure website to inspect the minor's driver history |
| 300 | record. Internet access to driver history records granted to a |
| 301 | minor's parents, guardian, or other responsible adult shall be |
| 302 | furnished by the department at no fee and shall terminate when |
| 303 | the minor attains 18 years of age. |
| 304 | (14) The department is authorized in accordance with |
| 305 | chapter 257 to destroy reports, records, documents, papers, and |
| 306 | correspondence in the Division of Driver Licenses which are |
| 307 | considered obsolete. |
| 308 | (16) The creation and maintenance of records by the |
| 309 | Division of Motorist Services within the department and the |
| 310 | Division of Driver Licenses pursuant to this chapter shall not |
| 311 | be regarded as law enforcement functions of agency |
| 312 | recordkeeping. |
| 313 | Section 13. Section 322.202, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 314 | to read: |
| 315 | 322.202 Admission of evidence obtained from the Division |
| 316 | of Motorist Services Driver Licenses and the Division of Motor |
| 317 | Vehicles.- |
| 318 | (1) The Legislature finds that the Division of Motorist |
| 319 | Services Driver Licenses and the Division of Motor Vehicles of |
| 320 | the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is are not a |
| 321 | law enforcement agency agencies. The Legislature also finds that |
| 322 | the division is not an adjunct divisions are not adjuncts of any |
| 323 | law enforcement agency in that employees have no stake in |
| 324 | particular prosecutions. The Legislature further finds that |
| 325 | errors in records maintained by the division divisions are not |
| 326 | within the collective knowledge of any law enforcement agency. |
| 327 | The Legislature also finds that the missions of the division of |
| 328 | Driver Licenses, the Division of Motor Vehicles, and the |
| 329 | department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles provide a |
| 330 | sufficient incentive to maintain records in a current and |
| 331 | correct fashion. |
| 332 | (2) The Legislature finds that the purpose of the |
| 333 | exclusionary rule is to deter misconduct on the part of law |
| 334 | enforcement officers and law enforcement agencies. |
| 335 | (3) The Legislature finds that the application of the |
| 336 | exclusionary rule to cases where a law enforcement officer |
| 337 | effects an arrest based on objectively reasonable reliance on |
| 338 | information obtained from the division divisions is repugnant to |
| 339 | the purposes of the exclusionary rule and contrary to the |
| 340 | decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. |
| 341 | Evans, 514 U.S. 1 (1995) and United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 |
| 342 | (1984). |
| 343 | (4) In any case where a law enforcement officer effects an |
| 344 | arrest based on objectively reasonable reliance on information |
| 345 | obtained from the division divisions, evidence found pursuant to |
| 346 | such an arrest shall not be suppressed by application of the |
| 347 | exclusionary rule on the grounds that the arrest is subsequently |
| 348 | determined to be unlawful due to erroneous information obtained |
| 349 | from the division divisions. |
| 350 | Section 14. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (1) and |
| 351 | subsection (2) of section 322.21, Florida Statutes, are amended |
| 352 | to read: |
| 353 | 322.21 License fees; procedure for handling and collecting |
| 354 | fees.- |
| 355 | (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the fee for: |
| 356 | (e) A replacement driver's license issued pursuant to s. |
| 357 | 322.17 is $25. Of this amount $7 shall be deposited into the |
| 358 | Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund if issued by the department |
| 359 | or retained by the tax collector if issued by the tax collector |
| 360 | and $18 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. |
| 361 | (f) An original, renewal, or replacement identification |
| 362 | card issued pursuant to s. 322.051 is $25. Funds collected from |
| 363 | these fees shall be distributed as follows: |
| 364 | 1. For an original identification card issued pursuant to |
| 365 | s. 322.051 the fee is $25. This amount shall be deposited into |
| 366 | the General Revenue Fund. |
| 367 | 2. For a renewal identification card issued pursuant to s. |
| 368 | 322.051 the fee is $25. Of this amount, $6 shall be deposited |
| 369 | into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund and $19 shall be |
| 370 | deposited into the General Revenue Fund. |
| 371 | 3. For a replacement identification card issued pursuant |
| 372 | to s. 322.051 the fee is $25. Of this amount, $9 shall be |
| 373 | deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund if issued |
| 374 | by the department or retained by the tax collector if issued by |
| 375 | the tax collector and $16 shall be deposited into the General |
| 376 | Revenue Fund. |
| 377 | (2) It is the duty of the Division of Motorist Services to |
| 378 | provide Director of the Division of Driver Licenses to set up a |
| 379 | division in the department with the necessary personnel to |
| 380 | perform the necessary clerical and routine work for the |
| 381 | department in issuing and recording applications, licenses, and |
| 382 | certificates of eligibility, including the receiving and |
| 383 | accounting of all license funds and their payment into the State |
| 384 | Treasury, and other incidental clerical work connected with the |
| 385 | administration of this chapter. The department may use such |
| 386 | electronic, mechanical, or other devices as necessary to |
| 387 | accomplish the purposes of this chapter. |
| 388 | Section 15. Subsection (2) of section 413.012, Florida |
| 389 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 390 | 413.012 Confidential records disclosure prohibited; |
| 391 | exemptions.- |
| 392 | (2) It is unlawful for any person to disclose, authorize |
| 393 | the disclosure, solicit, receive, or make use of any list of |
| 394 | names and addresses or any record containing any information set |
| 395 | forth in subsection (1) and maintained in the division. The |
| 396 | prohibition provided for in this subsection shall not apply to |
| 397 | the use of such information for purposes directly connected with |
| 398 | the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program or |
| 399 | with the monthly dispatch to the Division of Driver Licenses of |
| 400 | the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of the name |
| 401 | in full, place and date of birth, sex, social security number, |
| 402 | and resident address of individuals with central visual acuity |
| 403 | 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses, or a |
| 404 | disqualifying field defect in which the peripheral field has |
| 405 | contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter or visual |
| 406 | field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees. |
| 407 | When requested in writing by an applicant or client, or her or |
| 408 | his representative, the Division of Blind Services shall release |
| 409 | confidential information to the applicant or client or her or |
| 410 | his representative. |
| 411 | Section 16. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |
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| 415 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 416 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 417 | A bill to be entitled |
| 418 | An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety and |
| 419 | Motor Vehicles; amending s. 20.24, F.S.; reorganizing the |
| 420 | department into two divisions; removing provisions for the |
| 421 | Divisions of Driver Licenses and Motor Vehicles; |
| 422 | establishing the Division of Motorist Services; creating |
| 423 | s. 218.337, F.S.; providing for a tax collector to |
| 424 | establish branch offices to conduct state or county |
| 425 | business; providing for approval of the tax collector's |
| 426 | budget by the Department of Financial Services; amending |
| 427 | ss. 288.816, 311.121, 316.1957, 316.613, 318.15, 320.05, |
| 428 | 320.275, 322.20, and 413.012, F.S., relating to issuance |
| 429 | of special license plates to officials of foreign |
| 430 | governments, seaport security officer qualifications and |
| 431 | training coordinating council, parking violations, child |
| 432 | restraint devices, failure to comply or to appear, |
| 433 | creation and maintenance of records, appointments to the |
| 434 | Automobile Dealers Industry Advisory Board, records of the |
| 435 | department, and disclosure of confidential records, |
| 436 | respectively; conforming provisions to the reorganization |
| 437 | of the department; specifying that creation and |
| 438 | maintenance of records by the Division of Motorist |
| 439 | Services pursuant to specified provisions shall not be |
| 440 | regarded as law enforcement functions of agency |
| 441 | recordkeeping; amending s. 322.02, F.S.; providing for the |
| 442 | department to employ a director to serve as the executive |
| 443 | officer of the Division of Motorist Services for |
| 444 | administration of specified provisions relating to |
| 445 | driver's licenses; amending s. 322.135, F.S.; revising |
| 446 | provisions for the department to authorize tax collectors |
| 447 | to act as agents for the provision of driver's license |
| 448 | services; providing for certain tax collectors to assume |
| 449 | all driver's license issuance services; authorizing the |
| 450 | department to adopt rules to exempt certain counties from |
| 451 | providing such services; providing for a county tax |
| 452 | collector to provide driver's license services for another |
| 453 | county under an interlocal agreement; amending s. 322.202, |
| 454 | F.S.; providing legislative findings relating to arrests |
| 455 | based on information obtained from the Division of |
| 456 | Motorist Services; amending s. 322.21, F.S.; revising |
| 457 | distribution of certain fees collected for issuance of |
| 458 | replacement driver's licenses and identification cards; |
| 459 | revising certain duties to conform to the reorganization |
| 460 | of the department; providing an effective date. |