Florida Senate - 2011                              CS for SB 368
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic
       Security; and Senators Fasano and Gaetz
       
       
       
       583-02367-11                                           2011368c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to driver’s license fees for disabled
    3         veterans; amending s. 322.21, F.S.; providing that
    4         disabled veterans who meet certain qualifications are
    5         entitled to a specified reduction in driver’s license
    6         fees; reorganizing provisions; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 322.21, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         322.21 License fees; procedure for handling and collecting
   14  fees.—
   15         (7)(a) A Any veteran who meets the qualifications in
   16  subparagraphs 1.-5. is exempt from all fees required by this
   17  section:
   18         1. Has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces;
   19         2. who Has been issued a valid identification card by the
   20  Department of Veterans’ Affairs in accordance with s. 295.17, or
   21  the veteran must provide an official letter from the United
   22  States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor stating
   23  the percentage of the veteran’s service-connected disability and
   24  a copy of the veteran’s honorable discharge at the time of
   25  application for a driver’s license or driver’s license renewal;
   26         3. Has been determined by the United States Department of
   27  Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have:
   28         a. A 100 percent 100-percent total and permanent service
   29  connected disability rating for compensation;, or
   30         b. Has been determined to have A service-connected total
   31  and permanent disability rating of 100 percent;,
   32         4. Is in receipt of disability retirement pay from any
   33  branch of the United States Armed Services;, and
   34         5. Who Is qualified to obtain a driver’s license under this
   35  chapter is exempt from all fees required by this section.
   36         (b) A veteran who meets the qualifications in subparagraphs
   37  1. and 2. is entitled to a 50 percent reduction in all fees
   38  required by this section:
   39         1. Meets the qualifications in subparagraphs (a)1., 2., 4.,
   40  and 5.; and
   41         2. Has been determined by the United States Department of
   42  Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have:
   43         a. A total and permanent service-connected disability
   44  rating for compensation of at least 50 percent but less than 100
   45  percent; or
   46         b. A service-connected total and permanent disability
   47  rating of at least 50 percent but less than 100 percent.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.