Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1192
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/27/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Wise) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 38 and 39
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 322.0261, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         322.0261 Driver improvement course; requirement to maintain
    8  driving privileges; failure to complete; department approval of
    9  course.—
   10         (5) In determining whether to approve a driver improvement
   11  course for the purposes of this section, the department shall
   12  consider course content designed to promote safety, driver
   13  awareness, crash avoidance techniques, and other factors or
   14  criteria to improve driver performance from a safety viewpoint.
   15  The department shall also consider course content that includes
   16  the study of s. 316.1301 and traffic laws to assist legally
   17  blind and mobility-impaired persons.
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   20         And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete line 6
   22  and insert:
   23         of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; amending s.
   24         322.0261, F.S.; requiring that, in determining whether
   25         to approve courses offered by driver improvement
   26         schools, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
   27         Vehicles consider course content related to the study
   28         of traffic laws to assist legally blind and mobility
   29         impaired persons; amending s.