Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (588176) for SB's 590 & 568
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/08/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 198 - 204
    4  and insert:
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    6         c. If the motor vehicle’s owner to whom a traffic citation
    7  has been issued is deceased, the affidavit must include a
    8  certified copy of the owner’s death certificate showing the date
    9  of death occurred on or before the issuance of the uniform
   10  traffic citation and one of the following:
   11         (I) A bill of sale or other document showing the deceased
   12  owner’s motor vehicle was sold after his or her death;
   13         (II) Documentary proof that the registered license plate
   14  belonging to the deceased owner’s vehicle was turned into the
   15  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, including any
   16  branch or authorized office thereof; or
   17         (III) A copy of a police report showing the deceased
   18  owner’s registered license plate or motor vehicle was stolen
   19  after the owner’s death.
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   21  Upon receipt of the affidavit and documentation required under
   22  this sub-subparagraph, the governmental entity must dismiss the
   23  citation and provide proof of such dismissal to the person who
   24  submitted the affidavit.