Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 628
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       19-00516A-13                                           2013628__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.
    3         322.142, F.S.; authorizing a justice, judge, or
    4         designated employee to access reproductions of driver
    5         license images as part of the official work of a
    6         court; revising and clarifying provisions; providing
    7         an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 322.142, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         322.142 Color photographic or digital imaged licenses.—
   14         (4) The department may maintain a film negative or print
   15  file. The department shall maintain a record of the digital
   16  image and signature of the licensees, together with other data
   17  required by the department for identification and retrieval.
   18  Reproductions from the file or digital record are exempt from
   19  the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and shall be made and issued
   20  only:
   21         (a) For departmental administrative purposes;
   22         (b) For the issuance of duplicate licenses;
   23         (c) In response to law enforcement agency requests;
   24         (d) To the Department of Business and Professional
   25  Regulation pursuant to an interagency agreement for the purpose
   26  of accessing digital images for reproduction of licenses issued
   27  by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation;
   28         (e) To the Department of State pursuant to an interagency
   29  agreement to facilitate determinations of eligibility of voter
   30  registration applicants and registered voters in accordance with
   31  ss. 98.045 and 98.075;
   32         (f) To the Department of Revenue pursuant to an interagency
   33  agreement for use in establishing paternity and establishing,
   34  modifying, or enforcing support obligations in Title IV-D cases;
   35         (g) To the Department of Children and Families Family
   36  Services pursuant to an interagency agreement to conduct
   37  protective investigations under part III of chapter 39 and
   38  chapter 415;
   39         (h) To the Department of Children and Families Family
   40  Services pursuant to an interagency agreement specifying the
   41  number of employees in each of that department’s regions to be
   42  granted access to the records for use as verification of
   43  identity to expedite the determination of eligibility for public
   44  assistance and for use in public assistance fraud
   45  investigations;
   46         (i) To the Department of Financial Services pursuant to an
   47  interagency agreement to facilitate the location of owners of
   48  unclaimed property, the validation of unclaimed property claims,
   49  and the identification of fraudulent or false claims; or
   50         (j) To district medical examiners pursuant to an
   51  interagency agreement for the purpose of identifying a deceased
   52  individual, determining cause of death, and notifying next of
   53  kin of any investigations, including autopsies and other
   54  laboratory examinations, authorized in s. 406.11 406.011; or
   55         (k) To the following persons for the purpose of identifying
   56  a person as part of the official work of a court:
   57         1. A justice or judge of this state;
   58         2. An employee of the state courts system who works in a
   59  position that is designated in writing for access by the Chief
   60  Justice of the Supreme Court or a chief judge of a district or
   61  circuit court, or by his or her designee; or
   62         3. A government employee who performs functions on behalf
   63  of the state courts system in a position that is designated in
   64  writing for access by the Chief Justice or a chief judge, or by
   65  his or her designee.
   66         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.