Florida Senate - 2014 SB 140
By Senator Bradley
7-00205-14 2014140__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.
3 322.031, F.S.; providing that the spouse of a member
4 of the United States Armed Forces is not required to
5 obtain a Florida driver license because he or she
6 enters his or her children in public school in this
7 state under certain circumstances; updating
8 terminology; amending s. 322.121, F.S.; providing that
9 the spouse of a member of the United States Armed
10 Forces is granted an automatic extension for the
11 expiration of a certain class of driver license under
12 certain circumstances; providing an effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Section 322.031, Florida Statutes, is amended to
17 read:
18 322.031 Nonresident; when license required.—
19 (1) In each every case in which a nonresident, except a
20 nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s.
21 316.003(61), accepts employment or engages in any trade,
22 profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her
23 children to be educated in the public schools of this state,
24 such nonresident shall, within 30 days after the commencement of
25 such employment or education, be required to obtain a Florida
26 driver driver’s license if such nonresident operates a motor
27 vehicle on the highways of this state. The spouse or dependent
28 child of such nonresident shall also be required to obtain a
29 Florida driver driver’s license within that 30-day period before
30 prior to operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this
31 state.
32 (2) A member of the United States Armed Forces on active
33 duty in this state or his or her spouse is shall not be required
34 to obtain a Florida driver driver’s license under this section
35 solely because he or she enters his or her children to be
36 educated in the public schools of this state if he or she has a
37 valid military driving permit or a valid driver driver’s license
38 issued by another state.
39 (3) A nonresident who is domiciled in another state and who
40 commutes into this state in order to work is shall not be
41 required to obtain a Florida driver driver’s license under this
42 section solely because he or she has accepted employment or
43 engages in any trade, profession, or occupation in this state if
44 he or she has a valid driver driver’s license issued by another
45 state. Further, a any person who is enrolled as a student in a
46 college or university and who is a nonresident but is in this
47 state for a period of up to 6 months engaged in a work-study
48 program for which academic credits are earned from a college
49 whose credits or degrees are accepted for credit by at least
50 three accredited institutions of higher learning, as defined in
51 s. 1005.02, is shall not be required to obtain a Florida driver
52 driver’s license for the duration of the work-study program if
53 such person has a valid driver driver’s license issued by
54 another state. A Any nonresident who is enrolled as a full-time
55 student in any such institution of higher learning is also
56 exempt from the requirement of obtaining a Florida driver
57 driver’s license for the duration of such enrollment.
58 (4) A nonresident who is at least 21 years of age and who
59 has in his or her immediate possession a valid commercial driver
60 driver’s license issued in substantial compliance with the
61 Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 may operate a motor
62 vehicle of the type permitted by his or her license to be
63 operated in this state.
64 Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 322.121, Florida
65 Statutes, is amended to read:
66 322.121 Periodic reexamination of all drivers.—
67 (5) A member Members of the United States Armed Forces, his
68 or her spouse, or a dependent their dependents residing with him
69 or her them, shall be granted an automatic extension for the
70 expiration of his or her their Class E license licenses without
71 reexamination while the member of the United States Armed Forces
72 is serving on active duty outside this state. This extension is
73 valid for 90 days after the member of the United States Armed
74 Forces is either discharged or returns to this state to live.
75 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.