Florida Senate - 2015              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. CS for SB 1184
       
       
       
       
       
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       594-04094A-15                                                   
       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Fiscal Policy
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety
    3         and Motor Vehicles; amending s. 112.19, F.S.;
    4         providing that an employer may pay up to a certain
    5         amount directly toward the venue expenses associated
    6         with the funeral and burial services of a law
    7         enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation
    8         officer killed in the line of duty; amending s.
    9         316.003, F.S.; defining and redefining terms; amending
   10         s. 316.2126, F.S.; allowing year-round use of golf
   11         carts, low-speed vehicles, and utility vehicles by
   12         delivery personnel; requiring certain safety
   13         equipment; amending s. 316.228, F.S.; requiring a
   14         vehicle with a load that extends beyond its sides or a
   15         certain amount beyond its rear to display red flags
   16         not less than 18 inches square under certain
   17         circumstances; amending s. 316.303, F.S.; providing
   18         exceptions to the prohibition of certain television
   19         type receiving equipment and certain electronic
   20         displays in vehicles; amending s. 316.305, F.S.;
   21         revising legislative intent to authorize law
   22         enforcement officers to issue citations to persons who
   23         are texting while driving as a primary offense;
   24         repealing s. 316.305(5), F.S., relating to the
   25         enforcement of the Florida Ban on Texting While
   26         Driving Law act as a secondary action; amending s.
   27         316.515, F.S.; extending the allowable length of
   28         certain semitrailers authorized to operate on public
   29         roads under certain conditions; authorizing the
   30         Department of Transportation to permit truck tractor
   31         semitrailer combinations where the total number of
   32         overwidth deliveries of manufactured buildings may be
   33         reduced by the transport of multiple sections or
   34         single units on an overlength trailer of no more than
   35         a specified length under certain circumstances;
   36         amending s. 318.18, F.S.; revising a penalty for a
   37         violation of specified provisions prohibiting parking
   38         a motor vehicle in certain locations to display the
   39         vehicle for sale, hire, or rent; amending s. 319.141,
   40         F.S.; defining the term “rebuilt inspection services”;
   41         directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
   42         Vehicles to oversee a pilot program in Miami-Dade
   43         County to evaluate alternatives for certain rebuilt
   44         inspection services by a specified date; revising the
   45         minimum criteria an applicant must meet before he or
   46         she is approved; requiring that participants in the
   47         program maintain records of each rebuilt vehicle
   48         inspection processed at such facility for a specified
   49         period of time; requiring the department to terminate
   50         any operator from the program under certain
   51         circumstances; requiring a current operator to give
   52         the department written notice of an intended sale
   53         within a specified period of time; requiring a
   54         prospective owner to meet specified requirements and
   55         execute a certain memorandum; deleting a provision
   56         requiring the department to submit a certain report to
   57         the Legislature; revising the date of repeal for this
   58         section; amending s. 319.20, F.S.; providing
   59         applicability; requiring that a residential
   60         manufactured building placed on a mobile home lot be
   61         treated as a mobile home for purposes of ch. 319,
   62         F.S.; amending s. 320.086, F.S.; requiring the
   63         department to issue a special license plate to the
   64         owner of a motor vehicle manufactured in the model
   65         year 1945 or earlier for such motor vehicle, subject
   66         to certain requirements; requiring the department to
   67         issue a special license plate to the owner of a motor
   68         vehicle manufactured in the model year after 1945 and
   69         of the age of 30 years or more after the model year
   70         for such motor vehicle, subject to certain
   71         requirements; amending s. 322.051, F.S.; requiring the
   72         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
   73         issue an identification card exhibiting a special
   74         designation for a person who is diagnosed by a
   75         licensed physician as having a developmental
   76         disability; requiring payment of an additional fee and
   77         proof of diagnosis; authorizing issuance of a
   78         replacement identification card that includes the
   79         special designation without payment of a specified
   80         fee; requiring the department to develop rules to
   81         facilitate the issuance, requirements, and oversight
   82         of developmental identification cards; amending s.
   83         324.242, F.S.; requiring the department to release the
   84         policy number of a policy covering a vehicle involved
   85         in a motor vehicle accident to certain persons upon
   86         receipt of a request and proof of a crash report
   87         created pursuant to the laws of another state;
   88         requiring the department to provide personal injury
   89         protection and property damage liability insurance
   90         policy numbers to department-approved third parties
   91         that provide data collection services to certain
   92         insurers; requiring an insurer’s representative, a
   93         contracted third party, or an attorney for a person
   94         involved in an accident to provide the department with
   95         documentation confirming proof of representation prior
   96         to the release of certain policy numbers; authorizing
   97         the department to disclose certain confidential and
   98         exempt information to another governmental entity
   99         under certain circumstances; defining the term
  100         “governmental entity”; reenacting s. 319.23(3)(c),
  101         F.S., relating to application for, and issuance of,
  102         certificate of title, to incorporate the amendment
  103         made to s. 320.086, F.S., in a reference thereto;
  104         reenacting s. 320.08(2)(a) and (3)(e), F.S., relating
  105         to license taxes, to incorporate the amendment made to
  106         s. 320.086, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an
  107         effective date.
  108          
  109  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  110  
  111         Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
  112  112.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  113         112.19 Law enforcement, correctional, and correctional
  114  probation officers; death benefits.—
  115         (2)
  116         (f) If a full-time law enforcement, correctional, or
  117  correctional probation officer who is employed by a state agency
  118  is killed in the line of duty as a result of an act of violence
  119  inflicted by another person while the officer is engaged in the
  120  performance of law enforcement duties or as a result of an
  121  assault against the officer under riot conditions:,
  122         1. The sum of $1,000 shall be paid, as provided for in
  123  paragraph (d), toward the funeral and burial expenses of such
  124  officer. Such benefits are in addition to any other benefits
  125  which employee beneficiaries and dependents are entitled to
  126  under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law or any
  127  other state or federal statutes; and
  128         2. The officer’s employer may pay up to $5,000 directly
  129  toward the venue expenses associated with the funeral and burial
  130  services of such officer.
  131         Section 2. Present subsection (90) of section 316.003,
  132  Florida Statutes, is amended, present subsections (91), (92),
  133  and (93) of that section are redesignated as subsections (93),
  134  (95), and (96), respectively, and new subsections (90) and (92)
  135  are added to that section, to read:
  136         316.003 Definitions.—The following words and phrases, when
  137  used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively
  138  ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
  139  otherwise requires:
  140         (90) AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY.—Technology installed on a motor
  141  vehicle which has the capability to drive the vehicle on which
  142  the technology is installed without the active control of or
  143  monitoring by a human operator.
  144         (91)(90) AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE.—Any vehicle equipped with
  145  autonomous technology. The term “autonomous technology” means
  146  technology installed on a motor vehicle that has the capability
  147  to drive the vehicle on which the technology is installed
  148  without the active control or monitoring by a human operator.
  149  The term excludes a motor vehicle enabled with active safety
  150  systems or driver assistance systems, including, without
  151  limitation, a system to provide electronic blind spot
  152  assistance, crash avoidance, emergency braking, parking
  153  assistance, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assistance, lane
  154  departure warning, or traffic jam and queuing assistant, unless
  155  any such system alone or in combination with other systems
  156  enables the vehicle on which the technology is installed to
  157  drive without the active control or monitoring by a human
  158  operator.
  159         (92) DRIVER-ASSISTIVE TRUCK PLATOONING TECHNOLOGY.—Vehicle
  160  automation technology that integrates sensor array, wireless
  161  communications, vehicle controls, and specialized software to
  162  synchronize acceleration and braking between up to two truck
  163  tractor-semitrailer combinations, while leaving each vehicle’s
  164  steering control and systems command in the control of the
  165  vehicle’s driver.
  166         Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 316.2126, Florida
  167  Statutes, is amended to read:
  168         316.2126 Authorized use of golf carts, low-speed vehicles,
  169  and utility vehicles.—
  170         (3)(a) As used in this subsection, the term:
  171         1. “Golf cart” means a motor vehicle as defined in s.
  172  320.01(22), including vehicles modified to have a cargo platform
  173  or bin to transport parcels or a hitch to tow a trailer.
  174         2. “Residential area” means areas zoned primarily or
  175  exclusively for single-family or multifamily residential use.
  176         3. “Seasonal Delivery personnel” means employees of a
  177  licensed commercial delivery service that has at least 10,000
  178  persons employed in this state.
  179         (b) Seasonal Delivery personnel may use the following
  180  vehicles solely for the purpose of delivering express envelopes
  181  and packages having a maximum size of 130 inches for the
  182  combined length and girth and weighing not more than 150 pounds
  183  from midnight October 15 until midnight January 31 of each year:
  184         1. Low-speed vehicles and utility vehicles as defined in s.
  185  320.01 upon any public road within a residential area that has a
  186  posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less.
  187         2. Golf carts upon a public road within a residential area
  188  that has a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour or less.
  189         3. Golf carts upon a public road within a residential area
  190  that has a posted speed limit of 30 to 35 miles per hour, unless
  191  a municipality having jurisdiction over the public road has
  192  enacted an ordinance restricting personnel from driving on such
  193  roads.
  194  
  195  Seasonal Delivery personnel may pull a trailer from any of these
  196  vehicles.
  197         (c) All vehicles, including trailers where applicable,
  198  specified in this subsection must be:
  199         1. Marked in a conspicuous manner with the name of the
  200  delivery service.
  201         2. Equipped with, at a minimum, the equipment required
  202  under s. 316.212(6).
  203         3. Equipped with brake lamps.
  204         43. Equipped with head lamps and tail lamps, in addition to
  205  the safety requirements in s. 316.212(6), if operated after
  206  sunset.
  207         Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 316.228, Florida
  208  Statutes, is amended to read:
  209         316.228 Lamps or flags on projecting load.—
  210         (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), whenever the load
  211  upon any vehicle extends to the rear 4 feet or more beyond the
  212  bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the
  213  extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in s.
  214  316.217, two red lamps visible from a distance of at least 500
  215  feet to the rear, two red reflectors visible at night from all
  216  distances within 600 feet to 100 feet to the rear when directly
  217  in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps and located so as to
  218  indicate maximum width, and on each side one red lamp visible
  219  from a distance of at least 500 feet to the side and located so
  220  as to indicate maximum overhang. There shall be displayed at all
  221  other times on any vehicle having a load which extends beyond
  222  its sides or more than 4 feet beyond its rear, red flags, not
  223  less than 18 12 inches square, marking the extremities of such
  224  load, at each point where a lamp would otherwise be required by
  225  this section. A violation of this section is a noncriminal
  226  traffic infraction punishable as a nonmoving violation as
  227  provided in chapter 318.
  228         Section 5. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 316.303,
  229  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  230         316.303 Television receivers.—
  231         (1) No motor vehicle operated on the highways of this state
  232  shall be equipped with television-type receiving equipment so
  233  located that the viewer or screen is visible from the driver’s
  234  seat, unless the vehicle is equipped with autonomous technology,
  235  as defined in s. 316.003(90), and is being operated in
  236  autonomous mode, as provided in s. 316.85(2); or unless the
  237  vehicle is equipped and operating with driver-assistive truck
  238  platooning technology, as defined in s. 316.003(92).
  239         (3) This section does not prohibit the use of an electronic
  240  display used in conjunction with a vehicle navigation system; or
  241  an electronic display used by an operator of a vehicle equipped
  242  with autonomous technology, as defined in s. 316.003(90), while
  243  the vehicle is being operated in autonomous mode, as provided in
  244  s. 316.85(2); or an electronic display used by the operator of a
  245  vehicle equipped and operating with driver-assistive truck
  246  platooning technology, as defined in s. 316.003(92).
  247         Section 6. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
  248  316.305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  249         316.305 Wireless communications devices; prohibition.—
  250         (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to:
  251         (d) Authorize law enforcement officers to stop motor
  252  vehicles and issue citations as a primary secondary offense to
  253  persons who are texting while driving.
  254         Section 7. Subsection (5) of section 316.305, Florida
  255  Statutes, is repealed.
  256         Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and subsection
  257  (14) of section 316.515, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  258         316.515 Maximum width, height, length.—
  259         (3) LENGTH LIMITATION.—Except as otherwise provided in this
  260  section, length limitations apply solely to a semitrailer or
  261  trailer, and not to a truck tractor or to the overall length of
  262  a combination of vehicles. No combination of commercial motor
  263  vehicles coupled together and operating on the public roads may
  264  consist of more than one truck tractor and two trailing units.
  265  Unless otherwise specifically provided for in this section, a
  266  combination of vehicles not qualifying as commercial motor
  267  vehicles may consist of no more than two units coupled together;
  268  such nonqualifying combination of vehicles may not exceed a
  269  total length of 65 feet, inclusive of the load carried thereon,
  270  but exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices approved
  271  by the department for use on vehicles using public roads.
  272  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a truck
  273  tractor-semitrailer combination engaged in the transportation of
  274  automobiles or boats may transport motor vehicles or boats on
  275  part of the power unit; and, except as may otherwise be mandated
  276  under federal law, an automobile or boat transporter semitrailer
  277  may not exceed 50 feet in length, exclusive of the load;
  278  however, the load may extend up to an additional 6 feet beyond
  279  the rear of the trailer. The 50-feet length limitation does not
  280  apply to non-stinger-steered automobile or boat transporters
  281  that are 65 feet or less in overall length, exclusive of the
  282  load carried thereon, or to stinger-steered automobile or boat
  283  transporters that are 75 feet or less in overall length,
  284  exclusive of the load carried thereon. For purposes of this
  285  subsection, a “stinger-steered automobile or boat transporter”
  286  is an automobile or boat transporter configured as a semitrailer
  287  combination wherein the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame
  288  located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power unit.
  289  Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), any straight truck or
  290  truck tractor-semitrailer combination engaged in the
  291  transportation of horticultural trees may allow the load to
  292  extend up to an additional 10 feet beyond the rear of the
  293  vehicle, provided said trees are resting against a retaining bar
  294  mounted above the truck bed so that the root balls of the trees
  295  rest on the floor and to the front of the truck bed and the tops
  296  of the trees extend up over and to the rear of the truck bed,
  297  and provided the overhanging portion of the load is covered with
  298  protective fabric.
  299         (b) Semitrailers.—
  300         1. A semitrailer operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer
  301  combination may not exceed 48 feet in extreme overall outside
  302  dimension, measured from the front of the unit to the rear of
  303  the unit and the load carried thereon, exclusive of safety and
  304  energy conservation devices approved by the department for use
  305  on vehicles using public roads, unless it complies with
  306  subparagraph 2. A semitrailer which exceeds 48 feet in length
  307  and is used to transport divisible loads may operate in this
  308  state only if issued a permit under s. 316.550 and if such
  309  trailer meets the requirements of this chapter relating to
  310  vehicle equipment and safety. Except for highways on the tandem
  311  trailer truck highway network, public roads deemed unsafe for
  312  longer semitrailer vehicles or those roads on which such longer
  313  vehicles are determined not to be in the interest of public
  314  convenience shall, in conformance with s. 316.006, be restricted
  315  by the Department of Transportation or by the local authority to
  316  use by semitrailers not exceeding a length of 48 feet, inclusive
  317  of the load carried thereon but exclusive of safety and energy
  318  conservation devices approved by the department for use on
  319  vehicles using public roads. Truck tractor-semitrailer
  320  combinations shall be afforded reasonable access to terminals;
  321  facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest; and points of
  322  loading and unloading.
  323         2. A semitrailer which is more than 48 feet but not more
  324  than 57 53 feet in extreme overall outside dimension, as
  325  measured pursuant to subparagraph 1., may operate on public
  326  roads, except roads on the State Highway System which are
  327  restricted by the Department of Transportation or other roads
  328  restricted by local authorities, if:
  329         a. The distance between the kingpin or other peg that locks
  330  into the fifth wheel of a truck tractor and the center of the
  331  rear axle or rear group of axles does not exceed 41 feet, or, in
  332  the case of a semitrailer used exclusively or primarily to
  333  transport vehicles in connection with motorsports competition
  334  events, the distance does not exceed 46 feet from the kingpin to
  335  the center of the rear axles; and
  336         b. It is equipped with a substantial rear-end underride
  337  protection device meeting the requirements of 49 C.F.R. s.
  338  393.86, “Rear End Protection.”
  339         (14) MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS.—The Department of
  340  Transportation may, in its discretion and upon application and
  341  good cause shown therefor that the same is not contrary to the
  342  public interest, issue a special permit for truck tractor
  343  semitrailer combinations where the total number of overwidth
  344  deliveries of manufactured buildings, as defined in s.
  345  553.36(13), may be reduced by permitting the use of multiple
  346  sections or single units on an overlength trailer of no more
  347  than 80 54 feet.
  348         Section 9. Subsection (21) of section 318.18, Florida
  349  Statutes, is amended to read:
  350         318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
  351  noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
  352  offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
  353         (21) Five One hundred dollars for a violation of s.
  354  316.1951 for a vehicle that is unlawfully displayed for sale,
  355  hire, or rental. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,
  356  fines collected under this subsection shall be retained by the
  357  governing authority that authorized towing of the vehicle. Fines
  358  collected by the department shall be deposited into the Highway
  359  Safety Operating Trust Fund.
  360         Section 10. Section 319.141, Florida Statutes, is amended
  361  to read:
  362         319.141 Pilot rebuilt motor vehicle inspection program.—
  363         (1) As used in this section, the term:
  364         (a) “Facility” means a rebuilt motor vehicle inspection
  365  facility authorized and operating under this section.
  366         (b) “Rebuilt inspection services” means an examination of a
  367  rebuilt vehicle and a properly endorsed certificate of title,
  368  salvage certificate of title, or manufacturer’s statement of
  369  origin and an application for a rebuilt certificate of title, a
  370  rebuilder’s affidavit, a photograph of the junk or salvage
  371  vehicle taken before repairs began, receipts or invoices for all
  372  major component parts, as defined in s. 319.30, and repairs
  373  which were changed, and proof that notice of rebuilding of the
  374  vehicle has been reported to the National Motor Vehicle Title
  375  Information System.
  376         (2) By July 1, 2015 October 1, 2013, the department shall
  377  oversee implement a pilot program in Miami-Dade County and
  378  Hillsborough Counties to evaluate alternatives for rebuilt
  379  inspection services to be offered by existing the private sector
  380  operators, including the continued use feasibility of using
  381  private facilities, the cost impact to consumers, and the
  382  potential savings to the department.
  383         (3) The department shall establish a memorandum of
  384  understanding that allows private parties participating in the
  385  pilot program to conduct rebuilt motor vehicle inspections and
  386  specifies requirements for oversight, bonding and insurance,
  387  procedures, and forms and requires the electronic transmission
  388  of documents.
  389         (4) Before an applicant is approved, the department shall
  390  ensure that the applicant meets basic criteria designed to
  391  protect the public. At a minimum, the applicant shall meet all
  392  of the following requirements:
  393         (a) Have and maintain a surety bond or irrevocable letter
  394  of credit in the amount of $100,000 $50,000 executed by the
  395  applicant.
  396         (b) Secure and maintain a facility at a permanent structure
  397  at an address recognized by the United States Postal Service
  398  where the only services provided on such property are rebuilt
  399  inspection services. The operator of a facility shall annually
  400  attest that he or she is not employed by or does not have an
  401  ownership interest in or other financial arrangement with the
  402  owner, operator, manager, or employee of a motor vehicle repair
  403  shop as defined in s. 559.903, a motor vehicle dealer as defined
  404  in s. 320.27(1)(c), a towing company, a vehicle storage company,
  405  a vehicle auction, an insurance company, a salvage yard, a metal
  406  retailer, or a metal rebuilder from which he or she receives
  407  remuneration, directly or indirectly, for the referral of
  408  customers for rebuilt inspection services.
  409         (c)(b) Have and maintain garage liability and other
  410  insurance required by the department.
  411         (d)(c) Have completed criminal background checks of the
  412  owners, partners, and corporate officers and the inspectors
  413  employed by the facility.
  414         (e)(d) Meet any additional criteria the department
  415  determines necessary to conduct proper inspections.
  416         (5) A participant in the program shall access vehicle and
  417  title information and enter inspection results through an
  418  electronic filing system authorized by the department and shall
  419  maintain records of each rebuilt vehicle inspection processed at
  420  such facility for at least 5 years.
  421         (6) The department shall immediately terminate any operator
  422  from the program who fails to meet the minimum eligibility
  423  requirements specified in subsection (4). Prior to a change in
  424  ownership of the rebuilt inspection facility, the current
  425  operator must give the department 45 days written notice of the
  426  intended sale. The prospective owner must meet the eligibility
  427  requirements of this section and execute a new memorandum of
  428  understanding with the department prior to operating the
  429  facility.
  430         (6) The department shall submit a report to the President
  431  of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
  432  providing the results of the pilot program by February 1, 2015.
  433         (7) This section is shall stand repealed on July 1, 2018
  434  2015, unless saved from repeal through reenactment by the
  435  Legislature.
  436         Section 11. Section 319.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  437  read:
  438         319.20 Application of law.—The provisions of this chapter
  439  apply exclusively, Except as otherwise specifically provided,
  440  this chapter applies exclusively to motor vehicles and mobile
  441  homes required to be registered and licensed under the laws of
  442  this state and defined by such registration laws, including
  443  residential manufactured buildings placed on mobile home lots
  444  under s. 553.382. A residential manufactured building placed on
  445  a mobile home lot as provided in s. 553.382 shall be treated as
  446  a mobile home for purposes of this chapter. The provisions of
  447  this chapter do not apply to any moped or to any trailer or
  448  semitrailer having a net weight of less than 2,000 pounds. All
  449  provisions of this chapter relating to title certificates also
  450  apply to any recreational vehicle-type unit and to any mobile
  451  home classified and taxed as real property pursuant to s.
  452  320.0815(2); and no title, lien, or other interest in such
  453  vehicle or mobile home shall be valid unless evidenced in
  454  accordance with this chapter.
  455         Section 12. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection
  456  (2) of section 320.086, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  457         320.086 Ancient or antique motor vehicles; horseless
  458  carriage, antique, or historical license plates; former military
  459  vehicles.—
  460         (1) The owner of a motor vehicle for private use
  461  manufactured in the model year 1945 or earlier, equipped with an
  462  engine manufactured in 1945 or earlier or manufactured to the
  463  specifications of the original engine, and operated on the
  464  streets and highways of this state shall, upon application in
  465  the manner and at the time prescribed by the department and upon
  466  payment of the license tax for an ancient motor vehicle
  467  prescribed by s. 320.08(1)(d), (2)(a), or (3)(e), be issued a
  468  special license plate for such motor vehicle. The license plate
  469  shall be permanent and valid for use without renewal so long as
  470  the vehicle is in existence. In addition to the payment of all
  471  other fees required by law, the applicant shall pay such fee for
  472  the issuance of the special license plate as may be prescribed
  473  by the department commensurate with the cost of its manufacture.
  474  The registration numbers and special license plates assigned to
  475  such motor vehicles shall run in a separate numerical series,
  476  commencing with “Horseless Carriage No. 1,” and the plates shall
  477  be of a distinguishing color.
  478         (2)(a) The owner of a motor vehicle for private use
  479  manufactured in the model year after 1945 and of the age of 30
  480  years or more after the model year date of manufacture, equipped
  481  with an engine of the age of 30 years or more after the date of
  482  manufacture, and operated on the streets and highways of this
  483  state may, upon application in the manner and at the time
  484  prescribed by the department and upon payment of the license tax
  485  prescribed by s. 320.08(1)(d), (2)(a), or (3)(e), be issued a
  486  special license plate for such motor vehicle. In addition to the
  487  payment of all other fees required by law, the applicant shall
  488  pay the fee for the issuance of the special license plate
  489  prescribed by the department, commensurate with the cost of its
  490  manufacture. The registration numbers and special license plates
  491  assigned to such motor vehicles shall run in a separate
  492  numerical series, commencing with “Antique No. 1,” and the
  493  plates shall be of a distinguishing color. The owner of the
  494  motor vehicle may, upon application and payment of the license
  495  tax prescribed by s. 320.08, be issued a regular Florida license
  496  plate or specialty license plate in lieu of the special
  497  “Antique” license plate.
  498         Section 13. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (8) of
  499  section 322.051, Florida Statutes, to read:
  500         322.051 Identification cards.—
  501         (8)
  502         (c) Upon request by a person who has a developmental
  503  disability, or by a parent or guardian of a child or ward who
  504  has a developmental disability, and submission of payment and
  505  required proof, the department shall issue an identification
  506  card exhibiting a capital “D” for a person who has been
  507  diagnosed by a licensed physician as having a developmental
  508  disability as defined in s. 393.063. Such card shall be issued
  509  upon payment of an additional $10 fee, deposited into the Agency
  510  for Persons with Disabilities Operations and Maintenance Trust
  511  Fund under s. 20.1971(2), and submission of proof acceptable to
  512  the department of diagnosis of the developmental disability by a
  513  licensed physician. A replacement identification card that
  514  includes the designation may be issued without payment of the
  515  fee required in s. 322.21(1)(f). The Department of Highway
  516  Safety and Motor Vehicles shall develop rules to facilitate the
  517  issuance, requirements, and oversight of developmental
  518  identification cards pursuant to this section.
  519         Section 14. Subsection (2) of section 324.242, Florida
  520  Statutes, is amended, present subsection (3) of that section is
  521  redesignated as subsection (6), and new subsections (3), (4),
  522  and (5) are added to that section, to read:
  523         324.242 Personal injury protection and property damage
  524  liability insurance policies; public records exemption.—
  525         (2) Upon receipt of a written request and proof a copy of a
  526  crash report as required under s. 316.065, s. 316.066, or s.
  527  316.068, or a crash report created pursuant to the laws of
  528  another state, the department shall release the policy number
  529  for a policy covering a vehicle involved in a motor vehicle
  530  accident to:
  531         (a) Any person involved in such accident;
  532         (b) The attorney of any person involved in such accident;
  533  or
  534         (c) A representative of the insurer of any person involved
  535  in such accident.
  536         (3) The department shall provide personal injury protection
  537  and property damage liability insurance policy numbers to
  538  department-approved third parties that provide data collection
  539  services to an insurer of any person involved in such accident.
  540         (4)Before the department’s release of a policy number in
  541  accordance with subsection (2) or subsection (3), an insurer’s
  542  representative, a contracted third party, or an attorney for a
  543  person involved in an accident must provide the department with
  544  documentation confirming proof of representation.
  545         (5) Information made confidential and exempt by this
  546  section may be disclosed to another governmental entity without
  547  a written request or copy of the crash report if disclosure is
  548  necessary for the receiving governmental entity to perform its
  549  duties and responsibilities. For purposes of this subsection,
  550  the term “governmental entity” means any federal, state, county,
  551  district, authority, or municipal officer, department, division,
  552  board, bureau, or commission created or established by law.
  553         (6)(3) This exemption applies to personal identifying
  554  information of an insured or former insured and insurance policy
  555  numbers held by the department before, on, or after October 11,
  556  2007.
  557         Section 15. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  558  made by this act to section 320.086, Florida Statutes, in a
  559  reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
  560  319.23, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  561         319.23 Application for, and issuance of, certificate of
  562  title.—
  563         (3) If a certificate of title has not previously been
  564  issued for a motor vehicle or mobile home in this state, the
  565  application, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter,
  566  shall be accompanied by a proper bill of sale or sworn statement
  567  of ownership, or a duly certified copy thereof, or by a
  568  certificate of title, bill of sale, or other evidence of
  569  ownership required by the law of the state or county from which
  570  the motor vehicle or mobile home was brought into this state.
  571  The application shall also be accompanied by:
  572         (c) If the vehicle is an ancient or antique vehicle, as
  573  defined in s. 320.086, the application shall be accompanied by a
  574  certificate of title; a bill of sale and a registration; or a
  575  bill of sale and an affidavit by the owner defending the title
  576  from all claims. The bill of sale must contain a complete
  577  vehicle description to include the vehicle identification or
  578  engine number, year make, color, selling price, and signatures
  579  of the seller and purchaser.
  580  
  581  Verification of the vehicle identification number is not
  582  required for any new motor vehicle; any mobile home; any trailer
  583  or semitrailer with a net weight of less than 2,000 pounds; or
  584  any travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, or fifth
  585  wheel recreation trailer.
  586         Section 16. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  587  made by this act to section 320.086, Florida Statutes, in a
  588  reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  589  (e) of subsection (3) of section 320.08, Florida Statutes, are
  590  reenacted to read:
  591         320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
  592  there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
  593  operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
  594  defined in s. 316.003(2), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
  595  and mobile homes, as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid
  596  to and collected by the department or its agent upon the
  597  registration or renewal of registration of the following:
  598         (2) AUTOMOBILES OR TRI-VEHICLES FOR PRIVATE USE.—
  599         (a) An ancient or antique automobile, as defined in s.
  600  320.086, or a street rod, as defined in s. 320.0863: $7.50 flat.
  601         (3) TRUCKS.—
  602         (e) An ancient or antique truck, as defined in s. 320.086:
  603  $7.50 flat.
  604         Section 17. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015.