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.