Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 132
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/05/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Braynon) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) and paragraphs
    6  (d) and (e) of subsection (2) of section 320.0848, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         320.0848 Persons who have disabilities; issuance of
    9  disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain
   10  providers of transportation services to persons who have
   11  disabilities.—
   12         (1)
   13         (d) Beginning October 1, 2012,The department shall renew
   14  the disabled parking permit of any person certified as
   15  permanently disabled on the application if the person provides a
   16  certificate of disability issued within the last 12 months
   17  pursuant to this subsection. A veteran who has been previously
   18  evaluated and certified by the United States Department of
   19  Veterans Affairs or any branch of the United States Armed Forces
   20  as permanently and totally disabled from a service-connected
   21  disability may provide a United States Department of Veterans
   22  Affairs Form Letter 27-333, or its equivalent, issued within the
   23  last 12 months in lieu of a certificate of disability.
   24         (2) DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; PERSONS WITH LONG-TERM
   25  MOBILITY PROBLEMS.—
   26         (d) If an applicant who is a disabled veteran, is a
   27  resident of this state, has been honorably discharged, and
   28  either has been determined by the Department of Defense or the
   29  United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor
   30  to have a service-connected disability rating for compensation
   31  of 50 percent or greater or has been determined to have a
   32  service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or greater and
   33  is in receipt of both disability retirement pay from the United
   34  States Department of Veterans Affairs, he or she must still
   35  provide a signed physician’s statement of qualification for the
   36  disabled parking permits.
   37         (e) To obtain a replacement for a disabled parking permit
   38  that has been lost or stolen, a person must submit an
   39  application on a form prescribed by the department, provide a
   40  certificate of disability issued within the last 12 months
   41  pursuant to subsection (1), and pay a replacement fee in the
   42  amount of $1, to be retained by the issuing agency. If the
   43  person submits with the application a police report documenting
   44  that the permit was stolen, there is no replacement fee. A
   45  veteran who has been previously evaluated and certified by the
   46  United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any branch of
   47  the United States Armed Forces as permanently and totally
   48  disabled from a service-connected disability may provide a
   49  United States Department of Veterans Affairs Form Letter 27-333,
   50  or its equivalent, issued within the last 12 months in lieu of a
   51  certificate of disability.
   52         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
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   54  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   55  And the title is amended as follows:
   56         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   57  and insert:
   58                        A bill to be entitled                      
   59         An act relating to disabled parking permits; amending
   60         s. 320.0848, F.S.; authorizing certain veterans to
   61         provide the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
   62         Vehicles alternative documentation for renewal or
   63         replacement of a disabled parking permit; providing an
   64         effective date.