Florida Senate - 2018 SB 100
By Senator Steube
23-00025-18 2018100__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to identification card and driver
3 license fees for veterans; amending ss. 322.051 and
4 322.14, F.S.; deleting fees for adding the word
5 “Veteran” to an identification card or a driver
6 license; revising acceptable forms of identification
7 required to add the word “Veteran” to an
8 identification card or a driver license; amending s.
9 322.135, F.S.; prohibiting tax collectors from
10 charging certain driver license service fees to
11 veterans who present specified forms of
12 identification; providing an effective date.
13
14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15
16 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of section
17 322.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
18 322.051 Identification cards.—
19 (8)
20 (b)1. The word “Veteran” must shall be exhibited on the
21 identification card of a veteran upon the payment of an
22 additional $1 fee for the identification card and the
23 presentation of a copy of the person’s:
24 a. DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of
25 Defense;
26 b. Veteran health identification card, issued by the United
27 States Department of Veterans Affairs;
28 c. Veteran identification card, issued by the United States
29 Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Veterans
30 Identification Card Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-31; or
31 d. Other another acceptable form specified by the
32 Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
33 2. Until a veteran’s identification card is next renewed,
34 the veteran may have the word “Veteran” added to his or her
35 identification card upon surrender of his or her current
36 identification card, payment of a $2 fee to be deposited into
37 the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and presentation of any
38 of the forms of identification specified in subparagraph 1 a
39 copy of his or her DD Form 214 or another acceptable form
40 specified by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. If the
41 applicant is not conducting any other transaction affecting the
42 identification card, a replacement identification card must
43 shall be issued with the word “Veteran” without payment of the
44 fee required in s. 322.21(1)(f)3.
45 Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
46 322.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
47 322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
48 (1)
49 (d)1. The word “Veteran” must shall be exhibited on the
50 driver license of a veteran upon the payment of an additional $1
51 fee for the license and the presentation of a copy of the
52 person’s:
53 a. DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of
54 Defense;
55 b. Veteran health identification card, issued by the United
56 States Department of Veterans Affairs;
57 c. Veteran identification card, issued by the United States
58 Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Veterans
59 Identification Card Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-31; or
60 d. Other another acceptable form specified by the
61 Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
62 2. Until a veteran’s license is next renewed, the veteran
63 may have the word “Veteran” added to his or her license upon
64 surrender of his or her current license, payment of a $2 fee to
65 be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
66 presentation of any of the forms of identification specified in
67 subparagraph 1 a copy of his or her DD Form 214 or another
68 acceptable form specified by the Department of Veterans’
69 Affairs. If the applicant is not conducting any other
70 transaction affecting the driver license, a replacement license
71 must shall be issued with the word “Veteran” without payment of
72 the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
73 Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
74 322.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
75 322.135 Driver license agents.—
76 (1) The department shall, upon application, authorize by
77 interagency agreement any or all of the tax collectors who are
78 constitutional officers under s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State
79 Constitution in the several counties of the state, subject to
80 the requirements of law, in accordance with rules of the
81 department, to serve as its agent for the provision of specified
82 driver license services.
83 (c) A service fee of $6.25 must shall be charged, in
84 addition to the fees set forth in this chapter, for providing
85 all services pursuant to this chapter. The service fee may not
86 be charged:
87 1. More than once per customer during a single visit to a
88 tax collector’s office.
89 2. For a reexamination requested by the Medical Advisory
90 Board or required pursuant to s. 322.221.
91 3. For a voter registration transaction.
92 4. In violation of any federal or state law.
93 5. To a veteran receiving any service pursuant to this
94 chapter, upon presentation of a copy of the veteran’s:
95 a. DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of
96 Defense;
97 b. Veteran health identification card, issued by the United
98 States Department of Veterans Affairs;
99 c. Veteran identification card, issued by the United States
100 Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Veterans
101 Identification Card Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-31; or
102 d. Other acceptable form specified by the Department of
103 Veterans’ Affairs.
104 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.