Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 462
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/07/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Powell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 168 and 169
    4  insert:
    5         Section 8. Section 316.29545, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         316.29545 Window sunscreening exclusions; medical
    8  exemption; certain law enforcement vehicles, process server
    9  vehicles, and private investigative service vehicles exempt.—
   10         (1) The department shall issue medical exemption
   11  certificates to persons who are afflicted with Lupus, any
   12  autoimmune disease, or other medical conditions which require a
   13  limited exposure to light, which certificates shall entitle the
   14  person to whom the certificate is issued to have sunscreening
   15  material on the windshield, side windows, and windows behind the
   16  driver which is in violation of the requirements of ss.
   17  316.2951-316.2957. The department shall consult with the Medical
   18  Advisory Board established in s. 322.125 for guidance with
   19  respect to the autoimmune diseases and other medical conditions
   20  which shall be included on the form of the medical certificate
   21  authorized by this section. At a minimum, the medical exemption
   22  certificate shall include a vehicle description with the make,
   23  model, year, vehicle identification number, medical exemption
   24  decal number issued for the vehicle, and the name of the person
   25  or persons who are the registered owners of the vehicle. A
   26  medical exemption certificate shall be nontransferable and shall
   27  become null and void upon the sale or transfer of the vehicle
   28  identified on the certificate.
   29         (2) The department shall exempt all law enforcement
   30  vehicles used in undercover or canine operations from the window
   31  sunscreening requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957.
   32         (3) The department shall exempt from the window
   33  sunscreening restrictions of ss. 316.2953, 316.2954, and
   34  316.2956 vehicles that are owned or leased by process servers
   35  certified pursuant to s. 48.29 or by private investigators or
   36  private investigative agencies licensed under chapter 493.
   37         (4) The department may charge a fee in an amount sufficient
   38  to defray the expenses of issuing a medical exemption
   39  certificate as described in subsection (1).
   40         (5) The department is authorized to promulgate rules for
   41  the implementation of this section.
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   43  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   44  And the title is amended as follows:
   45         Delete line 25
   46  and insert:
   47         service forms; amending s. 316.29545, F.S.; exempting
   48         certified process servers from certain window
   49         sunscreening restrictions; providing an effective
   50         date.