Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 584
       
       
        
       By Senator Avila
       
       
       
       
       
       39-00544-26                                            2026584__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to commercial driving schools;
    3         creating s. 488.09, F.S.; authorizing the Department
    4         of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to enter into
    5         interagency agreements with tax collectors for a
    6         specified purpose; specifying that such an interagency
    7         agreement is a delegation of authority of the
    8         department to the tax collector; providing that such
    9         an interagency agreement may include, but need not be
   10         limited to, certain grants of authority; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 488.09, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         488.09 Interagency agreements with tax collectors.—The
   18  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may enter into
   19  interagency agreements with tax collectors authorizing such tax
   20  collectors to enforce this chapter. An interagency agreement
   21  entered into under this section is a delegation of the authority
   22  of the department to the tax collector. Such an interagency
   23  agreement may include, but need not be limited to, grants of
   24  authority to the tax collector, or his or her agent, to do any
   25  of the following:
   26         (1) Prohibit licensees operating commercial driving
   27  schools, and their agents, from entering upon the tax
   28  collector’s premises, including its parking areas, unless such
   29  licensees and agents are seeking tax collector services in their
   30  personal capacities.
   31         (2) Prohibit any course of conduct by licensees operating
   32  commercial driving schools, and their agents, which operates or
   33  would operate as a fraud or deceit upon a person, the
   34  department, or the tax collector.
   35         (3) Prohibit any transaction, practice, or course of
   36  business related to a commercial driving school which undermines
   37  the integrity of the driver license issuance process.
   38         (4) Require persons licensed to operate commercial driving
   39  schools, and their agents, to present pertinent licenses, agent
   40  identification cards, and certificates issued under this chapter
   41  upon demand of a law enforcement officer, a department employee,
   42  or an employee of the tax collector.
   43         (5) Enter the premises where a commercial driving school is
   44  located to ensure compliance with state and local laws
   45  regulating the business of commercial driving schools.
   46         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.