Florida Senate - 2020                      CS for CS for SB 1694
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Appropriations; and Infrastructure and
       Security; and Senator Flores
       
       
       
       
       576-04575-20                                          20201694c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to driver license fees; amending s.
    3         322.14, F.S.; providing fees for the placement of a
    4         specified letter on the driver license of a person who
    5         has a developmental disability; providing a contingent
    6         effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section
   11  322.14, Florida Statutes, as created by SB 1692, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
   14         (1)
   15         (f)1. Upon request by a person who has a developmental
   16  disability, or by a parent or guardian of a child or ward who
   17  has a developmental disability, the capital letter “D” shall be
   18  exhibited on the driver license of a person who has a
   19  developmental disability, as defined in s. 393.063, upon the
   20  payment of an additional $1 fee for the license and if the
   21  person, or his or her parent or legal guardian, presents
   22  sufficient proof that the person has been diagnosed with a
   23  developmental disability by a physician licensed under chapter
   24  458 or chapter 459 as determined by the department.
   25         2. Until a person’s driver license is next renewed, the
   26  person, or his or her parent or legal guardian, may have the
   27  capital letter “D” added to his or her license upon the
   28  surrender of his or her current license, payment of a $2 fee to
   29  be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
   30  presentation of sufficient proof that the person has been
   31  diagnosed with a developmental disability by a physician
   32  licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 as determined by the
   33  department. If the applicant is not conducting any other
   34  transaction affecting the driver license, a replacement license
   35  may be issued with the capital letter “D” without payment of the
   36  fee required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   38  SB 1692 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   39  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   40  thereof and becomes a law.