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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1213

    Amendment No. 006 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Transportation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 27, between lines, 5 and 6 of the bill

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17         Section 19.  Subsection (7) of section 322.095, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended and subsections (8) and (9) are added to

19  said section to read:

20         (7)(a)  No governmental entity or court shall provide,

21  issue, or maintain any information or orders regarding traffic

22  law and substance abuse education program schools or course

23  providers, with the exception of directing inquiries or

24  requests to the local telephone directory heading of driving

25  instruction or the driver's license applicant reference guide.

26  However, the department is authorized to maintain the

27  information and records necessary to administer its duties and

28  responsibilities for the program. Where such information is a

29  public record as defined in chapter 119, it shall be made

30  available to the public upon request pursuant to s. 119.07(1).

31         (b)  The department shall prepare for any governmental

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  1  entity to distribute a driver's license applicant reference

  2  guide which shall list the benefits of attending a traffic law

  3  and substance abuse education school, but under no

  4  circumstance may include any list of course providers or

  5  schools. The department shall refer further inquiries to the

  6  telephone directory heading of driving instruction. The

  7  department may prepare a list of fully approved traffic law

  8  and substance abuse education course providers with a single

  9  telephone number for each such provider, as furnished by the

10  provider.

11         (8)  The department shall approve and regulate courses

12  that use technology as the delivery method of all traffic law

13  and substance abuse education schools as the courses relate to

14  this section.

15         (9)  In determining whether to approve courses of

16  traffic law and substance abuse education schools that use

17  technology as the delivery method as the courses relate to

18  this section, for courses submitted on or after May 1, 2002,

19  the department shall consider only those courses submitted by

20  a person, business, or entity which has received:

21         (a)  approval for statewide delivery, and

22         (b)  independent scientific research evidence of course

23  effectiveness.

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

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31         amending s. 322.095, F.S.; deleting provision

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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  1         prohibiting governmental entities or courts

  2         from providing information regarding traffic

  3         law and substance abuse education program

  4         schools or course providers; authorizing the

  5         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

  6         to provide a list of approved traffic law and

  7         substance abuse education course providers with

  8         a single phone number for each provider;

  9         requiring the Department of Highway Safety and

10         Motor Vehicles to approve and regulate certain

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