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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety and | ||
| 3 | Motor Vehicles; amending s. 322.27, F.S.; requiring law | ||
| 4 | enforcement agencies to notify the department of any | ||
| 5 | traffic fatality or the commission of an offense that | ||
| 6 | requires mandatory revocation of license upon conviction; | ||
| 7 | providing an effective date. | ||
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 322.27, Florida | ||
| 12 | Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 13 | 322.27 Authority of department to suspend or revoke | ||
| 14 | license.-- | ||
| 15 | (1) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in | ||
| 16 | chapter 120, the department is hereby authorized to suspend the | ||
| 17 | license of any person without preliminary hearing upon a showing | ||
| 18 | of its records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee: | ||
| 19 | (a) Has committed an offense for which mandatory | ||
| 20 | revocation of license is required upon conviction. A law | ||
| 21 | enforcement agency must provide information to the department | ||
| 22 | within 24 hours after any traffic fatality or the commission of | ||
| 23 | an offense for which mandatory revocation of license upon | ||
| 24 | conviction is required; | ||
| 25 | (b) Has been convicted of a violation of any traffic law | ||
| 26 | which resulted in a crash that caused the death or personal | ||
| 27 | injury of another or property damage in excess of $500; | ||
| 28 | (c) Is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle; | ||
| 29 | (d) Has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of such | ||
| 30 | license or has knowingly been a party to the obtaining of a | ||
| 31 | license by fraud or misrepresentation or to display, or | ||
| 32 | represent as one's own, any driver's license not issued him or | ||
| 33 | her. Provided, however, no provision of this section shall be | ||
| 34 | construed to include the provisions of s. 322.32(1); | ||
| 35 | (e) Has committed an offense in another state which if | ||
| 36 | committed in this state would be grounds for suspension or | ||
| 37 | revocation; or | ||
| 38 | (f) Has committed a second or subsequent violation of s. | ||
| 39 | 316.172(1) within a 5-year period of any previous violation. | ||
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||