HB 0633 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to driver's licenses; amending s. 322.18,
3	F.S.; requiring vision tests for certain applicants for
4	license renewal; prohibiting those applicants from
5	renewing by telephone or electronic means; providing an
6	effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 322.18, Florida
11	Statutes, is amended to read:
12	322.18 Original applications, licenses, and renewals;
13	expiration of licenses; delinquent licenses.--
14	(5) All renewal driver's licenses may be issued after the
15	applicant licensee has been determined to be eligible by the
16	department.
17	(a) A licensee who is otherwise eligible for renewal and
18	who is over 79 years of age:
19	1. Must submit to and pass a vision test administered at
20	any driver's license office; or
21	2. If the licensee applies for an extension by mail as
22	provided in subsection (8), must submit to a vision test
23	administered by a licensed physician, must send the results of
24	that test to the department on a form obtained from the
25	department and signed by the physician, and must meet vision
26	standards that are equivalent to the standards for passing the
27	departmental vision test.
28	(b) A licensee who is over 79 years of age may not submit
29	an application for extension under subsection (8) by electronic
30	or telephonic means.
31	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.