HB 1639

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to youthful drivers; amending s. 318.143,
3	F.S.; authorizing the court to require a minor found to
4	have committed certain traffic infractions and the minor's
5	parents or guardians to participate in a registered
6	youthful driver monitoring service; creating s. 318.1435,
7	F.S.; providing for youthful driver monitoring services to
8	notify parents or guardians with information about a
9	minor's driving; providing for registration with the
10	Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; amending
11	s. 322.16, F.S.; revising license restrictions for certain
12	minors participating in a registered youthful driver
13	monitoring service; creating s. 627.06525, F.S.;
14	authorizing insurance discounts for participation in a
15	registered youthful driver monitoring service; providing
16	an effective date.
17
18	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20	Section 1.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of
21	section 318.143, Florida Statutes, to read:
22	318.143  Sanctions for infractions by minors.--
23	(1)  If the court finds that a minor has committed a
24	violation of any of the provisions of chapter 316, the court may
25	also impose one or more of the following sanctions:
26	(f)  The court may require the minor and his or her parents
27	or guardians to participate in a registered youthful driver
28	monitoring service as described in s. 318.1435.
29	Section 2.  Section 318.1435, Florida Statutes, is created
30	to read:
31	318.1435  Youthful driver monitoring services.--
32	(1)  A "youthful driver monitoring service" is an entity
33	that enables parents or guardians to monitor the driving
34	performance of their minor children. The service may provide
35	monitoring by either or both of the following methods:
36	(a)  The posting of a placard on a vehicle that shows a
37	toll-free telephone number and a unique identifying number and
38	includes a request to members of the public to call the toll-
39	free telephone number to report inappropriate driving practices.
40	The service shall enter into a contract with the parents or
41	guardians under which the service shall timely forward to the
42	parents or guardians all reports of inappropriate driving
43	practices by the minor child.
44	(b)  Wireless telephones or similar technologies using a
45	global positioning system. The service shall enter into a
46	contract with the parents or guardians under which the service
47	shall provide the parents or guardians with real-time
48	information about the location and speed of movement of the
49	minor child or the vehicle in which the minor child is
50	traveling.
51	(2)  A youthful driver monitoring service may register with
52	the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The
53	registration shall consist of a narrative description of the
54	services offered by the youthful driver monitoring service, the
55	name of the manager in charge of the service, the service's
56	address, and the service's telephone number. Registration under
57	this subsection remains valid indefinitely, but it is the
58	responsibility of the youthful driver monitoring service to
59	timely file a revised registration statement to reflect any
60	changes in the required information. If the department
61	determines that the youthful driver monitoring service is not
62	providing the services described in the narrative statement, the
63	department may suspend the registration; however, the department
64	must reinstate the registration when the service files a revised
65	statement reflecting its actual practices.
66	Section 3.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 322.16,
67	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
68	322.16  License restrictions.--
69	(2)  Except as provided in subsection (3), a person who
70	holds a driver's license and who is under 17 years of age, when
71	operating a motor vehicle after 11 p.m. and before 6 a.m., must
72	be accompanied by a driver who holds a valid license to operate
73	the type of vehicle being operated and is at least 21 years of
74	age unless that person is driving directly to or from work.
75	(3)(a)  A person who holds a driver's license who is 17
76	years of age, when operating a motor vehicle after 1 a.m. and
77	before 5 a.m., must be accompanied by a driver who holds a valid
78	license to operate the type of vehicle being operated, and is at
79	least 21 years of age unless that person is driving directly to
80	or from work.
81	(b)  A person who holds a driver's license who is at least
82	16 years and 6 months of age but less than 18 years of age, and
83	who is a participant in a registered youthful driver monitoring
84	service as described in s. 318.1435, when operating a motor
85	vehicle after 1 a.m. and before 5 a.m., must be accompanied by a
86	driver who holds a valid license to operate the type of vehicle
87	being operated and is at least 21 years of age unless that
88	person is driving directly to or from work.
89	Section 4.  Section 627.06525, Florida Statutes, is created
90	to read:
91	627.06525  Insurance discounts for participation in
92	registered youthful driver monitoring services.--
93	(1)  Any rates, rating schedules, or rating manuals for the
94	liability, personal injury protection, and collision coverages
95	of a motor vehicle insurance policy may provide for an
96	appropriate reduction in premium charges if any driver covered
97	under the policy is a minor child who is participating in a
98	registered youthful driver monitoring service as described in s.
99	318.1435.
100	(2)  If an insurer makes a rate filing that includes the
101	premium discount referred to in subsection (1), the amount of
102	the discount shall be deemed approved and the insurer may apply
103	the discount unless the office determines that the discount will
104	produce a rate that is inadequate or unfairly discriminatory.
105	Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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