Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1122
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/28/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Bennett) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (562340) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 1735 and 1736
    5  insert:
    6         Section 51. Subsection (7) of section 322.095, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         322.095 Traffic law and substance abuse education program
    9  for driver’s license applicants.—
   10         (7) The department is authorized to maintain the
   11  information and records necessary to administer its duties and
   12  responsibilities for the program. Where such information is a
   13  public record as defined in chapter 119, it shall be made
   14  available to the public upon request pursuant to s. 119.07(1).
   15  The department shall approve and regulate courses that use
   16  technology as the delivery method of all traffic law and
   17  substance abuse education courses as the courses relate to this
   18  section. A new course provider must obtain provisional
   19  technology certification from the department which indicates
   20  that the course complies with the requirements of this section
   21  before the course provider offers the course using technology as
   22  the delivery method. After provisional certification is obtained
   23  and the course is completed by 3,000 students, the department
   24  shall conduct an evaluation to assess the effectiveness of the
   25  course. During the pendency of the effectiveness study, the
   26  course provider may not provide instruction to more than 3,000
   27  additional students. Upon a determination by the department that
   28  the course provider’s course is effective, the course provider
   29  shall be granted certification.
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   32         And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete line 2744
   34  and insert:
   35         the United States Postal Service; amending s. 322.095,
   36         F.S.; revising provisions relating to the traffic law
   37         and substance abuse education program; requiring that
   38         new course providers obtain provisional technology
   39         certification from the department; requiring that the
   40         department evaluate and assess the effectiveness of a
   41         course offered by each new course provider before
   42         granting certification; amending s. 322.121,