Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1394
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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02/19/2016 .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 454 - 472
4 and insert:
5 Section 10. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (8) of
6 section 322.051, Florida Statutes, and subsection (9) of that
7 section is amended, to read:
8 322.051 Identification cards.—
9 (8)
10 (c) The international symbol for the deaf and hard of
11 hearing shall be exhibited on the identification card of a
12 person who is deaf or hard of hearing upon the payment of an
13 additional $1 fee for the identification card and the
14 presentation of sufficient proof that the person is deaf or hard
15 of hearing as determined by the department. Until a person’s
16 identification card is next renewed, the person may have the
17 symbol added to his or her identification card upon surrender of
18 his or her current identification card, payment of a $2 fee to
19 be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
20 presentation of sufficient proof that the person is deaf or hard
21 of hearing as determined by the department. If the applicant is
22 not conducting any other transaction affecting the
23 identification card, a replacement identification card may be
24 issued with the symbol without payment of the fee required in s.
25 322.21(1)(f)3. For purposes of this paragraph, the international
26 symbol for the deaf and hard of hearing is substantially as
27 follows:
28 Insert deaf and hard of hearing symbol
29 (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or
30 s. 322.21 to the contrary, the department shall issue or renew a
31 card at no charge to a person who presents evidence satisfactory
32 to the department that he or she is homeless as defined in s.
33 414.0252(7), to a juvenile offender who is in the custody or
34 under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice and
35 receiving services pursuant to s. 985.461, to an inmate
36 receiving a card issued pursuant to s. 944.605(7), or, if
37 necessary, to an inmate receiving a replacement card if the
38 department determines that he or she has a valid state
39 identification card. If the replacement state identification
40 card is scheduled to expire within 6 months, the department may
41 also issue a temporary permit valid for at least 6 months after
42 the release date. The department’s mobile issuing units shall
43 process the identification cards for juvenile offenders and
44 inmates at no charge, as provided by s. 944.605 (7)(a) and (b).
45 Section 11. Present paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of
46 section 322.14, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
47 (d), and a new paragraph (c) is added to that subsection, to
48 read:
49 322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
50 (1)
51 (c) The international symbol for the deaf and hard of
52 hearing provided in s. 322.051(8)(c) shall be exhibited on the
53 driver license of a person who is deaf or hard of hearing upon
54 the payment of an additional $1 fee for the license and the
55 presentation of sufficient proof that the person is deaf or hard
56 of hearing as determined by the department. Until a person’s
57 license is next renewed, the person may have the symbol added to
58 his or her license upon the surrender of his or her current
59 license, payment of a $2 fee to be deposited into the Highway
60 Safety Operating Trust Fund, and presentation of sufficient
61 proof that the person is deaf or hard of hearing as determined
62 by the department. If the applicant is not conducting any other
63 transaction affecting the driver license, a replacement license
64 may be issued with the symbol without payment of the fee
65 required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
66 Section 12. The amendments made by this act to subsection
67 (8) of s. 322.051, Florida Statutes, and s. 322.14, Florida
68 Statutes, shall apply upon implementation of new designs for the
69 identification card and driver license by the Department of
70 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
71 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
72 And the title is amended as follows:
73 Delete lines 40 - 44
74 and insert:
75 certain date; amending s. 322.051, F.S.; authorizing
76 the international symbol for the deaf and hard of
77 hearing to be exhibited on the identification card of
78 a person who is deaf or hard of hearing; requiring a
79 fee for the exhibition of the symbol on the card;
80 authorizing a replacement identification card with the
81 symbol without payment of a specified fee under
82 certain circumstances; providing the international
83 symbol for the deaf and hard of hearing; requiring the
84 department to issue or renew an identification card to
85 certain juvenile offenders; requiring that the
86 department’s mobile issuing units process certain
87 identification cards at no charge; amending s. 322.14,
88 F.S.; authorizing the international symbol for the
89 deaf and hard of hearing to be exhibited on the driver
90 license of a person who is deaf or hard of hearing;
91 requiring a fee for the exhibition of the symbol on
92 the license; authorizing a replacement license without
93 payment of a specified fee under certain
94 circumstances; providing applicability; amending s.
95 322.19, F.S.;