Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 158
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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10/08/2015 .
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The Committee on Transportation (Simpson) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of section
6 322.051, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is
7 added to that subsection, to read:
8 322.051 Identification cards.—
9 (8)
10 (b) The word “Veteran” shall be exhibited on the
11 identification card of a veteran upon the payment of an
12 additional $1 fee for the identification card and the
13 presentation of a copy of the person’s DD Form 214, issued by
14 the United States Department of Defense, or another acceptable
15 form specified by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Until a
16 veteran’s identification card is next renewed, the veteran may
17 have the word “Veteran” added to his or her identification card
18 upon surrender of his or her current identification card,
19 payment of a $2 fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety
20 Operating Trust Fund, and presentation of a copy of his or her
21 DD Form 214 or another acceptable form specified by the
22 Department of Veterans’ Affairs. If the applicant is not
23 conducting any other transaction affecting the identification
24 card, a replacement identification card shall may be issued with
25 the word “Veteran” without payment of the fee required in s.
26 322.21(1)(f)3.
27 (c) The department shall include symbols representing the
28 following on an identification card upon the payment of an
29 additional $1 fee by an applicant who meets the requirements of
30 subsection (1) and presents his or her:
31 1. Lifetime freshwater fishing license;
32 2. Lifetime saltwater fishing license;
33 3. Lifetime hunting license;
34 4. Lifetime sportsman’s license; or
35 5. Lifetime boater safety identification card.
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37 A person may replace his or her identification card before its
38 expiration date with a card that includes his or her status as a
39 lifetime licensee or boater safety cardholder upon surrender of
40 his or her current identification card, payment of a $2 fee to
41 be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
42 presentation of the person’s lifetime license or card. If the
43 sole purpose of the replacement identification card is the
44 inclusion of the applicant’s status as a lifetime licensee or
45 cardholder, the replacement identification card must be issued
46 without payment of the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(f)3.
47 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
48 322.14, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (d) is added
49 to that subsection, to read:
50 322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
51 (1)
52 (c) The word “Veteran” shall be exhibited on the driver
53 license of a veteran upon the payment of an additional $1 fee
54 for the license and the presentation of a copy of the person’s
55 DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of Defense,
56 or another acceptable form specified by the Department of
57 Veterans’ Affairs. Until a veteran’s license is next renewed,
58 the veteran may have the word “Veteran” added to his or her
59 license upon surrender of his or her current license, payment of
60 a $2 fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
61 Fund, and presentation of a copy of his or her DD Form 214 or
62 another acceptable form specified by the Department of Veterans’
63 Affairs. If the applicant is not conducting any other
64 transaction affecting the driver license, a replacement license
65 shall may be issued with the word “Veteran” without payment of
66 the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
67 (d) The department shall include symbols representing the
68 following on a driver license upon the payment of an additional
69 $1 fee by an applicant who meets the requirements of s. 322.08
70 and presents his or her:
71 1. Lifetime freshwater fishing license;
72 2. Lifetime saltwater fishing license;
73 3. Lifetime hunting license;
74 4. Lifetime sportsman’s license; or
75 5. Lifetime boater safety identification card.
76
77 A person may replace his or her driver license before its
78 expiration date with a license that includes his or her status
79 as a lifetime licensee or boater safety cardholder upon
80 surrender of his or her current driver license, payment of a $2
81 fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
82 Fund, and presentation of the person’s lifetime license or
83 identification card. If the sole purpose of the replacement
84 driver license is the inclusion of the applicant’s status as a
85 lifetime licensee or cardholder, the replacement driver license
86 must be issued without payment of the fee required in s.
87 322.21(1)(e).
88 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 327.395, Florida
89 Statutes, is amended to read:
90 327.395 Boating safety identification cards.—
91 (1) A person born on or after January 1, 1988, may not
92 operate a vessel powered by a motor of 10 horsepower or greater
93 unless such person has in his or her possession aboard the
94 vessel photographic identification and a boater safety
95 identification card issued by the commission, or a state-issued
96 identification card or driver license indicating possession of
97 the boater safety identification card, which shows that he or
98 she has:
99 (a) Completed a commission-approved boater education course
100 that meets the minimum 8-hour instruction requirement
101 established by the National Association of State Boating Law
102 Administrators;
103 (b) Passed a course equivalency examination approved by the
104 commission; or
105 (c) Passed a temporary certificate examination developed or
106 approved by the commission.
107 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 379.354, Florida
108 Statutes, is amended to read:
109 379.354 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization
110 numbers; fees established.—
111 (3) PERSONAL POSSESSION REQUIRED.—Each recreational
112 license, state-issued identification card or driver license
113 indicating possession of a recreational license, permit, or
114 authorization number must be in the personal possession of the
115 person to whom it is issued while the such person is taking,
116 attempting to take, or possessing game, freshwater or saltwater
117 fish, or fur-bearing animals. Any person taking, attempting to
118 take, or possessing game, freshwater or saltwater fish, or fur
119 bearing animals who fails to produce a recreational license,
120 state-issued identification card or driver license indicating
121 possession of a recreational license, permit, or authorization
122 number at the request of a commission law enforcement officer
123 commits a violation of the law.
124 Section 5. The amendments made by this act to s. 322.051
125 and s. 322.14, Florida Statutes, shall apply upon implementation
126 of new designs for the driver license and identification card by
127 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
128 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
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131 And the title is amended as follows:
132 Delete everything before the enacting clause
133 and insert:
134 A bill to be entitled
135 An act relating to identification cards and driver
136 licenses; amending ss. 322.051 and 322.14, F.S.;
137 providing for a person’s status as a lifetime
138 freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing, hunting, or
139 sportsman licensee, or boater safety identification
140 cardholder, to be indicated on his or her
141 identification card or driver license upon payment of
142 an additional fee and presentation of the person’s
143 lifetime freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing,
144 hunting, or sportsman’s license, or boater safety
145 identification card; providing a waiver of the
146 replacement fee in certain circumstances; amending s.
147 327.395, F.S.; prohibiting a person born on or after a
148 certain date from operating a certain vessel unless
149 such person has in his or her possession aboard the
150 vessel photographic identification and a boater safety
151 identification card or a state-issued identification
152 card or driver license which meets certain
153 requirements; amending s. 379.354, F.S.; requiring
154 each state-issued identification card or driver
155 license indicating possession of certain recreational
156 licenses to be in the personal possession of the
157 person to whom such license is issued while the person
158 is taking, attempting to take, or possessing game,
159 freshwater or saltwater fish, or fur-bearing animals;
160 providing applicability; providing an effective date.