Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 158
       
       
        
       By Senator Hutson
       
       
       
       
       
       6-00050-16                                             2016158__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to identification cards and driver
    3         licenses; amending ss. 322.051 and 322.14, F.S.;
    4         providing for a person’s status as a lifetime
    5         freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing, hunting, or
    6         sportsman licensee, or boater safety identification
    7         cardholder, to be indicated on his or her
    8         identification card or driver license upon payment of
    9         an additional fee and presentation of the person’s
   10         lifetime freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing,
   11         hunting, or sportsman’s license, or boater safety
   12         identification card; providing a waiver of the
   13         replacement fee in certain circumstances; providing an
   14         effective date.
   15          
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of section
   19  322.051, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is
   20  added to that subsection, to read:
   21         322.051 Identification cards.—
   22         (8)
   23         (b) The word “Veteran” shall be exhibited on the
   24  identification card of a veteran upon the payment of an
   25  additional $1 fee for the identification card and the
   26  presentation of a copy of the person’s DD Form 214, issued by
   27  the United States Department of Defense, or another acceptable
   28  form specified by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Until a
   29  veteran’s identification card is next renewed, the veteran may
   30  have the word “Veteran” added to his or her identification card
   31  upon surrender of his or her current identification card,
   32  payment of a $2 fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety
   33  Operating Trust Fund, and presentation of a copy of his or her
   34  DD Form 214 or another acceptable form specified by the
   35  Department of Veterans’ Affairs. If the applicant is not
   36  conducting any other transaction affecting the identification
   37  card, a replacement identification card shall may be issued with
   38  the word “Veteran” without payment of the fee required in s.
   39  322.21(1)(f)3.
   40         (c)The department shall include the following words, or
   41  standard abbreviations for those words, on an identification
   42  card upon the payment of an additional $1 fee by an applicant
   43  who meets the requirements of subsection (1) and presents a
   44  lifetime license or card:
   45         1. If the applicant holds a lifetime freshwater fishing
   46  license, the words “Lifetime Freshwater Fishing.”
   47         2. If the applicant holds a lifetime saltwater fishing
   48  license, the words “Lifetime Saltwater Fishing.”
   49         3. If the applicant holds a lifetime hunting license, the
   50  words “Lifetime Hunting.”
   51         4. If the applicant holds a lifetime sportsman’s license,
   52  the words “Lifetime Sportsman.”
   53         5. If the applicant holds a lifetime boater safety
   54  identification card, the words “Lifetime Safe Boater.”
   55  
   56  A person may replace his or her identification card before its
   57  expiration date with a card that includes his or her status as a
   58  lifetime licensee or boater safety cardholder upon surrender of
   59  his or her current identification card, payment of a $2 fee to
   60  be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
   61  presentation of the person’s lifetime license or card. If the
   62  sole purpose of the replacement identification card is the
   63  inclusion of the applicant’s status as a lifetime licensee or
   64  cardholder, the replacement identification card shall be issued
   65  without payment of the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(f)3.
   66         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   67  322.14, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (d) is added
   68  to that subsection, to read:
   69         322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
   70         (1)
   71         (c) The word “Veteran” shall be exhibited on the driver
   72  license of a veteran upon the payment of an additional $1 fee
   73  for the license and the presentation of a copy of the person’s
   74  DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of Defense,
   75  or another acceptable form specified by the Department of
   76  Veterans’ Affairs. Until a veteran’s license is next renewed,
   77  the veteran may have the word “Veteran” added to his or her
   78  license upon surrender of his or her current license, payment of
   79  a $2 fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
   80  Fund, and presentation of a copy of his or her DD Form 214 or
   81  another acceptable form specified by the Department of Veterans’
   82  Affairs. If the applicant is not conducting any other
   83  transaction affecting the driver license, a replacement license
   84  shall may be issued with the word “Veteran” without payment of
   85  the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
   86         (d) The department shall include the following words, or
   87  standard abbreviations for those words, on a driver license upon
   88  the payment of an additional $1 fee by an applicant who meets
   89  the requirements of s. 322.08 and presents a lifetime license or
   90  identification card:
   91         1. If the applicant holds a lifetime freshwater fishing
   92  license, the words “Lifetime Freshwater Fishing.”
   93         2. If the applicant holds a lifetime saltwater fishing
   94  license, the words “Lifetime Saltwater Fishing.”
   95         3. If the applicant holds a lifetime hunting license, the
   96  words “Lifetime Hunting.”
   97         4. If the applicant holds a lifetime sportsman’s license,
   98  the words “Lifetime Sportsman.”
   99         5. If the applicant holds a lifetime boater safety
  100  identification card, the words “Lifetime Safe Boater.”
  101  
  102  A person may replace his or her driver license before its
  103  expiration date with a license that includes his or her status
  104  as a lifetime licensee or boater safety cardholder upon
  105  surrender of his or her current driver license, payment of a $2
  106  fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
  107  Fund, and presentation of the person’s lifetime license or
  108  identification card. If the sole purpose of the replacement
  109  driver license is the inclusion of the applicant’s status as a
  110  lifetime licensee or cardholder, the replacement driver license
  111  shall be issued without payment of the fee required in s.
  112  322.21(1)(e).
  113         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.