Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 100
       
       
        
       By Senator Steube
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00025-18                                            2018100__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to identification card and driver
    3         license fees for veterans; amending ss. 322.051 and
    4         322.14, F.S.; deleting fees for adding the word
    5         “Veteran” to an identification card or a driver
    6         license; revising acceptable forms of identification
    7         required to add the word “Veteran” to an
    8         identification card or a driver license; amending s.
    9         322.135, F.S.; prohibiting tax collectors from
   10         charging certain driver license service fees to
   11         veterans who present specified forms of
   12         identification; providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   15  
   16         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of section
   17  322.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         322.051 Identification cards.—
   19         (8)
   20         (b)1. The word “Veteran” must shall be exhibited on the
   21  identification card of a veteran upon the payment of an
   22  additional $1 fee for the identification card and the
   23  presentation of a copy of the person’s:
   24         a. DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of
   25  Defense;
   26         b.Veteran health identification card, issued by the United
   27  States Department of Veterans Affairs;
   28         c.Veteran identification card, issued by the United States
   29  Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Veterans
   30  Identification Card Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-31; or
   31         d.Other another acceptable form specified by the
   32  Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
   33         2. Until a veteran’s identification card is next renewed,
   34  the veteran may have the word “Veteran” added to his or her
   35  identification card upon surrender of his or her current
   36  identification card, payment of a $2 fee to be deposited into
   37  the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and presentation of any
   38  of the forms of identification specified in subparagraph 1 a
   39  copy of his or her DD Form 214 or another acceptable form
   40  specified by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. If the
   41  applicant is not conducting any other transaction affecting the
   42  identification card, a replacement identification card must
   43  shall be issued with the word “Veteran” without payment of the
   44  fee required in s. 322.21(1)(f)3.
   45         Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
   46  322.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   47         322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
   48         (1)
   49         (d)1. The word “Veteran” must shall be exhibited on the
   50  driver license of a veteran upon the payment of an additional $1
   51  fee for the license and the presentation of a copy of the
   52  person’s:
   53         a. DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of
   54  Defense;
   55         b.Veteran health identification card, issued by the United
   56  States Department of Veterans Affairs;
   57         c.Veteran identification card, issued by the United States
   58  Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Veterans
   59  Identification Card Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-31; or
   60         d.Other another acceptable form specified by the
   61  Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
   62         2. Until a veteran’s license is next renewed, the veteran
   63  may have the word “Veteran” added to his or her license upon
   64  surrender of his or her current license, payment of a $2 fee to
   65  be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
   66  presentation of any of the forms of identification specified in
   67  subparagraph 1 a copy of his or her DD Form 214 or another
   68  acceptable form specified by the Department of Veterans’
   69  Affairs. If the applicant is not conducting any other
   70  transaction affecting the driver license, a replacement license
   71  must shall be issued with the word “Veteran” without payment of
   72  the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
   73         Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   74  322.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   75         322.135 Driver license agents.—
   76         (1) The department shall, upon application, authorize by
   77  interagency agreement any or all of the tax collectors who are
   78  constitutional officers under s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State
   79  Constitution in the several counties of the state, subject to
   80  the requirements of law, in accordance with rules of the
   81  department, to serve as its agent for the provision of specified
   82  driver license services.
   83         (c) A service fee of $6.25 must shall be charged, in
   84  addition to the fees set forth in this chapter, for providing
   85  all services pursuant to this chapter. The service fee may not
   86  be charged:
   87         1. More than once per customer during a single visit to a
   88  tax collector’s office.
   89         2. For a reexamination requested by the Medical Advisory
   90  Board or required pursuant to s. 322.221.
   91         3. For a voter registration transaction.
   92         4. In violation of any federal or state law.
   93         5.To a veteran receiving any service pursuant to this
   94  chapter, upon presentation of a copy of the veteran’s:
   95         a.DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of
   96  Defense;
   97         b.Veteran health identification card, issued by the United
   98  States Department of Veterans Affairs;
   99         c.Veteran identification card, issued by the United States
  100  Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Veterans
  101  Identification Card Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-31; or
  102         d.Other acceptable form specified by the Department of
  103  Veterans’ Affairs.
  104         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.