Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1692
       
       
        
       By Senator Flores
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01374A-20                                          20201692__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.
    3         322.14, F.S.; authorizing a person with specified
    4         disabilities to have the capital letter “D” placed on
    5         his or her driver license under certain circumstances;
    6         providing requirements for the placement of such
    7         letter on a person’s driver license; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of
   13  section 322.14, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
   15         (1)
   16         (f)1. The capital letter “D” shall be exhibited on the
   17  driver license of a person who has a developmental disability,
   18  as defined in s. 393.063, if the person, or his or her parent or
   19  legal guardian, presents sufficient proof that the person has
   20  been diagnosed with a developmental disability by a physician
   21  licensed under chapter 458 as determined by the department.
   22         2. Until a person’s driver license is next renewed, the
   23  person, or his or her parent or legal guardian, may have the
   24  capital letter “D” added to his or her license upon the
   25  surrender of his or her current license and presentation of
   26  sufficient proof that the person has been diagnosed with a
   27  developmental disability by a physician licensed under chapter
   28  458 as determined by the department. If the applicant is not
   29  conducting any other transaction affecting the driver license, a
   30  replacement license may be issued with the capital letter “D”
   31  without payment of the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.