Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1694
       
       
        
       By Senator Flores
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01427A-20                                          20201694__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to driver license fees; amending s.
    3         322.14, F.S.; providing fees for the placement of a
    4         specified letter on the driver license of a person who
    5         has a developmental disability; providing a contingent
    6         effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section
   11  322.14, Florida Statutes, as created by SB ___, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
   14         (1)
   15         (f)1. The capital letter “D” shall be exhibited on the
   16  driver license of a person who has a developmental disability,
   17  as defined in s. 393.063, upon the payment of an additional $1
   18  fee for the license and 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, payment of a $2 fee to
   26  be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
   27  presentation of sufficient proof that the person has been
   28  diagnosed with a developmental disability by a physician
   29  licensed under chapter 458 as determined by the department. If
   30  the applicant is not conducting any other transaction affecting
   31  the driver license, a replacement license may be issued with the
   32  capital letter “D” without payment of the fee required in s.
   33  322.21(1)(e).
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   35  SB ___ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   36  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   37  thereof and becomes a law.