| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to driver license records; amending s. |
| 3 | 322.142, F.S.; providing for license identification |
| 4 | information maintained by the Department of Highway Safety |
| 5 | and Motor Vehicles to be used for verification of identity |
| 6 | in determination of eligibility for public assistance and |
| 7 | for certain fraud investigations; providing an effective |
| 8 | date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 322.142, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 322.142 Color photographic or digital imaged licenses.- |
| 15 | (4) The department may maintain a film negative or print |
| 16 | file. The department shall maintain a record of the digital |
| 17 | image and signature of the licensees, together with other data |
| 18 | required by the department for identification and retrieval. |
| 19 | Reproductions from the file or digital record are exempt from |
| 20 | the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and shall be made and issued only |
| 21 | for departmental administrative purposes; for the issuance of |
| 22 | duplicate licenses; in response to law enforcement agency |
| 23 | requests; to the Department of State pursuant to an interagency |
| 24 | agreement to facilitate determinations of eligibility of voter |
| 25 | registration applicants and registered voters in accordance with |
| 26 | ss. 98.045 and 98.075; to the Department of Revenue pursuant to |
| 27 | an interagency agreement for use in establishing paternity and |
| 28 | establishing, modifying, or enforcing support obligations in |
| 29 | Title IV-D cases; to the Department of Children and Family |
| 30 | Services pursuant to an interagency agreement to conduct |
| 31 | protective investigations under part III of chapter 39; for use |
| 32 | as verification of identity to expedite the determination of |
| 33 | eligibility for public assistance and for use in public |
| 34 | assistance fraud investigations; or to the Department of |
| 35 | Financial Services pursuant to an interagency agreement to |
| 36 | facilitate the location of owners of unclaimed property, the |
| 37 | validation of unclaimed property claims, and the identification |
| 38 | of fraudulent or false claims. |
| 39 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |