Bill Text: FL S0158 | 2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Identification Cards and Driver Licenses
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-25 - Chapter No. 2016-4 [S0158 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0158-Enrolled.html
ENROLLED
2016 Legislature CS for SB 158
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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; amending s.
14 327.395, F.S.; prohibiting a person born on or after a
15 certain date from operating a certain vessel unless
16 such person has in his or her possession aboard the
17 vessel photographic identification and a boater safety
18 identification card or a state-issued identification
19 card or driver license which meets certain
20 requirements; amending s. 379.354, F.S.; requiring
21 each state-issued identification card or driver
22 license indicating possession of certain recreational
23 licenses to be in the personal possession of the
24 person to whom such license is issued while the person
25 is taking, attempting to take, or possessing game,
26 freshwater or saltwater fish, or fur-bearing animals;
27 providing applicability; providing an effective date.
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29 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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31 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of section
32 322.051, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is
33 added to that subsection, to read:
34 322.051 Identification cards.—
35 (8)
36 (b) The word “Veteran” shall be exhibited on the
37 identification card of a veteran upon the payment of an
38 additional $1 fee for the identification card and the
39 presentation of a copy of the person’s DD Form 214, issued by
40 the United States Department of Defense, or another acceptable
41 form specified by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Until a
42 veteran’s identification card is next renewed, the veteran may
43 have the word “Veteran” added to his or her identification card
44 upon surrender of his or her current identification card,
45 payment of a $2 fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety
46 Operating Trust Fund, and presentation of a copy of his or her
47 DD Form 214 or another acceptable form specified by the
48 Department of Veterans’ Affairs. If the applicant is not
49 conducting any other transaction affecting the identification
50 card, a replacement identification card shall may be issued with
51 the word “Veteran” without payment of the fee required in s.
52 322.21(1)(f)3.
53 (c) The department shall include symbols representing the
54 following on an identification card upon the payment of an
55 additional $1 fee by an applicant who meets the requirements of
56 subsection (1) and presents his or her:
57 1. Lifetime freshwater fishing license;
58 2. Lifetime saltwater fishing license;
59 3. Lifetime hunting license;
60 4. Lifetime sportsman’s license; or
61 5. Lifetime boater safety identification card.
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63 A person may replace his or her identification card before its
64 expiration date with a card that includes his or her status as a
65 lifetime licensee or boater safety cardholder upon surrender of
66 his or her current identification card, payment of a $2 fee to
67 be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, and
68 presentation of the person’s lifetime license or card. If the
69 sole purpose of the replacement identification card is the
70 inclusion of the applicant’s status as a lifetime licensee or
71 cardholder, the replacement identification card must be issued
72 without payment of the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(f)3.
73 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
74 322.14, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (d) is added
75 to that subsection, to read:
76 322.14 Licenses issued to drivers.—
77 (1)
78 (c) The word “Veteran” shall be exhibited on the driver
79 license of a veteran upon the payment of an additional $1 fee
80 for the license and the presentation of a copy of the person’s
81 DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of Defense,
82 or another acceptable form specified by the Department of
83 Veterans’ Affairs. Until a veteran’s license is next renewed,
84 the veteran may have the word “Veteran” added to his or her
85 license upon surrender of his or her current license, payment of
86 a $2 fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
87 Fund, and presentation of a copy of his or her DD Form 214 or
88 another acceptable form specified by the Department of Veterans’
89 Affairs. If the applicant is not conducting any other
90 transaction affecting the driver license, a replacement license
91 shall may be issued with the word “Veteran” without payment of
92 the fee required in s. 322.21(1)(e).
93 (d) The department shall include symbols representing the
94 following on a driver license upon the payment of an additional
95 $1 fee by an applicant who meets the requirements of s. 322.08
96 and presents his or her:
97 1. Lifetime freshwater fishing license;
98 2. Lifetime saltwater fishing license;
99 3. Lifetime hunting license;
100 4. Lifetime sportsman’s license; or
101 5. Lifetime boater safety identification card.
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103 A person may replace his or her driver license before its
104 expiration date with a license that includes his or her status
105 as a lifetime licensee or boater safety cardholder upon
106 surrender of his or her current driver license, payment of a $2
107 fee to be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
108 Fund, and presentation of the person’s lifetime license or
109 identification card. If the sole purpose of the replacement
110 driver license is the inclusion of the applicant’s status as a
111 lifetime licensee or cardholder, the replacement driver license
112 must be issued without payment of the fee required in s.
113 322.21(1)(e).
114 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 327.395, Florida
115 Statutes, is amended to read:
116 327.395 Boating safety identification cards.—
117 (1) A person born on or after January 1, 1988, may not
118 operate a vessel powered by a motor of 10 horsepower or greater
119 unless such person has in his or her possession aboard the
120 vessel photographic identification and a boater safety
121 identification card issued by the commission, or a state-issued
122 identification card or driver license indicating possession of
123 the boater safety identification card, which shows that he or
124 she has:
125 (a) Completed a commission-approved boater education course
126 that meets the minimum 8-hour instruction requirement
127 established by the National Association of State Boating Law
128 Administrators;
129 (b) Passed a course equivalency examination approved by the
130 commission; or
131 (c) Passed a temporary certificate examination developed or
132 approved by the commission.
133 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 379.354, Florida
134 Statutes, is amended to read:
135 379.354 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization
136 numbers; fees established.—
137 (3) PERSONAL POSSESSION REQUIRED.—Each recreational
138 license, state-issued identification card or driver license
139 indicating possession of a recreational license, permit, or
140 authorization number must be in the personal possession of the
141 person to whom it is issued while the such person is taking,
142 attempting to take, or possessing game, freshwater or saltwater
143 fish, or fur-bearing animals. Any person taking, attempting to
144 take, or possessing game, freshwater or saltwater fish, or fur
145 bearing animals who fails to produce a recreational license,
146 state-issued identification card or driver license indicating
147 possession of a recreational license, permit, or authorization
148 number at the request of a commission law enforcement officer
149 commits a violation of the law.
150 Section 5. The amendments made by this act to s. 322.051
151 and s. 322.14, Florida Statutes, shall apply upon implementation
152 of new designs for the driver license and identification card by
153 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
154 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
