Bill Text: FL S0158 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                              CS for SB 158
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Hutson
       
       
       
       
       
       596-00773-16                                           2016158c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    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.
   28          
   29  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   30  
   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.
   62  
   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.
  102  
  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.