Bill Text: FL S0368 | 2011 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Driver's License Fees for Disabled Veterans
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [S0368 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-S0368-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2011 CS for SB 368 By the Committee on Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; and Senators Fasano and Gaetz 583-02367-11 2011368c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to driver’s license fees for disabled 3 veterans; amending s. 322.21, F.S.; providing that 4 disabled veterans who meet certain qualifications are 5 entitled to a specified reduction in driver’s license 6 fees; reorganizing provisions; providing an effective 7 date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 322.21, Florida 12 Statutes, is amended to read: 13 322.21 License fees; procedure for handling and collecting 14 fees.— 15 (7)(a) AAnyveteran who meets the qualifications in 16 subparagraphs 1.-5. is exempt from all fees required by this 17 section: 18 1. Has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces; 19 2.whoHas been issued a valid identification card by the 20 Department of Veterans’ Affairs in accordance with s. 295.17, or 21 the veteran must provide an official letter from the United 22 States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor stating 23 the percentage of the veteran’s service-connected disability and 24 a copy of the veteran’s honorable discharge at the time of 25 application for a driver’s license or driver’s license renewal; 26 3. Has been determined by the United States Department of 27 Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have: 28 a. A 100 percent100-percenttotal and permanent service 29 connected disability rating for compensation;,or 30 b.Has been determined to haveA service-connected total 31 and permanent disability rating of 100 percent;,32 4. Is in receipt of disability retirement pay from any 33 branch of the United States Armed Services;,and 34 5.WhoIs qualified to obtain a driver’s license under this 35 chapteris exempt from all fees required by this section. 36 (b) A veteran who meets the qualifications in subparagraphs 37 1. and 2. is entitled to a 50 percent reduction in all fees 38 required by this section: 39 1. Meets the qualifications in subparagraphs (a)1., 2., 4., 40 and 5.; and 41 2. Has been determined by the United States Department of 42 Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have: 43 a. A total and permanent service-connected disability 44 rating for compensation of at least 50 percent but less than 100 45 percent; or 46 b. A service-connected total and permanent disability 47 rating of at least 50 percent but less than 100 percent. 48 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.