Bill Text: FL S0432 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Motor Vehicle Window Sunscreening Requirements [CPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 971 (Ch. 2010-223) [S0432 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0432-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 432 
 
By the Committee on Health Regulation; and Senator Sobel 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to motor vehicle window sunscreening 
3         requirements; amending s. 316.29545, F.S.; providing a 
4         medical exemption from sunscreening requirements for 
5         persons who are afflicted with any autoimmune disease 
6         or other medical conditions; requiring the Department 
7         of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to consult with 
8         its medical advisory board to provide guidance with 
9         respect to such autoimmune diseases and other medical 
10         conditions; providing an effective date. 
11 
12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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14         Section 1. Section 316.29545, Florida Statutes, is amended 
15  to read: 
16         316.29545 Window sunscreening exclusions; medical 
17  exemption; certain law enforcement vehicles exempt.— 
18         (1) The department shall issue medical exemption 
19  certificates to persons who are afflicted with Lupus, any 
20  autoimmune disease, or other similar medical conditions that 
21  which require a limited exposure to light, which certificates 
22  shall entitle the person to whom the certificate is issued to 
23  have sunscreening material on the windshield, side windows, and 
24  windows behind the driver which is in violation of the 
25  requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957. The department shall 
26  consult with the Medical Advisory Board established in s. 
27  322.125 to provide guidance with respect to the autoimmune 
28  diseases and other medical conditions that shall be included on 
29  provide, by rule, for the form of the medical certificate 
30  authorized by this section. At a minimum, the medical exemption 
31  certificate shall include a vehicle description with the make, 
32  model, year, vehicle identification number, medical exemption 
33  decal number issued for the vehicle, and the name of the person 
34  or persons who are the registered owners of the vehicle. A 
35  medical exemption certificate shall be nontransferable and shall 
36  become null and void upon the sale or transfer of the vehicle 
37  identified on the certificate. 
38         (2) The department shall exempt all law enforcement 
39  vehicles used in undercover or canine operations from the window 
40  sunscreening requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957. 
41         (3) The department may charge a fee in an amount sufficient 
42  to defray the expenses of issuing a medical exemption 
43  certificate as described in subsection (1). 
44         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.