Bill Text: FL S0628 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Driver Licenses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-30 - Chapter No. 2013-67 [S0628 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0628-Enrolled.html
ENROLLED
2013 Legislature SB 628
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2 An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.
3 322.142, F.S.; authorizing a justice, judge, or
4 designated employee to access reproductions of driver
5 license images as part of the official work of a
6 court; revising and clarifying provisions; providing
7 an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 322.142, Florida
12 Statutes, is amended to read:
13 322.142 Color photographic or digital imaged licenses.—
14 (4) The department may maintain a film negative or print
15 file. The department shall maintain a record of the digital
16 image and signature of the licensees, together with other data
17 required by the department for identification and retrieval.
18 Reproductions from the file or digital record are exempt from
19 the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and shall be made and issued
20 only:
21 (a) For departmental administrative purposes;
22 (b) For the issuance of duplicate licenses;
23 (c) In response to law enforcement agency requests;
24 (d) To the Department of Business and Professional
25 Regulation pursuant to an interagency agreement for the purpose
26 of accessing digital images for reproduction of licenses issued
27 by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation;
28 (e) To the Department of State pursuant to an interagency
29 agreement to facilitate determinations of eligibility of voter
30 registration applicants and registered voters in accordance with
31 ss. 98.045 and 98.075;
32 (f) To the Department of Revenue pursuant to an interagency
33 agreement for use in establishing paternity and establishing,
34 modifying, or enforcing support obligations in Title IV-D cases;
35 (g) To the Department of Children and Families Family
36 Services pursuant to an interagency agreement to conduct
37 protective investigations under part III of chapter 39 and
38 chapter 415;
39 (h) To the Department of Children and Families Family
40 Services pursuant to an interagency agreement specifying the
41 number of employees in each of that department’s regions to be
42 granted access to the records for use as verification of
43 identity to expedite the determination of eligibility for public
44 assistance and for use in public assistance fraud
45 investigations;
46 (i) To the Department of Financial Services pursuant to an
47 interagency agreement to facilitate the location of owners of
48 unclaimed property, the validation of unclaimed property claims,
49 and the identification of fraudulent or false claims; or
50 (j) To district medical examiners pursuant to an
51 interagency agreement for the purpose of identifying a deceased
52 individual, determining cause of death, and notifying next of
53 kin of any investigations, including autopsies and other
54 laboratory examinations, authorized in s. 406.11 406.011; or
55 (k) To the following persons for the purpose of identifying
56 a person as part of the official work of a court:
57 1. A justice or judge of this state;
58 2. An employee of the state courts system who works in a
59 position that is designated in writing for access by the Chief
60 Justice of the Supreme Court or a chief judge of a district or
61 circuit court, or by his or her designee; or
62 3. A government employee who performs functions on behalf
63 of the state courts system in a position that is designated in
64 writing for access by the Chief Justice or a chief judge, or by
65 his or her designee.
66 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
