Bill Text: FL S1252 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Identification Cards and Driver Licenses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Transportation [S1252 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1252-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1252 By Senator Abruzzo 25-01305-14 20141252__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to identification cards and driver 3 licenses; amending s. 322.141, F.S.; providing that a 4 medical alert logo may be placed on the face of an 5 identification card or driver license issued to a 6 person with a medical condition; directing the 7 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 8 require proof of such medical condition; providing an 9 effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 322.141, Florida 14 Statutes, is amended to read: 15 322.141 Color or markings of certain licenses or 16 identification cards.— 17 (2)(a) All licenses for the operation of motor vehicles 18 originally issued or reissued by the department to persons who 19 have insulin-dependent diabetes may, at the request of the 20 applicant, have distinctive markings separate and distinct from 21 all other licenses issued by the department. 22 (b) An identification card or driver license originally 23 issued or reissued by the department to a person who has a 24 medical condition may, at the request of the applicant, include 25 a medical alert logo on the face of the identification card or 26 license. 27 (c)(b)At the time of application for original license or 28 reissue, the department shall require such proof as it deems 29 appropriate that a person has insulin-dependent diabetes or 30 other such medical condition. 31 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.