Bill Text: FL S2380 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Window Sunscreening Exclusions [CPSC]

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 971 (Ch. 2010-223) [S2380 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S2380-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2380 
 
By Senator Baker 
20-01340-10                                           20102380__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to motor vehicle sunscreening material 
3         restrictions; amending s. 316.29545, F.S.; excluding 
4         vehicles owned or leased by private investigative 
5         services from certain restrictions when used in 
6         specified activities; providing an effective date. 
7 
8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
9 
10         Section 1. Section 316.29545, Florida Statutes, is amended 
11  to read: 
12         316.29545 Window sunscreening exclusions; medical 
13  exemption; certain law enforcement vehicles and private 
14  investigative service vehicles exempt.— 
15         (1) The department shall issue medical exemption 
16  certificates to persons who are afflicted with Lupus or similar 
17  medical conditions which require a limited exposure to light, 
18  which certificates shall entitle the person to whom the 
19  certificate is issued to have sunscreening material on the 
20  windshield, side windows, and windows behind the driver which is 
21  in violation of the requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957. The 
22  department shall provide, by rule, for the form of the medical 
23  certificate authorized by this section. At a minimum, the 
24  medical exemption certificate shall include a vehicle 
25  description with the make, model, year, vehicle identification 
26  number, medical exemption decal number issued for the vehicle, 
27  and the name of the person or persons who are the registered 
28  owners of the vehicle. A medical exemption certificate shall be 
29  nontransferable and shall become null and void upon the sale or 
30  transfer of the vehicle identified on the certificate. 
31         (2) The department shall exempt all law enforcement 
32  vehicles used in undercover or canine operations from the window 
33  sunscreening requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957. 
34         (3) The department shall exempt from the window 
35  sunscreening restrictions of ss. 316.2953, 316.2954, and 
36  316.2956 vehicles that are owned or leased by private 
37  investigative agencies licensed under chapter 493 and used in 
38  homeland security functions on behalf of federal, state, or 
39  local authorities; executive protection activities; undercover, 
40  covert, or surveillance operations involving child abductions, 
41  convicted sex offenders, insurance fraud, or missing persons or 
42  property; or investigative activities in which evidence is being 
43  obtained for civil or criminal court proceedings. 
44         (4)(3) The department may charge a fee in an amount 
45  sufficient to defray the expenses of issuing a medical exemption 
46  certificate as described in subsection (1). 
47         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.