Title: Motor Vehicle Crash Reports

Summary: Specifies that required statement must be completed & sworn to for each confidential crash report requested.

Full Text:
An act relating to motor vehicle crash reports; amending s. 316.066, F.S.; specifying that the required statement must be completed and sworn to for each confidential crash report requested; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 316.066, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 316.066 Writte nreports of crashes.-(2) (d) As a condition precedent to accessing a crash report within days after the date the report is filed, a person must present a valid driver license or other photographic identification, proof of status, or identification that demonstrates his or her qualifications to access that information,and file a written sworn statement with the state or local agency in possession of the information stating that information from a crash report made confidential and exempt by this sec tion will not be used for any commercial solicitation of accident victims, or knowingly disclosed to any third party for the purpose of such solicitation, during the period of time that the information remains confidential and exempt. Such written sworn st atement must be completed and sworn to by the requesting ENROLLED CS/HB 2014 Legislature party for each individual crash report that is being requested within days after the report is filed. In lieu of requiring the written sworn statement, an agency may provide crash reports by elect ronic means to third-party vendors under contract with one or more insurers, but only when such contract states that information from a crash report made confidential and exempt by this section will not be used for any commercial solicitation of accident victims by the vendors, or knowingly disclosed by the vendors to any third party for the purpose of such solicitation, during the period of time that the information remains confidential and exempt, and only when a copy of such contract is furnished to the agency as proof of the vendor's claimed status. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.