Title: Driver Licenses

Summary: Requiring a clerk of court to remove a habitual traffic offender designation if the offender meets certain conditions before a certain date; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue a driver license to a person whose license is suspended or revoked in another state under certain circumstances, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to driver licenses; amending s. 322.27, F.S.; requiring a clerk of court to remove a habitual traffic offender designation if the offender meets certain conditions before a certain date; creating s. 322.276, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue a driver license to a person whose license is suspended or revoked in another state under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 322.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 322.27 Authority of department to suspend or revoke driver license or identification card.  (5) (a)  The department shall revoke the license of any person designated a habitual offender, as set forth in s. 322.264, and such person is not eligible to be relicensed for a minimum of years from the date of revocation, except as provided for in s. 322.271. Any person whose license is revoked may, by petition to the department, show cause why his or her license should not be revoked. (b) If a person whose driver license has been revoked under paragraph (a), as a result of a third violation of driving a motor vehicle while his or her license is suspended or revoked which occurred before July 1, 2014, provides proof of compliance as allowed by s. 318.14(10)(a) before July 1, 2016, the clerk of court shall submit an amended disposition to remove the habitual traffic offender designation. Section 2. Section 322.276, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 322.276 Out-of-state sanctions; issuance of license. The department may, in its discretion, issue a driver license, with any required restrictions, if the applicant s driving privilege or driver license is suspended or revoked in another state for an offense committed in that state which would not have been grounds for suspension or revocation of the person s driving privilege or driver license in this state. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.