Florida HB 937: Purple Alert

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to transportation; amending s. 2
207.001, F.S.; revising a short title; amending s. 3
207.002, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; 4
amending s. 207.004, F.S.; requiring licensing, rather 5
than registration, of motor carriers; requiring fuel 6
tax decals, rather than identifying devices, for motor 7
carriers; requiring a copy of the license to be 8
carried in each qualified motor vehicle or made 9
available electronically; specifying how fuel tax 10
decals are to be displayed on qualified motor 11
vehicles; requiring the Department of Highway Safety 12
and Motor Vehicles or its authorized agent to issue 13
licenses and fuel tax decals; requiring fuel tax decal 14
renewal orders to be submitted electronically 15
beginning on a specified date; revising required 16
contents of temporary fuel-use permits; removing 17
provisions relating to driveaway permits; amending s. 18
207.005, F.S.; revising reporting periods and due 19
dates for motor fuel use tax returns; requiring such 20
tax returns to be submitted electronically beginning 21
on a specified date; amending s. 207.007, F.S.; 22
revising requirements for calculation of interest due 23
for delinquent tax; providing penalties for any person 24
who counterfeits, alters, manufactures, or sells fuel 25

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tax licenses, fuel tax decals, or temporary fuel-use 26
permits except under certain circumstances; amending 27
s. 207.019, F.S.; requiring motor carriers to destroy 28
fuel tax decals under certain circumstances and notify 29
the department; amending s. 316.065, F.S.; revising 30
the apparent amount of property damage that requires 31
the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash to notify 32
law enforcement of the crash; amending s. 320.02, 33
F.S.; providing an exemption from certain vehicle 34
registration requirements for certain active duty 35
military members; requiring applicants to provide 36
proof of address; revising requirements for 37
documenting an applicant's address and proof of legal 38
presence; defining the term "REAL ID driver license or 39
identification card"; removing certain requirements 40
for business applicants; amending s. 320.061, F.S.; 41
revising a prohibition on obscuring a license plate; 42
providing an exception; amending s. 320.262, F.S.; 43
revising the definition of the term "license plate 44
obscuring device"; providing that the use of a license 45
plate frame or decorative border device is not 46
prohibited under specified conditions; amending s. 47
320.95, F.S.; authorizing the department to use e-mail 48
as a method of notification; amending s. 322.01, F.S.; 49
revising the definition of the term "tank vehicle"; 50

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amending ss. 322.051 and 322.17, F.S.; requiring an e-51
mail address to be included on an identification card 52
application and a request for a replacement driver 53
license or instruction permit, respectively; amending 54
s. 322.251, F.S.; authorizing orders of cancellation, 55
suspension, revocation, or disqualification to be 56
provided by e-mail notification; amending ss. 120.80, 57
207.003, 207.008, 207.011, 207.013, 207.014, 207.023, 58
207.0281, 212.08, 316.545, 318.15, 319.35, 319.40, 59
320.03, 322.08, 322.18, 322.21, 322.245, 322.2615, 60
322.2616, 322.64, 324.091, 324.171, 328.30, 328.73, 61
and 627.7415, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes 62
made by the act; providing an effective date. 63
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 65
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Section 1. Section 207.001, Florida Statutes, is amended 67
to read: 68
207.001 Short title.—This chapter shall be known as the 69
"Florida Diesel Fuel and Motor Fuel Use Tax Act of 1981," and 70
the taxes levied under this chapter shall be in addition to all 71
other taxes imposed by law. 72
Section 2. Section 207.002, Florida Statutes, is amended 73
to read: 74
207.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 75

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(1)(2) "Department" means the Department of Highway Safety 76
and Motor Vehicles. 77
(2) "International Fuel Tax Agreement" means the 78
reciprocal agreement among certain states of the United States, 79
provinces of Canada, and other member jurisdictions which 80
provides for the administration, collection, and enforcement of 81
taxes on the basis of fuel consumed or distance accrued, or 82
both, in