Bill Text: FL S1508 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Police Vehicles
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-22 - Chapter No. 2020-62 [S1508 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1508-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Police Vehicles
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-22 - Chapter No. 2020-62 [S1508 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1508-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1508 By Senator Taddeo 40-01474-20 20201508__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to police vehicles; amending s. 3 319.14, F.S.; prohibiting a person from knowingly 4 selling, exchanging, or transferring a police vehicle 5 without removing any police markings from the vehicle 6 and certifying that the police markings have been 7 removed; defining the term “police markings”; 8 providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Present subsections (5) through (10) of section 13 319.14, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6) 14 through (11), respectively, a new subsection (5) is added to 15 that section, and present subsection (5) of that section is 16 republished, to read: 17 319.14 Sale of motor vehicles registered or used as 18 taxicabs, police vehicles, lease vehicles, rebuilt vehicles, 19 nonconforming vehicles, custom vehicles, or street rod vehicles; 20 conversion of low-speed vehicles.— 21 (5) A person may not knowingly sell, exchange, or transfer 22 a police vehicle without, before consummating the sale, 23 exchange, or transfer, removing any police markings from the 24 vehicle and certifying in writing to the purchaser, customer, or 25 transferee the fact that the vehicle has had the police markings 26 removed. For purposes of this subsection, the term “police 27 markings” means decals, stickers, or other markings attached or 28 applied to a police vehicle. 29 (6)(5)A person who knowingly sells, exchanges, or offers 30 to sell or exchange a motor vehicle or mobile home contrary to 31 this section or any officer, agent, or employee of a person who 32 knowingly authorizes, directs, aids in, or consents to the sale, 33 exchange, or offer to sell or exchange a motor vehicle or mobile 34 home contrary to this section commits a misdemeanor of the 35 second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 36 775.083. 37 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.