Amendment AA1-AB347

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 347

September 23, 2013 - Offered by Representative Weatherston.

AB347-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB347-AA1,1,2 1. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:

AB347-AA1,1,3 " Section 1c. 343.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB347-AA1,2,16 343.06 (1) (c) To any person under age 18 unless the person is enrolled in a school program or high school equivalency program and is not a habitual truant as defined in s. 118.16 (1) (a), has graduated from high school or been granted a declaration of high school graduation equivalency, or is enrolled in a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g), and has satisfactorily completed a course in driver education in public schools approved by the department of public instruction, or in technical colleges approved by the technical college system board, or in nonpublic and private schools or tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that meet the minimum standards set by the department of public instruction, or has satisfactorily completed a substantially equivalent course in driver training approved by the department and given by a school licensed by the department under s. 343.61, or has satisfactorily completed a substantially equivalent course in driver education or training approved by another state and has attained the age of 16, except as provided in s. 343.07 (1g). The department shall not issue a license to any person under the age of 18 authorizing the operation of "Class M" vehicles unless the person has successfully completed a basic rider course designated by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation as a driving skills test waiver course and approved by the department. The department may, by rule, exempt certain persons from the basic rider course requirement of this paragraph. Applicants for a license under s. 343.08 or 343.135 are exempt from the driver education, basic rider or driver training course requirement. The secretary shall prescribe rules for licensing of schools and instructors to qualify under this paragraph. The driver education course shall be made available to every eligible student in the state. Except as provided under s. 343.16 (1) (bm) and (c) and (2) (cm) to (e), no operator's license may be issued unless a driver's examination has been administered by the department.".

AB347-AA1,2,17 2. Page 2, line 1: delete " Section 1" and substitute "Section 1m".

AB347-AA1,2,21 3. Page 2, line 17: delete lines 17 to 20 and substitute "authorization to operate "Class M" vehicles and who has successfully completed a basic rider course designated by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation as a driving skills test waiver course and approved by the department to hold an instruction permit under s. 343.07 (4)".

AB347-AA1,3,3 4. Page 3, line 21: delete that line and substitute "applicant has successfully completed a basic rider course designated by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation as a driving skills test waiver course and approved".

AB347-AA1,3,4 (End)