Driver Records

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Driver Records

• News and Notes

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Federal Real id act
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What is the Real ID Act?

• Enacted by the U.S. Congress in 2005
• Sets minimum standards for the issuance of driver
  licenses and identification cards

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How does it affect us?

• A Real ID compliant license or ID card will be
  required to fly within the U.S. or to enter
  federal buildings.
• We will begin issuing Real ID compliant licenses
  or ID cards on January 1, 2010.
• Your current Florida driver license or ID can be
  used until December 1, 2014 if you were born on
  or after December 1, 1964 or until December 1,
  2017 for all others.

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Required Documentation

• Proof of identity birth certificate, U.S.
  passport, certificate of naturalization
• Proof of social security number
• Proof of residential address
• Proof of legal presence
• Proof of name change

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Card Changes

• Full legal name two lines for name
• Residential address instead of mailing address
• 8 year term - unless older than 80, 6 year term
  or CDL HazMat, 4 year term
• Real ID designation

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Additional Requirements

• Cancel out-of-state license prior to issuance of
  Florida license
• Cannot hold two credentials at once
• Elimination of Valid-in-Florida-Only licenses
• Florida already meets the requirements for card
  and data security

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Emergency contact information system
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What is ECI?

• Enter up to two names with accompanying addresses
  and phone numbers at www.flhsmv.gov
• Accessible to law enforcement through DAVID and
  NCIC/FCIC
• Prohibited from release to anyone other than law
  enforcement

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Driver privacy protection act
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What is DPPA?

• Federal law and Section 119.0712(2), F.S.
• Prohibits the release of personal information
  associated with a driver or vehicle record,
  unless the requestor meets one of 15 exemptions
• Personal information includes driver license
  number, name, address, phone number, social
  security number

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How does DPPA affect us?

• Agreements for use/access of driver license data
• Re-release of data obtained from the driver or
  vehicle record
• Record sales
• Penalties
• Collier Settlement

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Citation reporting
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Citation Reporting Timelines

• Dispositions must be submitted to the Department
  via TCATS within 10 days
• 95 or higher compliance 15 of 67 counties
• 70 or lower compliance 10 of 67 counties
• Dispositions returned to the county for
  correction must be resubmitted to the Department
  within 10 days of the notification of the error

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Citation Reporting Errors

• 14 of 67 counties have a monthly error rate of 2
  to 31.74
• 6 of 67 counties have an error rate of 0.02 or
  less
• Over 278,000 cumulative unresolved errors

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Improvements in Citation Reporting

• Working with 5 clerks (Lee, Duval, Palm Beach,
  Suwannee, and Taylor) as part of DOT grant to
  identify causes of errors.
• FACC currently supports 3 versions of the ICD.
• ICD is likely to change again this year due to
  findings from grant project and to implement
  legislative changes.

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E-Citations

• Expanding the use of e-citations will likely
  reduce errors
• Accepting e-citation data
• 16 vendors are approved to provide e-citations
• 100 of FHP troopers use e-citations
• 179 law enforcement agencies use e-citations in
  some way

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Partnership with FACC

• D6 clearances through FACCs web site
• Piloted by Hernando and Orange Counties
• DL and MV inquiries
• Driver histories

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Other news
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Other News

• Fees may increase this year, including D6
  reinstatement fees (proposed to increase to 60)
  and driver record fees (proposed to increase to
  5, 7 or 10)
• Customers may now visit www.flhsmv.gov, Driver
  License Check to find out if they are eligible to
  elect driver improvement school in lieu of points

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Dana Reiding, ChiefBureau of RecordsDivision of
Driver Licenses(850) 617-2702danareiding_at_flhsmv.
gov