CS for SB 1438 - Highway Safety

• Removes requirement for drivers involved in crashes to submit written reports to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; instead requires law enforcement officers investigating crashes to submit Florida Traffic Crash Report, Long Form within 10 days for crashes involving death, injury, or certain violations.

• Requires drivers involved in crashes with at least $500 in property damage that are not investigated by law enforcement to submit a written report to the local law enforcement agency within 10 days.

• Authorizes the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to charge fees for electronic access to registration data provided through tax collectors' offices, with fees deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.

• Directs the department and Tax Collectors' Association to develop a transition plan by February 1, 2011 to transfer all driver's license issuance services to constitutional county tax collectors by June 30, 2015.

• Authorizes the department to charge fees for searching driver history records and permits tax collectors and county clerks of court to provide driver records and assess fees for the service.