Section 320.58, Florida Statutes 2000
1320.58 Compliance examiners; powers, appointment.--The department shall appoint as many compliance examiners and supervisors as it deems necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
History.--s. 7, ch. 10182, 1925; CGL 1305; s. 46, ch. 26869, 1951; s. 19, ch. 63-400; s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-305; s. 27, ch. 77-357; s. 55, ch. 83-318; s. 3, ch. 88-253; s. 39, ch. 91-224; s. 367, ch. 95-148; ss. 50, 51, ch. 2000-171.
1Note.--
A. Section 50, ch. 2000-171, amended s. 320.58 "[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriations 2128-2132 of the 2000-2001 General Appropriations Act."
B. Section 51, ch. 2000-171, provides that "[t]he amendment of section 320.58, Florida Statutes, by this act shall expire on July 1, 2001, and the text of said section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2000, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions of said text which expire pursuant to the provisions of this act. The Division of Statutory Revision of the Office of Legislative Services shall include in an appropriate reviser's bill any amendments to said section which are necessary to give effect to the legislative intent expressed in this section." Effective July 1, 2001, s. 320.58, as amended by s. 51, ch. 2000-171, will read:
320.58 License inspectors; powers, appointment.--
(1)(a) The department shall appoint as many license inspectors and supervisors as it deems necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter and chapters 319, 322, and 324. In order to enforce the provisions of these laws, the inspectors are empowered to enter on both publicly owned and privately owned property and to issue uniform traffic citations to persons found in violation thereof. The department is further empowered to delegate the power to issue uniform traffic citations to persons acting as its agents for the purpose of enforcing the registration provisions of this chapter, which may include, but not be limited to, personnel employed by district school boards as agreed to by the school board and the county tax collector.
(b) License inspectors appointed pursuant to this section and agents delegated by the department are not to be considered for membership in the state high-risk retirement program.
(2) Any person who fails or refuses to surrender his or her driver's license, registration certificate, and license plate upon lawful demand of an inspector, supervisor, or authorized agent of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
