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Florida Statute 322.42 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 322
DRIVER LICENSES
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322.42 Construction of chapter.This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety.
History.s. 53, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(662); s. 54, ch. 20451, 1941.

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Cases Citing Statute 322.42

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Pulaski v. State, 540 So. 2d 193 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 23509

...316.1933, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. [2] Section 322.28 is not penal in nature, but is designed to protect and promote the public safety. Its provisions should be liberally construed to facilitate this goal. § 322.42, Fla....
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Dept. of High. Saf. v. Bender, 497 So. 2d 1332 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2493

...State of Florida, Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Vogt, 489 So.2d 1168 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986). Indeed, chapter 322 must be "liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety." § 322.42, Fla....
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State, Dept. of Hwy. Saf. v. Grapski, 696 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 394470

...The declared legislative intent of Chapter 322 is to protect the public. § 322.263, Fla. Stat. (1993). The chapter is to be liberally construed "to the end that the greatest force *952 and effect may be given to its provision for the promotion of public safety." § 322.42, Fla....
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Lescher v. Florida Dept. of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 985 So. 2d 1078 (Fla. 2008).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 434, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 1221, 2008 WL 2608621

...f traffic laws. § 322.263, Fla. Stat. (2005). The Legislature further provided that "[t]his chapter [322] shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety." § 322.42, Fla....
...sive in relation to the alternative purpose assigned. See Hudson, 522 U.S. at 99-100, 118 S.Ct. 488. We find that the restriction here—permanent license revocation—is not excessive in relationship to the statute's purpose of protecting the public. Section 322.42 requires that chapter 322 be "liberally construed" to give "the greatest force and effect ......
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Jackson by & Through Whitaker v. Hertz Corp., 590 So. 2d 929 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 191953

...The majority suggests, perhaps unintentionally, that the vehicle was rented to two persons. The person posing as Linda Major is the "customer" to whom the car was rented. On the second page of the contract, Lawrence King signed as an "Additional Authorized Operator," not as the principal customer. [3] Section 322.42, Florida Statutes (1985) provides: "This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety." [4] There is no disagreement with the state...
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State, Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs. v. Abbey, 745 So. 2d 1024 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 13703, 1999 WL 945926

provisions for the promotion of public safety.” § 322.42, Fla. Stat. (1997). It is also the express legislative
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State, Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs. v. Walsh, 204 So. 3d 169 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 17646

...ot intend the applicant to refrain from the use of aspirin.” Id. Instead, the statute was to be “liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety.” Id. (quoting § 322.42, Fla....
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State, Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs. v. Peacock, 185 So. 3d 632 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2016 WL 455625

...the essential requirements of the law in issuing a stay. In reaching our conclusion, we are mindful that chapter 322 “shall be liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety.” § 322.42, Fla....
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Silha v. Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., Div. of Driver Licenses of Florida, 109 So. 3d 820 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 646052, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 2958

...The revocation under the facts of this case furthers the legislative intent of keeping Florida drivers safe, denying the driving privilege to those who have demonstrated their indifference to the laws, and discouraging repetition of criminal action. See § 322.263, Fla. Stat. (1999); see also § 322.42, Fla....
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Thompson v. Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 692 So. 2d 272 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 4315, 1997 WL 199189

...ublic safety or welfare.... § 322.05(8), Fla. Stat. (1995). Finally, the drivers’ licenses chapter is to be “liberally construed to the end that the greatest force and effect may be given to its provisions for the promotion of public safety.” § 322.42, Fla....

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