{"id":224425,"date":"2026-04-09T04:53:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224425\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:53:37","slug":"annual-drivers-license-reinstatement-events-return-to-tampa-bay-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224425\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual driver\u2019s license reinstatement events return to Tampa Bay region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Operation Green Light events are scheduled across the state of Florida, allowing drivers to reduce or waive certain fees tied to suspended licenses.<\/p>\n<p>During the events, Florida Court Clerks &amp; Comptrollers (FCCC) said drivers can work with local clerks to lower or waive fees in order to pay back their outstanding court obligations and have their licenses reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>The FCCC said drivers can meet one-on-one with clerks to review their cases, reduce or waive eligible fees and create payment solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said most of the statewide events are scheduled within a two-week period, from April 11 to April 25.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple counties in the Tampa Bay area are participating in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Laws\/Statutes\/2022\/0322.75\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">annual statewide driver&#8217;s license reinstatement event<\/a>. The times, locations, details and participation vary by county.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA BAY AREA OPERATION GREEN LIGHT SCHEDULE<\/p>\n<p>Citrus County<\/p>\n<p>April 13-17In-person, virtually by phone: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Virtually online: 24\/7<\/p>\n<p>DeSoto County<\/p>\n<p>April 13-17In-person8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Hardee County<\/p>\n<p>April 13-17In-person, virtually by phone8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Hernando County<\/p>\n<p>Highlands County<\/p>\n<p>April 23, 24 and 27In-person, virtually by phone<\/p>\n<p>Hillsborough County<\/p>\n<p>In personApril 6-108:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.800 E. Twiggs Street, George E. Edgecomb Courthouse, 1st Floor Customer Service<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manateeclerk.com\/clerks-news\/2026-operation-green-light\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manatee County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In-personApril 118:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Pasco County<\/p>\n<p>In-person, virtually by phoneMarch 27, 30 and 31 and April 1 and 28:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Pinellas County<\/p>\n<p>In-personApril 20, 21 &amp; 248:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.April 22 &amp; 23, 20268:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Polk County<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotaclerk.com\/Home\/Components\/News\/News\/1140\/353\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarasota County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In-personApril 9-119:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Find the full statewide schedule <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flclerks.com\/page\/GreenLight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BLAKE.PHILLIPS.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Seminole Hard Rock Tampa and The Motor Enclave announce new partnership to create Hard Rock Speedway<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the partnership, Hard Rock displayed classic cars, including a replica of the Shelby from &#8220;Gone in 60 Seconds&#8221; and a replica Daytona from &#8220;Miami Vice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seminole Hard Rock Tampa and The Motor Enclave announce new partnership to create Hard Rock Speedway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Operation Green Light events are scheduled across the state of Florida, allowing drivers to reduce or waive certain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[205,7083,7084,7085,7086,7087,276,7088,99880,1338,135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-224425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-abc-action-news","9":"tag-citrus-county","10":"tag-desoto-county","11":"tag-hardee-county","12":"tag-hernando-county","13":"tag-highlands-county","14":"tag-hillsborough-county","15":"tag-manatee-county","16":"tag-operation-green-light","17":"tag-pasco-county","18":"tag-tampa","19":"tag-tampa-headlines","20":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}