Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 632
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Transportation (Montford) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 328.80, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         328.80 Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.—
    8         (1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may
    9  commission is authorized to accept any application provided for
   10  under this chapter by electronic or telephonic means.
   11         (2)The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may
   12  issue an electronic certificate of registration in addition to
   13  printing a paper registration.
   14         (3)The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may
   15  collect electronic mail addresses and use electronic mail in
   16  lieu of the United States Postal Service for the purpose of
   17  providing renewal notices.
   18         Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 328.48, Florida
   19  Statutes, is amended to read:
   20         328.48 Vessel registration, application, certificate,
   21  number, decal, duplicate certificate.—
   22         (4) Each certificate of registration issued shall state
   23  among other items the numbers awarded to the vessel, the hull
   24  identification number, the name and address of the owner, and a
   25  description of the vessel, except that certificates of
   26  registration for vessels constructed or assembled by the owner
   27  registered for the first time shall state all the foregoing
   28  information except the hull identification number. The numbers
   29  shall be placed on each side of the forward half of the vessel
   30  in such position as to provide clear legibility for
   31  identification, except, if the vessel is an airboat, the numbers
   32  may be placed on each side of the rudder. The numbers awarded to
   33  the vessel shall read from left to right and shall be in block
   34  characters of good proportion not less than 3 inches in height.
   35  The numbers shall be of a solid color which will contrast with
   36  the color of the background and shall be so maintained as to be
   37  clearly visible and legible; i.e., dark numbers on a light
   38  background or light numbers on a dark background. The
   39  certificate of registration shall be pocket-sized and shall be
   40  available for inspection on the vessel for which issued whenever
   41  such vessel is in operation. If the certificate of registration
   42  is not available for inspection on the vessel or is damaged or
   43  otherwise illegible, the operator may present for inspection an
   44  electronic device displaying an electronic certificate issued
   45  pursuant to s. 328.80. Such presentation does not constitute
   46  consent for inspection of any information on the device other
   47  than the displayed certificate. The person who presents the
   48  device to the officer assumes the liability for any resulting
   49  damage to the device.
   50         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.
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   52  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   53  And the title is amended as follows:
   54         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   55  and insert:
   56                        A bill to be entitled                      
   57         An act relating to vessel registration; amending s.
   58         328.80, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Highway
   59         Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue an electronic
   60         certificate of registration for a vessel, to collect
   61         electronic mail addresses, and to use electronic mail
   62         for certain purposes; amending s. 328.48, F.S.;
   63         authorizing a vessel operator to present such
   64         electronic certificate for inspection under certain
   65         circumstances; providing construction; providing that
   66         the person displaying the device assumes the liability
   67         for any resulting damage to the device; providing an
   68         effective date.