Florida Senate - 2020                             CS for SB 1086
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Infrastructure and Security; and Senator
       Diaz
       
       
       
       
       596-02447-20                                          20201086c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to vehicle and vessel registration
    3         data and functionality; amending ss. 320.03 and
    4         328.73, F.S.; requiring the Department of Highway
    5         Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide tax collectors
    6         and their approved agents and vendors with real-time
    7         access to certain vehicle and vessel registration data
    8         and functionality in the same manner as provided to
    9         other third parties; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
   14  320.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
   16  International Registration Plan.—
   17         (4)
   18         (b) The Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System shall
   19  be installed in every tax collector’s and license tag agent’s
   20  office in accordance with a schedule established by the
   21  department in consultation with the tax collectors and
   22  contingent upon funds being made available for the system by the
   23  state. For the purpose of enhancing customer services provided
   24  by tax collectors on behalf of the department, the department
   25  shall provide tax collectors and their approved agents and
   26  vendors with real-time access to the same data and functionality
   27  that all other third parties receive from the department related
   28  to motor vehicle and mobile home registration certificates,
   29  registration license plates, and validation stickers, including,
   30  but not limited to, each applicant’s current residential address
   31  and each applicant’s current electronic mail address collected
   32  pursuant to s. 320.95.
   33         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 328.73, Florida
   34  Statutes, is amended to read:
   35         328.73 Registration; duties of tax collectors.—
   36         (1) The tax collectors in the counties of the state, as
   37  authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration
   38  certificates and vessel numbers and decals to applicants,
   39  subject to the requirements of law and in accordance with rules
   40  of the department. For the purpose of enhancing customer
   41  services provided by tax collectors on behalf of the department,
   42  the department shall provide tax collectors and their approved
   43  agents and vendors with real-time access to the same data and
   44  functionality that all other third parties receive from the
   45  department related to vessel registration certificates and
   46  vessel numbers and decals, including, but not limited to, each
   47  applicant’s current residential address and each applicant’s
   48  current electronic mail address collected pursuant to s. 328.30.
   49         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.