The Florida Senate

560.308  Registration terms; renewal; renewal fees.--

(1)  Registration may be renewed for a 24-month period, or the remainder of any such period without proration, following the date of its expiration by furnishing such information as the commission requires by rule, together with the payment of the fees required under subsections (2), (3), and (4). Registration pursuant to this part shall remain effective through the remainder of the second calendar year following its date of issuance unless during such calendar year the registration is surrendered, suspended, or revoked.

(2)  Each application for renewal of registration must be accompanied by a nonrefundable renewal fee not to exceed $500. A registration expires on December 31 of the year in which the existing registration expires, unless the registrant has renewed his or her registration on or before that date.

(3)  In addition to the renewal fee required by subsection (2), each registrant must pay a 2-year nonrefundable registration renewal fee of $50 for each authorized vendor or location operating within this state or, at the option of the registrant, a total 2-year nonrefundable renewal fee of $20,000 may be paid to renew the registration of all such locations currently registered at the time of renewal.

(4)  A renewal fee and a nonrefundable late fee of $250 must be filed within 60 calendar days after the expiration of an existing registration in order for the registration to be reinstated. The office shall grant a reinstatement of registration if an application is filed during the 60-day period, and the reinstatement is effective upon receipt of the required fees and any information that the commission requires by rule. If the registrant has not filed an application within 60 calendar days after the expiration date of an existing registration, the registration expires and a new application must be filed with the office pursuant to s. 560.307

History.--s. 3, ch. 94-238; s. 3, ch. 94-354; s. 12, ch. 2001-119; s. 722, ch. 2003-261; s. 64, ch. 2006-213.