Senate Bill sb1172

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1172

    By Senator Peaden





    2-810-04                                            See HB 201

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to service charges; amending

  3         ss. 319.32 and 320.04, F.S.; increasing certain

  4         service charges; providing for periodic

  5         adjustments based upon the Consumer Price

  6         Index; providing criteria; authorizing the

  7         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

  8         to make such adjustments by rule; providing an

  9         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 (a) of subsection (2) of section

14  319.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         319.32  Fees; service charges; disposition.--

16         (2)(a)  There shall be a service charge of $7 $4.25 for

17  each application which is handled in connection with the

18  issuance, duplication, or transfer of any certificate of

19  title. There shall be a service charge of $1.25 for each

20  application which is handled in connection with the

21  recordation or notation of a lien on a motor vehicle or mobile

22  home which is not in connection with the purchase of such

23  vehicle.

24         Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

25  320.04, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is

26  added to that section, to read:

27         320.04  Registration service charge.--

28         (1)(a)  There shall be a service charge of $3 $2.50 for

29  each application which is handled in connection with original

30  issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of any license

31  plate, mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1172
    2-810-04                                            See HB 201




 1  transfer or duplicate issuance of any registration

 2  certificate. There may also be a service charge of up to $1

 3  for the issuance of each license plate validation sticker,

 4  vessel decal, and mobile home sticker issued from an automated

 5  vending facility or printer dispenser machine which shall be

 6  payable to and retained by the department to provide for

 7  automated vending facilities or printer dispenser machines

 8  used to dispense such stickers and decals by each tax

 9  collector's or license tag agent's employee.

10         (4)  The service charges imposed pursuant to ss.

11  319.32(2)(a) and paragraph (1)(a) shall consist of the

12  statutory amount adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer

13  Price Index every 3 years after July 1, 2004. The Department

14  of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall by rule adjust the

15  statutory amount based on increase or decrease in the Consumer

16  Price Index for all urban consumers published by the United

17  States Department of Labor. Adjustment shall be made July 1 of

18  each third year after July 1, 2004, using the most recent

19  month for which data are available at the time of the

20  adjustment. Any increase shall be rounded to the nearest 5

21  cents.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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