HB 0201 2004
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to service charges; amending ss. 319.32
3    and 320.04, F.S.; increasing certain service charges;
4    providing for periodic adjustments based upon the Consumer
5    Price Index; providing criteria; authorizing the
6    Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to make
7    such adjustments by rule; providing an effective date.
8         
9          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10         
11          Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
12    319.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13          319.32 Fees; service charges; disposition.--
14          (2)(a) There shall be a service charge of $7 $4.25for
15    each application which is handled in connection with the
16    issuance, duplication, or transfer of any certificate of title.
17    There shall be a service charge of $1.25 for each application
18    which is handled in connection with the recordation or notation
19    of a lien on a motor vehicle or mobile home which is not in
20    connection with the purchase of such vehicle.
21          Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
22    320.04, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is
23    added to said section, to read:
24          320.04 Registration service charge.--
25          (1)(a) There shall be a service charge of $3 $2.50for
26    each application which is handled in connection with original
27    issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of any license plate,
28    mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transfer or
29    duplicate issuance of any registration certificate. There may
30    also be a service charge of up to $1 for the issuance of each
31    license plate validation sticker, vessel decal, and mobile home
32    sticker issued from an automated vending facility or printer
33    dispenser machine which shall be payable to and retained by the
34    department to provide for automated vending facilities or
35    printer dispenser machines used to dispense such stickers and
36    decals by each tax collector's or license tag agent's employee.
37          (4) The service charges imposed pursuant to ss.
38    319.32(2)(a) and paragraph (1)(a) shall consist of the statutory
39    amount adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index
40    every 3 years after July 1, 2004. The Department of Highway
41    Safety and Motor Vehicles shall by rule adjust the statutory
42    amount based on increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index
43    for all urban consumers published by the United States
44    Department of Labor. Adjustment shall be made July 1 of each
45    third year after July 1, 2004, using the most recent month for
46    which data are available at the time of the adjustment. Any
47    increase shall be rounded to the nearest 5 cents.
48          Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.