| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to motor vehicles and mobile homes; |
| 3 | amending s. 319.32, F.S.; revising service charge for |
| 4 | applications in connection with issuance, duplication, or |
| 5 | transfer of certificate of title; providing for the |
| 6 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to revise |
| 7 | the service charge by rule; amending s. 320.04, F.S.; |
| 8 | revising service charge for applications in connection |
| 9 | with issuance, duplication, or transfer of registration |
| 10 | certificate; providing for the department to revise the |
| 11 | service charge by rule; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 319.32, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 319.32 Fees; service charges; disposition.-- |
| 18 | (2)(a) There shall be a service charge of $7.25 $4.25 for |
| 19 | each application which is handled in connection with the |
| 20 | issuance, duplication, or transfer of any certificate of title. |
| 21 | There shall be a service charge of $1.25 for each application |
| 22 | which is handled in connection with the recordation or notation |
| 23 | of a lien on a motor vehicle or mobile home which is not in |
| 24 | connection with the purchase of such vehicle. The service charge |
| 25 | imposed shall consist of the statutory amount adjusted to |
| 26 | reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index every 3 years after |
| 27 | July 1, 2005. The department shall by rule set the service |
| 28 | charge amount based on the increase or decrease in the Consumer |
| 29 | Price Index for all urban consumers published by the United |
| 30 | States Department of Labor. The service charge shall be |
| 31 | calculated July 1 of each third year after July 1, 2005, using |
| 32 | the most recent month for which data are available at the time |
| 33 | of the calculation. Any increase shall be rounded to the nearest |
| 34 | 5 cents. When making the calculation every third year, the |
| 35 | department shall set the service charge at no less than the |
| 36 | statutory amount and no more than the current service charge |
| 37 | plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index or 3 percent, |
| 38 | whichever is less. |
| 39 | (b) The service charges specified in paragraph (a) shall |
| 40 | be collected by the department on any application handled |
| 41 | directly from its office. Otherwise, these service charges shall |
| 42 | be collected and retained by the tax collector who handles the |
| 43 | application. |
| 44 | Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 320.04, Florida |
| 45 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 46 | 320.04 Registration service charge.-- |
| 47 | (1)(a) There shall be a service charge of $3 $2.50 for |
| 48 | each application which is handled in connection with original |
| 49 | issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of any license plate, |
| 50 | mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transfer or |
| 51 | duplicate issuance of any registration certificate. There may |
| 52 | also be a service charge of up to $1 for the issuance of each |
| 53 | license plate validation sticker, vessel decal, and mobile home |
| 54 | sticker issued from an automated vending facility or printer |
| 55 | dispenser machine which shall be payable to and retained by the |
| 56 | department to provide for automated vending facilities or |
| 57 | printer dispenser machines used to dispense such stickers and |
| 58 | decals by each tax collector's or license tag agent's employee. |
| 59 | The service charge imposed shall consist of the statutory amount |
| 60 | adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index every 3 |
| 61 | years after July 1, 2005. The department shall by rule set the |
| 62 | service charge amount based on the increase or decrease in the |
| 63 | Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the |
| 64 | United States Department of Labor. The service charge shall be |
| 65 | calculated July 1 of each third year after July 1, 2005, using |
| 66 | the most recent month for which data are available at the time |
| 67 | of the calculation. Any increase shall be rounded to the nearest |
| 68 | 5 cents. When making the calculation every third year, the |
| 69 | department shall set the service charge at no less than the |
| 70 | statutory amount and no more than the current service charge |
| 71 | plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index or 3 percent, |
| 72 | whichever is less. |
| 73 | (b) In addition to the fees provided in paragraph (a), any |
| 74 | tax collector may impose an additional service charge of not |
| 75 | more than 50 cents on any transaction specified in paragraph (a) |
| 76 | or on any transaction specified in s. 319.32(2)(a) or s. 328.48 |
| 77 | when such transaction occurs at any tax collector's branch |
| 78 | office. |
| 79 | (c) The service charges prescribed by paragraphs (a) and |
| 80 | (b) shall be collected from the applicant as compensation for |
| 81 | all services rendered in connection with the handling of the |
| 82 | application. Such fees shall be retained by the department or by |
| 83 | the tax collector, as the case may be, as other fees accruing to |
| 84 | those offices. |
| 85 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |