Senate Bill sb0872

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 872

    By Senator Peaden





    2-715-05                                                See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicles and mobile

  3         homes; amending s. 319.32, F.S.; revising the

  4         service charge for applications in connection

  5         with the issuance, duplication, or transfer of

  6         a certificate of title; providing for the

  7         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

  8         to revise the service charge by rule; amending

  9         s. 320.04, F.S.; revising the service charge

10         for applications in connection with the

11         issuance, duplication, or transfer of a

12         registration certificate; providing for the

13         department to revise the service charge by

14         rule; providing an effective date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 319.32, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         319.32  Fees; service charges; disposition.--

21         (2)(a)  There shall be a service charge of $7.25 $4.25

22  for each application which is handled in connection with the

23  issuance, duplication, or transfer of any certificate of

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

25  application which is handled in connection with the

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

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

28  vehicle. The service charge imposed shall consist of the

29  statutory amount adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer

30  Price Index every 3 years after July 1, 2005. The department

31  shall by rule set the service charge amount based on the

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 872
    2-715-05                                                See HB




 1  increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for all urban

 2  consumers published by the United States Department of Labor.

 3  The service charge shall be calculated July 1 of each third

 4  year after July 1, 2005, using the most recent month for which

 5  data are available at the time of the calculation. Any

 6  increase shall be rounded to the nearest 5 cents. When making

 7  the calculation every third year, the department shall set the

 8  service charge at no less than the statutory amount and no

 9  more than the current service charge plus the increase in the

10  Consumer Price Index or 3 percent, whichever is less.

11         (b)  The service charges specified in paragraph (a)

12  shall be collected by the department on any application

13  handled directly from its office. Otherwise, these service

14  charges shall be collected and retained by the tax collector

15  who handles the application.

16         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 320.04, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         320.04  Registration service charge.--

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

20  each application which is handled in connection with original

21  issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of any license

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

23  transfer or duplicate issuance of any registration

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

25  for the issuance of each license plate validation sticker,

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

27  vending facility or printer dispenser machine which shall be

28  payable to and retained by the department to provide for

29  automated vending facilities or printer dispenser machines

30  used to dispense such stickers and decals by each tax

31  collector's or license tag agent's employee. The service

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 872
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 1  charge imposed shall consist of the statutory amount adjusted

 2  to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index every 3 years

 3  after July 1, 2005. The department shall by rule set the

 4  service charge amount based on the increase or decrease in the

 5  Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the

 6  United States Department of Labor. The service charge shall be

 7  calculated July 1 of each third year after July 1, 2005, using

 8  the most recent month for which data are available at the time

 9  of the calculation. Any increase shall be rounded to the

10  nearest 5 cents. When making the calculation every third year,

11  the department shall set the service charge at no less than

12  the statutory amount and no more than the current service

13  charge plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index or 3

14  percent, whichever is less.

15         (b)  In addition to the fees provided in paragraph (a),

16  any tax collector may impose an additional service charge of

17  not more than 50 cents on any transaction specified in

18  paragraph (a) or on any transaction specified in s.

19  319.32(2)(a) or s. 328.48 when such transaction occurs at any

20  tax collector's branch office.

21         (c)  The service charges prescribed by paragraphs (a)

22  and (b) shall be collected from the applicant as compensation

23  for all services rendered in connection with the handling of

24  the application. Such fees shall be retained by the department

25  or by the tax collector, as the case may be, as other fees

26  accruing to those offices.

27         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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