Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1100
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/15/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
       Appropriations (Fasano) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         After line 68
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (8) is added to section 320.0609,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         320.0609 Transfer and exchange of registration license
    8  plates; transfer fee.—
    9         (8) When the owner of a vehicle transfers a registration
   10  license plate to a replacement or substitute vehicle acquired
   11  from a motor vehicle dealer licensed under this chapter, the
   12  dealer shall timely provide to the department, via an electronic
   13  system administered by the department for this purpose,
   14  information regarding the transfer which is required by the
   15  department. The dealer shall also give the owner written notice
   16  documenting the transfer if the dealer cannot timely provide the
   17  required transfer information to the department, due to system
   18  or connectivity problems. The dealer shall maintain records that
   19  are required by the department, which must be open to inspection
   20  by the department or its agents during reasonable business
   21  hours. The dealer may charge the vehicle owner a fee to comply
   22  with this subsection. The department may charge a fee of $2 for
   23  each transfer, in addition to any other fee imposed by law. The
   24  department may adopt rules to administer this subsection.
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   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 10
   29  and insert:
   30         provision; amending s. 320.0609, F.S.; requiring motor
   31         vehicle dealers to electronically report certain title
   32         transfer information to the department regarding the
   33         transfer of license plates to vehicles acquired from
   34         such dealers; requiring dealers to maintain records of
   35         such transfers; providing a fee; providing for the
   36         adoption of rules; providing an effective date.