Florida Senate - 2009 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/SB 1778, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Conference Committee on CS/CS/SB 1778, 1st Eng. recommended
the following:
1 Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete everything after the enacting clause
5 and insert:
6 Section 1. (1) The DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund
7 within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,
8 FLAIR number 76-2-172, is terminated on July 1, 2009.
9 (2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of,
10 the trust fund shall be transferred to the Highway Safety
11 Operating Trust Fund within the Department of Highway Safety and
12 Motor Vehicles, FLAIR number 76-2-009.
13 (3) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
14 shall pay any outstanding debts and obligations of the
15 terminated trust fund as soon as practicable. The Chief
16 Financial Officer shall close out and remove the terminated fund
17 from the various state accounting systems using generally
18 accepted accounting principles concerning warrants outstanding,
19 assets, and liabilities.
20 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
21 17.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
22 17.61 Chief Financial Officer; powers and duties in the
23 investment of certain funds.—
24 (3)
25 (c) Except as provided in this paragraph and except for
26 moneys described in paragraph (d), the following agencies may
27 shall not invest trust fund moneys as provided in this section,
28 but shall retain such moneys in their respective trust funds for
29 investment, with interest appropriated to the General Revenue
30 Fund, pursuant to s. 17.57:
31 1. The Agency for Health Care Administration, except for
32 the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
33 2. The Agency for Persons with Disabilities, except for:
34 a. The Federal Grants Trust Fund.
35 b. The Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
36 3. The Department of Children and Family Services, except
37 for:
38 a. The Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Trust Fund.
39 b. The Social Services Block Grant Trust Fund.
40 c. The Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
41 d. The Working Capital Trust Fund.
42 4. The Department of Community Affairs, only for the
43 Operating Trust Fund.
44 5. The Department of Corrections.
45 6. The Department of Elderly Affairs, except for:
46 a. The Federal Grants Trust Fund.
47 b. The Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
48 7. The Department of Health, except for:
49 a. The Federal Grants Trust Fund.
50 b. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
51 c. The Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Trust Fund.
52 d. The Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
53 8. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,
54 only for:
55 a. The DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund.
56 b. the Security Deposits Trust Fund.
57 9. The Department of Juvenile Justice.
58 10. The Department of Law Enforcement.
59 11. The Department of Legal Affairs.
60 12. The Department of State, only for:
61 a. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
62 b. The Records Management Trust Fund.
63 13. The Executive Office of the Governor, only for:
64 a. The Economic Development Transportation Trust Fund.
65 b. The Economic Development Trust Fund.
66 14. The Florida Public Service Commission, only for the
67 Florida Public Service Regulatory Trust Fund.
68 15. The Justice Administrative Commission.
69 16. The state courts system.
70 Section 3. Paragraphs (m) through (x) of subsection (4) of
71 section 215.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
72 215.20 Certain income and certain trust funds to contribute
73 to the General Revenue Fund.—
74 (4) The income of a revenue nature deposited in the
75 following described trust funds, by whatever name designated, is
76 that from which the appropriations authorized by subsection (3)
77 shall be made:
78 (m) Within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
79 Vehicles, the DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund.
80 (m)(n) Within the Department of Legal Affairs, the Crimes
81 Compensation Trust Fund.
82 (n)(o) Within the Department of Management Services:
83 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
84 2. The Architects Incidental Trust Fund.
85 3. The Bureau of Aircraft Trust Fund.
86 4. The Florida Facilities Pool Working Capital Trust Fund.
87 5. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
88 6. The Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund.
89 7. The Public Employees Relations Commission Trust Fund.
90 8. The State Personnel System Trust Fund.
91 9. The Supervision Trust Fund.
92 10. The Working Capital Trust Fund.
93 (o)(p) Within the Department of Revenue:
94 1. The Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund.
95 2. The Administrative Trust Fund.
96 3. The Certification Program Trust Fund.
97 4. The Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund.
98 5. The Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust Fund.
99 6. The Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund.
100 7. The Motor Vehicle Rental Surcharge Clearing Trust Fund.
101 8. The Motor Vehicle Warranty Trust Fund.
102 9. The Oil and Gas Tax Trust Fund.
103 10. The Operations Trust Fund.
104 11. The Severance Tax Solid Mineral Trust Fund.
105 12. The State Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust
106 Fund.
107 13. All taxes levied on motor fuels other than gasoline
108 levied pursuant to the provisions of s. 206.87(1)(a).
109 (p)(q) Within the Department of State:
110 1. The Records Management Trust Fund.
111 2. The trust funds administered by the Division of
112 Historical Resources.
113 (q)(r) Within the Department of Transportation, all income
114 derived from outdoor advertising and overweight violations which
115 is deposited in the State Transportation Trust Fund.
116 (r)(s) Within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs:
117 1. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
118 2. The Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.
119 3. The State Homes for Veterans Trust Fund.
120 (s)(t) Within the Division of Administrative Hearings, the
121 Administrative Trust Fund.
122 (t)(u) Within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
123 Commission:
124 1. The Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust
125 Fund.
126 2. The Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.
127 3. The Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
128 4. The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund, with the
129 exception of those fees collected for recreational saltwater
130 fishing licenses as provided in s. 379.354.
131 (u)(v) Within the Florida Public Service Commission, the
132 Florida Public Service Regulatory Trust Fund.
133 (v)(w) Within the Justice Administrative Commission, the
134 Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund.
135 (w)(x) Within the Office of Financial Regulation of the
136 Financial Services Commission:
137 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
138 2. The Anti-Fraud Trust Fund.
139 3. The Financial Institutions’ Regulatory Trust Fund.
140 4. The Regulatory Trust Fund.
141
142 The enumeration of the foregoing moneys or trust funds shall not
143 prohibit the applicability of s. 215.24 should the Governor
144 determine that for the reasons mentioned in s. 215.24 the money
145 or trust funds should be exempt herefrom, as it is the purpose
146 of this law to exempt income from its force and effect when, by
147 the operation of this law, federal matching funds or
148 contributions or private grants to any trust fund would be lost
149 to the state.
150 Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
151 316.066, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
152 316.066 Written reports of crashes.—
153 (4)
154 (c) Fees for copies of public records provided by a
155 certified traffic records center shall be charged and collected
156 as follows:
157
158 For a crash report.......................$10 $2 per copy.
159 For a homicide report.......................$25 per copy.
160 For a uniform traffic citation............$0.50 per copy.
161
162 The fees collected for copies of the public records provided by
163 a certified traffic records center shall be used to fund the
164 center or otherwise as designated by the county or counties
165 participating in the center.
166 Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 318.15, Florida
167 Statutes, is amended to read:
168 318.15 Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear;
169 penalty.—
170 (2) After the suspension of a person’s the driver’s license
171 and privilege to drive of a person under subsection (1), the
172 license and privilege may not be reinstated until the person
173 complies with all obligations and penalties imposed on him or
174 her under s. 318.18 and presents to a driver license office a
175 certificate of compliance issued by the court, together with a
176 nonrefundable service charge of $60 up to $47.50 imposed under
177 s. 322.29, or presents a certificate of compliance and pays the
178 aforementioned service charge of up to $47.50 to the clerk of
179 the court or a driver licensing agent authorized under in s.
180 322.135 clearing such suspension. Of the charge collected by the
181 clerk of the court or driver licensing agent, $22.50 $10 shall
182 be remitted to the Department of Revenue to be deposited into
183 the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. Such person must shall
184 also be in compliance with requirements of chapter 322 before
185 prior to reinstatement.
186 Section 6. Subsection (6) of section 319.23, Florida
187 Statutes, is amended to read:
188 319.23 Application for, and issuance of, certificate of
189 title.—
190 (6) In the case of the sale of a motor vehicle or mobile
191 home by a licensed dealer to a general purchaser, the
192 certificate of title must shall be obtained in the name of the
193 purchaser by the dealer upon application signed by the
194 purchaser, and in each other case such certificate must shall be
195 obtained by the purchaser. In each case of transfer of a motor
196 vehicle or mobile home, the application for certificate of
197 title, or corrected certificate, or assignment or reassignment,
198 must shall be filed within 30 days from the delivery of the such
199 motor vehicle or mobile home to the purchaser. An applicant must
200 shall be required to pay a fee of $20 $10, in addition to all
201 other fees and penalties required by law, for failing to file
202 such application within the specified time. If When a licensed
203 dealer acquires a motor vehicle or mobile home as a trade-in,
204 the dealer must file with the department, within 30 days, a
205 notice of sale signed by the seller. The department shall update
206 its database for that title record to indicate “sold.” A
207 licensed dealer need not apply for a certificate of title for
208 any motor vehicle or mobile home in stock acquired for stock
209 purposes except as provided in s. 319.225.
210 Section 7. Subsections (1) of section 319.32, Florida
211 Statutes, is amended to read:
212 319.32 Fees; service charges; disposition.—
213 (1) The department shall charge a fee of $70 $24 for each
214 original certificate of title, except for a certificate of title
215 for a motor vehicle for hire registered under s. 320.08(6), for
216 which the title fee shall be $49; $3, $70 $24 for each duplicate
217 copy of a certificate of title, except for a certificate of
218 title for a motor vehicle for hire registered under s.
219 320.08(6), for which the title fee shall be $49; $3, $2 for each
220 salvage certificate of title;, and $3 for each assignment by a
221 lienholder. The department It shall also charge a fee of $2 for
222 noting a lien on a title certificate, which fee includes shall
223 include the services for the subsequent issuance of a corrected
224 certificate or cancellation of lien when that lien is satisfied.
225 If an application for a certificate of title is for a rebuilt
226 vehicle that is required by s. 319.14(1)(b) to have a physical
227 examination, the department shall charge an additional fee of
228 $40 for the initial examination and $20 for each subsequent
229 examination. The initial examination fee shall be deposited into
230 the General Revenue Fund, and each subsequent examination fee
231 shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
232 The conducting a physical examination of the vehicle includes,
233 but is not limited to, verification of the vehicle
234 identification number and verification of the bill of sale or
235 title for major components to assure its identity. In addition
236 to all other fees charged, a sum of $1 shall be paid for the
237 issuance of an original or duplicate certificate of title to
238 cover the cost of materials used for security purposes. A
239 service fee of $2.50, to be deposited into the Highway Safety
240 Operating Trust Fund, shall be charged for shipping and handling
241 for each paper title mailed by the department.
242 Section 8. Section 319.323, Florida Statutes, is amended to
243 read:
244 319.323 Expedited service; applications; fees.—The
245 department shall establish a separate title office which may be
246 used utilized by private citizens and licensed motor vehicle
247 dealers to receive expedited service on title transfers, title
248 issuances, duplicate titles, and recordation of liens, and
249 certificates of repossession. A fee of $10 $7 shall be charged
250 for this service, which fee is in addition to the fees imposed
251 by s. 319.32. The fee, after deducting the amount referenced by
252 s. 319.324 and $3.50 to be retained by the processing agency,
253 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. Application
254 for such expedited service may be made by mail or in person. The
255 department shall issue each title applied for under pursuant to
256 this section within 5 working days after receipt of the
257 application except for an application for a duplicate title
258 certificate covered by s. 319.23(4), in which case the title
259 must be issued within 5 working days after compliance with the
260 department’s verification requirements.
261 Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 319.324, Florida
262 Statutes, is amended to read:
263 319.324 Odometer fraud prevention and detection; funding.—
264 (1) Moneys received by the department pursuant to s.
265 319.32(1) in the amount of $1 for each original certificate of
266 title, each duplicate copy of a certificate of title, and each
267 assignment by a lienholder shall be deposited into the Highway
268 Safety Operating Trust Fund. There shall also be deposited into
269 the fund moneys received by the department pursuant to s.
270 319.323 in the amount of $5 $2 for each expedited service
271 performed by the department for which a fee is assessed.
272 Section 10. Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section
273 320.023, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
274 320.023 Requests to establish voluntary checkoff on motor
275 vehicle registration application.—
276 (5) A voluntary contribution collected and distributed
277 under this chapter, or any interest earned from those
278 contributions, may not be used for commercial or for-profit
279 activities or nor for general or administrative expenses, except
280 as authorized by law.
281 (c) Any voluntary contributions authorized by law shall be
282 deposited into and distributed from the Motor Vehicle License
283 Clearing Trust Fund to the recipients specified in this chapter
284 shall only be distributed to an organization under an
285 appropriation by the Legislature.
286 Section 11. Subsection (5) of section 320.03, Florida
287 Statutes, is amended to read:
288 320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
289 International Registration Plan.—
290 (5) A fee of $1.25 50 cents shall be charged, in addition
291 to the fees required under s. 320.08, on every license
292 registration sold to cover the costs of the Florida Real Time
293 Vehicle Information System. The fees collected hereunder shall
294 be distributed as follows: 75 cents 25 cents into the Highway
295 Safety Operating Trust Fund, which shall be used to fund the
296 Florida Real Time Vehicle Information system and may be used to
297 fund the general operations of the department, and 50 25 cents
298 into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund to be used
299 exclusively to fund the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information
300 system. The only use of this latter portion of the fee is shall
301 be to fund the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information system
302 equipment, software, personnel associated with the maintenance
303 and programming of the system, and networks used in the offices
304 of the county tax collectors as agents of the department and the
305 ancillary technology necessary to integrate the Florida Real
306 Time Vehicle Information system with other tax collection
307 systems. The department shall administer this program upon
308 consultation with the Florida Tax Collectors, Inc., to ensure
309 that each county tax collector’s office is will be
310 technologically equipped and functional for the operation of the
311 Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System. Any of the
312 designated revenue collected to support functions of the county
313 tax collectors and not used in a given year must will remain
314 exclusively in the trust fund as a carryover to the following
315 year.
316 Section 12. Subsection (1) of section 320.04, Florida
317 Statutes, is amended to read:
318 320.04 Registration service charge.—
319 (1)(a) There shall be a service charge of $5 $2.50 for each
320 application which is handled in connection with original
321 issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of any license plate,
322 mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transfer or
323 duplicate issuance of any registration certificate. Of that
324 amount, $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund,
325 and the remainder shall be retained by the department or by the
326 tax collector, as the case may be, as other fees accruing to
327 those offices.
328 (b) There shall may also be a service charge of $3 up to $1
329 for the issuance of each license plate validation sticker,
330 vessel decal, and mobile home sticker issued from an automated
331 vending facility or printer dispenser machine, which is shall be
332 payable to and retained by the department. Of that amount, $1
333 shall be used to provide for automated vending facilities or
334 printer dispenser machines used to dispense such stickers and
335 decals by each tax collector’s or license tag agent’s employee.
336 The remaining $2 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
337 Fund.
338 (c)(b) The In addition to the fees provided in paragraph
339 (a), any tax collector may impose an additional service charge
340 of not more than 50 cents on any transaction specified in
341 paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), or on any transaction specified
342 in s. 319.32(2)(a) or s. 328.48 if when such transaction occurs
343 at any tax collector’s branch office.
344 (c) The service charges prescribed by paragraphs (a) and
345 (b) shall be collected from the applicant as compensation for
346 all services rendered in connection with the handling of the
347 application. Such fees shall be retained by the department or by
348 the tax collector, as the case may be, as other fees accruing to
349 those offices.
350 Section 13. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsection
351 (3) of section 320.06, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 2
352 of chapter 2009-14, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:
353 320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and
354 validation stickers generally.—
355 (1)
356 (b) Registration license plates bearing a graphic symbol
357 and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be issued
358 for a 10-year 6-year period. At the end of that 10-year 6-year
359 period, upon renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The
360 department shall extend stagger the scheduled implementation of
361 the 6-year license plate replacement date from a 6-year period
362 to a 10-year period cycle. The fee for such replacement is $28
363 $12, $2.80 $2 of which shall be paid each year before the plate
364 is replaced, to be credited towards the next $28 $12 replacement
365 fee. The fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety
366 Operating Trust Fund. A credit or refund may shall not be given
367 for any prior years’ payments of such prorated replacement fee
368 if the plate is replaced or surrendered before the end of the
369 10-year 6-year period, except that a credit may be given if when
370 a registrant is required by the department to replace a license
371 plate under s. 320.08056(8)(a). With each license plate, there
372 shall be issued a validation sticker shall be issued showing the
373 owner’s birth month, license plate number, and the year of
374 expiration or the appropriate renewal period if the owner is not
375 a natural person. The validation sticker shall be placed on the
376 upper right corner of the license plate. Such license plate and
377 validation sticker shall be issued based on the applicant’s
378 appropriate renewal period. The registration period is a period
379 of 12 months, the extended registration period is a period of 24
380 months, and all expirations shall occur based on the applicant’s
381 appropriate registration period. A vehicle with an apportioned
382 registration shall be issued an annual license plate and a cab
383 card that denote the declared gross vehicle weight for each
384 apportioned jurisdiction in which the vehicle is authorized to
385 operate.
386 (3)(a) Registration license plates must shall be made of
387 metal specially treated with a retroreflection retroreflective
388 material, as specified by the department. The registration
389 license plate is designed to increase nighttime visibility and
390 legibility and must shall be at least 6 inches wide and not less
391 than 12 inches in length, unless a plate with reduced dimensions
392 is deemed necessary by the department to accommodate
393 motorcycles, mopeds, or similar smaller vehicles. Validation
394 stickers must also shall be treated with a retroreflection
395 retroreflective material, must shall be of such size as
396 specified by the department, and must shall adhere to the
397 license plate. The registration license plate must shall be
398 imprinted with a combination of bold letters and numerals or
399 numerals, not to exceed seven digits, to identify the
400 registration license plate number. The license plate must shall
401 also be imprinted with the word “Florida” at the top and the
402 name of the county in which it is sold, the state motto, or the
403 words “Sunshine State” at the bottom. Apportioned license plates
404 must shall have the word “Apportioned” at the bottom and license
405 plates issued for vehicles taxed under s. 320.08(3)(d), (4)(m)
406 or (n), (5)(b) or (c), or (14) must shall have the word
407 “Restricted” at the bottom. License plates issued for vehicles
408 taxed under s. 320.08(12) must be imprinted with the word
409 “Florida” at the top and the word “Dealer” at the bottom.
410 Manufacturer license plates issued for vehicles taxed under s.
411 320.08(12) must be imprinted with the word “Florida” at the top
412 and the word “Manufacturer” at the bottom. License plates issued
413 for vehicles taxed under s. 320.08(5)(d) or (e) must be
414 imprinted with the word “Wrecker” at the bottom. Any county may,
415 upon majority vote of the county commission, elect to have the
416 county name removed from the license plates sold in that county.
417 The state motto or the words “Sunshine State” shall be printed
418 in lieu thereof. A license plate issued for a vehicle taxed
419 under s. 320.08(6) may not be assigned a registration license
420 number, or be issued with any other distinctive character or
421 designation, that distinguishes the motor vehicle as a for-hire
422 motor vehicle.
423 (b) An additional fee of $1.50 50 cents shall be collected
424 and deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund on
425 each motor vehicle registration or motor vehicle renewal
426 registration issued in this state in order for that all license
427 plates and validation stickers to be fully treated with
428 retroreflection retroreflective material. Of that amount, $1
429 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund and 50 cents
430 shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
431 Section 14. Subsections (3) and (5) of section 320.0607,
432 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
433 320.0607 Replacement license plates, validation decal, or
434 mobile home sticker.—
435 (3) Except as provided in subsection (2), in all such
436 cases, upon filing of an application accompanied by a fee of $28
437 $10 plus applicable service charges, the department shall issue
438 a replacement plate, sticker, or decal, as applicable, as the
439 case may be if it is satisfied that the information reported in
440 the application is true. The replacement fee shall be deposited
441 into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
442 (5) Upon the issuance of an original license plate, the
443 applicant shall pay a fee of $28 $10 to be deposited in the
444 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
445 Section 15. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 320.072,
446 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
447 320.072 Additional fee imposed on certain motor vehicle
448 registration transactions.—
449 (1) A fee of $225 $100 is imposed upon the initial
450 application for registration pursuant to s. 320.06 of every
451 motor vehicle classified in s. 320.08(2), (3), and (9)(c) and
452 (d).
453 (4) A tax collector or other duly authorized agent of the
454 department shall promptly remit 44.5 percent of all moneys
455 collected pursuant to this section, less any refunds granted
456 pursuant to subsection (3), to the department to be deposited
457 into the State Transportation Trust Fund. The remaining 55.5
458 percent shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
459 Section 16. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of subsection (1)
460 and subsections (2) through (9) and (12) through (15) of section
461 320.08, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
462 320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
463 there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
464 operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
465 defined in s. 316.003(2), and mobile homes, as defined in s.
466 320.01, which shall be paid to and collected by the department
467 or its agent upon the registration or renewal of registration of
468 the following:
469 (1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.—
470 (a) Any motorcycle: $13.50 $10 flat, of which $3.50 shall
471 be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
472 (b) Any moped: $6.75 $5 flat, of which $1.75 shall be
473 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
474 (d) An ancient or antique motorcycle: $13.50 $10 flat, of
475 which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
476 (2) AUTOMOBILES FOR PRIVATE USE.—
477 (a) An ancient or antique automobile, as defined in s.
478 320.086, or a street rod, as defined in s. 320.0863: $10.25
479 $7.50 flat, of which $2.75 shall be deposited into the General
480 Revenue Fund.
481 (b) Net weight of less than 2,500 pounds: $19.50 $14.50
482 flat, of which $5 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
483 Fund.
484 (c) Net weight of 2,500 pounds or more, but less than 3,500
485 pounds: $30.50 $22.50 flat, of which $8 shall be deposited into
486 the General Revenue Fund.
487 (d) Net weight of 3,500 pounds or more: $44 $32.50 flat, of
488 which $11.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
489 (3) TRUCKS.—
490 (a) Net weight of less than 2,000 pounds: $19.50 $14.50
491 flat, of which $5 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
492 Fund.
493 (b) Net weight of 2,000 pounds or more, but not more than
494 3,000 pounds: $30.50 $22.50 flat, of which $8 shall be deposited
495 into the General Revenue Fund.
496 (c) Net weight more than 3,000 pounds, but not more than
497 5,000 pounds: $44 $32.50 flat, of which $11.50 shall be
498 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
499 (d) A truck defined as a “goat,” or any other vehicle if
500 when used in the field by a farmer or in the woods for the
501 purpose of harvesting a crop, including naval stores, during
502 such harvesting operations, and which is not principally
503 operated upon the roads of the state: $10.25 $7.50 flat, of
504 which $2.75 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. A
505 “goat” is a motor vehicle designed, constructed, and used
506 principally for the transportation of citrus fruit within citrus
507 groves or for the transportation of crops on farms, and which
508 can also be used for the hauling of associated equipment or
509 supplies, including required sanitary equipment, and the towing
510 of farm trailers.
511 (e) An ancient or antique truck, as defined in s. 320.086:
512 $10.25 $7.50 flat, of which $2.75 shall be deposited into the
513 General Revenue Fund.
514 (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
515 VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
516 (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
517 than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 $45 flat, of which $15.75 shall be
518 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
519 (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
520 than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 $65 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
521 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
522 (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
523 than 10,000 pounds: $103 $76 flat, of which $27 shall be
524 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
525 (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
526 than 15,000 pounds: $118 $87 flat, of which $31 shall be
527 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
528 (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
529 than 20,000 pounds: $177 $131 flat, of which $46 shall be
530 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
531 (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
532 than 26,001 pounds: $251 $186 flat, of which $65 shall be
533 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
534 (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
535 than 35,000: $324 $240 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited
536 into the General Revenue Fund.
537 (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
538 than 44,000 pounds: $405 $300 flat, of which $105 shall be
539 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
540 (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
541 than 55,000 pounds: $773 $572 flat, of which $201 shall be
542 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
543 (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
544 than 62,000 pounds: $916 $678 flat, of which $238 shall be
545 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
546 (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
547 than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 $800 flat, of which $280 shall be
548 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
549 (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
550 $979 flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General
551 Revenue Fund.
552 (m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
553 truck tractor used within a 150-mile radius of its home address
554 is shall be eligible for a license plate for a fee of $324 $240
555 flat if:
556 1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
557 forestry products; or
558 2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
559 forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
560 associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
561 the truck tractor.
562
563 Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be deposited
564 into the General Revenue Fund.
565 (n) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for
566 hire vehicle, which is engaged exclusively in transporting raw,
567 unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural
568 products within a 150-mile radius of its home address, is shall
569 be eligible for a restricted license plate for a fee of: $65
570 flat,
571 1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
572 than 44,000 pounds, 87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
573 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.; or $240 flat,
574 2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
575 44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports:
576 1. from the point of production to the point of primary
577 manufacture;
578 2. From the point of production to the point of assembling
579 the same; or
580 3. From the point of production to a shipping point of
581 either a rail, water, or motor transportation company, $324
582 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
583 Fund.
584
585 Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
586 exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
587 nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
588 incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers when
589 delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
590 such documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility
591 prior to issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
592 paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
593 must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
594 nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
595 user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
596 (5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
597 SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
598 (a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
599 of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 $10 flat per registration
600 year or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into
601 the General Revenue Fund.
602 2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
603 fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 $50 flat per permanent
604 registration, of which $18 shall be deposited into the General
605 Revenue Fund.
606 (b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
607 for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
608 construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
609 designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
610 described above over public roads: $44 $32.50 flat, of which
611 $11.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
612 (c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
613 and from school or school or church activities or functions
614 within their own county: $41 $30 flat, of which $11 shall be
615 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
616 (d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01(40), which is used
617 to tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02(39), a disabled,
618 abandoned, stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as
619 defined in s. 320.01(38), or a replacement motor vehicle as
620 defined in s. 320.01(39): $41 $30 flat, of which $11 shall be
621 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
622 (e) A wrecker that, as defined in s. 320.01(40), which is
623 used to tow any motor vehicle, regardless of whether or not such
624 motor vehicle is a disabled motor vehicle as defined in s.
625 320.01(38), a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s.
626 320.01(39), a vessel as defined in s. 327.02(39), or any other
627 cargo, as follows:
628 1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
629 than 15,000 pounds: $118 $87 flat, of which $31 shall be
630 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
631 2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
632 than 20,000 pounds: $177 $131 flat, of which $46 shall be
633 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
634 3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
635 than 26,000 pounds: $251 $186 flat, of which $65 shall be
636 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
637 4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
638 than 35,000 pounds: $324 $240 flat, of which $84 shall be
639 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
640 5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
641 than 44,000 pounds: $405 $300 flat, of which $105 shall be
642 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
643 6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
644 than 55,000 pounds: $772 $572 flat, of which $200 shall be
645 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
646 7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
647 than 62,000 pounds: $915 $678 flat, of which $237 shall be
648 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
649 8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
650 than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 $800 flat, of which $280 shall be
651 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
652 9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
653 $979 flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General
654 Revenue Fund.
655 (f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 $30 flat, of which $10.50
656 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
657 (6) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
658 (a) Under nine passengers: $17 $12.50 flat, of which $4.50
659 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 $1
660 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
661 Revenue Fund.
662 (b) Nine passengers and over: $17 $12.50 flat, of which
663 $4.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2
664 $1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
665 General Revenue Fund.
666 (7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
667 (a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 $5 flat
668 per year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be deposited
669 into the General Revenue Fund.
670 (b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 $2.50 flat, of which
671 $1 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 75
672 cents per cwt, of which 25 cents shall be deposited into the
673 General Revenue Fund.
674 (8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
675 (a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 $2.50 flat, of
676 which $1 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
677 $1.50 $1 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
678 General Revenue Fund.
679 (b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 $10 flat, of
680 which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund;
681 plus $1.50 $1 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into
682 the General Revenue Fund.
683 (9) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.—
684 (a) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
685 s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $27 $20
686 flat, of which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
687 Fund.
688 (b) A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
689 $13.50 $10 flat, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the
690 General Revenue Fund.
691 (c) A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
692 1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 $20 flat, of
693 which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
694 2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 $35 flat, of
695 which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
696 (d) A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
697 1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 $20 flat, of
698 which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
699 2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 $35 flat, of
700 which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
701 (e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
702 1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 $20 flat, of
703 which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
704 2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 $35 flat, of
705 which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
706 (12) DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.—A franchised
707 motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
708 boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
709 license plate: $17 $12.50 flat, of which $4.50 shall be
710 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
711 (13) EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.—Any exempt or
712 official license plate: $4 $3 flat, of which $1 shall be
713 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
714 (14) LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—A motor
715 vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
716 miles thereof: $17 $12.50 flat, of which $4.50 shall be
717 deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 $1.50 per cwt,
718 of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General Revenue
719 Fund.
720 (15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
721 transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 $75 flat, of which
722 $26.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
723 Section 17. Subsection (2) of section 320.0801, Florida
724 Statutes, is amended to read:
725 320.0801 Additional license tax on certain vehicles.—
726 (2) In addition to the license taxes imposed by s. 320.08
727 and by subsection (1), there is imposed an additional surcharge
728 of $10 $5 on each commercial motor vehicle having a gross
729 vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, which surcharge must be
730 paid to the department or its agent upon the registration or
731 renewal of registration of the commercial motor vehicle.
732 Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.20, 50 percent of the
733 revenues collected from the surcharge imposed in this subsection
734 shall must be deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund
735 and 50 percent shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.
736 Section 18. Section 320.0804, Florida Statutes, is amended
737 to read:
738 320.0804 Surcharge on license tax; transportation trust
739 fund.—There is hereby levied and imposed on each license tax
740 imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s.
741 320.08(11), a surcharge in the amount of $4 $2, which shall be
742 collected in the same manner as the license tax. Of this amount,
743 $2 shall be and deposited into the State Transportation Trust
744 Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
745 This surcharge shall apply to registration periods beginning
746 July 1, 1991.
747 Section 19. Section 320.08046, Florida Statutes, is amended
748 to read:
749 320.08046 Surcharge on license tax; General Revenue Fund.
750 There is levied on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08,
751 except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), a surcharge in the
752 amount of $5.50 $1, which shall be collected in the same manner
753 as the license tax. Of the proceeds of each the license tax
754 surcharge, $4.50 58 percent shall be deposited into the General
755 Revenue Fund and $1 42 percent shall be deposited into the
756 Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of Juvenile
757 Justice to fund the juvenile crime prevention programs and the
758 community juvenile justice partnership grants program.
759 Section 20. Subsection (1) of section 320.08048, Florida
760 Statutes, is amended to read:
761 320.08048 Sample license plates.—
762 (1) The department is authorized, upon application and
763 payment of a $28 $10 fee per plate, to provide one or more
764 sample regular issuance license plates or specialty license
765 plates based upon availability.
766 Section 21. Subsection (2) of section 320.0805, Florida
767 Statutes, as amended by section 4 of chapter 2009-14, Laws of
768 Florida, is amended to read:
769 320.0805 Personalized prestige license plates.—
770 (2) Each request for specific numbers or letters or
771 combinations thereof shall be submitted annually to the
772 department on an application form supplied by the department,
773 accompanied by the following tax and fees:
774 (a) The license tax required for the vehicle, as set forth
775 in s. 320.08.
776 (b) A prestige plate annual use fee of $10.
777 (c) A processing fee of $5 $2, to be deposited into the
778 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
779 Section 22. Subsection (3) of section 320.08056, Florida
780 Statutes, as amended by section 5 of chapter 2009-14, Laws of
781 Florida, is amended, and paragraph (qqq) is added to subsection
782 (4) of that section, to read:
783 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
784 (3) Each request must be made annually to the department,
785 accompanied by the following tax and fees:
786 (a) The license tax required for the vehicle as set forth
787 in s. 320.08.
788 (b) A processing fee of $5 $2, to be deposited into the
789 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
790 (c) A license plate fee as required by s. 320.06(1)(b).
791 (d) A license plate annual use fee as required in
792 subsection (4).
793
794 A request may be made any time during a registration period. If
795 a request is made for a specialty license plate to replace a
796 current valid license plate, the specialty license plate must be
797 issued with appropriate decals attached at no tax for the plate,
798 but all fees and service charges must be paid. If When a request
799 is made for a specialty license plate at the beginning of the
800 registration period, the tax, together with all applicable fees
801 and service charges, must be paid.
802 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
803 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
804 (qqq) Autism license plate, $25.
805 Section 23. Subsection (35) of section 320.08058, Florida
806 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (69) is added to that
807 section, to read:
808 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
809 (35) FLORIDA GOLF LICENSE PLATES.—
810 (a) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
811 shall develop a Florida Golf license plate as provided in this
812 section. The word “Florida” must appear at the bottom of the
813 plate. The Dade Amateur Golf Association, following consultation
814 with the PGA TOUR, the Florida Sports Foundation, the LPGA, and
815 the PGA of America may submit a revised sample plate for
816 consideration by the department.
817 (b) The department shall distribute the Florida Golf
818 license plate annual use fee to the Dade Amateur Golf
819 Association, a nonprofit organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the
820 International Revenue Code Florida Sports Foundation, a direct
821 support organization of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
822 Economic Development. The license plate annual use fees are to
823 be annually allocated as follows:
824 1. Up to 10 5 percent of the proceeds from the annual use
825 fees may be used by the Dade Amateur Golf Association Florida
826 Sports Foundation for the administration of the Florida Junior
827 Youth Golf Program.
828 2. The Dade Amateur Golf Association shall receive the
829 first $80,000 in proceeds from the annual use fees for the
830 operation of youth golf programs in Miami-Dade County.
831 Thereafter, 15 percent of the proceeds from the annual use fees
832 shall be provided to the Dade Amateur Golf Association for the
833 operation of youth golf programs in Miami-Dade County.
834 3. The remaining proceeds from the annual use fees shall be
835 available for grants to nonprofit organizations to operate youth
836 golf programs and for marketing the Florida Golf license plates.
837 All grant recipients, including the Dade Amateur Golf
838 Association, shall be required to provide to the Dade Amateur
839 Golf Association Florida Sports Foundation an annual program and
840 financial report regarding the use of grant funds. Such reports
841 shall be made available to the public.
842 (c) The Dade Amateur Golf Association shall Florida Sports
843 Foundation may establish a Florida Junior Youth Golf Council
844 Program. The Florida Junior Youth Golf Council Program shall
845 assist organizations for the benefit of youth, introduce young
846 people to golf, instruct young people in golf, teach the values
847 of golf, and stress life skills, fair play, courtesy, and self
848 discipline.
849 (d) The Dade Amateur Golf Association Florida Sports
850 Foundation shall establish a seven-member Florida Junior Golf
851 Council committee to offer advice regarding the distribution of
852 the annual use fees for grants to nonprofit organizations. The
853 council advisory committee shall consist of one member from a
854 group serving youth, one member from a group serving disabled
855 youth, and five members at large.
856 (69) AUTISM LICENSE PLATES.—
857 (a) The department shall develop an Autism license plate as
858 provided in this section. Autism license plates must bear the
859 colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
860 must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Support
861 Autism Programs” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
862 (b) The proceeds from the license plate annual use fee
863 shall be distributed to Achievement and Rehabilitation Centers,
864 Inc., to fund service programs for autism and related
865 disabilities throughout the state and to operate and establish
866 programs to support individuals with autism and related
867 disabilities through direct services, evaluation, training, and
868 awareness. Achievement and Rehabilitation Centers, Inc., shall
869 establish an Autism Services Grant Council that shall provide
870 grants from available Autism license plate proceeds to nonprofit
871 organizations for direct services and programs for individuals
872 with autism and related disabilities and their families.
873 Consideration for participation in such services and programs
874 shall be given to applicants who are children or adults with
875 autism and related disabilities and their families and shall
876 include those who are on the Agency for Persons with
877 Disabilities waiting lists for services. Achievement and
878 Rehabilitation Centers, Inc., shall also establish an Autism
879 License Plate Fund. Moneys in the fund shall be used by the
880 grant council as provided in this paragraph. All funds received
881 under this subsection must be used in this state.
882 (c) Achievement and Rehabilitation Centers, Inc., may
883 retain all proceeds from the annual use fee up to $85,000 until
884 all documented startup costs for developing and establishing the
885 plate have been recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds from the
886 annual use fee shall be used as follows:
887 1. Up to 10 percent of the proceeds may be used for the
888 cost of administration, marketing, and promotion of the Autism
889 License Plate Fund, the Autism Services Grant Council, and
890 related matters, including annual audit and compliance affidavit
891 costs.
892 2. Funds may be used as necessary for annual audit or
893 compliance affidavit costs.
894 3. Thirty-five percent of the proceeds shall be used to
895 establish and operate programs to support individuals with
896 autism and related disabilities and their families through
897 direct services, evaluation, training, and awareness in the
898 state.
899 4. The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at the
900 University of Miami shall receive 15 percent of the proceeds for
901 distribution, as determined appropriate by the director of that
902 center, to the seven regional autism centers created under s.
903 1004.55. The regional centers shall use the proceeds to support
904 the services they provide.
905 5. The remaining proceeds shall be available to the Autism
906 Services Grant Council for grants to nonprofit organizations to
907 operate direct services programs for individuals with autism and
908 related disabilities and their families. All grant recipients,
909 including Achievement and Rehabilitation Centers, Inc., and the
910 Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, must provide to the
911 Autism Services Grant Council an annual program and financial
912 report regarding the use of grant funds. Such reports must be
913 available to the public.
914 Section 24. Subsection (5) of section 320.081, Florida
915 Statutes, is amended to read:
916 320.081 Collection and distribution of annual license tax
917 imposed on the following type units.—
918 (5) The department shall keep records showing the total
919 number of stickers issued to each type unit governed by this
920 section, the total amount of license taxes collected, and the
921 county or municipality where city wherein each such unit is
922 located and shall from month to month certify to the Chief
923 Financial Officer the amount derived from license taxes in each
924 county and each municipality city within the county. Such
925 amount, less the amount of $1.50 collected on each license and
926 the $1 license tax surcharge imposed by s. 320.08015, shall be
927 paid to the counties and municipalities cities within the
928 counties where wherein the unit or units are located as follows:
929 one-half to the district school board and the remainder either
930 to the board of county commissioners, for units that which are
931 located within the unincorporated areas of the county, or to any
932 municipality city within such county, for units that which are
933 located within its corporate limits. Payment shall be by warrant
934 drawn monthly by the Chief Financial Officer upon the treasury,
935 which amount is hereby appropriated monthly out of the License
936 Tax Collection Trust Fund.
937 Section 25. Subsection (2) of section 320.13, Florida
938 Statutes, is amended to read:
939 320.13 Dealer and manufacturer license plates and
940 alternative method of registration.—
941 (2) A licensed manufacturer, importer, or distributor of
942 motor vehicles may, upon payment of the license tax imposed by
943 s. 320.08(12), secure one or more manufacturer license plates,
944 which are valid for use on motor vehicles owned by the
945 manufacturer, importer, or distributor to whom such plates are
946 issued while the motor vehicles are in inventory and for sale,
947 being operated for demonstration purposes, or in connection with
948 the such manufacturer’s business, but are not valid for use for
949 hire.
950 Section 26. Subsection (1) of section 320.203, Florida
951 Statutes, is amended to read:
952 320.203 Disposition of biennial license tax moneys.—
953 (1) Notwithstanding ss. 320.08(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) or (b),
954 (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), or (11), 320.08058, and 328.76 and
955 pursuant to s. 216.351, after the provisions of s. 320.20(1),
956 (2), (3), and (4) and (5) are fulfilled, an amount equal to 50
957 percent of revenues collected from the biennial registrations
958 created in s. 320.07 shall be retained in the Motor Vehicle
959 License Clearing Trust Fund, authorized in s. 215.32(2)(b)2.f.,
960 until July 1. After July 1 of the subsequent fiscal year, an
961 amount equal to 50 percent of revenues collected from the
962 biennial registrations created in s. 320.07 shall be distributed
963 according to ss. 320.08(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) or (b), (6), (7),
964 (8), (9), (10), or (11), 320.08058, 328.76, and 320.20(1), (2),
965 (3), and (4), and (5).
966 Section 27. Section 320.204, Florida Statutes, is created
967 to read:
968 320.204 Transportation disadvantaged.—Of the funds
969 collected in this chapter which are deposited into the Highway
970 Safety Operating Trust Fund, beginning July 1, 2011, and
971 annually thereafter, the department shall transfer $5 million to
972 the Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund in the Department of
973 Transportation. These funds shall be transferred on a quarterly
974 basis.
975 Section 28. Subsection (1) of section 320.642, Florida
976 Statutes, is amended to read:
977 320.642 Dealer licenses in areas previously served;
978 procedure.—
979 (1) Any licensee who proposes to establish an additional
980 motor vehicle dealership or permit the relocation of an existing
981 dealer to a location within a community or territory where the
982 same line-make vehicle is presently represented by a franchised
983 motor vehicle dealer or dealers shall give written notice of its
984 intention to the department. Such notice must shall state:
985 (a) The specific location at which the additional or
986 relocated motor vehicle dealership will be established.
987 (b) The date on or after which the licensee intends to be
988 engaged in business with the additional or relocated motor
989 vehicle dealer at the proposed location.
990 (c) The identity of all motor vehicle dealers who are
991 franchised to sell the same line-make vehicle with licensed
992 locations in the county or any contiguous county to the county
993 where the additional or relocated motor vehicle dealer is
994 proposed to be located.
995 (d) The names and addresses of the dealer-operator and
996 principal investors in the proposed additional or relocated
997 motor vehicle dealership.
998
999 Immediately upon receipt of such notice the department shall
1000 cause a notice to be published in the Florida Administrative
1001 Weekly. The published notice must shall state that a petition or
1002 complaint by any dealer with standing to protest pursuant to
1003 subsection (3) must be filed within not more than 30 days
1004 following from the date of publication of the notice in the
1005 Florida Administrative Weekly. The published notice must shall
1006 describe and identify the proposed dealership sought to be
1007 licensed, and the department shall cause a copy of the notice to
1008 be mailed to those dealers identified in the licensee’s notice
1009 under paragraph (c). The licensee shall pay a fee of $75 and a
1010 service charge of $2.50 for each publication. Proceeds from the
1011 fee and service charge shall be deposited into the Highway
1012 Safety Operating Trust Fund.
1013 Section 29. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
1014 321.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1015 321.23 Public records; fees for copies; destruction of
1016 obsolete records; photographing records; effect as evidence.—
1017 (2) Fees for copies of public records shall be charged and
1018 collected as follows:
1019 (a) For a crash report, a copy $10 $2
1020 Section 30. Subsection (3) of section 322.051, Florida
1021 Statutes, is amended to read:
1022 322.051 Identification cards.—
1023 (3) If an identification card issued under this section is
1024 lost, destroyed, or mutilated or a new name is acquired, the
1025 person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate upon
1026 furnishing satisfactory proof of such fact to the department and
1027 upon payment of a fee as provided in s. 322.21 of $10 for such
1028 duplicate, $2.50 of which shall be deposited into the General
1029 Revenue Fund and $7.50 into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
1030 Fund. The fee must shall include payment for the color
1031 photograph or digital image of the applicant. Any person who
1032 loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a
1033 duplicate, finds the original card shall immediately surrender
1034 the original card to the department. The same documentary
1035 evidence shall be furnished for a duplicate as for an original
1036 identification card.
1037 Section 31. Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section
1038 322.081, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1039 322.081 Requests to establish voluntary check-off on
1040 driver’s license application.—
1041 (5) A voluntary contribution collected and distributed
1042 under this chapter, or any interest earned from those
1043 contributions, may not be used for commercial or for-profit
1044 activities nor for general or administrative expenses, except as
1045 authorized by law.
1046 (c) Any voluntary contributions authorized by law shall be
1047 deposited into and distributed from the Motor Vehicle License
1048 Clearing Trust Fund to the recipients specified in this chapter
1049 shall only be distributed to an organization under an
1050 appropriation by the Legislature.
1051 Section 32. Subsection (1) of section 322.12, Florida
1052 Statutes, is amended to read:
1053 322.12 Examination of applicants.—
1054 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that every
1055 applicant for an original driver’s license in this state be
1056 required to pass an examination pursuant to this section.
1057 However, the department may waive the knowledge, endorsement,
1058 and skills tests for an applicant who is otherwise qualified and
1059 who surrenders a valid driver’s license from another state or a
1060 province of Canada, or a valid driver’s license issued by the
1061 United States Armed Forces, if the driver applies for a Florida
1062 license of an equal or lesser classification. Any applicant who
1063 fails to pass the initial knowledge test incurs will incur a $10
1064 $5 fee for each subsequent test, to be deposited into the
1065 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. Any applicant who fails to
1066 pass the initial skills test incurs will incur a $20 $10 fee for
1067 each subsequent test, to be deposited into the Highway Safety
1068 Operating Trust Fund. A person who seeks to retain a hazardous
1069 materials endorsement, pursuant to s. 322.57(1)(d), must pass
1070 the hazardous-materials test, upon surrendering his or her
1071 commercial driver’s license, if the person has not taken and
1072 passed the hazardous-materials test within 2 years before
1073 applying preceding his or her application for a commercial
1074 driver’s license in this state.
1075 Section 33. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
1076 322.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1077 322.135 Driver’s license agents.—
1078 (1) The department may, upon application, authorize any or
1079 all of the tax collectors in the several counties of the state,
1080 subject to the requirements of law, in accordance with rules of
1081 the department, to serve as its agent for the provision of
1082 specified driver’s license services.
1083 (c) A service fee of $6.25 shall $5.25 is to be charged, in
1084 addition to the fees set forth in this chapter, for providing
1085 all services pursuant to this chapter any driver’s license
1086 issued or renewed by a tax collector. The service fee may not be
1087 charged:
1088 1. More than once per customer during a single visit to a
1089 tax collector’s office.
1090 2. For a reexamination requested by the Medical Advisory
1091 Board or required pursuant to s. 322.221.
1092 3. For a voter-registration transaction.
1093 4. For changes in an organ-donation registration.
1094 5. In violation of any federal or state law.
1095 Section 34. Paragraph (a) of subsection (11) of section
1096 322.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1097 322.20 Records of the department; fees; destruction of
1098 records.—
1099 (11)(a) The department may is authorized to charge the
1100 following fees for the following services and documents:
1101 1. For providing a transcript of any one individual’s
1102 driver history record or any portion thereof for the past 3
1103 years or for searching for such record when no record is found
1104 to be on file...........................................$8 $2.10
1105 2. For providing a transcript of any one individual’s
1106 driver history record or any portion thereof for the past 7
1107 years or for searching for such record when no record is found
1108 to be on file..........................................$10 $3.10
1109 3. For providing a certified copy of a transcript of the
1110 driver history record or any portion thereof for any one
1111 individual.............................................$10 $3.10
1112 4. For providing a certified photographic copy of a
1113 document, per page......................................$1 $1.00
1114 5. For providing an exemplified record.........$15 $15.00
1115 6. For providing photocopies of documents, papers, letters,
1116 clearances, or license or insurance status reports, per page $0.50
1117 7. For assisting persons in searching any one individual’s
1118 driver record at a terminal located at the department’s general
1119 headquarters in Tallahassee.............................$2 $2.00
1120 Section 35. Section 322.201, Florida Statutes, is amended
1121 to read:
1122 322.201 Records as evidence.—A copy, computer copy, or
1123 transcript of all abstracts of crash reports and all abstracts
1124 of court records of convictions received by the department and
1125 the complete driving record of any individual duly certified by
1126 machine imprint of the department or by machine imprint of the
1127 clerk of a court shall be received as evidence in all courts of
1128 this state without further authentication, if provided the same
1129 is otherwise admissible in evidence. Further, any court or the
1130 office of the clerk of any court of this state which is
1131 electronically connected by a terminal device to the computer
1132 data center of the department may use as evidence in any case
1133 the information obtained by this device from the records of the
1134 department without need of such certification; however, if a
1135 genuine issue as to the authenticity of such information is
1136 raised by a party or by the court, the court in its sound
1137 discretion may require that a record certified by the department
1138 be submitted for admission into evidence. For such computer
1139 copies generated by a terminal device of a court or clerk of
1140 court, entry in a driver’s record that the notice required by s.
1141 322.251 was given constitutes shall constitute sufficient
1142 evidence that such notice was given.
1143 Section 36. Section 322.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to
1144 read:
1145 322.21 License fees; procedure for handling and collecting
1146 fees.—
1147 (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the fee for:
1148 (a) An original or renewal commercial driver’s license is
1149 $75 $67, which shall include the fee for driver education
1150 provided by s. 1003.48.; However, if an applicant has completed
1151 training and is applying for employment or is currently employed
1152 in a public or nonpublic school system that requires the
1153 commercial license, the fee is shall be the same as for a Class
1154 E driver’s license. A delinquent fee of $15 $1 shall be added
1155 for a renewal within made not more than 12 months after the
1156 license expiration date.
1157 (b) An original Class E driver’s license is $48 $27, which
1158 includes shall include the fee for driver’s education provided
1159 by s. 1003.48.; However, if an applicant has completed training
1160 and is applying for employment or is currently employed in a
1161 public or nonpublic school system that requires a commercial
1162 driver license, the fee is shall be the same as for a Class E
1163 license.
1164 (c) The renewal or extension of a Class E driver’s license
1165 or of a license restricted to motorcycle use only is $48 $20,
1166 except that a delinquent fee of $15 $1 shall be added for a
1167 renewal or extension made within not more than 12 months after
1168 the license expiration date. The fee provided in this paragraph
1169 includes shall include the fee for driver’s education provided
1170 by s. 1003.48.
1171 (d) An original driver’s license restricted to motorcycle
1172 use only is $48 $27, which includes shall include the fee for
1173 driver’s education provided by s. 1003.48.
1174 (e) A replacement driver’s license issued pursuant to s.
1175 322.17 is $25 $10. Of this amount $7 shall be deposited into the
1176 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund and $18 $3 shall be
1177 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
1178 (f) An original, renewal, or replacement identification
1179 card issued pursuant to s. 322.051 is $25 $10. Funds collected
1180 from these fees shall be distributed as follows:
1181 1. For an original identification card issued pursuant to
1182 s. 322.051 the fee is $25 shall be $10. This amount shall be
1183 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
1184 2. For a renewal identification card issued pursuant to s.
1185 322.051 the fee is $25 shall be $10. Of this amount, $6 shall be
1186 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund and $19
1187 $4 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
1188 3. For a replacement identification card issued pursuant to
1189 s. 322.051 the fee is $25 shall be $10. Of this amount, $9 shall
1190 be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund and
1191 $16 $1 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
1192 (g) Each endorsement required by s. 322.57 is $7.
1193 (h) A hazardous-materials endorsement, as required by s.
1194 322.57(1)(d), shall be set by the department by rule and must
1195 shall reflect the cost of the required criminal history check,
1196 including the cost of the state and federal fingerprint check,
1197 and the cost to the department of providing and issuing the
1198 license. The fee shall not exceed $100. This fee shall be
1199 deposited in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. The
1200 department may adopt rules to administer this section.
1201 (2) It is the duty of the Director of the Division of
1202 Driver Licenses to set up a division in the department with the
1203 necessary personnel to perform the necessary clerical and
1204 routine work for the department in issuing and recording
1205 applications, licenses, and certificates of eligibility,
1206 including the receiving and accounting of all license funds and
1207 their payment into the State Treasury, and other incidental
1208 clerical work connected with the administration of this chapter.
1209 The department may is authorized to use such electronic,
1210 mechanical, or other devices as necessary to accomplish the
1211 purposes of this chapter.
1212 (3) The department shall prepare sufficient forms for
1213 certificates of eligibility, applications, notices, and license
1214 materials to supply all applicants for driver’s licenses and all
1215 renewal licenses.
1216 (4) If the department determines from its records or is
1217 otherwise satisfied that the holder of a license about to expire
1218 is entitled to have it renewed, the department shall mail a
1219 renewal notice to the licensee him or her at his or her last
1220 known address, within not less than 30 days before prior to the
1221 licensee’s birthday. The licensee shall be issued a renewal
1222 license, after reexamination, if required, during the 30 days
1223 immediately preceding his or her birthday upon presenting a
1224 renewal notice, his or her current license, and the fee for
1225 renewal to the department at any driver’s license examining
1226 office.
1227 (5) The department shall collect and transmit all fees
1228 received by it under this section to the Chief Financial Officer
1229 to be deposited into placed in the General Revenue Fund of the
1230 state, and sufficient funds for the necessary expenses of the
1231 department shall be included in the appropriations act. The fees
1232 shall be used for the maintenance and operation of the
1233 department.
1234 (6) Any member of the Armed Forces or his or her spouse,
1235 daughter, son, stepdaughter, or stepson, who holds a Florida
1236 driver’s license and who presents an affidavit showing that he
1237 or she was out of the state due to service in the Armed Forces
1238 of the United States at the time of license expiration is exempt
1239 from paying the delinquent fee, if the application for renewal
1240 is made within 15 months after the expiration of his or her
1241 license and within 90 days after the date of discharge or
1242 transfer to a military or naval establishment in this state as
1243 shown in the affidavit. However, such a person is not exempt
1244 from any reexamination requirement.
1245 (7) Any veteran honorably discharged from the Armed Forces
1246 who has been issued a valid identification card by the
1247 Department of Veterans’ Affairs in accordance with s. 295.17, or
1248 has been determined by the United States Department of Veterans
1249 Affairs or its predecessor to have a 100-percent total and
1250 permanent service-connected disability rating for compensation,
1251 or has been determined to have a service-connected total and
1252 permanent disability rating of 100 percent, and is in receipt of
1253 disability retirement pay from any branch of the United States
1254 Armed Services, and who is qualified to obtain a driver’s
1255 license under this chapter is exempt from all fees required by
1256 this section.
1257 (8) Any person who applies for reinstatement following the
1258 suspension or revocation of the person’s driver’s license must
1259 shall pay a service fee of $45 $35 following a suspension, and
1260 $75 $60 following a revocation, which is in addition to the fee
1261 for a license. Any person who applies for reinstatement of a
1262 commercial driver’s license following the disqualification of
1263 the person’s privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle
1264 shall pay a service fee of $75 $60, which is in addition to the
1265 fee for a license. The department shall collect all of these
1266 fees at the time of reinstatement. The department shall issue
1267 proper receipts for such fees and shall promptly transmit all
1268 funds received by it as follows:
1269 (a) Of the $45 $35 fee received from a licensee for
1270 reinstatement following a suspension, the department shall
1271 deposit $15 in the General Revenue Fund and $30 $20 in the
1272 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
1273 (b) Of the $75 $60 fee received from a licensee for
1274 reinstatement following a revocation or disqualification, the
1275 department shall deposit $35 in the General Revenue Fund and $40
1276 $25 in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
1277 (9) An applicant:
1278 (a) Requesting a review authorized in s. 322.222, s.
1279 322.2615, s. 322.2616, s. 322.27, or s. 322.64 must pay a filing
1280 fee of $25 to be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating
1281 Trust Fund.
1282 (b) Petitioning the department for a hearing authorized in
1283 s. 322.271 must pay a filing fee of $12 to be deposited into the
1284 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
1285
1286 If the revocation or suspension of the driver’s license was for
1287 a violation of s. 316.193, or for refusal to submit to a lawful
1288 breath, blood, or urine test, an additional fee of $130 $115
1289 must be charged. However, only one $130 $115 fee may be
1290 collected from one person convicted of violations arising out of
1291 the same incident. The department shall collect the $130 $115
1292 fee and deposit the fee into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
1293 Fund at the time of reinstatement of the person’s driver’s
1294 license, but the fee may not be collected if the suspension or
1295 revocation is overturned. If the revocation or suspension of the
1296 driver’s license was for a conviction for a violation of s.
1297 817.234(8) or (9) or s. 817.505, an additional fee of $180 is
1298 imposed for each offense. The department shall collect and
1299 deposit the additional fee into the Highway Safety Operating
1300 Trust Fund at the time of reinstatement of the person’s driver’s
1301 license.
1302 Section 37. Subsection (5) is added to section 322.2715,
1303 Florida Statutes, to read:
1304 322.2715 Ignition interlock device.—
1305 (5) In addition to any fees authorized by rule for the
1306 installation and maintenance of the ignition interlock device,
1307 the authorized installer of the device shall collect and remit
1308 $12 for each installation to the department, which shall be
1309 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund to be
1310 used for the operation of the Ignition Interlock Device Program.
1311 Section 38. Subsection (2) of section 322.29, Florida
1312 Statutes, is amended to read:
1313 322.29 Surrender and return of license.—
1314 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) to the
1315 contrary notwithstanding, an no examination is not required for
1316 the return of a license suspended under s. 318.15 or s. 322.245
1317 unless an examination is otherwise required by this chapter. A
1318 Every person applying for the return of a license suspended
1319 under s. 318.15 or s. 322.245 must shall present to the
1320 department certification from the court that he or she has
1321 complied with all obligations and penalties imposed on him or
1322 her pursuant to s. 318.15 or, in the case of a suspension
1323 pursuant to s. 322.245, that he or she has complied with all
1324 directives of the court and the requirements of s. 322.245 and
1325 shall pay to the department a nonrefundable service fee of $60
1326 $47.50, of which $37.50 shall be deposited into the General
1327 Revenue Fund and $22.50 $10 shall be deposited into the Highway
1328 Safety Operating Trust Fund. If reinstated by the clerk of the
1329 court or tax collector, $37.50 shall be retained and $22.50 $10
1330 shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into
1331 the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. However, the service
1332 fee is not required if the person is required to pay a $45 $35
1333 fee or $75 $60 fee under s. 322.21(8) the provisions of s.
1334 322.21.
1335 Section 39. Subsection (5) is added to section 322.292,
1336 Florida Statutes, to read:
1337 322.292 DUI programs supervision; powers and duties of the
1338 department.—
1339 (5) A private probation services provider authorized under
1340 s. 948.15 may not refer probationers to any DUI program owned in
1341 whole or in part by that probation services provider or its
1342 affiliates. The department shall establish rules to administer
1343 this subsection.
1344 Section 40. Section 322.293, Florida Statutes, is amended
1345 to read:
1346 322.293 DUI programs Coordination Trust Fund; assessment;
1347 disposition.—
1348 (1) The DUI programs Coordination Trust Fund shall be
1349 administered by the department, and the costs of administration
1350 shall be borne by the collections of revenue provided in this
1351 section the fund. All funds received by the department DUI
1352 Programs Coordination Trust Fund shall be used solely for the
1353 purposes set forth in this chapter and for the general
1354 operations of the department section and s. 322.292. However, if
1355 the Legislature passes legislation consolidating existing trust
1356 funds assigned to the department, all funds remaining in and
1357 deposited to the DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund shall be
1358 transferred to the consolidated trust funds, subject to their
1359 being earmarked for use solely for the purposes set forth in
1360 this section and s. 322.292.
1361 (2) Each DUI program shall assess $15 $12 against each
1362 person enrolling in a DUI program at the time of enrollment,
1363 including persons who transfer to or from a program in another
1364 state. In addition, second and third offenders and those
1365 offenders under permanent driver’s-license revocation who are
1366 evaluated for eligibility for license restrictions under s.
1367 322.271(2)(b) and (4) shall be assessed $15 $12 upon enrollment
1368 in the program and upon each subsequent anniversary date while
1369 they are in the program, for the duration of the license period.
1370 (3) All assessments collected under this section shall be
1371 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating forwarded to the DUI
1372 Programs Coordination Trust Fund within 30 days after the last
1373 day of the month in which the assessment was received.
1374 Section 41. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
1375 act and except for this section, which shall take effect July 1,
1376 2009, this act shall take effect September 1, 2009.
1377
1378 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
1379 And the title is amended as follows:
1380 Delete everything before the enacting clause
1381 and insert:
1382 A bill to be entitled
1383 An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety
1384 and Motor Vehicles; terminating the DUI Programs
1385 Coordination Trust Fund within the Department of
1386 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; amending ss. 17.61
1387 and 215.20, F.S.; deleting references to the trust
1388 fund; amending s. 316.066, F.S.; increasing the fee
1389 for a copy of a crash report provided by a certified
1390 traffic records center; amending s. 318.15, F.S.;
1391 increasing the amount and revising the disposition of
1392 a service charge for reinstatement of a suspended
1393 driver’s license; amending s. 319.23, F.S.; increasing
1394 the fee relating to an application for a certificate
1395 of title for a motor vehicle or motor home; amending
1396 s. 319.32, F.S.; increasing fees for certain
1397 certificates of title; providing a fee for certain
1398 subsequent vehicle examinations; specifying criteria
1399 for such examinations; providing a fee for shipping
1400 and handling paper titles; providing for disposition
1401 of the proceeds from the fees; amending ss. 319.323
1402 and 319.324, F.S.; increasing the fee relating to
1403 expedited service on title transfers, title issuances,
1404 duplicate titles, recordation of liens, and
1405 certificates of repossession; amending s. 320.023,
1406 F.S.; requiring that any voluntary contribution on a
1407 motor vehicle registration application be deposited
1408 into and distributed from the Motor Vehicle License
1409 Clearing Trust Fund; amending s. 320.03, F.S.;
1410 increasing the amount and revising the disposition of
1411 a fee for the registration of a motor vehicle;
1412 amending s. 320.04, F.S.; increasing a service charge
1413 on applications for an original or duplicate issuance
1414 or the transfer of any license plate, mobile home
1415 sticker, or validation sticker or for transfer or
1416 duplicate issuance of any registration certificate;
1417 providing for disposition of the proceeds from the
1418 service charges; amending s. 320.06, F.S.; revising
1419 the time period for which a registration license plate
1420 and replacement plates may be issued; revising fees
1421 for such replacement plates; increasing the fee for
1422 motor vehicle registration; amending s. 320.0607,
1423 F.S.; increasing fees for license plates; amending s.
1424 320.072, F.S.; increasing a fee imposed on the initial
1425 registration application for certain vehicles;
1426 providing for disposition of the proceeds from the
1427 fees; amending s. 320.08, F.S.; increasing the annual
1428 license taxes for the operation of certain vehicles;
1429 revising the disposition of those taxes; amending s.
1430 320.0801, F.S.; increasing and revising the
1431 disposition of surcharges on specified vehicles;
1432 amending s 320.0804, F.S.; increasing and revising the
1433 disposition of surcharges on specified vehicles;
1434 amending s. 320.08046, F.S.; increasing the surcharge
1435 levied on each license tax; amending s. 320.08048,
1436 F.S.; increasing the fee for sample license plates;
1437 amending s. 320.0805, F.S.; increasing the processing
1438 fee for personalized prestige license plates; amending
1439 s. 320.08056, F.S.; increasing the processing fee for
1440 specialty license plates; establishing an annual fee
1441 for the Autism license plate; amending s. 320.08058,
1442 F.S.; revising the distribution and authorized uses of
1443 proceeds from use fees for the Florida Golf specialty
1444 license plate; providing for the establishment of the
1445 Florida Junior Golf Council; creating an Autism
1446 license plate; amending s. 320.081, F.S.; revising
1447 provisions relating to the distribution of annual
1448 license taxes imposed on mobile homes, park trailers,
1449 travel trailers, and fifth-wheel trailers exceeding 35
1450 feet in body length; requiring that such distribution
1451 be made by payment by warrant drawn monthly by the
1452 Chief Financial Officer; amending s. 320.13, F.S.;
1453 authorizing a motor vehicle importer or distributor to
1454 secure a manufacturer’s license plate; amending s.
1455 320.203, F.S.; revising the disposition of revenue
1456 derived from the registration of motor vehicles;
1457 creating s. 320.204, F.S.; requiring that a specified
1458 sum from the funds collected under ch. 320, F.S., be
1459 transferred annually to the Transportation
1460 Disadvantaged Trust Fund; amending s. 320.642, F.S.;
1461 providing a fee and a service charge for publication
1462 and delivery of a notice given by certain licensed
1463 dealers; providing for disposition of moneys
1464 collected; amending s. 321.23, F.S.; increasing the
1465 cost of receiving a copy of a crash report from the
1466 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles;
1467 amending s. 322.051, F.S.; revising provisions
1468 relating to a fee for obtaining a duplicate
1469 identification card; amending s. 322.081, F.S.;
1470 requiring that any voluntary contribution on a
1471 driver’s license application be deposited into and
1472 distributed from the Motor Vehicle License Clearing
1473 Trust Fund; amending s. 322.12, F.S.; increasing the
1474 fee for certain driver’s license examinations;
1475 amending s. 322.135, F.S.; requiring driver’s license
1476 agents to charge a service fee; limiting the
1477 circumstances under which the service fee is imposed;
1478 amending s. 322.20, F.S.; increasing fees for
1479 obtaining certain records from the Division of Driver
1480 Licenses; amending s. 322.201, F.S.; revising
1481 provisions relating to the certification of certain
1482 records as evidence; amending s. 322.21, F.S.;
1483 increasing commercial driver license fees; providing
1484 fees for persons requesting a review or a hearing and
1485 for the disposition of such fees; increasing the fees
1486 for the revocation or suspension of a driver’s license
1487 or for refusing a breath, blood, or urine test;
1488 amending s. 322.2715, F.S.; requiring that an
1489 installer of a ignition interlock device collect and
1490 remit an installation fee to the department to be
1491 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund
1492 for the operation of the Ignition Interlock Device
1493 Program; amending s. 322.29, F.S.; increasing the fees
1494 for the return of a suspended license; amending s.
1495 322.292, F.S.; prohibiting a private probation
1496 services provider from referring probationers to any
1497 DUI program owned in whole or in part by that
1498 probation services provider or its affiliates;
1499 requiring the department to adopt rules; amending s.
1500 322.293, F.S., relating to the DUI Programs
1501 Coordination Trust Fund; conforming provisions to
1502 changes made by the act; providing effective dates.