Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 2260
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       18-01521-09                                           20092260__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to driver license services; amending
    3         s. 322.135, F.S.; revising a fee charged for driver
    4         license transactions administered by county tax
    5         collectors; providing for the fee to be adjusted in
    6         relation to the change in the Consumer Price Index;
    7         authorizing a tax collector to enter into interlocal
    8         agreements for the provision of driver license
    9         services; providing that such fee shall be paid to the
   10         tax collector in addition to other fees; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12  
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Subsections (1), (5), and (8) of section
   16  322.135, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   17         322.135 Driver's license agents.—
   18         (1) The department may, upon application, authorize any or
   19  all of the tax collectors in the several counties of the state,
   20  subject to the requirements of law, in accordance with rules of
   21  the department, to serve as its agent for the provision of
   22  specified driver's license services.
   23         (a) These services shall be limited to the issuance of
   24  driver's licenses and identification cards as authorized by this
   25  chapter.
   26         (b) Each tax collector who is authorized by the department
   27  to provide driver's license services shall bear all costs
   28  associated with providing those services.
   29         (c) A fee of $5.25 is to be charged, in addition to the
   30  fees set forth in this chapter, for any driver's license
   31  transaction administered issued or renewed by a tax collector.
   32         (d) On July 1, 2013, and on July 1 every 5 years
   33  thereafter, the fee in paragraph (c) shall be adjusted by the
   34  percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
   35  Consumers since the fee was last adjusted, unless otherwise
   36  provided by general law. The driver's license transaction fee
   37  shall take effect July 1.
   38         (5) The county tax collector at his or her option may apply
   39  to the department for approval by the executive director to be
   40  the exclusive agent of the department for his or her county to
   41  administer driver license services as provided and authorized in
   42  this chapter. Tax collectors who are providing driver license
   43  services may, by interlocal agreement, provide driver license
   44  services in another tax collector's county in order to provide
   45  efficient service and minimize the cost of service delivery.
   46         (a) The application by the county tax collector shall be in
   47  writing to the executive director of the department. The
   48  application must be submitted by September 1 to be effective for
   49  the state's subsequent fiscal year beginning July 1.
   50         (b) The department shall provide a form for such
   51  application, which shall include the following information:
   52         1. Locations within the county where offices and branch
   53  offices for driver license services are proposed.
   54         2. The designation by the tax collector of the driver
   55  license functions to be performed by the tax collector in the
   56  county.
   57         3. Any anticipated capital acquisition or construction
   58  costs.
   59         4. A projection of equipment available or to be provided by
   60  the department.
   61         5. All anticipated operating costs, including facilities,
   62  equipment, and personnel to administer driver license services.
   63         (c) The department shall review applications on or before
   64  September 1 of each year. The department shall compare the costs
   65  included in the information submitted in the application with
   66  the related costs incurred by the department to accomplish the
   67  same level of services. The department shall approve or deny an
   68  application within 60 calendar days after the application is
   69  received unless the department and the applicant agree mutually
   70  to a specific alternative date.
   71         (d) The department may provide technical assistance to an
   72  applicant upon request.
   73         (8) The county tax collector, as the exclusive agent of the
   74  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, shall be paid
   75  fees as provided in this chapter for driver license services in
   76  addition to the transaction fee provided for in paragraph
   77  (1)(c).
   78         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.