| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to motor vehicle registration; providing |
| 3 | for the implementation of a certain litigation settlement; |
| 4 | providing eligibility and procedures to collect a credit |
| 5 | on new or renewal registrations; providing a funding |
| 6 | mechanism for the credit; requiring the credit amounts to |
| 7 | be deducted from specified moneys deposited into the |
| 8 | General Revenue Fund; authorizing recipients to return the |
| 9 | credit; providing that the credits are contingent on court |
| 10 | approval of a final settlement; providing for expiration; |
| 11 | providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Implementation of litigation settlement |
| 16 | provisions of Collier v. Dickinson.-- |
| 17 | (1) Any person who held a driver's license, identification |
| 18 | card, or motor vehicle registration that was valid between June |
| 19 | 1, 2000, and September 30, 2004, is eligible to receive a single |
| 20 | $1 credit on a new or renewed motor vehicle registration between |
| 21 | July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010. |
| 22 | (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08046, |
| 23 | Florida Statutes, the 58 percent of the surcharge levied under |
| 24 | s. 320.08046, Florida Statutes, that is to be deposited into the |
| 25 | General Revenue Fund pursuant to that section shall be used to |
| 26 | fund the $1 credit authorized in subsection (1). |
| 27 | (3) Eligible recipients may elect to return their credit. |
| 28 | (4) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
| 29 | may only allow the credits authorized in subsection (1) if the |
| 30 | United States District Court for the Southern District of |
| 31 | Florida grants an order finally approving the settlement |
| 32 | agreement in Collier, et al. v. Dickinson, et al., case number |
| 33 | 04-21351-DV-JEM. |
| 34 | (5) This section expires July 1, 2011. |
| 35 | Section 2. Section 320.08046, Florida Statutes, reads: |
| 36 | 320.08046 Surcharge on license tax; General Revenue |
| 37 | Fund.--There is levied on each license tax imposed under s. |
| 38 | 320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), a surcharge in |
| 39 | the amount of $1, which shall be collected in the same manner as |
| 40 | the license tax. Of the proceeds of the license tax surcharge, |
| 41 | 58 percent shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund and |
| 42 | 42 percent shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations |
| 43 | Trust Fund in the Department of Juvenile Justice to fund the |
| 44 | community juvenile justice partnership grants program. |
| 45 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |