Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 2410
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Baker
       
       
       
       
       596-04813-10                                          20102410c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to motor vehicle dealers; amending s.
    3         320.61, F.S.; providing clarification regarding
    4         licensure renewal requirements; amending s. 320.63,
    5         F.S.; requiring the submission of an affidavit along
    6         with a license renewal application acknowledging that
    7         the provisions of the licensee’s franchise agreements
    8         are consistent with the requirements of laws and
    9         rules; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 320.61, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         320.61 Licenses required of motor vehicle manufacturers,
   16  distributors, importers, etc.—
   17         (2) The department may prescribe an abbreviated application
   18  for renewal of a license if the licensee had previously filed an
   19  initial application pursuant to s. 320.63. The application for
   20  renewal shall include any information necessary to bring current
   21  the information required in the initial application. The
   22  department may not renew any license unless the licensee
   23  complies with the provisions of s. 320.63.
   24         Section 2. Present subsection (7) of section 320.63,
   25  Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (8), and a new
   26  subsection (7) is added to that section, to read:
   27         320.63 Application for license; contents.—Any person
   28  desiring to be licensed pursuant to ss. 320.60-320.70 shall make
   29  application therefor to the department upon a form containing
   30  such information as the department requires. The department
   31  shall require, with such application or otherwise and from time
   32  to time, all of the following, which information may be
   33  considered by the department in determining the fitness of the
   34  applicant or licensee to engage in the business for which the
   35  applicant or licensee desires to be licensed:
   36         (7) Upon annual renewal of its license, an affidavit
   37  acknowledging that the terms or provisions of the licensee’s
   38  franchise agreements with motor vehicle dealers in this state
   39  are consistent with and not prohibited by ss. 320.60-320.70, and
   40  rules adopted thereunder, which are in effect. Any provision in
   41  such agreements which is inconsistent with or prohibited by such
   42  laws or rules is void.
   43         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.