Florida Senate - 2012 SB 1976
By the Committee on Budget
576-03455-12 20121976__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the One-Stop Business Registration
3 Portal; amending s. 288.109, F.S.; changing the name
4 of the One-Stop Permitting System to the One-Stop
5 Business Registration Portal; requiring the Department
6 of Revenue to establish and implement an Internet
7 website for the One-Stop Business Registration Portal;
8 expanding the purposes of the portal; authorizing the
9 department to contract for development and maintenance
10 of the portal; revising the list of agencies that are
11 required to participate in the portal; requiring that
12 the department submit an annual report to the Governor
13 and Legislature; providing for the contents of the
14 report; providing that the department may provide
15 relevant information to state agencies and local
16 governments participating in the portal; providing
17 that information that is not otherwise confidential
18 does not become confidential because it is collected
19 through the portal; authorizing the department to
20 adopt rules; repealing s. 288.1092, F.S., relating to
21 the One-Stop Permitting System Grant Program;
22 repealing s. 288.1093, F.S., relating to the Quick
23 Permitting County Designation Program; repealing s.
24 288.1095, F.S., relating to information about the One
25 Stop Permitting System; providing an effective date.
26
27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
28
29 Section 1. Section 288.109, Florida Statutes, is amended to
30 read:
31 (Substantial rewording of section. See
32 s. 288.109, F.S., for present text.)
33 288.109 One-Stop Business Registration Portal.—
34 (1) By January 1, 2013, the Department of Revenue shall
35 establish the One-Stop Business Registration Portal that
36 provides, through an Internet website, individuals and
37 businesses with a single point of entry for:
38 (a) Completing and submitting applications for various
39 licenses, registrations, or permits that must be issued by a
40 state department or agency in order for applicants to transact
41 business in this state.
42 (b) Filing various documents that must be filed with a
43 state department or agency in order for the filers to transact
44 business in the state.
45 (c) Remitting payment for various fees that must be paid to
46 a state department or agency, including, but not limited to,
47 application fees, license fees, registration fees, permit fees,
48 and filing fees.
49 (2) After establishing the Internet website, the Department
50 of Revenue, in the most timely manner practicable, shall
51 implement the capabilities described in subsection (1).
52 (3) The Department of Revenue may competitively procure and
53 contract for services to develop and maintain the Internet
54 website for the One-Stop Business Registration Portal.
55 (4) The following departments shall cooperate with the
56 Department of Revenue in the development and implementation of
57 the One-Stop Business Registration Portal and participate in the
58 portal:
59 (a) The Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
60 (b) The Department of Economic Opportunity.
61 (c) The Department of Financial Services.
62 (d) The Department of the Lottery.
63 (e) The Department of Management Services.
64 (f) The Department of State.
65 (5) Beginning January 1, 2013, and each January thereafter,
66 the Department of Revenue shall submit to the Governor, the
67 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
68 Representatives a complete and detailed report on the activities
69 and accomplishments of the One-Stop Business Registration Portal
70 during the preceding year. The report must also include a plan
71 for expanding the portal to allow individuals and businesses to
72 submit applications through the portal for various licenses,
73 registrations, or permits issued by local governments. The
74 report may also include recommendations for improving the
75 effectiveness of the portal and increasing participation by
76 state agencies and local governments.
77 (6) The Department of Revenue may provide information
78 relevant to this section to each state agency and local
79 government that, in the conduct of its official duties,
80 participates in the One-Stop Business Registration Portal.
81 However, to the extent that such information is not otherwise
82 confidential, information collected from an individual or
83 business by a state agency or local government does not become
84 confidential solely because the information is collected through
85 the portal.
86 (7) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules to administer
87 this section.
88 Section 2. Sections 288.1092, 288.1093, and 288.1095
89 Florida Statutes, are repealed.
90 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.