Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. PCS (789120) for CS for SB 448 Barcode 338672 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 04/22/2013 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Hays) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 47 - 77 4 and insert: 5 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 328.72, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended to read 7 328.72 Classification; registration; fees and charges; 8 surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers.— 9 (1) VESSEL REGISTRATION FEE.— 10(a)Vessels that are required to be registered shall be 11 classified for registration purposes according to the following 12 schedule, and the registration certificate fee shall be in the 13 following amounts: 14 Class A-1—Less than 12 feet in length, and all canoes to 15 which propulsion motors have been attached, regardless of 16 length: $5.50 for each 12-month period registered. 17 Class A-2—12 feet or more and less than 16 feet in length: 18 $16.25 for each 12-month period registered. 19 (To county): 2.85 for each 12-month period registered. 20 Class 1—16 feet or more and less than 26 feet in length: 21 $28.75 for each 12-month period registered. 22 (To county): 8.85 for each 12-month period registered. 23 Class 2—26 feet or more and less than 40 feet in length: 24 $78.25 for each 12-month period registered. 25 (To county): 32.85 for each 12-month period registered. 26 Class 3—40 feet or more and less than 65 feet in length: 27 $127.75 for each 12-month period registered. 28 (To county): 56.85 for each 12-month period registered. 29 Class 4—65 feet or more and less than 110 feet in length: 30 $152.75 for each 12-month period registered. 31 (To county): 68.85 for each 12-month period registered. 32 Class 5—110 feet or more in length: $189.75 for each 12 33 month period registered. 34 (To county): 86.85 for each 12-month period registered. 35 Dealer registration certificate: $25.50 for each 12-month 36 period registered. 37 38 The county portion of the vessel registration fee is derived 39 from recreational vessels only. 40(b) In 2013 and every 5 years thereafter, vessel41registration fees shall be adjusted by the percentage change in42the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers since the fees43were last adjusted, unless otherwise provided by general law. By44February 1 of each year in which an adjustment is scheduled to45occur, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall46submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker47of the House of Representatives detailing how the increase in48vessel registration fees will be used within the agency. The49vessel registration fee increases shall take effect July 1 of50each adjustment year.51 52 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 53 And the title is amended as follows: 54 Delete lines 5 - 8 55 and insert: 56 of provisions relating to vessels; amending s. 328.72, 57 F.S.; deleting the automatic adjustment of vessel 58 registration fees every 5 years; amending s. 379.101, 59 F.S.; revising