Florida Senate - 2014 SB 156
By Senator Negron
32-00273B-14 2014156__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to motor vehicle license taxes;
3 amending s. 320.04, F.S.; reducing the service charge
4 imposed on an application for an original or duplicate
5 license plate, or transfer of specified registration
6 stickers or certificates; amending s. 320.06, F.S.;
7 reducing a fee collected for a motor vehicle
8 registration; amending ss. 320.0804 and 320.08046,
9 F.S.; reducing surcharges imposed on a license tax;
10 reenacting and amending s. 320.0807(4), F.S., relating
11 to special vehicle license plates for the Governor and
12 federal and state legislators, to incorporate the
13 amendment made to s. 320.06, F.S., in a reference
14 thereto; providing an effective date.
15
16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
17
18 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 320.04, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 320.04 Registration service charge.—
21 (1)(a) There shall be A service charge of $2.50 shall be
22 imposed on $5 for each application that which is handled in
23 connection with original issuance, duplicate issuance, or
24 transfer of a any license plate, mobile home sticker, or
25 validation sticker or with transfer or duplicate issuance of a
26 any registration certificate. This service charge Of that
27 amount, $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund,
28 and the remainder shall be retained by the department or by the
29 tax collector, as the case may be, as other fees accruing to
30 those offices.
31 (b) There shall also be A service charge of $1 shall also
32 be imposed $3 for the issuance of each license plate validation
33 sticker, vessel decal, and mobile home sticker issued from an
34 automated vending facility or printer dispenser machine. This
35 service charge, which is payable to the department and. Of that
36 amount, $1 shall be used to provide for automated vending
37 facilities or printer dispenser machines that are used to
38 dispense such stickers and decals by each tax collector’s or
39 license tag agent’s employee. The remaining $2 shall be
40 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
41 (c) The tax collector may impose an additional service
42 charge of up to not more than 50 cents on any transaction
43 specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), or on any
44 transaction specified in s. 319.32(2)(a) or s. 328.48 if such
45 transaction occurs at a any tax collector’s branch office.
46 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
47 320.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
48 320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and
49 validation stickers generally.—
50 (3)
51 (b) An additional fee of 50 cents $1.50 shall be collected
52 on each motor vehicle registration or motor vehicle renewal
53 registration issued in this state in order for all license
54 plates and validation stickers to be fully treated with
55 retroreflection material. The fee Of that amount, $1 shall be
56 deposited into the General Revenue Fund and 50 cents shall be
57 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
58 Section 3. Section 320.0804, Florida Statutes, is amended
59 to read:
60 320.0804 Surcharge on license tax; trust funds.—A surcharge
61 of $2 shall be There is hereby levied and imposed on each
62 license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in
63 s. 320.08(11), a surcharge in the amount of $4, which shall be
64 collected in the same manner as the license tax. Of this amount,
65 $1 shall be deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund,
66 and, $1 shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating
67 Trust Fund, and $2 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
68 Fund.
69 Section 4. Section 320.08046, Florida Statutes, is amended
70 to read:
71 320.08046 Juvenile programs surcharge on license tax.—A
72 surcharge of $1 shall be imposed There is levied on each license
73 tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s.
74 320.08(11), a surcharge in the amount of $5.50, which shall be
75 collected in the same manner as the license tax and. Of the
76 proceeds of each license tax surcharge, $4.50 shall be deposited
77 into the General Revenue Fund and $1 shall be deposited into the
78 Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of Juvenile
79 Justice to fund the juvenile crime prevention programs and the
80 community juvenile justice partnership grants program.
81 Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
82 made by this act to section 320.06, Florida Statutes, in a
83 reference thereto, subsection (4) of section 320.0807, Florida
84 Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read:
85 320.0807 Special license plates for Governor and federal
86 and state legislators.—
87 (4) License plates purchased under subsection (1),
88 subsection (2), or subsection (3) shall be replaced by the
89 department at no cost, other than the fees required under by ss.
90 320.04 and 320.06(3)(b), when the person to whom the plates have
91 been issued leaves the elective office with respect to which the
92 license plates were issued. Within 30 days after leaving office,
93 the person to whom the license plates have been issued must
94 apply shall make application to the department for a replacement
95 license plate. The person may return the prestige license plates
96 to the department or may retain the plates as souvenirs. Upon
97 receipt of the replacement license plate, the person may not
98 continue to display on any vehicle the prestige license plate or
99 plates issued with respect to his or her former office.
100 Section 6. This act shall take effect September 1, 2014.