Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1394
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/19/2016           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 418 and 419
    4  insert:
    5         Section 8. Subsection (10) of section 320.03, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
    8  International Registration Plan.—
    9         (10) Jurisdiction over the electronic filing system for use
   10  by authorized electronic filing system agents to electronically
   11  title or register motor vehicles, vessels, mobile homes, or off
   12  highway vehicles; issue or transfer registration license plates
   13  or decals; electronically transfer fees due for the title and
   14  registration process; and perform inquiries for title,
   15  registration, and lienholder verification and certification of
   16  service providers is expressly preempted to the state, and the
   17  department shall have regulatory authority over the system. The
   18  electronic filing system shall be available for use statewide
   19  and applied uniformly throughout the state. An entity that, in
   20  the normal course of its business, sells products that must be
   21  titled or registered, provides title and registration services
   22  on behalf of its consumers and meets all established
   23  requirements may be an authorized electronic filing system agent
   24  and shall not be precluded from participating in the electronic
   25  filing system in any county. Upon request from a qualified
   26  entity, the tax collector shall appoint the entity as an
   27  authorized electronic filing system agent for that county. The
   28  department shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 120 to
   29  replace the December 10, 2009, program standards and to
   30  administer the provisions of this section, including, but not
   31  limited to, establishing participation requirements,
   32  certification of service providers, electronic filing system
   33  requirements, and enforcement authority for noncompliance. The
   34  December 10, 2009, program standards, excluding any standards
   35  which conflict with this subsection, shall remain in effect
   36  until the rules are adopted. If an authorized electronic filing
   37  agent makes the disclosure required under s. 501.976(18), the an
   38  authorized electronic filing agent may charge a fee to the
   39  customer for use of the electronic filing system.
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   42  And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete line 35
   44  and insert:
   45         exceptions to such notification; amending s. 320.03,
   46         F.S.; providing that an authorized electronic filing
   47         agent may charge a fee to the customer for use of the
   48         electronic filing system if a specified disclosure is
   49         made; amending s. 320.055,