Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1674
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
       36-01258-19                                           20191674__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to registration data; amending ss.
    3         320.03 and 328.73, F.S.; requiring that the Department
    4         of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles provide tax
    5         collectors and their agents with real-time access to
    6         data that other third parties receive from the
    7         department related to registration of vehicles, mobile
    8         homes, and vessels; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
   13  320.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
   15  International Registration Plan.—
   16         (4)(b) The Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System
   17  shall be installed in every tax collector’s and license tag
   18  agent’s office in accordance with a schedule established by the
   19  department in consultation with the tax collectors and
   20  contingent upon funds being made available for the system by the
   21  state. For the purpose of enhancing customer services provided
   22  by tax collectors acting on behalf of the department, the
   23  department shall provide tax collectors and their agents with
   24  real-time access to data that other third parties receive from
   25  the department related to vehicle and mobile home registration
   26  certificates, registration license plates, and validation
   27  stickers, including, but not limited to, the most current
   28  address information and email addresses of applicants.
   29         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 328.73, Florida
   30  Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         328.73 Registration; duties of tax collectors.—
   32         (1) The tax collectors in the counties of the state, as
   33  authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration
   34  certificates and vessel numbers and decals to applicants,
   35  subject to the requirements of law and in accordance with rules
   36  of the department. For the purpose of enhancing customer
   37  services provided by tax collectors acting on behalf of the
   38  department, the department shall provide tax collectors and
   39  their agents with real-time access to data that other third
   40  parties receive from the department related to registration
   41  certificates and vessel numbers and decals, including, but not
   42  limited to, the most current address information and email
   43  addresses of applicants.
   44         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.