Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1086
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/25/2020           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Diaz) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of
    6  section 319.32, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         319.32 Fees; service charges; disposition.—
    8         (2)
    9         (c)In exercising his or her authority to contract with a
   10  license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the
   11  additional service charges that shall be collected by privately
   12  owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and
   13  shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer. The
   14  license plate agent shall enter into a contract with the tax
   15  collector regarding the disclosure of additional service
   16  charges.
   17         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 320.03, Florida
   18  Statutes, is amended to read:
   19         320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
   20  International Registration Plan.—
   21         (5) In addition to the fees required under s. 320.08, a fee
   22  of 50 cents shall be charged on every license registration sold
   23  to cover the costs of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information
   24  System. The fees collected shall be deposited into the Highway
   25  Safety Operating Trust Fund to be used exclusively to fund the
   26  system. The fee may only be used to fund the system equipment,
   27  software, personnel associated with the maintenance and
   28  programming of the system, and networks used in the offices of
   29  the county tax collectors as agents of the department and the
   30  ancillary technology necessary to integrate the system with
   31  other tax collection systems. Other tax collection systems may
   32  include technology systems provided by vendors contracted with
   33  the tax collector for in-person transactions of motor vehicle
   34  and mobile home registration certificates, registration license
   35  plates, and validation stickers and online motor vehicle and
   36  mobile home registration renewals and validation stickers. For
   37  purposes of this subsection, other tax collection systems do not
   38  include electronic filing systems pursuant to s. 320.03(10).
   39  Upon a tax collector’s request, the department shall provide the
   40  tax collector and his or her approved vendors with the same data
   41  access and interface functionality that other third parties
   42  receive from the department, including, but not limited to, bulk
   43  data for vehicle registrations and each applicant’s current
   44  residential address and electronic mail address collected
   45  pursuant to s. 320.95. Such data and functionality may be used
   46  only for purposes of fulfilling the tax collector’s statutory
   47  duties and may not be resold or used for any other purpose. The
   48  department shall administer this program upon consultation with
   49  the Florida Tax Collectors, Inc., to ensure that each county tax
   50  collector’s office is technologically equipped and functional
   51  for the operation of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information
   52  System and that tax collectors’ approved vendors protect
   53  customer privacy and data collection. Tax collectors and their
   54  approved license plate agents shall enter into a memorandum of
   55  understanding with the department regarding use of the Florida
   56  Real Time Vehicle Information system in accordance with
   57  paragraph (4)(b). Any designated revenue collected to support
   58  functions of the county tax collectors and not used in a given
   59  year must remain exclusively in the trust fund as a carryover to
   60  the following year.
   61         Section 3. Present subsection (3) of section 320.04,
   62  Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (4), and a new
   63  subsection (3) is added to that section to read:
   64         320.04 Registration service charge.—
   65         (3)In exercising his or her authority to contract with a
   66  license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the
   67  additional service charges that shall be collected by privately
   68  owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and
   69  shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer. The
   70  license plate agent shall enter into a contract with the tax
   71  collector regarding the disclosure of additional service
   72  charges.
   73         Section 4. Subsection (7) of section 328.72, Florida
   74  Statutes, is amended to read:
   75         328.72 Classification; registration; fees and charges;
   76  surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers.—
   77         (7) SERVICE FEE.—
   78         (a) In addition to other registration fees, the vessel
   79  owner shall pay the tax collector a $2.25 service fee for each
   80  registration issued, replaced, or renewed. Except as provided in
   81  subsection (15), all fees, other than the service charge,
   82  collected by a tax collector must be remitted to the department
   83  not later than 7 working days following the last day of the week
   84  in which the money was remitted. Vessels may travel in salt
   85  water or fresh water.
   86         (b)In exercising his or her authority to contract with a
   87  license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the
   88  additional service charges that shall be collected by privately
   89  owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and
   90  shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer. The
   91  license plate agent shall enter into a contract with the tax
   92  collector regarding the disclosure of additional service
   93  charges.
   94         Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 328.73, Florida
   95  Statutes, is amended to read:
   96         328.73 Registration; duties of tax collectors.—
   97         (1) The tax collectors in the counties of the state, as
   98  authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration
   99  certificates and vessel numbers and decals to applicants,
  100  subject to the requirements of law and in accordance with rules
  101  of the department. Other tax collection systems may include
  102  technology systems provided by vendors contracted with the tax
  103  collector for in-person and online vessel registration
  104  certificates and vessel numbers and decals. Upon a tax
  105  collector’s request, the department shall provide the tax
  106  collector and his or her approved vendors with the same data
  107  access and interface functionality that other third parties
  108  receive from the department, including, but not limited to, bulk
  109  data for vessel registrations and each applicant’s current
  110  residential address and electronic mail address collected
  111  pursuant to s. 320.95. Such data and functionality may be used
  112  only for purposes of fulfilling the tax collector’s statutory
  113  duties and may not be resold or used for any other purpose.
  114         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
  115  
  116  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  117  And the title is amended as follows:
  118         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  119  and insert:
  120                        A bill to be entitled                      
  121         An act relating to vehicle and vessel registration
  122         data and functionality; amending s. 319.32, F.S.;
  123         requiring the tax collector to determine service
  124         charges collected by privately owned license plate
  125         agents for motor vehicle titles; requiring a license
  126         plate agent to enter into a contract with the tax
  127         collector; amending s. 320.03, F.S.; specifying tax
  128         collection systems for which certain fees may be used
  129         for integration with the Florida Real Time Vehicle
  130         Information System; requiring the Department of
  131         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide tax
  132         collectors and their approved vendors with the same
  133         data access and interface functionality as provided to
  134         other third parties; specifying authorized uses for
  135         such data and functionality; requiring tax collectors
  136         and their approved license plate agents to enter into
  137         a memorandum of understanding with the department;
  138         amending s. 320.04, F.S.; requiring the tax collector
  139         to determine service charges collected by privately
  140         owned license plate agents for motor vehicle
  141         registrations; requiring a license plate agent to
  142         enter into a contract with the tax collector; amending
  143         s. 328.72, F.S.; requiring the tax collector to
  144         determine service charges collected by privately owned
  145         license plate agents for vessel registrations and
  146         titles; requiring a license plate agent to enter into
  147         a contract with the tax collector; amending s. 328.73,
  148         F.S.; requiring the department to provide tax
  149         collectors and their approved vendors with the same
  150         data access and interface functionality as provided to
  151         other third parties; specifying authorized uses for
  152         such data and functionality; providing an effective
  153         date.