Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1086
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Diaz) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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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.
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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.