Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1086 Ì182606(Î182606 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 02/25/2020 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 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.