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