Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1086
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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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
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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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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.