Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 754
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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03/25/2021 .
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The Committee on Transportation (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 (a) of subsection (4) and subsection
6 (5) of section 320.03, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7 320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
8 International Registration Plan.—
9 (4)(a) Each tax collector, third party contracted with a
10 tax collector, or license tag agent who has online computer
11 access to the department’s systems or department data center or
12 other reasonable access thereto shall enter into a memorandum of
13 understanding with the department and shall, except when the
14 department has issued a registration renewal notice, upon
15 receipt of an application for the registration of any motor
16 vehicle, determine from the driver file of the applicant whether
17 the applicant’s driver license has been canceled, suspended, or
18 revoked and, if so, whether the applicant has surrendered his or
19 her license to the department as required by s. 322.251. If the
20 applicant has not surrendered his or her license in accordance
21 with the provisions of that section, the tax collector must
22 shall refuse to register the vehicle until such time as the
23 applicant surrenders his or her driver license to the
24 department.
25 (5)(a) In addition to the fees required under s. 320.08, a
26 fee of 50 cents must shall be charged on every license
27 registration sold to cover the costs of the Florida Real Time
28 Vehicle Information System. The fees collected must shall be
29 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund to be
30 used exclusively to fund the system. The fee may only be used to
31 fund the system equipment, software, personnel associated with
32 the maintenance and programming of the system, and networks used
33 in the offices of the county tax collectors as agents of the
34 department and the ancillary technology necessary to integrate
35 the system with other tax collection systems. The department
36 shall administer this program upon consultation with the Florida
37 Tax Collectors, Inc., to ensure that each county tax collector’s
38 office is technologically equipped and functional for the
39 operation of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System
40 and to ensure that all ancillary technology and other tax
41 collection systems used by tax collectors protect customer
42 privacy and data. Any designated revenue collected to support
43 functions of the county tax collectors and not used in a given
44 year must remain exclusively in the trust fund as a carryover to
45 the following year.
46 (b) Upon a tax collector’s request, the department is
47 authorized to provide ancillary technology to integrate other
48 tax collection systems used by tax collectors in order to
49 provide tax collectors with data access and uniform interface
50 functionalities for registration renewal transactions performed
51 at a tax collector’s office or online through a tax collector’s
52 website. The department shall prescribe the best manner of
53 delivering the data access and uniform interface functionalities
54 to tax collectors for the purpose of processing registration
55 renewal transactions and shall provide the ability to record and
56 process registration renewal transactions in the state system in
57 real time and bulk data reporting for vehicle registrations,
58 including each applicant’s electronic mail address collected
59 pursuant to s. 320.95. Such data and functionalities may be used
60 only for purposes of fulfilling the tax collector’s statutory
61 duties pursuant to this chapter, chapter 319, chapter 322, or
62 chapter 328 and may not be resold or used for any other purpose.
63 Such data access and uniform interface functionalities must be
64 developed no later than July 1, 2023. For the purposes of this
65 paragraph, the term “registration renewal transactions” means
66 issuance of motor vehicle, mobile home, and trailer registration
67 certificates, registration license plates, and validation
68 stickers.
69 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 328.73, Florida
70 Statutes, is amended to read:
71 328.73 Registration; duties of tax collectors.—
72 (1)(a) The tax collectors in the counties of the state, as
73 authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration
74 certificates and vessel numbers and decals to applicants,
75 subject to the requirements of law and in accordance with rules
76 of the department.
77 (b) Upon a tax collector’s request, the department is
78 authorized to provide ancillary technology to integrate other
79 tax collection systems used by tax collectors in order to
80 provide tax collectors with data access and uniform interface
81 functionalities for registration renewal transactions performed
82 at a tax collector’s office or online through a tax collector’s
83 website. The department shall prescribe the best manner of
84 delivering the data access and uniform interface functionalities
85 to tax collectors for the purpose of processing registration
86 renewal transactions and shall provide the ability to record and
87 process registration renewal transactions in the state system in
88 real time and bulk data reporting for vessel registrations,
89 including each applicant’s electronic mail address collected
90 pursuant to s. 320.95. Such data and functionalities may be used
91 only for purposes of fulfilling the tax collector’s statutory
92 duties pursuant to this chapter, chapter 319, chapter 320, or
93 chapter 322 and may not be resold or used for any other purpose.
94 Such data access and uniform interface functionalities must be
95 developed no later than July 1, 2023. For the purposes of this
96 paragraph, the term “registration renewal transactions” means
97 issuance of vessel registration certificates, vessel numbers,
98 and decals.
99 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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102 And the title is amended as follows:
103 Delete everything before the enacting clause
104 and insert:
105 A bill to be entitled
106 An act relating to motor vehicle and vessel
107 registration data; amending s. 320.03, F.S.; requiring
108 tax collectors, third parties contracted with tax
109 collectors, and license tag agents to enter into a
110 memorandum of understanding with the Department of
111 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and make certain
112 determinations regarding registration applicants;
113 requiring the department to ensure that certain
114 technology used by tax collectors protects customer
115 privacy and data; authorizing the department to
116 provide certain technology to tax collectors, upon
117 request, in order to provide data access and uniform
118 interface functionalities for registration renewal
119 transactions; providing requirements for the
120 department; authorizing use of such data and
121 functionalities for certain purposes; requiring
122 development of data access and uniform interface
123 functionalities by a certain date; defining the term
124 “registration renewal transactions”; amending s.
125 328.73, F.S.; authorizing the department to provide
126 certain technology to tax collectors, upon request, in
127 order to provide data access and uniform interface
128 functionalities for registration renewal transactions;
129 providing requirements for the department; authorizing
130 use of such data and functionalities for certain
131 purposes; requiring development of data access and
132 uniform interface functionalities by a certain date;
133 defining the term “registration renewal transactions”;
134 providing an effective date.