Florida Senate - 2022                              CS for SB 576
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Gibson
       
       
       
       
       
       596-01391-22                                           2022576c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 320.031, F.S.;
    3         authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
    4         Vehicles to collect a mail service charge for mailed
    5         registration certificate cards; amending s. 320.04,
    6         F.S.; imposing a specified service charge for the
    7         original or duplicate issuance or transfer of a
    8         registration certificate card; providing for the
    9         retention of the service charge; providing a
   10         contingent effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 320.031, Florida Statutes, as amended by
   15  SB 574, 2022 Regular Session, is amended to read:
   16         320.031 Mailing of registration certificates, registration
   17  certificate cards, license plates, and validation stickers.—
   18         (1) The department and the tax collectors of the several
   19  counties of this the state may at the request of the applicant
   20  use United States mail service to deliver registration
   21  certificates and registration certificate cards and renewals
   22  thereof, license plates, mobile home stickers, and validation
   23  stickers to applicants.
   24         (2) A mail service charge may be collected for each
   25  registration certificate, registration certificate card, license
   26  plate, mobile home sticker, and validation sticker mailed by the
   27  department or any tax collector. Each registration certificate,
   28  registration certificate card, license plate, mobile home
   29  sticker, and validation sticker shall be mailed by first-class
   30  mail unless otherwise requested by the applicant. The amount of
   31  the mail service charge shall be the actual postage required,
   32  rounded to the nearest 5 cents, plus a 25-cent handling charge.
   33  The mail service charge is in addition to the service charge
   34  provided by s. 320.04. All charges collected by the department
   35  under this section shall be deposited into the Highway Safety
   36  Operating Trust Fund.
   37         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   38  320.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   39         320.04 Registration service charge.—
   40         (1)(a) A service charge of $2.50 shall be imposed on each
   41  application that is handled in connection with original
   42  issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of a license plate,
   43  mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transfer or
   44  duplicate issuance of a registration certificate. A service
   45  charge of $2.50 shall be imposed on each original or duplicate
   46  issuance or transfer of a registration certificate card. A This
   47  service charge under this paragraph shall be retained by the
   48  department or by the tax collector, as the case may be, as other
   49  fees accruing to those offices.
   50         Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   51  SB 574 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   52  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   53  thereof and becomes a law.