Florida Senate - 2023                              CS for SB 370
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Brodeur
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02143-23                                           2023370c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to electronic motor vehicle
    3         registration certificates; amending s. 320.0605, F.S.;
    4         authorizing a uniform paper or electronic format of
    5         the registration certificate for a motor vehicle;
    6         prohibiting an officer or agent from accessing certain
    7         information upon presentation of an electronic
    8         registration certificate on an electronic device;
    9         making technical changes; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 320.0605, Florida Statutes, is amended
   14  to read:
   15         320.0605 Certificate of registration and other documents;
   16  possession required; exception.—
   17         (1)(a) The registration certificate in a uniform paper or
   18  electronic format, as prescribed by the department, or an
   19  official copy thereof;, a true copy or an electronic copy of
   20  rental or lease documentation issued for a motor vehicle or
   21  issued for a replacement vehicle in the same registration
   22  period;, a temporary receipt printed upon self-initiated
   23  electronic renewal of a registration via the Internet;, or a cab
   24  card issued for a vehicle registered under the International
   25  Registration Plan must shall, at all times while the vehicle is
   26  being used or operated on the roads of this state, be in the
   27  possession of the operator thereof or be carried in the vehicle
   28  for which such documentation was issued at all times while the
   29  vehicle is being used or operated on the roads of this state and
   30  must shall be exhibited upon demand of any authorized law
   31  enforcement officer or any agent of the department, except for a
   32  vehicle registered under s. 320.0657. This subsection section
   33  does not apply during the first 30 days after purchase of a
   34  replacement vehicle. A violation of this subsection section is a
   35  noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving
   36  violation as provided in chapter 318.
   37         (b)1. The act of presenting to a law enforcement officer or
   38  agent of the department an electronic device displaying an
   39  electronic registration certificate or a copy of rental or lease
   40  documentation does not constitute consent for the officer or
   41  agent to access any information on the device other than the
   42  displayed registration certificate or rental or lease
   43  documentation.
   44         2. The person who presents the device to the officer or
   45  agent assumes the liability for any resulting damage to the
   46  device.
   47         (2) Rental or lease documentation that is sufficient to
   48  satisfy the requirement in subsection (1) includes the
   49  following:
   50         (a) Date and time of rental;
   51         (b) Rental agreement number;
   52         (c) Rental vehicle identification number;
   53         (d) Rental vehicle license plate number and state of
   54  registration;
   55         (e) Vehicle’s make, model, and color;
   56         (f) Vehicle’s mileage; and
   57         (g) Authorized renter’s name.
   58         Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.