Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1614
       
       
        
       By Senator Osgood
       
       
       
       
       
       32-01494-25                                           20251614__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to expedited service fees; amending s.
    3         607.0122, F.S.; authorizing a person to request
    4         expedited services from the Department of State in a
    5         specified manner; amending s. 610.104, F.S.;
    6         conforming a cross-reference; providing a contingent
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Section 607.0122, Florida Statutes, is amended
   12  to read:
   13         607.0122 Fees for filing documents and issuing
   14  certificates.—
   15         (1) The department shall collect the following fees when
   16  the documents described in this section are delivered to the
   17  department for filing:
   18         (a)(1) Articles of incorporation: $35.
   19         (b)(2) Application for registered name: $87.50.
   20         (c)(3) Application for renewal of registered name: $87.50.
   21         (d)(4) Corporation’s statement of change of registered
   22  agent or registered office or both if not included on the annual
   23  report: $35.
   24         (e)(5) Designation of and acceptance by registered agent:
   25  $35.
   26         (f)(6) Agent’s statement of resignation from a corporation
   27  that has not been dissolved: $87.50.
   28         (g)(7) Agent’s statement of resignation from a dissolved
   29  corporation or a composite statement of resignation from two or
   30  more dissolved corporations pursuant to s. 607.0502(6): $35.
   31         (h)(8) Amendment of articles of incorporation: $35.
   32         (i)(9) Restatement of articles of incorporation with
   33  amendment of articles: $35.
   34         (j)(10) Articles of merger or share exchange for each party
   35  thereto: $35.
   36         (k)(11) Articles of dissolution: $35.
   37         (l)(12) Articles of revocation of dissolution: $35.
   38         (m)(13) Application for reinstatement following
   39  administrative dissolution: $600.
   40         (n)(14) Application for certificate of authority to
   41  transact business in this state by a foreign corporation: $35.
   42         (o)(15) Application for amended certificate of authority:
   43  $35.
   44         (p)(16) Application for certificate of withdrawal by a
   45  foreign corporation: $35.
   46         (q)(17) Annual report: $61.25.
   47         (r)(18) Articles of correction: $35.
   48         (s)(19) Application for certificate of status: $8.75.
   49         (t)(20) Certificate of domestication of a foreign
   50  corporation: $50.
   51         (u)(21) Certified copy of document: $52.50.
   52         (v)(22) Serving as agent for substitute service of process:
   53  $87.50.
   54         (w)(23) Supplemental corporate fee: $88.75.
   55         (x)(24) Any other document required or permitted to be
   56  filed by this chapter: $35.
   57         (2) A person may request expedited services by submitting
   58  to the department an expedited service request form. A request
   59  for expedited services must be made in person or through an
   60  electronic transmission. A request for expedited services may
   61  not be requested through mail.
   62         Section 2. Subsection (12) of section 610.104, Florida
   63  Statutes, is amended to read:
   64         610.104 State authorization to provide cable or video
   65  service.—
   66         (12) Beginning 5 years after approval of the
   67  certificateholder’s initial certificate of franchise issued by
   68  the department, and every 5 years thereafter, the
   69  certificateholder shall update the information contained in the
   70  original application for a certificate of franchise. At the time
   71  of filing the information update, the certificateholder shall
   72  pay a processing fee of $1,000. Any certificateholder that fails
   73  to file the updated information and pay the processing fee on
   74  the 5-year anniversary dates shall be subject to cancellation of
   75  its state-issued certificate of franchise authority if, upon
   76  notice given to the certificateholder at its last address on
   77  file with the department, the certificateholder fails to file
   78  the updated information and pay the processing fee within 30
   79  days after the date notice was mailed. The application and
   80  processing fees imposed in this section shall be paid to the
   81  Department of State for deposit into the Clearing Funds Trust
   82  Fund for immediate transfer by the Chief Financial Officer to
   83  the General Inspection Trust Fund of the Department of
   84  Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Department of Agriculture
   85  and Consumer Services shall maintain a separate account within
   86  the General Inspection Trust Fund to distinguish cable franchise
   87  revenues from all other funds. The application, any amendments
   88  to the certificate, or information updates must be accompanied
   89  by a fee to the Department of State equal to that for filing
   90  articles of incorporation pursuant to s. 607.0122(1)(a) s.
   91  607.0122(1).
   92         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law
   93  if SB 1616 or similar legislation is adopted in the same
   94  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law.