Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1068
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       18-00885-12                                           20121068__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to motor vehicle registration;
    3         amending s. 320.07, F.S.; specifying that a vehicle
    4         may not be operated after expiration of the renewal
    5         period or, for a natural person, after midnight on the
    6         owner’s birthday unless the registration was renewed
    7         before then; amending s. 320.15, F.S.; authorizing a
    8         person who has renewed a vehicle registration during
    9         an early registration period to apply for a refund of
   10         specified license taxes upon surrendering the
   11         registration license plate before the end of the
   12         renewal period; providing an effective date.
   13  
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 320.07, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         320.07 Expiration of registration; renewal required;
   19  penalties.—
   20         (1) The registration of a motor vehicle or mobile home
   21  expires at midnight on the last day of the registration or
   22  extended registration period. A vehicle may shall not be
   23  operated on the roads of this state after expiration of the
   24  renewal period, or, for a natural person, at midnight on the
   25  owner’s birthday, unless the registration has been renewed
   26  according to law.
   27         Section 2. Section 320.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   28  read:
   29         320.15 Refund of license tax.—
   30         (1) Any resident owner of a motor vehicle or mobile home
   31  that has been destroyed or permanently removed from the state
   32  shall, upon application to the department and surrender of the
   33  license plate or mobile home sticker issued for such vehicle, be
   34  entitled to a credit to apply to registration of any other
   35  vehicle in the name of the owner, if the amount is $3 or more,
   36  for the unexpired period of the license. However, if the license
   37  plate surrendered is a “for-hire” license plate, the amount of
   38  credit may not be more than one-half of the annual license tax
   39  amount. A credit will not be valid after the expiration date of
   40  the license plate which is current on the date of the credit, as
   41  provided in s. 320.07.
   42         (2) A motor vehicle registrant who has renewed a motor
   43  vehicle registration during the advance renewal period pursuant
   44  to s. 320.071 and surrenders the license plate for the vehicle
   45  before the end of the renewal period may apply for a refund of
   46  the license taxes assessed in s. 320.08.
   47         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.