Senate Bill 2318

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2318

    By Senator Sebesta





    20-1448-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the collection of taxes;

  3         amending s. 320.03, F.S.; providing for the use

  4         of certain fees earmarked to fund the Florida

  5         Real Time Vehicle Information System and

  6         operations of the Department of Revenue;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 320.03, Florida

12  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

13         320.03  Registration; duties of tax collectors;

14  International Registration Plan.--

15         (5)  A fee of 50 cents shall be charged, in addition to

16  the fees required under s. 320.08, on every license

17  registration sold to cover the costs of the Florida Real Time

18  Vehicle Information System.  The fees collected hereunder

19  shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust

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21         (a)  One-half of the fees deposited into the trust fund

22  and shall be used to fund that system and may be used to fund

23  the general operations of the department.

24         (b)  One-half of the fees shall be used exclusively to

25  fund the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System and any

26  other registration or title functions the tax collectors

27  perform as agents for the department. The only use of this

28  portion of the fee shall be to fund the system equipment,

29  software, and networks used in the offices of the county tax

30  collectors as agents of the department and the ancillary

31  technology necessary to integrate the system with other tax

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2318
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  1  collection systems. The department shall administer this

  2  program upon consultation with The Florida Tax Collectors,

  3  Inc., to ensure that each county tax collector's office will

  4  be technologically equipped and functional for the operation

  5  of the system.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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  9                          SENATE SUMMARY

10    Provides that one-half of the fee imposed on license
      registrations to cover the costs of the Florida Real Time
11    Vehicle Information System be used to fund that system
      and operations of the Department of Revenue, and that the
12    other half be used to pay for equipment, software, and
      networks used by tax collectors as agents of the
13    Department of Revenue.

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