Senate Bill sb2106

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2106

    By Senator Sebesta





    20-1096-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicle license

  3         plates; amending s. 320.06, F.S.; eliminating a

  4         requirement that such license plates be

  5         replaced every 5 years; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

11  320.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         320.06  Registration certificates, license plates, and

13  validation stickers generally.--

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15         (b)  Registration license plates bearing a graphic

16  symbol and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be

17  issued. for a 5-year period. At the end of said 5-year period,

18  upon renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The fee for such

19  replacement shall be $10, $2 of which shall be paid each year

20  before the plate is replaced, to be credited towards the next

21  $10 replacement fee.  The fees shall be deposited into the

22  Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.  A credit or refund shall

23  not be given for any prior years' payments of such prorated

24  replacement fee when the plate is replaced or surrendered

25  before the end of the 5-year period. With each license plate,

26  there shall be issued a validation sticker showing the owner's

27  birth month or the appropriate renewal period if the owner is

28  not a natural person. This validation sticker shall be placed

29  on the upper left corner of the license plate and shall be

30  issued one time during the life of the license plate, or upon

31  request when it has been damaged or destroyed.  There shall

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2106
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  1  also be issued with each license plate a serially numbered

  2  validation sticker showing the year of expiration, which

  3  sticker shall be placed on the upper right corner of the

  4  license plate. Such license plate and validation stickers

  5  shall be issued based on the applicant's appropriate renewal

  6  period.  The registration period shall be a period of 12

  7  months, and all expirations shall occur based on the

  8  applicant's appropriate registration period.  A vehicle with

  9  an apportioned registration shall be issued an annual license

10  plate and a cab card that denote the declared gross vehicle

11  weight for each apportioned jurisdiction in which the vehicle

12  is authorized to operate.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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17    Eliminates a requirement that motor vehicle license
      plates be replaced every 5 years.
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