Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1086
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
       36-01596-20                                           20201086__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to vehicle and vessel registration
    3         data and functionality; amending ss. 320.03 and
    4         328.73, F.S.; requiring the Department of Highway
    5         Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide tax collectors
    6         and their approved agents and vendors with real-time
    7         access to certain vehicle and vessel registration data
    8         and functionality in the same manner as provided to
    9         other third parties; authorizing the department to
   10         require a memorandum of understanding; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
   16  320.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
   18  International Registration Plan.—
   19         (4)
   20         (b) The Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System shall
   21  be installed in every tax collector’s and license tag agent’s
   22  office in accordance with a schedule established by the
   23  department in consultation with the tax collectors and
   24  contingent upon funds being made available for the system by the
   25  state. For the purpose of enhancing customer services provided
   26  by tax collectors on behalf of the department, the department
   27  shall provide tax collectors and their approved agents and
   28  vendors with real-time access to the same data and functionality
   29  that all other third parties receive from the department related
   30  to motor vehicle and mobile home registration certificates,
   31  registration license plates, and validation stickers, including,
   32  but not limited to, each applicant’s current residential address
   33  and each applicant’s current electronic mail address collected
   34  pursuant to s. 320.95. The department may require a tax
   35  collector’s approved agent or vendor that requests data or
   36  functionality pursuant to this paragraph to enter into a
   37  memorandum of understanding, which may not be more restrictive
   38  than any memorandum of understanding between the department and
   39  any other third-party vendor.
   40         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 328.73, Florida
   41  Statutes, is amended to read:
   42         328.73 Registration; duties of tax collectors.—
   43         (1) The tax collectors in the counties of the state, as
   44  authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration
   45  certificates and vessel numbers and decals to applicants,
   46  subject to the requirements of law and in accordance with rules
   47  of the department. For the purpose of enhancing customer
   48  services provided by tax collectors on behalf of the department,
   49  the department shall provide tax collectors and their approved
   50  agents and vendors with real-time access to the same data and
   51  functionality that all other third parties receive from the
   52  department related to vessel registration certificates and
   53  vessel numbers and decals, including, but not limited to, each
   54  applicant’s current residential address and each applicant’s
   55  current electronic mail address collected pursuant to s. 328.30.
   56  The department may require a tax collector’s approved agent or
   57  vendor that requests data or functionality pursuant to this
   58  subsection to enter into a memorandum of understanding, which
   59  may not be more restrictive than any memorandum of understanding
   60  between the department and any other third-party vendor.
   61         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.