Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 342
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/05/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Diaz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 35 - 98
    4  and insert:
    5         (c) If a tax collector elects to exercise his or her
    6  authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax
    7  collector may determine additional service charges to be
    8  collected by the privately owned license plate agents approved
    9  by the tax collector. Additional service charges must be fully
   10  itemized and disclosed to the person paying the service charges
   11  to the license plate agent. The license plate agent shall enter
   12  into a contract with the tax collector regarding the disclosure
   13  of additional service charges.
   14         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 320.03, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
   17  International Registration Plan.—
   18         (5) In addition to the fees required under s. 320.08, a fee
   19  of 50 cents shall be charged on every license registration sold
   20  to cover the costs of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information
   21  System. The fees collected shall be deposited into the Highway
   22  Safety Operating Trust Fund to be used exclusively to fund the
   23  system. The fee may only be used to fund the system equipment,
   24  software, personnel associated with the maintenance and
   25  programming of the system, and networks used in the offices of
   26  the county tax collectors as agents of the department and the
   27  ancillary technology necessary to integrate the system with
   28  other tax collection systems. The department shall administer
   29  this program upon consultation with the Florida Tax Collectors,
   30  Inc., to ensure that each county tax collector’s office is
   31  technologically equipped and functional for the operation of the
   32  Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System. Tax collectors and
   33  their approved license plate agents shall enter into a
   34  memorandum of understanding with the department regarding use of
   35  the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System in accordance
   36  with paragraph (4)(b). Any designated revenue collected to
   37  support functions of the county tax collectors and not used in a
   38  given year must remain exclusively in the trust fund as a
   39  carryover to the following year.
   40         Section 3. Present subsection (3) of section 320.04,
   41  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (4), and a new
   42  subsection (3) is added to that section, to read:
   43         320.04 Registration service charge.—
   44         (3) If a tax collector elects to exercise his or her
   45  authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax
   46  collector may determine additional service charges to be
   47  collected by privately owned license plate agents approved by
   48  the tax collector. Additional service charges must be fully
   49  itemized and disclosed to the person paying the service charges
   50  to the license plate agent. The license plate agent shall enter
   51  into a contract with the tax collector regarding the disclosure
   52  of additional service charges.
   53         Section 4. Subsection (7) of section 328.72, Florida
   54  Statutes, is amended to read:
   55         328.72 Classification; registration; fees and charges;
   56  surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers.—
   57         (7) SERVICE FEE.—
   58         (a) In addition to other registration fees, the vessel
   59  owner shall pay the tax collector a $2.25 service fee for each
   60  registration issued, replaced, or renewed. Except as provided in
   61  subsection (15), all fees, other than the service charge,
   62  collected by a tax collector must be remitted to the department
   63  not later than 7 working days following the last day of the week
   64  in which the money was remitted. Vessels may travel in salt
   65  water or fresh water.
   66         (b)If a tax collector elects to exercise his or her
   67  authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax
   68  collector may determine additional service charges to be
   69  collected by privately
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   71  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   72  And the title is amended as follows:
   73         Delete lines 3 - 20
   74  and insert:
   75         amending s. 319.32, F.S.; authorizing tax collectors
   76         to determine service charges collected by privately
   77         owned license plate agents for motor vehicle titles;
   78         requiring that additional service charges be itemized
   79         and disclosed to the person paying them; requiring a
   80         license plate agent to enter into a contract with the
   81         tax collector for a certain purpose; amending s.
   82         320.03, F.S.; requiring tax collectors and approved
   83         license plate agents to enter into a memorandum of
   84         understanding with the department for a certain
   85         purpose; amending s. 320.04, F.S.; authorizing the tax
   86         collector to determine service charges collected by
   87         privately owned license plate agents for motor vehicle
   88         registrations; requiring that additional service
   89         charges be itemized and disclosed to the person paying
   90         them; requiring a license plate agent to enter into a
   91         contract with the tax collector for a certain purpose;
   92         amending s. 328.72, F.S.; authorizing the tax
   93         collector