F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HBCS/HB 571 2020 A bill to be entitled An act relating to vehicle and vessel registration data and functionality;
amending s.ss.
319.32,320.03 and 328.73, F.S.;
requiring the taxDepartment collectorof toHighway determineSafety serviceand chargesMotor collectedVehicles byto privatelyprovide ownedtax licensecollectors plateand their approved agents forand motorvendors with real-time access to certain vehicle titles;and vessel registration data and functionality in the same manner as provided to other third parties;
requiring a license plate agent to enter into a contract with the tax collector;
amending s.
320.03, F.S.;
specifying tax collection systems for which certain fees may be used for integration with the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System;
requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide tax collectors and their approved vendors with the same data access and interface functionality as provided to other third parties;
specifying authorized uses for such data and functionality;
requiring tax collectors and their approved license plate agents to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department;
amending s.
320.04, F.S.;
requiring the tax collector to determine service charges collected by privately owned license plate agents for motor vehicle registrations;
requiring a license plate agent to enter into a contract with the tax collector;
amending s.
328.72, F.S.;
requiring the tax collector to determine service charges collected by privately owned Page 1 of 6 CODING:
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hb0571-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB 571 2020 license plate agents for vessel registrations and titles;
requiring a license plate agent to enter into a contract with the tax collector;
amending s.
328.73, F.S.;
requiring the department to provide tax collectors and their approved vendors with the same data access and interface functionality as provided to other third parties;
specifying authorized uses for such data and functionality;
Paragraph (c)(b) isof added to subsection (2)(4) of section 319.32,320.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
319.32 Fees;
service charges;
disposition.— (2) (c) In exercising his or her authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the additional service charges that shall be collected by privately owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer.
The license plate agent shall enter into a contract with the tax collector regarding the disclosure of additional service charges.
Section 2.
Subsection (5) of section 320.03, Florida Page 2 of 6 CODING:
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The fees collected shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund to be used exclusively to fund the system.
The fee may only be used to fund the system equipment, software, personnel associated with the maintenance and programming of the system, and networks used in the offices of the county tax collectors as agents of the department and the ancillary technology necessary to integrate the system with other tax collection systems.
Other tax collection systems may include technology systems provided by vendors contracted with the tax collector for in-person transactions of motor vehicle and mobile home registration certificates, registration license plates, and validation stickers and online motor vehicle and mobile home registration renewals and validation stickers.
For purposes of this subsection, other tax collection systems do not include electronic filing systems pursuant to s.
320.03(10).
Upon a tax collector's request, the department shall provide the tax collector and his or her approved vendors with the same data access and interface functionality that other third parties receive from the department, including, but not limited to, bulk Page 3 of 6 CODING:
hb0571-02-c2hb0571-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HBCS/HB 571 2020 vendors with real-time access to the same data forand functionality that all other third parties receive from the department related to motor vehicle registrationsand mobile home registration certificates, registration license plates, and validation stickers, including, but not limited to, each applicant's current residential address and each applicant's current electronic mail address collected pursuant to s.
SuchSection data2. and functionality may be used only for purposes of fulfilling the tax collector's statutory duties and may not be resold or used for any other purpose.
The department shall administer this program upon consultation with the Florida Tax Collectors, Inc., to ensure that each county tax collector's office is technologically equipped and functional for the operation of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System and that tax collectors' approved vendors protect customer privacy and data collection.
Tax collectors and their approved license plate agents shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department regarding use of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information system in accordance with paragraph (4)(b).
Any designated revenue collected to support functions of the county tax collectors and not used in a given year must remain exclusively in the trust fund as a carryover to the following year.
Section 3.
Subsection (3) of section 320.04, Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (4), and a new subsection (3) is added to that section to read:
320.04 Registration service charge.— (3) In exercising his or her authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the additional service charges that shall be collected by privately Page 4 of 6 CODING:
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hb0571-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB 571 2020 owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer.
The license plate agent shall enter into a contract with the tax collector regarding the disclosure of additional service charges.
Section 4.
Subsection (7) of section 328.72, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
328.72 Classification;
registration;
fees and charges;
surcharge;
disposition of fees;
fines;
marine turtle stickers.— (7) SERVICE FEE.— (a) In addition to other registration fees, the vessel owner shall pay the tax collector a $2.25 service fee for each registration issued, replaced, or renewed.
Except as provided in subsection (15), all fees, other than the service charge, collected by a tax collector must be remitted to the department not later than 7 working days following the last day of the week in which the money was remitted.
Vessels may travel in salt water or fresh water.
(b) In exercising his or her authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the additional service charges that shall be collected by privately owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer.
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Section 5.
OtherFor taxthe collectionpurpose systemsof mayenhancing includecustomer technologyservices systems provided by vendorstax contractedcollectors withon behalf of the department, the department shall provide tax collectorcollectors forand in-persontheir approved agents and onlinevendors with real-time access to the same data and functionality that all other third parties receive from the department related to vessel registration certificates and vessel numbers and decals.decals, including, but not limited to, each applicant's current residential address and each applicant's current electronic mail address collected pursuant to s.
Upon328.30. a tax collector's request, the department shall provide the tax collector and his or her approved vendors with the same data access and interface functionality that other third parties receive from the department, including, but not limited to, bulk data for vessel registrations and each applicant's current residential address and electronic mail address collected pursuant to s.
320.95.Section 3.
Such data and functionality may be used only for purposes of fulfilling the tax collector's statutory duties and may not be resold or used for any other purpose.
Section 6.
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