| 18 | | - | owned by a natural person; requiring the Department of 5 |
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| 19 | | - | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, beginning on a 6 |
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| 20 | | - | specified date, to give customers the option to renew 7 |
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| 21 | | - | their registrations on their dates of birth in certain 8 |
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| 22 | | - | years; specifying permissible renewal peri ods for such 9 |
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| 23 | | - | renewals; providing an effective date. 10 |
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| 24 | | - | 11 |
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| 25 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 |
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| 26 | | - | 13 |
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| 27 | | - | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection 14 |
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| 28 | | - | (2) of section 320.055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 15 |
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| 29 | | - | 320.055 Registration periods; renewal periods. —The 16 |
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| 30 | | - | following registration periods and renewal periods are 17 |
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| 31 | | - | established: 18 |
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| 32 | | - | (1)(a) For a motor vehicle subject to registration under 19 |
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| 33 | | - | s. 320.08(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) or (b), (5)(b), (c), (d), or (f), 20 |
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| 34 | | - | (6)(a), (7), (8), (9), or (10), or (11) and owned by a natural 21 |
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| 35 | | - | person, the registration period begins the first day of the 22 |
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| 36 | | - | birth month of the owner and ends the last day of the month 23 |
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| 37 | | - | immediately preceding the owner's birth month in the succeeding 24 |
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| 38 | | - | year. If such vehicle is registered in the name of more than one 25 |
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| 18 | + | owned by a natural person; providing an effective 5 |
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| 19 | + | date. 6 |
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| 20 | + | 7 |
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| 21 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 22 | + | 9 |
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| 23 | + | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection 10 |
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| 24 | + | (2) of section 320.055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 11 |
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| 25 | + | 320.055 Registration periods; renewal periods. —The 12 |
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| 26 | + | following registration periods and renewal periods are 13 |
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| 27 | + | established: 14 |
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| 28 | + | (1)(a) For a motor vehicle subject to registration under 15 |
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| 29 | + | s. 320.08(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) or (b), (5)(b), (c), (d), or (f), 16 |
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| 30 | + | (6)(a), (7), (8), (9), or (10), or (11) and owned by a natural 17 |
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| 31 | + | person, the registration period begins the first day of the 18 |
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| 32 | + | birth month of the owner and ends the last day of the month 19 |
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| 33 | + | immediately preceding the owner's birth month in the succeeding 20 |
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| 34 | + | year. If such vehicle is regist ered in the name of more than one 21 |
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| 35 | + | person, the birth month of the person whose name first appears 22 |
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| 36 | + | on the registration shall be used to determine the registration 23 |
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| 37 | + | period. For a vehicle subject to this registration period, the 24 |
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| 38 | + | renewal period is the 30 -day period ending at midnight on the 25 |
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| 51 | | - | person, the birth month of the person whose name first appears 26 |
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| 52 | | - | on the registration shall be used to determine the registration 27 |
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| 53 | | - | period. For a vehicle subject to this registration period, the 28 |
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| 54 | | - | renewal period is the 30 -day period ending at midnight on the 29 |
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| 55 | | - | vehicle owner's date of birth. 30 |
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| 56 | | - | (2) For a vehicle subject to registration under s. 31 |
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| 57 | | - | 320.08(11) and not owned by a natural person , the registration 32 |
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| 58 | | - | period begins January 1 and ends December 31. For a vehicle 33 |
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| 59 | | - | subject to this registr ation period, the renewal period is the 34 |
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| 60 | | - | 31-day period before prior to expiration. 35 |
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| 61 | | - | Section 2. Beginning September 1, 2023, in order to 36 |
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| 62 | | - | implement the amendment made by this act to s. 320.055, Florida 37 |
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| 63 | | - | Statutes, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor V ehicles 38 |
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| 64 | | - | shall give customers the option to renew their registrations on 39 |
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| 65 | | - | their dates of birth in 2024 or 2025. Customers whose dates of 40 |
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| 66 | | - | birth occur in the months of January through June may choose to 41 |
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| 67 | | - | renew for 1 to 18 months. Customers whose dates of birth occur 42 |
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| 68 | | - | in the months of July through December may choose to renew for 7 43 |
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| 69 | | - | to 24 months. 44 |
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| 70 | | - | Section 3. This act shall take effect September 1, 2023. 45 |
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| 51 | + | vehicle owner's date of birth. 26 |
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| 52 | + | (2) For a vehicle subject to registration under s. 27 |
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| 53 | + | 320.08(11) and not owned by a natural person , the registration 28 |
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| 54 | + | period begins January 1 and ends December 31. For a vehicle 29 |
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| 55 | + | subject to this registration period, the renewal period is the 30 |
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| 56 | + | 31-day period before prior to expiration. 31 |
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| 57 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 32 |
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