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Florida House Bill H0371

Florida 2022 Regular Session

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1010 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
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to fees; amending s. 320.031, F.S.; 2
1616 authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 3
1717 Vehicles and tax collectors to use United States mail 4
1818 service to deliver registration certificate cards; 5
1919 authorizing the department to collect a mail service 6
2020 charge for mailed registration certificate cards; 7
2121 requiring registration certificate cards to be mailed 8
2222 by first-class mail under certain circumstances; 9
2323 amending s. 320.04, F.S.; imposing a specified service 10
24-charge for the original or duplicate issuance or 11
25-transfer of a registration certificate card; amending 12
26-s. 320.0609, F.S.; specifying a transfer fee for the 13
27-issuance of a new registration certificate c ard under 14
28-certain circumstances; providing a contingent 15
29-effective date. 16
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31-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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33- Section 1. Section 320.031, Florida Statutes, is amended 20
34-to read: 21
35- 320.031 Mailing of registration certificates, registration 22
36-certificate cards, license plates, and validation stickers. — 23
37- (1) The department and the tax collectors of the several 24
38-counties of the state may at the request of the applicant use 25
24+charge for the transfer or duplicate issuance of a 11
25+registration certificate card; amending s. 320.0609, 12
26+F.S.; specifying a transfer fee for the issuance of a 13
27+new registration certificate card under ce rtain 14
28+circumstances; providing a contingent effective date. 15
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30+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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32+ Section 1. Section 320.031, Florida Statutes, is amended 19
33+to read: 20
34+ 320.031 Mailing of registration certificates, registration 21
35+certificate cards, license plates, and validation stickers. — 22
36+ (1) The department and the tax collectors of the several 23
37+counties of the state may at the request of the applicant use 24
38+United States mail service to deliver registration certificates 25
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4747 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
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51-United States mail service to deliver registration certificates 26
52-and registration certificate cards and renewals thereof, license 27
53-plates, mobile home stickers, and validation stickers to 28
54-applicants. 29
55- (2) A mail service charge may be collected for each 30
56-registration certificate, registration certificate card, license 31
57-plate, mobile home sticker, and validation sticker mailed by the 32
58-department or any tax collector. Each registration certificate, 33
59-registration certificate card, license plate, mobile home 34
60-sticker, and validation sticker shall be mailed by first -class 35
61-mail unless otherwise requested by the applicant. The amount of 36
62-the mail service charge shall be the actual postage required, 37
63-rounded to the nearest 5 cents, plus a 25 -cent handling charge. 38
64-The mail service charge is in addition to the service charge 39
65-provided by s. 320.04. All charges collected by the department 40
66-under this section shall be deposited into the Highway Safety 41
67-Operating Trust Fund. 42
68- Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 43
69-320.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 44
70- 320.04 Registration service charge.— 45
71- (1)(a) A service charge of $2.50 shall be imposed on each 46
72-application that is handled in connection with original 47
73-issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of a license plate, 48
74-mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transf er or 49
75-duplicate issuance of a registration certificate. A service 50
51+and registration certificate cards and renewals thereof, license 26
52+plates, mobile home stickers, and validation stickers to 27
53+applicants. 28
54+ (2) A mail service charge may be collected for each 29
55+registration certificate, registration certificate card, license 30
56+plate, mobile home sticker, and validation sticker mailed by the 31
57+department or any tax collector. Each registration certificate, 32
58+registration certificate card, license plate, mobile home 33
59+sticker, and validation sticker shall be mailed by first -class 34
60+mail unless otherwise requested by the applicant. The amount of 35
61+the mail service charge shall be the actual postage required, 36
62+rounded to the nearest 5 cents, plus a 25 -cent handling charge. 37
63+The mail service charge is in addition to the service charge 38
64+provided by s. 320.04. All charges collected by the department 39
65+under this section shall be deposited into the Highway Safety 40
66+Operating Trust Fund. 41
67+ Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 42
68+320.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 43
69+ 320.04 Registration servic e charge.— 44
70+ (1)(a) A service charge of $2.50 shall be imposed on each 45
71+application that is handled in connection with original 46
72+issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of a license plate, 47
73+mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transfer or 48
74+duplicate issuance of a registration certificate or a 49
75+registration certificate card . This service charge shall be 50
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88-charge of $2.50 shall be imposed on each original or duplicate 51
89-issuance or transfer of a registration certificate card. A This 52
90-service charge under this paragraph shall be retained by the 53
91-department or by the tax collector, as the case may be, as other 54
92-fees accruing to those offices. 55
93- Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 56
94-320.0609, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 57
95- 320.0609 Transfer and exchange of registration licens e 58
96-plates; transfer fee. — 59
97- (5) For a transfer or exchange other than one specified in 60
98-paragraph (2)(b), the following provisions apply: 61
99- (a) If the replacement motor vehicle requires the same 62
100-amount of license tax under s. 320.08 as the original vehicle to 63
101-be replaced, no additional tax other than the transfer fee of 64
102-$4.50, accompanied by an application for transfer on a form 65
103-supplied by the department, is required to transfer or exchange 66
104-a registration license plate for use on a replacement vehicle 67
105-for the duration of a current registration period and to issue a 68
106-new certificate of registration and, at the request of the 69
107-owner, a new registration certificate card . 70
108- Section 4. This act shall t ake effect on the same date 71
109-that HB 369 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 72
110-legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 73
111-extension thereof and becomes a law. 74
88+retained by the department or by the tax collector, as the case 51
89+may be, as other fees accruing to those offices. 52
90+ Section 3. Paragraph (a) of s ubsection (5) of section 53
91+320.0609, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 54
92+ 320.0609 Transfer and exchange of registration license 55
93+plates; transfer fee. — 56
94+ (5) For a transfer or exchange other than one specified in 57
95+paragraph (2)(b), the following provisions apply: 58
96+ (a) If the replacement motor vehicle requires the same 59
97+amount of license tax under s. 320.08 as the original vehicle to 60
98+be replaced, no additional tax other than the transfer fee of 61
99+$4.50, accompanied by an application for transfer on a form 62
100+supplied by the department, is required to transfer or exchange 63
101+a registration license plate for use on a replacement vehicle 64
102+for the duration of a current registration period and to issue a 65
103+new certificate of registration and, at the request of the 66
104+owner, a new registration certificate card . 67
105+ Section 4. This act shall take effect on the same date 68
106+that HB 369 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 69
107+legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 70
108+extension thereof and becomes a law. 71