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Florida House Bill H0817

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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 authorized agents of tax 2
1616 collectors; amending s. 320.03, F.S.; requiring a tax 3
1717 collector, upon petition, to appoint a general lines 4
1818 insurance agency as an authorized agent of the tax 5
1919 collector for the purpose of issuing titles, 6
2020 registration certificates, registration license 7
2121 plates, validation stickers, and mobile home stickers; 8
2222 requiring the agency to file a performance bond with 9
2323 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; 10
2424 requiring the agency to provide audited financial 11
2525 statements to the department; authorizing the agency 12
2626 to provide services solely to its customers; limiting 13
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2828 services; requiring the tax collector to authorize the 15
2929 agency to access the electronic filing system; 16
3030 specifying provisions of law to which the agency is 17
3131 subject; authorizing the department to adopt rules; 18
32-providing an appropriation; providing an effective 19
33-date. 20
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35-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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37- Section 1. Subsection (11) is added to section 320.03, 24
38-Florida Statutes, to read: 25
32+providing an effective date. 19
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34+Be It Enacted by the L egislature of the State of Florida: 21
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36+ Section 1. Subsection (11) is added to section 320.03, 23
37+Florida Statutes, to read: 24
38+ 320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors; 25
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51- 320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors; 26
52-International Registration Plan. — 27
53- (11)(a) Upon petitio n by the agent in charge of a general 28
54-lines insurance agency licensed under chapter 626 and appointed 29
55-to write motor vehicle insurance, each tax collector must 30
56-appoint such agency as an authorized agent of the tax collector 31
57-for the purpose of issuing title s, registration certificates, 32
58-registration license plates, validation stickers, and mobile 33
59-home stickers to applicants, excluding issuance of registration 34
60-or trip permits pursuant to s. 320.0715, and providing to 35
61-applicants for each the option to register emergency contact 36
62-information and the option to be contacted with information 37
63-about state and federal benefits available as a result of 38
64-military service, subject to the requirements of law, in 39
65-accordance with rules of the department. 40
66- (b) A general lines insurance agency appointed as an 41
67-authorized agent of a tax collector under this subsection: 42
68- 1. Must file a performance bond of $2 million with the 43
69-department. 44
70- 2. Must provide to the department audited financial 45
71-statements, prepared by a certified publi c accountant licensed 46
72-to practice in this state, for each of the previous 2 years 47
73-demonstrating that the agency has produced policy premium in 48
74-excess of $500 million in each of the previous 2 years. 49
75- 3. Is not required to provide services described in 50
51+International Registration Plan. — 26
52+ (11)(a) Upon petition by the agent in charge of a general 27
53+lines insurance agency licensed under chapter 626 and appointed 28
54+to write motor vehicle insurance, each tax collector must 29
55+appoint such agency as an authorized agent of the tax collector 30
56+for the purpose of issuing titles, registration certificates , 31
57+registration license plates, validation stickers, and mobile 32
58+home stickers to applicants, excluding issuance of registration 33
59+or trip permits pursuant to s. 320.0715, and providing to 34
60+applicants for each the option to register emergency contact 35
61+information and the option to be contacted with information 36
62+about state and federal benefits available as a result of 37
63+military service, subject to the requirements of law, in 38
64+accordance with rules of the department. 39
65+ (b) A general lines insurance agency appointed a s an 40
66+authorized agent of a tax collector under this subsection: 41
67+ 1. Must file a performance bond of $2 million with the 42
68+department. 43
69+ 2. Must provide to the department audited financial 44
70+statements, prepared by a certified public accountant licensed 45
71+to practice in this state, for each of the previous 2 years 46
72+demonstrating that the agency has produced policy premium in 47
73+excess of $500 million in each of the previous 2 years. 48
74+ 3. Is not required to provide services described in 49
75+paragraph (a) to the general pu blic and may choose to provide 50
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88-paragraph (a) to the general public and may choose to provide 51
89-such services solely to its customers in the normal course of 52
90-business. 53
91- 4. May offer such services at no more than five locations 54
92-in each county in which the agency has a branch office. 55
93- 5. Must be authorized by the tax collector pursuant to 56
94-paragraph (10)(c) to access the electronic filing system. 57
95- 6. Is subject to all provisions of law as though such 58
96-agent were a private tag agency or agent, except where the 59
97-context clearly indicates otherwise . 60
98- (c) The department may adopt rules to administer this 61
99-subsection, including, but not limited to, rules establishing 62
100-information that must be contained in the petition to offer 63
101-services under this subsection, information that must be 64
102-contained in the audited financial statements required under 65
103-subparagraph (b)2., and enforcement authority for noncompliance. 66
104- Section 2. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of 67
105-$939,800 in nonrecurring funds from the Highway Safety Operating 68
106-Trust Fund is appropriated to the Department of Highway Safety 69
107-and Motor Vehicles to provide equipment and installation to a 70
108-general lines insurance agency licensed under chapter 626, 71
109-Florida Statutes, and appointed to write motor vehicle insurance 72
110-which has been appointed by a tax collector as an authorized 73
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88+such services solely to its customers in the normal course of 51
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90+ 4. May offer such services at no more than five locations 53
91+in each county in which the agency has a branch office. 54
92+ 5. Must be authorized by the tax co llector pursuant to 55
93+paragraph (10)(c) to access the electronic filing system. 56
94+ 6. Is subject to all provisions of law as though such 57
95+agent were a private tag agency or agent, except where the 58
96+context clearly indicates otherwise. 59
97+ (c) The department may a dopt rules to administer this 60
98+subsection, including, but not limited to, rules establishing 61
99+information that must be contained in the petition to offer 62
100+services under this subsection, information that must be 63
101+contained in the audited financial statements r equired under 64
102+subparagraph (b)2., and enforcement authority for noncompliance. 65
103+ Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 66