Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 576 Ì6967148Î696714 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Transportation (Gibson) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 14 - 48 4 and insert: 5 SB 574, 2022 Regular Session, is amended to read: 6 320.031 Mailing of registration certificates, registration 7 certificate cards, license plates, and validation stickers.— 8 (1) The department and the tax collectors of the several 9 counties of thisthestate may at the request of the applicant 10 use United States mail service to deliver registration 11 certificates and registration certificate cards and renewals 12 thereof, license plates, mobile home stickers, and validation 13 stickers to applicants. 14 (2) A mail service charge may be collected for each 15 registration certificate, registration certificate card, license 16 plate, mobile home sticker, and validation sticker mailed by the 17 department or any tax collector. Each registration certificate, 18 registration certificate card, license plate, mobile home 19 sticker, and validation sticker shall be mailed by first-class 20 mail unless otherwise requested by the applicant. The amount of 21 the mail service charge shall be the actual postage required, 22 rounded to the nearest 5 cents, plus a 25-cent handling charge. 23 The mail service charge is in addition to the service charge 24 provided by s. 320.04. All charges collected by the department 25 under this section shall be deposited into the Highway Safety 26 Operating Trust Fund. 27 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 28 320.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 29 320.04 Registration service charge.— 30 (1)(a) A service charge of $2.50 shall be imposed on each 31 application that is handled in connection with original 32 issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of a license plate, 33 mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transfer or 34 duplicate issuance of a registration certificate. A service 35 charge of $2.50 shall be imposed on each original or duplicate 36 issuance or transfer of a registration certificate card. AThis37 service charge under this paragraph shall be retained by the 38 department or by the tax collector, as the case may be, as other 39 fees accruing to those offices. 40 Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that 41 SB 574 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation 42 43 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 44 And the title is amended as follows: 45 Delete lines 7 - 8 46 and insert: 47 original or duplicate issuance or transfer of a 48 registration certificate card; providing for the 49 retention of the service charge; providing a 50 contingent effective