Bill Text: FL S1436 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Vehicle Registration Fees [WPSC]

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Conference Committee [S1436 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1436-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1436 
 
By the Committee on Transportation and Economic Development 
Appropriations; and Senator Fasano 
606-03276-10                                          20101436c1 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to vehicle registration fees and 
3         surcharges; amending s. 320.04, F.S.; revising the 
4         service charge for each application that is handled in 
5         connection with the original issuance, duplicate 
6         issuance, or transfer of any license plate, mobile 
7         home sticker, or validation sticker or with the 
8         transfer or duplicate issuance of a registration 
9         certificate; deleting a provision requiring that a 
10         portion of the charge be deposited into the General 
11         Revenue Fund; amending s. 320.08046, F.S.; revising 
12         the amount of the surcharge that is levied on each 
13         license tax; revising the amount of the surcharge that 
14         is deposited into the General Revenue Fund; amending 
15         s. 320.203, F.S.; providing for certain registrants 
16         who paid biennial fees to receive a credit that is 
17         funded through the General Revenue Fund; providing for 
18         future expiration; providing an effective date. 
19 
20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
21 
22         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 
23  320.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
24         320.04 Registration service charge.— 
25         (1)(a) There shall be a service charge of $2.50 $5 for each 
26  application that which is handled in connection with original 
27  issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of any license plate, 
28  mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transfer or 
29  duplicate issuance of any registration certificate. Of that 
30  amount, $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund, 
31  and the remainder shall be retained by the department or by the 
32  tax collector, as the case may be, as other fees accruing to 
33  those offices. 
34         Section 2. Section 320.08046, Florida Statutes, is amended 
35  to read: 
36         320.08046 Surcharge on license tax.—There is levied on each 
37  license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in 
38  s. 320.08(11), a surcharge in the amount of $2 $5.50, which 
39  shall be collected in the same manner as the license tax. Of the 
40  proceeds of each license tax surcharge, $1 $4.50 shall be 
41  deposited into the General Revenue Fund and $1 shall be 
42  deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the 
43  Department of Juvenile Justice to fund the juvenile crime 
44  prevention programs and the community juvenile justice 
45  partnership grants program. 
46         Section 3. Subsection (3) is added to section 320.203, 
47  Florida Statutes, to read: 
48         320.203 Disposition of biennial license tax moneys.— 
49         (3) Any registrant who was assessed biennial fees pursuant 
50  to chapter 2009-71, Laws of Florida, between September 1, 2009, 
51  and August 31, 2010, shall receive a $6 credit for each vehicle 
52  registration and a $2.50 credit for each mobile home 
53  registration, which shall be applied to the next registration 
54  period. These credits shall be deducted from moneys in the 
55  General Revenue Fund. This subsection expires September 30, 
56  2012. 
57         Section 4. This act shall take effect September 1, 2010.