Title: Vehicle and Vessel Registration Data and Functionality

Summary: Requires tax collector to determine service charges collected by privately owned license plate agents for motor vehicle titles & registrations & for vessel titles & registrations; requires license plate agent to enter into contract with tax collector; specifies tax collection systems for which certain fees may be used for integration with Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System; requires DHSMV to provide tax collectors & their approved vendors with same data access & interface functionality as provided to other third parties; specifies authorized uses for such data & functionality; requires tax collectors & their approved license plate agents to enter into memorandum of understanding with DHSMV.

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An act relating to vehicle and vessel registration data and functionality; amending s. 319.32, F.S.; requiring the tax collector to determine service charges collected by privately owned license plate agents for motor vehicle titles; requiring a license plate agent to enter into a contract with the tax collector; amending s. 320.03, F.S.; specifying tax collection systems for which certain fees may be used for integration with the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide tax collectors and their approved vendors with the same data access and interface functionality as provided to other third parties; specifying authorized uses for such data and functionality; requiring tax collectors and their approved license plate agents to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department; amending s. 320.04, F.S.; requiring the ta xcollector to determine service charges collected by privately owned license plate agents for motor vehicle registrations; requiring a license plate agent to enter into a contract with the tax collector; amending s. 328.72, F.S.; requiring the tax collect or to determine service charges collected by privately owned CS/CS/HB 2020 license plate agents for vessel registrations and titles; requiring a license plate agent to enter into a contract with the tax collector; amending s. 328.73, F.S.; requiring the department to pr ovide tax collectors and their approved vendors with the same data access and interface functionality as provided to other third parties; specifying authorized uses for such data and functionality; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Leg islature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of section 319.32, Florida Statutes, to read: 319.32 Fees; service charges; disposition.-(2) (c) In exercising his or her authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the additional service charges that shall be collected by privately owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer. The license plate agent shall enter into a contract with the tax collector regarding the disclosure of additional service charges. Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 320.03, Florida CS/CS/HB 2020 Statutes, is amended to read: 320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors; International Registration Plan.-(5) In addition to the fees required under s. 320.08, a fee of cents shall be charged on every license registration sold to cover the costs of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System. The fees collected shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund to be used exclusively to fund the system. The fee may only be used to fund the system equipment, software, personnel associated with the maintenance and programming of the system, and networks used in the offic es of the county tax collectors as agents of the department and the ancillary technology necessary to integrate the system with other tax collection systems. Other tax collection systems may include technology systems provided by vendors contracted with the tax collector for in-person transactions of motor vehicle and mobile home registration certificates, registration license plates, and validation stickers and online motor vehicle and mobile home registration renewals and validation stickers. For purposes of this subsection, other tax collection systems do not include electronic filing systems pursuant to s. 320.03(10). Upon a tax collector's request, the department shall provide the tax collector and his or her approved vendors with the same data access a nd interface functionality that other third parties receive from the department, including, but not limited to, bulk CS/CS/HB 2020 data for vehicle registrations and each applicant's current residential address and electronic mail address collected pursuant to s. 320.95.Such data and functionality may be used only for purposes of fulfilling the tax collector's statutory duties and may not be resold or used for any other purpose. The department shall administer this program upon consultation with the Florida Tax Collecto rs, Inc., to ensure that each county tax collector's office is technologically equipped and functional for the operation of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information System and that tax collectors' approved vendors protect customer privacy and data collect ion. Tax collectors and their approved license plate agents shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department regarding use of the Florida Real Time Vehicle Information system in accordance with paragraph (4)(b).Any designated revenue col lected to support functions of the county tax collectors and not used in a given year must remain exclusively in the trust fund as a carryover to the following year. Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 320.04, Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsec tion (4), and a new subsection (3) is added to that section to read: 320.04 Registration service charge.-(3) In exercising his or her authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the additional service charges th at shall be collected by privately CS/CS/HB 2020 owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer. The license plate agent shall enter into a contract with the tax collector regarding the disclosure of ad ditional service charges. Section 4. Subsection (7) of section 328.72, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 328.72 Classification; registration; fees and charges; surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers.-(7) SERVICE FEE.-(a) In addition to other registration fees, the vessel owner shall pay the tax collector a $2.25 service fee for each registration issued, replaced, or renewed. Except as provided in subsection (15), all fees, other than the service charge, collected by a tax collector must be remitted to the department not later than working days following the last day of the week in which the money was remitted. Vessels may travel in salt water or fresh water. (b) In exercising his or her authority to contract with a license plate agent, the tax collector shall determine the additional service charges that shall be collected by privately owned license plate agents approved by the tax collector and shall be fully itemized and disclosed to the customer. The license plat eagent shall enter into a contract with the tax collector regarding the disclosure of additional service CS/CS/HB 2020 charges. Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 328.73, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 328.73 Registration; duties of tax collectors.-(1) The tax collectors in the counties of the state, as authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration certificates and vessel numbers and decals to applicants, subject to the requirements of law and in accordance with rules of the department. Other tax collection systems may include technology systems provided by vendors contracted with the tax collector for in-person and online vessel registration certificates and vessel numbers and decals. Upon a tax collector's request, the department shall provide the tax collector and his or her approved vendors with the same data access and interface functionality that other third parties receive from the department, including, but not limited to, bulk data for vessel registrations and each applicant's cu rrent residential address and electronic mail address collected pursuant to s. 320.95. Such data and functionality may be used only for purposes of fulfilling the tax collector's statutory duties and may not be resold or used for any other purpose. Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.