Bill Amendment: FL S0234 | 2019 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Registration and Titling of Vehicles and Vessels
Status: 2019-04-03 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 87 (Ch. 2019-66) [S0234 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0234-Senate_Committee_Amendment_974626.html
Bill Title: Registration and Titling of Vehicles and Vessels
Status: 2019-04-03 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 87 (Ch. 2019-66) [S0234 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0234-Senate_Committee_Amendment_974626.html
Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 234 Ì974626>Î974626 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Infrastructure and Security (Baxley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Effective September 1, 2020, paragraph (a) of 6 subsection (1) and subsection (5) of section 320.055, Florida 7 Statutes, are amended to read: 8 320.055 Registration periods; renewal periods.—The 9 following registration periods and renewal periods are 10 established: 11 (1)(a) For a motor vehicle subject to registration under s. 12 320.08(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) or (b), (5)(b), (c), (d), or (f), 13 (6)(a), (7), (8), (9), or (10) and owned by a natural person, 14 the registration period begins the first day of the birth month 15 of the owner and ends the last day of the month immediately 16 preceding the owner’s birth month in the succeeding year. If 17 such vehicle is registered in the name of more than one person, 18 the birth month of the person whose name first appears on the 19 registration shall be used to determine the registration period. 20 For a vehicle subject to this registration period, the renewal 21 period is the 30-day period ending at midnight on the vehicle 22 owner’s date of birth. 23 (5) For a vehicle subject to apportioned registration under 24 s. 320.08(4)(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), 25 (m), or (n)s. 320.08(4), (5)(a)1. or,(e), (6)(b), or (14), the 26 registration period shall be a period of 12 months beginning in 27 a month designated by the department and ending on the last day 28 of the 12th month. For a vehicle subject to this registration 29 period, the renewal period is the last month of the registration 30 period. The registration period may be shortened or extended at 31 the discretion of the department, on receipt of the appropriate 32 prorated fees, in order to evenly distribute such registrations 33 on a monthly basis. For a vehicle subject to nonapportioned 34 registration under s. 320.08(4)(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), 35 (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), or (n)s. 320.08(4), (5)(a)1., (6)(b), 36 or (14), the registration period begins December 1 and ends 37 November 30. The renewal period is the 31-day period beginning 38 December 1. 39 Section 2. Beginning September 1, 2020, in order to 40 implement the changes made by this act to s. 320.055, Florida 41 Statutes, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 42 shall develop methodology to prorate motor vehicle registration 43 renewal fees. The methodology must give customers the option to 44 renew their registrations on their dates of birth in 2021 or 45 2022. Customers whose dates of birth occur in the months of 46 January through June may choose to renew for 1 to 18 months. 47 Customers whose dates of birth occur in the months of July 48 through December may choose to renew for 7 to 24 months. 49 Proration is limited to the renewal of an unexpired registration 50 or a registration that has been expired for not more than 30 51 days. 52 Section 3. Subsection (7) of section 320.0609, Florida 53 Statutes, is amended to read: 54 320.0609 Transfer and exchange of registration license 55 plates; transfer fee.— 56 (7) A surviving spouse of a registered owner of any motor 57 vehicle may, upon presenting the death certificate or electronic 58 file of death records maintained by the Department of Health, 59 request a registration certificate and transfer of the 60 registration license plate. 61 Section 4. Effective September 1, 2020, paragraph (a) of 62 subsection (2) of section 320.07, Florida Statutes, is amended 63 to read: 64 320.07 Expiration of registration; renewal required; 65 penalties.— 66 (2) Registration shall be renewed semiannually, annually, 67 or biennially, as provided in this subsection, during the 68 applicable renewal period, upon payment of the applicable 69 license tax amounts required by s. 320.08, service charges 70 required by s. 320.04, and any additional fees required by law. 71 (a) Any person who owns a motor vehicle registered under s. 72 320.08(4)(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m) 73 or (n)s. 320.08(4), (6)(b), or (13) may register semiannually 74 as provided in s. 320.0705. 75 Section 5. Effective September 1, 2020, subsection (1) of 76 section 320.0705, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 77 320.0705 Semiannual registration or renewal for certain 78 vehicles.— 79 (1) The owner of a motor vehicle taxed under s. 320.08(4) 80 (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m) or (n)s.81320.08(4)or (6)(b) may register his or her vehicle 82 semiannually, if the amount of license tax due annually is more 83 than $100 and the vehicle registration fee is not required to be 84 apportioned, upon payment of a fee of $2.50 for each semiannual 85 registration. 86 Section 6. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 87 328.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 88 328.01 Application for certificate of title.— 89 (3) 90 (c) In making application for transfer of title from a 91 deceased titled owner, the new owner or surviving coowner shall 92 establish proof of ownership by submitting with the application 93 the original certificate of title and the decedent’s probated 94 last will and testament or letters of administration appointing 95 the personal representative of the decedent. In lieu of a 96 probated last will and testament or letters of administration, a 97 copy of the decedent’s death certificate or electronic file of 98 death records maintained by the Department of Health, a copy of 99 the decedent’s last will and testament, and an affidavit by the 100 decedent’s surviving spouse or heirs affirming rights of 101 ownership may be accepted by the department. If the decedent 102 died intestate, a court order awarding the ownership of the 103 vessel or an affidavit by the decedent’s surviving spouse or 104 heirs establishing or releasing all rights of ownership and a 105 copy of the decedent’s death certificate shall be submitted to 106 the department. 107 Section 7. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 108 act, this act shall take effect January 1, 2020. 109 110 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 111 And the title is amended as follows: 112 Delete everything before the enacting clause 113 and insert: 114 A bill to be entitled 115 An act relating to registration and titling of 116 vehicles and vessels; amending s. 320.055, F.S.; 117 revising registration periods for certain vehicles; 118 requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 119 Vehicles to develop methodology to prorate motor 120 vehicle renewal registration fees for certain 121 registrations; requiring the methodology to give 122 customers certain renewal options; amending s. 123 320.0609, F.S.; authorizing the surviving spouse of a 124 motor vehicle owner to present certain electronic 125 death records when requesting a registration 126 certificate and license plate transfer; amending ss. 127 320.07 and 320.0705, F.S.; conforming provisions to 128 changes made by the act; amending s. 328.01, F.S.; 129 authorizing a new owner or surviving coowner of a 130 vessel to submit certain electronic death records when 131 applying for transfer of title; providing effective 132 dates.