Florida HB 1011: Vacation Rentals

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HB 1011 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety 2
and Motor Vehicles fees; amending s. 319.324, F.S.; 3
authorizing the tax collector to retain a certain 4
expedited service fee; amending s. 320.031, F.S.; 5
revising the determination of a certain handling 6
charge; requiring the tax collector to determine 7
certain costs; amending ss. 320.072, 320.08056, 8
322.051, and 322.14, F.S.; authorizing the tax 9
collector to retain certain vehicle registration 10
service charges, specialty license plate processing 11
fees, and additional fees for identification cards, 12
respectively; amending s. 322.20, F.S.; authorizing 13
the processing entity to retain certain record fees; 14
amending s. 322.21, F.S.; requiring a certain amount 15
of replacement driver license and renewal and 16
replacement identification card fees to be remitted to 17
the tax collector; requiring a specified fee to cover 18
the actual costs of any required criminal history 19
check; requiring the tax collector to retain a certain 20
amount of such fee; increasing the amount of certain 21
driver license reinstatement fees to be remitted to or 22
retained by the tax collector; requiring the 23
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 24
remit certain driver license reinstatement fees to the 25

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tax collector; amending ss. 322.29, 324.0221, and 26
324.071, F.S.; authorizing the processing entity or 27
tax collector to retain certain driver license 28
reinstatement fees; providing an effective date. 29
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 31
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 319.324, Florida 33
Statutes, is amended to read: 34
319.324 Odometer fraud prevention and detection; funding.— 35
(1) Moneys received by the department pursuant to s. 36
319.32(1) in the amount of $1 for each original certificate of 37
title, each duplicate copy of a certificate of title, and each 38
assignment by a lienholder shall be deposited into the Highway 39
Safety Operating Trust Fund. There shall also be deposited into 40
the fund moneys received by the department pursuant to s. 41
319.323 in the amount of $5 for each expedited service performed 42
by the department for which a fee is assessed. If the expedited 43
service is performed by the tax collector, the expedited service 44
fee shall be retained by the tax collector, less the general 45
revenue service charge set forth in s. 215.20(1). 46
Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 320.031, Florida 47
Statutes, is amended to read: 48
320.031 Mailing of registration certificates, license 49
plates, and validation stickers.— 50

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(2) A mail service charge may be collected for each 51
registration certificate, license plate, mobile home sticker, 52
and validation sticker mailed by the department or any tax 53
collector. Each registration certificate, license plate, mobile 54
home sticker, and validation sticker shall be mailed by first-55
class mail unless otherwise requested by the applicant. The 56
amount of the mail service charge shall be the actual postage 57
required, rounded to the nearest 5 cents, plus the actual 58
handling cost or actual envelope cost as determined by the tax 59
collector a 25-cent handling charge. The mail service charge is 60
in addition to the service charge provided by s. 320.04. All 61
charges collected by the department under this section shall be 62
deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. 63
Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 320.072, Florida 64
Statutes, is amended to read: 65
320.072 Additional fee imposed on certain motor vehicle 66
registration transactions.— 67
(4) A tax collector or other authorized agent of the 68
department shall promptly remit all moneys collected pursuant to 69
this section, less a retained service charge of 14.3 percent and 70
any refunds granted pursuant to subsection (3), to the 71
department. The department shall deposit 85.7 percent of such 72
moneys into the State Transportation Trust Fund and 14.3 percent 73
into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. Notwithstanding 74
any other law, the moneys deposited into the State 75

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Transportation Trust Fund pursuant to this subsection shall be 76
used by the Department of Transportation for the following: 77
(a) The Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network 78
establish