Florida SB 1358: Valuation of Timeshare Real Property

Bill Text

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Fees for Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Services 
2026-01-07T09:32:06Z 
Providing that an expedited service fee, less a specified charge, is retained by the tax collector under certain circumstances; providing that a specified percentage of certain fees imposed on motor vehicle registration transactions are retained by the tax collector or other authorized agent of the department rather than deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; providing that a processing fee for specialty license plate requests is retained by the tax collector, less a specified charge, rather than deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; providing that certain fees relating to specified symbols exhibited on identification cards and driver licenses, respectively, are retained by the tax collector, less a specified charge, rather than deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, etc. 
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2026 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1358 

 By Senator Trumbull 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to fees for Department of Highway 
 3 Safety and Motor Vehicles services; amending s. 
 4 319.324, F.S.; providing that an expedited service 
 5 fee, less a specified charge, is retained by the tax 
 6 collector under certain circumstances; amending s. 
 7 320.031, F.S.; providing that a certain mail service 
 8 charge includes certain actual costs as determined by 
 9 the department or a tax collector, rather than a 
 10 specified amount; amending s. 320.072, F.S.; providing 
 11 that a specified percentage of certain fees imposed on 
 12 motor vehicle registration transactions are retained 
 13 by the tax collector or other authorized agent of the 
 14 department rather than deposited into the Highway 
 15 Safety Operating Trust Fund; amending s. 320.08056, 
 16 F.S.; providing that a processing fee for specialty 
 17 license plate requests is retained by the tax 
 18 collector, less a specified charge, rather than 
 19 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust 
 20 Fund; amending ss. 322.051 and 322.14, F.S.; providing 
 21 that certain fees relating to specified symbols 
 22 exhibited on identification cards and driver licenses, 
 23 respectively, are retained by the tax collector, less 
 24 a specified charge, rather than deposited into the 
 25 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; amending s. 
 26 322.20, F.S.; providing that certain record fees are 
 27 retained by clerks of court and tax collectors, less a 
 28 specified charge, rather than remitted to the 
 29 department within a specified timeframe; amending s. 
 30 322.21, F.S.; requiring that specified portions of 
 31 fees for replacement driver licenses, renewal 
 32 identification cards, and replacement identification 
 33 cards be retained by or remitted to the tax collector, 
 34 less a specified charge, rather than deposited into 
 35 the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; providing 
 36 that fees relating to hazardous-materials endorsements 
 37 are retained by the tax collector rather than 
 38 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust 
 39 Fund; requiring that a portion of certain fees for 
 40 reinstatement of driver licenses be retained by the 
 41 tax collector, less a specified charge, rather than 
 42 deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust 
 43 Fund; requiring the department to collect and remit 
 44 certain fees, less a specified charge, to the tax 
 45 collector rather than collecting and depositing such 
 46 fees into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; 
 47 amending s. 322.29, F.S.; requiring that certain 
 48 service fees relating to license reinstatement be 
 49 retained by the clerk of court or tax collector who 
 50 reinstated the license, rather than partially remitted 
 51 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 
 52 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; amending s. 
 53 324.0221, F.S.; providing that certain fees are 
 54 collected by the Department of Highway Safety and 
 55 Motor Vehicles or the tax collector; requiring the tax 
 56 collector to retain such collected fees, less a 
 57 specified charge, and distribute a specified portion 
 58 of such fees to a certain local governmental entity or 
 59 state agency under certain circumstances; amending s. 
 60 324.071, F.S.; authorizing payment of a certain 
 61 reinstatement fee to a tax collector; providing that 
 62 such fee is retained by the processing entity, less a 
 63 specified charge; providing an effective date. 
 64 
 65 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 66 
 67 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 319.324, Florida 
 68 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 69 319.324 Odometer fraud prevention and detection; funding.— 
 70 (1) Moneys received by the department pursuant to s. 
 71 319.32(1) in the amount of $1 for each original certificate of 
 72 title, each duplicate copy of a certif