Bill Text: FL S0718 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Florida Senate Bill 718 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Vessel Registrations

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-26 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 711 (Ch. 2017-28) [S0718 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S0718-Comm_Sub.html

       Florida Senate - 2017                              CS for SB 718
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02449-17                                           2017718c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to vessel registrations; amending s.
    3         328.72, F.S.; revising a reduction of vessel
    4         registration fees for recreational vessels equipped
    5         with certain position indicating and locating beacons;
    6         deleting a registration date limitation; deleting an
    7         expiration date; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsection (18) of section 328.72, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         328.72 Classification; registration; fees and charges;
   14  surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers.—
   15         (18) REDUCED VESSEL REGISTRATION FEE.—
   16         (a) As used in this subsection, the term:
   17         1. “Emergency position-indicating radio beacon” means a
   18  device installed on the vessel being registered that:
   19         a. Transmits distress signals at a frequency between 406.0
   20  and 406.1 MHz;
   21         b. Is manufactured by a company approved to manufacture
   22  beacons by the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme; and
   23         c. Is registered with the United States National Oceanic
   24  and Atmospheric Administration.
   25         2. “Full registration fee amount” means the registration
   26  fee as provided in subsection (1) and not the reduced vessel
   27  registration fee specified in this subsection.
   28         3. “Personal locator beacon” means a device designed to be
   29  carried by an individual that:
   30         a. Transmits distress signals at a frequency between 406.0
   31  and 406.1 MHz;
   32         b. Is manufactured by a company approved to manufacture
   33  beacons by the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme; and
   34         c. Is registered with the United States National Oceanic
   35  and Atmospheric Administration.
   36         (b) The registration certificate fee imposed under
   37  subsection (1) for a recreational vessel equipped with an
   38  emergency position-indicating radio beacon, or for a
   39  recreational vessel the owner of which owns a personal locator
   40  beacon, shall be reduced to the following amounts for each 12
   41  month period registered:
   42         1. Class A-1—$2.95 $4.24.
   43         2. Class A-2—$11.00 $13.77.
   44         3. Class 1—$20.40 $24.83.
   45         4. Class 2—$57.50 $68.56.
   46         5. Class 3—$94.95 $112.31.
   47         6. Class 4—$113.40 $134.41.
   48         7. Class 5—$141.15 $167.11.
   49         (c) A person who owns a personal locator beacon and who
   50  owns more than one recreational vessel qualifies to pay the
   51  reduced fee under paragraph (b) for only one such vessel.
   52         (d) In order to qualify for reduced registration fees under
   53  this subsection, a vessel owner must, at the time of
   54  registration, demonstrate that the vessel is equipped with an
   55  emergency position-indicating radio beacon or that the vessel
   56  owner owns a personal locator beacon. The Department of Highway
   57  Safety and Motor Vehicles may adopt rules specifying what
   58  constitutes sufficient proof to qualify for reduced registration
   59  fees under this subsection, but such proof must contain, at a
   60  minimum, the following:
   61         1. The name of the beacon owner.
   62         2. The expiration date of the beacon’s registration.
   63         3. The unique identification number of the beacon.
   64         4. For vessels equipped with an emergency position
   65  indicating radio beacon, identification of the vessel equipped
   66  with the beacon.
   67         (e) For each vessel registration qualifying for reduced
   68  registration fees under this subsection, an amount equal to the
   69  difference between the full registration fee amount and the
   70  actual amount of registration fee paid for such vessel
   71  registration shall be transferred from the General Revenue Fund
   72  to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and shall
   73  be distributed pursuant to s. 328.76.
   74         (f) The reduced registration certificate fee amounts
   75  provided in this subsection apply only to applicable vessels
   76  registered during the period beginning July 1, 2016, and ending
   77  June 30, 2017.
   78         (g) This subsection expires July 1, 2017.
   79         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.