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FL H1481

Bill

Status

Failed

3/8/2024

Primary Sponsor

Mike Beltran

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates all vehicle title certificate fees (s. 319.32), registration service charges (s. 320.04), and the primary vehicle license tax schedule (s. 320.08) along with all associated surcharges, exemptions, fractional taxes, refund provisions, and revenue distribution formulas, while retaining a 10-cent annual license tax for the EMS Trust Fund and a $10 surcharge on commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds

  • Eliminates all driver license and identification card fees, including original and renewal commercial driver licenses ($75), Class E licenses ($48), motorcycle-only licenses ($48), replacement licenses ($25), identification cards ($25), delinquent fees ($15), endorsement fees ($7), and hazardous-materials endorsement fees (up to $100)

  • Eliminates driver license reinstatement service fees of $45 (suspension), $75 (revocation), $75 (commercial), the additional $130 fee for DUI-related actions, $180 for insurance fraud suspensions, $25 administrative review filing fees, $12 hardship hearing fees, and the 50-cent driver education surcharge on license fees

  • Eliminates all resident and nonresident recreational hunting and fishing license fees — including annual licenses ($15.50–$150), combination licenses ($31–$98.50), 5-year licenses ($77.50), lifetime licenses ($125–$1,000), pier licenses ($500), vessel licenses ($200–$2,000), and all special permits such as turkey ($10–$125), snook ($10), waterfowl ($5), lobster ($5), and archery/muzzle-loading season permits ($5 each)

  • Repeals state park annual entrance pass fees (s. 258.0145), removes the Division of Recreation and Parks' authority to charge fees, and eliminates foster/adoptive family fee discount provisions as moot, while retaining the State Park Trust Fund and its continuing appropriation for park operations

  • Eliminates all citrus advertising box assessments, including up to 36 cents/box for grapefruit, 25 cents/box for processed oranges and tangerines, 7 cents/box for fresh oranges, and 16 cents/box for fresh tangerines, along with the associated 4% service charge deposited into the General Revenue Fund, while retaining the department's advertising and marketing powers

  • Requires the indigent care and trauma center surtax (up to 0.5%) in eligible counties to be approved by a majority vote of county electors in a referendum, removing the option for adoption solely by an extraordinary vote of the county governing body

  • Repeals multiple court cost statutes, including s. 938.04 (general court costs), s. 938.06 (Crime Stoppers court cost), and s. 938.15 (criminal justice education/training court cost), and removes the corresponding $2–$2.50 per-infraction assessments from traffic and boating violation provisions

  • Makes extensive conforming amendments across more than 100 statutory sections to replace active fee cross-references with historical citations to "former" statutes as of Florida Statutes 2023, remove moot fee exemption provisions for veterans, disabled persons, homeless individuals, and other groups, and update trust fund deposit and revenue allocation language throughout

Legislative Description

Taxes, Licenses, and Fees

Last Action

Died in Ways & Means Committee

3/8/2024

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means Committee1/13/2024

Full Bill Text

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