Bill > H1075

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles operations; amending s. 207.001, F.S.; revising a short title; amending s. 207.002, F.S.; revising definitions for the Florida Motor Fuel Use Tax Act; amending ss. 207.003, 207.008, 207.013, 207.014, 207.023, and 207.0281, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 207.004, F.S.; requiring licensure in lieu of registration of motor carriers operating certain qualified motor vehicles; requiring qualified vehicles to carry copy of license or make the license available electronically; specifying how fuel tax decals are to be displayed on qualified motor vehicles; requiring the department or its authorized agent to issue licenses and fuel tax decals; requiring fuel tax decal renewal orders to be submitted electronically; revising required contents of temporary fuel-use permits; deleting provisions for driveway permits; amending s. 207.005, F.S.; revising due dates for motor fuel use tax returns; requiring tax returns to be submitted electronically; amending s. 207.007, F.S.; revising requirements for calculation of interest due for delinquent tax; providing penalties for any person who counterfeits, alters, manufactures, or sells fuel tax licenses, fuel tax decals, or temporary fuel-use permits except under certain circumstances; amending s. 207.011, F.S.; authorizing the department to inspect specified documents of motor carriers, motor fuel retail dealers, and wholesale distributors to verify tax returns; amending s. 207.019, F.S.; requiring motor carriers to destroy fuel tax decals under certain circumstances and notify the department; amending s. 212.08, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 316.065, F.S.; revising the apparent amount of property damage that requires the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash to notify law enforcement of the crash; amending s. 316.545, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 318.15, F.S.; revising methods by which the department must issue an order suspending a driver license; amending s. 319.35, F.S.; conforming a cross- reference; amending s. 320.02, F.S.; revising vehicle registration requirements except for certain members of the United States Armed Forces; requiring applicants to provide proof of address; revising requirements for documenting an applicant's address and proof of legal presence; defining the term "REAL ID driver's license or identification card"; conforming provisions; amending s. 320.605, 320.63, and 322.292, F.S.; revising terminology; amending ss. 320.95, 322.08, and 328.30, F.S.; revising the purposes for which the department may provide notification by electronic mail; amending s. 322.01, F.S.; revising definition of the term "tank vehicle"; amending ss. 322.18, 322.21, and 322.251, F.S.; authorizing the department to provide electronic notification in lieu of United States mail for providing certain orders and notices; amending ss. 322.2616, 322.245, 324.171, 322.64, and 324.091, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Danny Alvarez (R)*, 

Died in Government Operations Subcommittee (on 06/16/2025)

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