The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the 2002 Legislature implemented some recommendations made in our January 2001 review of the Licenses, Titles, and Regulations Program. However, the department did not identify the cost of mobile home manufacturing regulation, estimate its monitoring costs if this activity were privatized, and solicit bids from private entities for providing mobile home manufacturing regulation.
In addition, the Legislature considered but did not adopt our recommendations to amend Chs. 319 and 320, Florida Statutes, to revise fees. Vehicle title and registration fees subsidize activities which are not financially self-supporting, including dealer and manufacturer licensing and regulatory activities, rebuilt motor vehicle inspections, and Vehicle Identification Number verifications. If these activities were made self-supporting from fees on their users, the Legislature could reduce title and registration fees by an off-setting amount.
We suggest as in our 2001 report that the Legislature consider amending s. 319.14, Florida Statutes, to require disclosure to consumers that rebuilt vehicles are not inspected for safety.

No Title
Report 01-03
Driver License-Related Activities Performed by the Licenses, Titles, and Regulations Program Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Report 01-02 January 2001
Review of the Use of Information Technology Within the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles
Report 96-41 January 1997

Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.