(1) All licenses and sign permits expire annually and shall be renewed pursuant to Florida Statutes § 479.07(8)
    (2) Annual renewal of a license shall include the annual license fee, and the fees for all sign permits being renewed by the licensee. Acceptance by the Department of renewal fees for a suspended license or a sign permit against which a violation notice has been issued, or which may be issued, shall not constitute waiver by the Department of any right to pursue remedies for the violation.
    (a) Any of the following shall result in the return of submitted fees to the applicant, and shall constitute nonpayment:
    1. Payment of renewal fees for any amount less than the amount shown as due on the Department’s billing statement (or its adjusted billing statement prepared in response to a timely notice from the permittee of corrections, additions or deletions). When an overpayment of renewal fees is submitted, the Department shall accept the fees due amount as shown on the billing statement (or the adjusted billing statement), and provide for the issuance of a refund to the payor in the amount of the overpayment. Acceptance of payment in an amount greater than the amount due shall not constitute acceptance of renewal fees for sign permits which have been declared invalid.
    2. Failure to return or provide an accounting for the nonrenewed sign permit tags on the Cancellation Certification.
    3. Failure to submit complete transfer forms and transfer fees for any sign permits being transferred.
    (b) Payment for sign permits being transferred at the time of permit renewal shall be submitted with the sign permit renewal payment, but must be in a separate payment instrument.
Rulemaking Authority Florida Statutes § 334.044(2), 479.02(7) FS. Law Implemented 479.02, 479.07 FS. History-New 6-28-98, Amended 8-19-01, 10-3-10, 1-7-16.