Bill Text: FL H0351 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Specialty License Plates [CPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-28 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-168 [H0351 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0351-Engrossed.html

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CS/CS/HB 351

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to specialty license plates; amending ss.
3	320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Catch Me,
4	Release Me license plate, a Florida Horse Park license
5	plate, and a Florida Biodiversity Foundation license
6	plate; establishing annual use fees for the plates;
7	providing for the distribution of use fees received from
8	the sale of such plates; revising the portion of use fees
9	collected from the sale of the Florida Salutes Veterans
10	license plate that shall be distributed to a direct-
11	support organization; revising the time period during
12	which such distribution shall be made; providing an
13	effective date.
14
15	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17	Section 1. Paragraphs (rrr), (sss), and (ttt) are added to
18	subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
19	320.08056 Specialty license plates.-
20	(4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
21	collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
22	(rrr) Catch Me, Release Me license plate, $25.
23	(sss) Florida Horse Park license plate, $25.
24	(ttt) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25.
25	Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
26	320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsections (70),
27	(71), and (72) are added to that section, to read:
28	320.08058 Specialty license plates.-
29	(4) FLORIDA SALUTES VETERANS LICENSE PLATES.-
30	(b) The Florida Salutes Veterans license plate annual use
31	fee shall be distributed as follows:
32	1. Ten Twenty percent shall be distributed to a direct-
33	support organization created under s. 292.055 for a period not
34	to exceed 48 24 months after the date the direct-support
35	organization is incorporated.
36	2. Any remaining fees must be deposited in the State Homes
37	for Veterans Trust Fund, which is created in the State Treasury.
38	All such moneys are to be administered by the Department of
39	Veterans' Affairs and must be used solely for the purpose of
40	constructing, operating, and maintaining domiciliary and nursing
41	homes for veterans and for continuing promotion and marketing of
42	the license plate, subject to the requirements of chapter 216.
43	(70) CATCH ME, RELEASE ME LICENSE PLATES.-
44	(a) The department shall develop a Catch Me, Release Me
45	license plate as provided in this section. Catch Me, Release Me
46	license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the
47	department. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the
48	plate, and the words "Catch Me, Release Me" must appear at the
49	bottom of the plate.
50	(b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed
51	to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., to fund marine-related
52	scientific research, including research of free-ranging pelagic
53	marine species that inhabit, use, or migrate through Florida
54	waters; conservation initiatives; and education and public
55	outreach programs targeting school-aged children in the state.
56	The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., may retain all revenue up
57	to $60,000 from the annual use fees until all startup costs for
58	developing and establishing the plate have been recovered.
59	Thereafter, up to 10 percent of the annual use fee revenue may
60	be used for administrative costs directly associated with the
61	operations of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., and
62	promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate.
63	(71) FLORIDA HORSE PARK LICENSE PLATES.-
64	(a) The department shall develop a Florida Horse Park
65	license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear
66	the colors and design approved by the department. The word
67	"Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words
68	"Discover Florida's Horses" must appear at the bottom of the
69	plate.
70	(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the
71	Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority created by
72	s. 570.952, which shall retain all proceeds until all startup
73	costs for developing and establishing the plate have been
74	recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used as follows:
75	1. A maximum of 5 percent of the proceeds from the annual
76	use fees may be used for the administration of the Florida Horse
77	Park license plate program.
78	2. A maximum of 5 percent of the proceeds may be used to
79	promote and market the license plate.
80	3. The remaining proceeds shall be used by the authority
81	to promote the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park located
82	in Marion County; to support continued development of the park,
83	including the construction of additional educational facilities,
84	barns, and other structures; to provide improvements to the
85	existing infrastructure at the park; and to provide for
86	operational expenses of the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse
87	Park.
88	(72) FLORIDA BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATES.-
89	(a) The department shall develop a Florida Biodiversity
90	Foundation license plate as provided in this section. The plate
91	must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
92	word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the
93	words "Save Wild Florida" must appear at the bottom of the
94	plate.
95	(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the
96	Florida Biodiversity Foundation, Inc., which shall retain 50
97	percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
98	establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
99	proceeds shall be used as follows:
100	1. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to
101	fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
102	license plate program and the foundation.
103	2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
104	fund research, education, and scientific study of the diversity
105	of animals and plants and to aid in the preservation, study,
106	conservation, and recovery of imperiled organisms.
107	Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.

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