Bill Text: FL H0351 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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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; establishing an annual use fee
5	for the plate; providing for the distribution of use fees
6	received from the sale of such plates; providing an
7	effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Paragraph (rrr) is added to subsection (4) of
12	section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
13	320.08056 Specialty license plates.-
14	(4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
15	collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
16	(rrr) Catch Me, Release Me license plate, $25.
17	Section 2. Subsection (70) is added to section 320.08058,
18	Florida Statutes, to read:
19	320.08058 Specialty license plates.-
20	(70) CATCH ME, RELEASE ME LICENSE PLATES.-
21	(a) The department shall develop a Catch Me, Release Me
22	license plate as provided in this section. Catch Me, Release Me
23	license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the
24	department. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the
25	plate, and the words "Catch Me, Release Me" must appear at the
26	bottom of the plate.
27	(b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed
28	to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., to fund marine-related
29	scientific research, including research of free-ranging pelagic
30	marine species that inhabit, use, or migrate through Florida
31	waters; conservation initiatives; and education and public
32	outreach programs targeting school-aged children in the state.
33	The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., may retain all revenue up
34	to $60,000 from the annual use fees until all startup costs for
35	developing and establishing the plate have been recovered.
36	Thereafter, up to 10 percent of the annual use fee revenue may
37	be used for administrative costs directly associated with the
38	operations of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., and
39	promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate.
40	Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.

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