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/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; providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1. Paragraphs (rrr), (sss), and (ttt) are added to
13	subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
14	320.08056 Specialty license plates.-
15	(4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
16	collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
17	(rrr) Catch Me, Release Me license plate, $25.
18	(sss) Florida Horse Park license plate, $25.
19	(ttt) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25.
20	Section 2. Subsections (70), (71), and (72) are added to
21	section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
22	320.08058 Specialty license plates.-
23	(70) CATCH ME, RELEASE ME LICENSE PLATES.-
24	(a) The department shall develop a Catch Me, Release Me
25	license plate as provided in this section. Catch Me, Release Me
26	license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the
27	department. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the
28	plate, and the words "Catch Me, Release Me" must appear at the
29	bottom of the plate.
30	(b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed
31	to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., to fund marine-related
32	scientific research, including research of free-ranging pelagic
33	marine species that inhabit, use, or migrate through Florida
34	waters; conservation initiatives; and education and public
35	outreach programs targeting school-aged children in the state.
36	The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., may retain all revenue up
37	to $60,000 from the annual use fees until all startup costs for
38	developing and establishing the plate have been recovered.
39	Thereafter, up to 10 percent of the annual use fee revenue may
40	be used for administrative costs directly associated with the
41	operations of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., and
42	promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate.
43	(71) FLORIDA HORSE PARK LICENSE PLATES.-
44	(a) The department shall develop a Florida Horse Park
45	license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear
46	the colors and design approved by the department. The word
47	"Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words
48	"Discover Florida's Horses" must appear at the bottom of the
49	plate.
50	(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the
51	Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority created by
52	s. 570.952, which shall retain all proceeds until all startup
53	costs for developing and establishing the plate have been
54	recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used as follows:
55	1. A maximum of 5 percent of the proceeds from the annual
56	use fees may be used for the administration of the Florida Horse
57	Park license plate program.
58	2. A maximum of 5 percent of the proceeds may be used to
59	promote and market the license plate.
60	3. The remaining proceeds shall be used by the authority
61	to promote the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park located
62	in Marion County; to support continued development of the park,
63	including the construction of additional educational facilities,
64	barns, and other structures; to provide improvements to the
65	existing infrastructure at the park; and to provide for
66	operational expenses of the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse
67	Park.
68	(72) FLORIDA BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATES.-
69	(a) The department shall develop a Florida Biodiversity
70	Foundation license plate as provided in this section. The plate
71	must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
72	word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the
73	words "Save Wild Florida" must appear at the bottom of the
74	plate.
75	(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the
76	Florida Biodiversity Foundation, Inc., which shall retain 50
77	percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
78	establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
79	proceeds shall be used as follows:
80	1. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to
81	fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
82	license plate program and the foundation.
83	2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
84	fund research, education, and scientific study of the diversity
85	of animals and plants and to aid in the preservation, study,
86	conservation, and recovery of imperiled organisms.
87	Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.

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