Bill Text: FL S1060 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Specialty License Plates
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development [S1060 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S1060-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2017 SB 1060 By Senator Rader 29-01592A-17 20171060__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to specialty license plates; amending 3 s. 320.08056, F.S.; establishing an annual use fee for 4 the Florida State Beekeepers Association license 5 plate; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the 6 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 7 develop a Florida State Beekeepers Association license 8 plate; providing for distribution and use of fees 9 collected from the sale of such plates; providing an 10 effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) is added to subsection (4) of 15 section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: 16 320.08056 Specialty license plates.— 17 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be 18 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: 19 (ffff) Florida State Beekeepers Association license plate, 20 $25. 21 Section 2. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058, 22 Florida Statutes, to read: 23 320.08058 Specialty license plates.— 24 (84) FLORIDA STATE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES.— 25 (a) The department shall develop a Florida State Beekeepers 26 Association license plate as provided in this section and s. 27 320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by 28 the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the 29 plate, and the words “Save the Bees” must appear at the bottom 30 of the plate. 31 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida 32 State Beekeepers Association, a Florida nonprofit corporation. 33 The Florida State Beekeepers Association may use up to 18 34 percent of the annual use fees for: 35 1. Direct reimbursement for administrative costs, startup 36 costs, and costs incurred in the development and approval 37 process of the license plate. All vendors associated with the 38 administrative costs shall be selected by competitive bid. 39 2. Promotion and marketing costs of the license plate. 40 (c) The remaining funds shall be distributed to the Florida 41 State Beekeepers Association and shall be used to raise 42 awareness of the importance of beekeeping to Florida agriculture 43 by funding honeybee research, education, outreach, and 44 husbandry. The Florida State Beekeepers Association board of 45 managers must approve and is accountable for all such 46 expenditures. 47 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.