Bill Text: FL S1276 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 1276 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Specialty License Plates

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Transportation [S1276 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S1276-Introduced.html

       Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 1276
       
       
        
       By Senator Latvala
       
       20-01370A-16                                          20161276__
    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 Go Boating license plate; amending s. 320.08058,
    5         F.S.; revising the purpose for which certain proceeds
    6         of the Conserve Wildlife license plate are used;
    7         directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
    8         Vehicles to develop a Go Boating license plate;
    9         providing for distribution and use of fees collected
   10         from the sale of the plate; providing an effective
   11         date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) is added to subsection (4) of
   16  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   17         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   18         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   19  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   20         (ffff) Go Boating license plate, $25.
   21         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (24) of section
   22  320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (84) is
   23  added to that section, to read:
   24         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   25         (24) CONSERVE WILDLIFE LICENSE PLATES.—
   26         (b) The proceeds of the Conserve Wildlife license plate
   27  annual use fee shall be forwarded to the Wildlife Foundation of
   28  Florida, Inc., a citizen support organization created pursuant
   29  to s. 379.223.
   30         1. Notwithstanding s. 320.08062, up to 10 percent of the
   31  proceeds from the annual use fee may be used for marketing the
   32  Conserve Wildlife license plate and administrative costs
   33  directly related to the management and distribution of the
   34  proceeds.
   35         2. The remaining proceeds from the annual use fee shall be
   36  used for programs and activities of the Fish and Wildlife
   37  Conservation Commission which that contribute to the health and
   38  well-being of Florida black bears and to provide bear-resistant
   39  residential garbage containers other wildlife diversity.
   40         (84) GO BOATING LICENSE PLATES.—
   41         (a) The department shall develop a Go Boating license plate
   42  as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate must
   43  bear the colors and design approved by the department. The word
   44  “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Go
   45  Boating” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   46         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   47  distributed to Eckerd College to fund the Eckerd College Search
   48  and Rescue Team, which provides 24-hour assistance to the Tampa
   49  Bay boating community. Up to 10 percent of the funds distributed
   50  may be used by the Eckerd College Search and Rescue Team for
   51  continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate. The
   52  remainder of the funds must be used to acquire boats and other
   53  equipment or for operational expenses not prohibited by s.
   54  320.08056(10).
   55         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.