Bill Text: FL S1418 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Military Veterans with Mobility Impairment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-05-01 - Died in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security [S1418 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S1418-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1418
       
       
        
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01337-15                                           20151418__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to military veterans with mobility
    3         impairment; amending s. 320.089, F.S.; providing for
    4         eligible Purple Heart license plate applicants to
    5         receive the appropriate special license plate with the
    6         international symbol of accessibility; waiving a
    7         specified license tax in certain circumstances;
    8         providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   13  320.089, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         320.089 Veterans of the United States Armed Forces; members
   15  of National Guard; survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal
   16  recipients; active or retired United States Armed Forces
   17  reservists; Combat Infantry Badge, Combat Medical Badge, or
   18  Combat Action Badge recipients; former prisoners of war; Korean
   19  War Veterans; Vietnam War Veterans; Operation Desert Shield
   20  Veterans; Operation Desert Storm Veterans; Operation Enduring
   21  Freedom Veterans; and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans; special
   22  license plates; fee.—
   23         (1)
   24         (c) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary,
   25  an applicant for a Pearl Harbor Survivor license plate or a
   26  Purple Heart license plate who also qualifies for a disabled
   27  veteran’s license plate under s. 320.084 shall be issued the
   28  appropriate special license plate without payment of the license
   29  tax imposed by s. 320.08. An applicant for a Purple Heart
   30  license plate who qualifies under s. 320.0842 may receive the
   31  appropriate special license plate with the international symbol
   32  of accessibility without payment of the license tax imposed by
   33  s. 320.08. An applicant for a Purple Heart license plate who
   34  does not qualify under s. 320.0842 but is eligible under ss.
   35  320.0848 and 320.0843 may receive the appropriate special
   36  license plate with the international symbol of accessibility
   37  with payment of the license tax as set forth in s. 320.08.
   38         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.