Bill Text: FL S1442 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Corporate License Plates [WPSC]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Conference Committee [S1442 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-S1442-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2010 CS for SB 1442 By the Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; and Senator Fasano 606-03282-10 20101442c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to corporate license plates; creating 3 s. 320.08052, F.S.; authorizing the Department of 4 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to create the 5 Corporate License Plate Program and enter into certain 6 agreements with certain entities; requiring that 7 corporate license plates meet specified criteria and 8 that certain aspects of such license plates be 9 approved by the department; authorizing vehicle owners 10 to apply for such license plates; requiring that 11 specified minimum fees be paid by applicants and 12 corporate sponsors for such applications; requiring 13 that the department, upon approval of an application, 14 issue the appropriate corporate plate to the vehicle 15 owner along with a registration and decal valid for a 16 specified period; providing for the distribution of 17 fees collected; authorizing corporate sponsors to 18 participate in the program by submitting a specified 19 minimum initial application fee; requiring that a 20 corporate sponsor meet specified eligibility 21 requirements; requiring that the department adopt 22 rules; providing an effective date. 23 24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 25 26 Section 1. Section 320.08052, Florida Statutes, is created 27 to read: 28 320.08052 Corporate license plates.— 29 (1) The department is authorized to create a Corporate 30 License Plate Program. The department may enter into agreements 31 with any business entity, advertising firm, or for-profit 32 business that provides the department the required legal 33 documentation to use corporate logos on Florida license plates. 34 (2) The design of corporate license plates must be approved 35 by the department and must have the word “Florida” at the top. 36 Corporate license plates may be personalized as provided in s. 37 320.0805 but must be approved by the corporate sponsor and the 38 department before issuance. 39 (3) A vehicle owner may apply for a corporate license plate 40 for any motor vehicle registered in the owner’s name weighing 41 7,999 pounds or less and also registered as a private-use 42 vehicle. Each application must be accompanied by an application 43 fee of no more than $25. The application by any vehicle owner 44 for a corporate license plate shall, upon acceptance, authorize 45 the department to provide the applicant’s name and address to 46 the corporate sponsor in compliance with s. 119.0712(2). Upon 47 approval of the application, the corporate sponsor shall 48 immediately remit to the department a fee of no less than $200. 49 The department shall issue the appropriate corporate plate to 50 the vehicle owner, along with a registration and decal, and the 51 registration is valid for one registration period, which may not 52 exceed 15 months. All applicable registration fees authorized by 53 this chapter shall be distributed as provided in this chapter 54 from the proceeds of the fees paid pursuant to this subsection. 55 Excess revenues remaining after the distribution of all required 56 fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust 57 Fund to fund the general operations of the department. 58 (4) Corporate sponsors may participate in the program by 59 submitting an initial application fee to the department of at 60 least $5,000 for the purchase of initial inventory. To be 61 eligible to participate in the program, a corporate sponsor must 62 provide evidence of the ability to pay $200 per vehicle owner 63 for a minimum of 1,000 vehicle owners. 64 (5) The department shall adopt rules to administer this 65 section. 66 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.
