Bill Text: FL S1500 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Specialty License Plate Fees

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-14 - Died on Calendar [S1500 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S1500-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1500
       
       
        
       By Senator Broxson
       
       
       
       
       
       1-01340-20                                            20201500__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plate fees;
    3         amending s. 320.08056, F.S.; creating a uniform annual
    4         use fee collected for a specialty license plate;
    5         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
    6         amending s. 320.06, F.S.; conforming a cross
    7         reference; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) and subsections
   12  (4) and (10) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, are amended
   13  to read:
   14         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (3) Each request must be made annually to the department or
   16  an authorized agent serving on behalf of the department,
   17  accompanied by the following tax and fees:
   18         (d) A license plate annual use fee of $25 as required in
   19  subsection (4).
   20  
   21  A request may be made any time during a registration period. If
   22  a request is made for a specialty license plate to replace a
   23  current valid license plate, the specialty license plate must be
   24  issued with appropriate decals attached at no tax for the plate,
   25  but all fees and service charges must be paid. If a request is
   26  made for a specialty license plate at the beginning of the
   27  registration period, the tax, together with all applicable fees
   28  and service charges, must be paid.
   29         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   30  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   31         (a) Manatee license plate, $25.
   32         (b) Challenger/Columbia license plate, $25, except that a
   33  person that purchases 1,000 or more of such license plates shall
   34  pay an annual use fee of $15 per plate.
   35         (c) Collegiate license plate, $25.
   36         (d) Florida Salutes Veterans license plate, $15.
   37         (e) Florida panther license plate, $25.
   38         (f) Florida United States Olympic Committee license plate,
   39  $15.
   40         (g) Florida Special Olympics license plate, $15.
   41         (h) Florida educational license plate, $20.
   42         (i) Florida Professional Sports Team license plate, $25.
   43         (j) Florida Indian River Lagoon license plate, $15.
   44         (k) Invest in Children license plate, $20.
   45         (l) Florida arts license plate, $20.
   46         (m) Bethune-Cookman University license plate, $25.
   47         (n) Florida Agricultural license plate, $20.
   48         (o) Police Athletic League license plate, $20.
   49         (p) Boy Scouts of America license plate, $20.
   50         (q) Largemouth Bass license plate, $25.
   51         (r) Sea Turtle license plate, $23.
   52         (s) Protect Wild Dolphins license plate, $20.
   53         (t) Barry University license plate, $25.
   54         (u) Everglades River of Grass license plate, $20.
   55         (v) Keep Kids Drug-Free license plate, $25.
   56         (w) Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches license plate, $25.
   57         (x) Conserve Wildlife license plate, $25.
   58         (y) Florida Memorial University license plate, $25.
   59         (z) Tampa Bay Estuary license plate, $15.
   60         (aa) Florida Wildflower license plate, $15.
   61         (bb) United States Marine Corps license plate, $15.
   62         (cc) Choose Life license plate, $20.
   63         (dd) Share the Road license plate, $15.
   64         (ee) American Red Cross license plate, $25.
   65         (ff) United We Stand license plate, $25.
   66         (gg) Breast Cancer Research license plate, $25.
   67         (hh) Protect Florida Whales license plate, $25.
   68         (ii) Florida Golf license plate, $25.
   69         (jj) Florida Firefighters license plate, $20.
   70         (kk) Police Benevolent Association license plate, $20.
   71         (ll) Military Services license plate, $15.
   72         (mm) Protect Our Reefs license plate, $25.
   73         (nn) Fish Florida license plate, $22.
   74         (oo) Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention license plate,
   75  $25.
   76         (pp) Hospice license plate, $25.
   77         (qq) Stop Heart Disease license plate, $25.
   78         (rr) Save Our Seas license plate, $25, except that for an
   79  owner purchasing the specialty license plate for more than 10
   80  vehicles registered to that owner, the annual use fee shall be
   81  $10 per plate.
   82         (ss) Aquaculture license plate, $25, except that for an
   83  owner purchasing the specialty license plate for more than 10
   84  vehicles registered to that owner, the annual use fee shall be
   85  $10 per plate.
   86         (tt) Family First license plate, $25.
   87         (uu) Wildlife Foundation of Florida license plate, $25.
   88         (vv) Live the Dream license plate, $25.
   89         (ww) Florida Food Banks license plate, $25.
   90         (xx) Discover Florida’s Oceans license plate, $25.
   91         (yy) Family Values license plate, $25.
   92         (zz) Parents Make A Difference license plate, $25.
   93         (aaa) Support Soccer license plate, $25.
   94         (bbb) Kids Deserve Justice license plate, $25.
   95         (ccc) Animal Friend license plate, $25.
   96         (ddd) Future Farmers of America license plate, $25.
   97         (eee) Donate Organs-Pass It On license plate, $25.
   98         (fff) A State of Vision license plate, $25.
   99         (ggg) Homeownership For All license plate, $25.
  100         (hhh) Florida NASCAR license plate, $25.
  101         (iii) Protect Florida Springs license plate, $25.
  102         (jjj) Trees Are Cool license plate, $25.
  103         (kkk) Support Our Troops license plate, $25.
  104         (lll) Florida Tennis license plate, $25.
  105         (mmm) Lighthouse Association license plate, $25.
  106         (nnn) In God We Trust license plate, $25.
  107         (ooo) Horse Country license plate, $25.
  108         (ppp) Autism license plate, $25.
  109         (qqq) St. Johns River license plate, $25.
  110         (rrr) Hispanic Achievers license plate, $25.
  111         (sss) Endless Summer license plate, $25.
  112         (ttt) Fraternal Order of Police license plate, $25.
  113         (uuu) Protect Our Oceans license plate, $25.
  114         (vvv) Florida Horse Park license plate, $25.
  115         (www) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25.
  116         (xxx) Freemasonry license plate, $25.
  117         (yyy) American Legion license plate, $25.
  118         (zzz) Lauren’s Kids license plate, $25.
  119         (aaaa) Big Brothers Big Sisters license plate, $25.
  120         (bbbb) Fallen Law Enforcement Officers license plate, $25.
  121         (cccc) Florida Sheriffs Association license plate, $25.
  122         (dddd) Keiser University license plate, $25.
  123         (eeee) Moffitt Cancer Center license plate, $25.
  124         (9)(10)(a) A specialty license plate annual use fee
  125  collected and distributed under this chapter, or any interest
  126  earned from those fees, may not be used for commercial or for
  127  profit activities nor for general or administrative expenses,
  128  except as authorized by s. 320.08058 or to pay the cost of the
  129  audit or report required by s. 320.08062(1). The fees and any
  130  interest earned from the fees may be expended only for use in
  131  this state unless the annual use fee is derived from the sale of
  132  United States Armed Forces and veterans-related specialty
  133  license plates, including the Florida Salutes Veterans license
  134  plate, the United States Marine Corps license plate, the
  135  Military Services license plate, the Support Our Troops license
  136  plate, and the American Legion license plate as provided under
  137  s. 320.08058 and the U.S. Paratroopers license plate as provided
  138  under pursuant to paragraphs (4)(d), (bb), (ll), (kkk), and
  139  (yyy) and s. 320.0891.
  140         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
  141  320.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  142         320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and
  143  validation stickers generally.—
  144         (1)
  145         (b)1. Registration license plates bearing a graphic symbol
  146  and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be issued
  147  for a 10-year period. At the end of the 10-year period, upon
  148  renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The department shall
  149  extend the scheduled license plate replacement date from a 6
  150  year period to a 10-year period. The fee for such replacement is
  151  $28, $2.80 of which shall be paid each year before the plate is
  152  replaced, to be credited toward the next $28 replacement fee.
  153  The fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating
  154  Trust Fund. A credit or refund may not be given for any prior
  155  years’ payments of the prorated replacement fee if the plate is
  156  replaced or surrendered before the end of the 10-year period,
  157  except that a credit may be given if a registrant is required by
  158  the department to replace a license plate under s.
  159  320.08056(7)(a) s. 320.08056(8)(a). With each license plate, a
  160  validation sticker shall be issued showing the owner’s birth
  161  month, license plate number, and the year of expiration or the
  162  appropriate renewal period if the owner is not a natural person.
  163  The validation sticker shall be placed on the upper right corner
  164  of the license plate. The license plate and validation sticker
  165  shall be issued based on the applicant’s appropriate renewal
  166  period. The registration period is 12 months, the extended
  167  registration period is 24 months, and all expirations occur
  168  based on the applicant’s appropriate registration period. A
  169  vehicle that has an apportioned registration shall be issued an
  170  annual license plate and a cab card that denote the declared
  171  gross vehicle weight for each apportioned jurisdiction in which
  172  the vehicle is authorized to operate.
  173         2. In order to retain the efficient administration of the
  174  taxes and fees imposed by this chapter, the 80-cent fee increase
  175  in the replacement fee imposed by chapter 2009-71, Laws of
  176  Florida, is negated as provided in s. 320.0804.
  177         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.