Bill Text: FL S0736 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Specialty License Plates [CPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-29 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 01001; Substituted CS/CS/HB 351 -SJ 01001; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 351 (Ch. 2010-168) -SJ 01001 [S0736 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0736-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 736 
 
By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Garcia 
596-04344-10                                           2010736c1 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending 
3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Catch 
4         Me, Release Me license plate, a Florida Horse Park 
5         license plate, and a Florida Biodiversity Foundation 
6         license plate; establishing annual use fees for the 
7         plates; providing for the distribution of use fees 
8         received from the sale of such plates; revising the 
9         portion of use fees collected from the sale of the 
10         Florida Salutes Veterans license plate which is 
11         distributed to a direct-support organization; revising 
12         the time during which such distribution shall be made; 
13         providing an effective date. 
14 
15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
16 
17         Section 1. Paragraphs (rrr), (sss), and (ttt) are added to 
18  subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: 
19         320.08056 Specialty license plates.— 
20         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be 
21  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: 
22         (rrr) Catch Me, Release Me license plate, $25. 
23         (sss) Florida Horse Park license plate, $25. 
24         (ttt) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25. 
25         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 
26  320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsections (70), 
27  (71), and (72) are added to that section, to read: 
28         320.08058 Specialty license plates.— 
29         (4) FLORIDA SALUTES VETERANS LICENSE PLATES.— 
30         (b) The Florida Salutes Veterans license plate annual use 
31  fee shall be distributed as follows: 
32         1. Ten Twenty percent shall be distributed to a direct 
33  support organization created under s. 292.055 for a period not 
34  to exceed 48 24 months after the date the direct-support 
35  organization is incorporated. 
36         2. Any remaining fees must be deposited in the State Homes 
37  for Veterans Trust Fund, which is created in the State Treasury. 
38  All such moneys are to be administered by the Department of 
39  Veterans’ Affairs and must be used solely for the purpose of 
40  constructing, operating, and maintaining domiciliary and nursing 
41  homes for veterans and for continuing promotion and marketing of 
42  the license plate, subject to the requirements of chapter 216. 
43         (70) CATCH ME, RELEASE ME LICENSE PLATES.— 
44         (a) The department shall develop a Catch Me, Release Me 
45  license plate as provided in this section. Catch Me, Release Me 
46  license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the 
47  department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the 
48  plate, and the words “Catch Me, Release Me” must appear at the 
49  bottom of the plate. 
50         (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed 
51  to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., to fund marine-related 
52  scientific research, including research of free-ranging pelagic 
53  marine species that inhabit, use, or migrate through Florida 
54  waters; conservation initiatives; and education and public 
55  outreach programs targeting school-aged children in the state. 
56  The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., may retain all revenue up 
57  to $60,000 from the annual use fees until all startup costs for 
58  developing and establishing the plate have been recovered. 
59  Thereafter, up to 10 percent of the annual use fee revenue may 
60  be used for administrative costs directly associated with the 
61  operations of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., and 
62  promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate. 
63         (71) FLORIDA HORSE PARK LICENSE PLATES.— 
64         (a) The department shall develop a Florida Horse Park 
65  license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear 
66  the colors and design approved by the department. The word 
67  “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words 
68  “Discover Florida’s Horses” must appear at the bottom of the 
69  plate. 
70         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida 
71  Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority created by s. 
72  570.952, which shall retain all proceeds until all startup costs 
73  for developing and establishing the plate have been recovered. 
74  Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used as follows: 
75         1. A maximum of 5 percent of the proceeds from the annual 
76  use fees may be used for the administration of the Florida Horse 
77  Park license plate program. 
78         2. A maximum of 5 percent of the proceeds may be used to 
79  promote and market the license plate. 
80         3. The remaining proceeds shall be used by the authority to 
81  promote the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park located in 
82  Marion County; to support continued development of the park, 
83  including the construction of additional educational facilities, 
84  barns, and other structures; to provide improvements to the 
85  existing infrastructure at the park; and to provide for 
86  operational expenses of the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse 
87  Park. 
88         (72) FLORIDA BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATES.— 
89         (a) The department shall develop a Florida Biodiversity 
90  Foundation license plate as provided in this section. The plate 
91  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The 
92  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the 
93  words “Save Wild Florida” must appear at the bottom of the 
94  plate. 
95         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida 
96  Biodiversity Foundation, Inc., which shall retain 50 percent of 
97  the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and establish 
98  the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall 
99  be used as follows: 
100         1. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to 
101  fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the 
102  license plate program and the foundation. 
103         2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to 
104  fund research, education, and scientific study of the diversity 
105  of animals and plants and to aid in the preservation, study, 
106  conservation, and recovery of imperiled organisms. 
107         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.