Bill Text: FL S1022 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Specialty License Plates

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Transportation [S1022 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S1022-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 1022
       
       
        
       By Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       
       4-01005B-16                                           20161022__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; requiring the
    4         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
    5         develop a Vision For Excellence license plate;
    6         establishing an annual use fee for the plate;
    7         providing for distribution and use of fees collected
    8         from the sale of the plates; providing an effective
    9         date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) is added to subsection (4) of
   14  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   16         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   17  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   18         (ffff) Vision For Excellence license plate, $25.
   19         Section 2. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058,
   20  Florida Statutes, to read:
   21         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   22         (84) VISION FOR EXCELLENCE LICENSE PLATES.—
   23         (a) The department shall develop a Vision For Excellence
   24  license plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The
   25  plate must bear the colors and design approved by the
   26  department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   27  plate, and the words “Vision For Excellence” must appear at the
   28  bottom of the plate.
   29         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of such plates shall
   30  be distributed to Vision For Excellence, Inc. Vision For
   31  Excellence, Inc., shall retain all revenue from annual fees
   32  until all startup costs for developing and establishing the
   33  plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be
   34  used by Vision For Excellence, Inc., for direct support of
   35  programs, services, and activities provided to children who
   36  participate in Vision For Excellence, Inc., youth development
   37  programs. Up to 10 percent of the annual use fee revenue may be
   38  used for promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate,
   39  and up to 10 percent of the annual fee revenue may be used for
   40  administrative costs directly associated with the programs.
   41         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.