Bill Text: FL S1522 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: License Plates [CPSC]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 351 (Ch. 2010-168), CS/CS/HB 971 (Ch. 2010-223) [S1522 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-S1522-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2010 SB 1522 By Senator Baker 20-00721B-10 20101522__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to license plates; amending ss. 3 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating an I Believe 4 license plate, a Florida Biodiversity Foundation 5 license plate, a Preserving the Past license plate, a 6 Trinity license plate, and a Children First license 7 plate; establishing annual use fees for the plates; 8 providing for the distribution of use fees received 9 from the sale of the plates; creating s. 320.08069, 10 F.S.; creating an In God We Trust motorcycle license 11 plate; providing for the distribution of use fees 12 received from the sale of the plate; providing an 13 effective date. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 17 Section 1. Paragraphs (rrr), (sss), (ttt), (uuu), and (vvv) 18 are added to subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida 19 Statutes, to read: 20 320.08056 Specialty license plates.— 21 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be 22 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: 23 (rrr) I Believe license plate, $25. 24 (sss) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25. 25 (ttt) Preserving the Past license plate, $25. 26 (uuu) Trinity license plate, $25. 27 (vvv) Children First license plate, $25. 28 Section 2. Subsections (70), (71), (72), (73), and (74) are 29 added to section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read: 30 320.08058 Specialty license plates.— 31 (70) I BELIEVE LICENSE PLATES.—Notwithstanding s. 32 320.08053(1)(b) and (c), the department shall develop an I 33 Believe license plate as provided in this section. 34 (a) I Believe license plates must bear the colors and 35 design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must 36 appear at the top of the plate, and the words “I Believe” must 37 appear at the bottom of the plate. 38 (b) The department shall retain the first $60,000 of annual 39 use fees received from the sale of the plates. Thereafter, the 40 annual use fees shall be distributed to Faith in Teaching, Inc., 41 which may retain all of such revenue until the startup costs to 42 develop and establish the license plate program have been 43 recovered. Thereafter, Faith in Teaching, Inc., may use the 44 proceeds as follows: 45 1. A maximum of 15 percent may be used for administrative 46 costs of the organization. 47 2. A maximum of 10 percent may be used for promotion and 48 the marketing costs of the license plate program. 49 3. The remainder shall be used to fund activities, 50 programs, and projects that promote faith-based education for 51 youth within the state. 52 (71) FLORIDA BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATES.— 53 (a) The department shall develop a Florida Biodiversity 54 Foundation license plate as provided in this section. Florida 55 Biodiversity Foundation license plates must bear the colors and 56 design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must 57 appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Save Wild 58 Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate. 59 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida 60 Biodiversity Foundation, Inc., which shall retain 50 percent of 61 the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and establish 62 the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall 63 be used as follows: 64 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to 65 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the 66 license plate program and the foundation. 67 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to 68 fund research, education, and scientific study of the diversity 69 of animals and plants and to aid in the preservation, study, 70 conservation, and recovery of imperiled organisms. 71 (72) PRESERVING THE PAST LICENSE PLATES.— 72 (a) The department shall develop a Preserving the Past 73 license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear 74 the colors and design approved by the department. The word 75 “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words 76 “Preserving the Past” must appear at the bottom of the plate. 77 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey 78 Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50 79 percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and 80 establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the 81 proceeds shall be used as follows: 82 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to 83 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the 84 license plate program and the foundation. 85 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to 86 acquire, manage, and preserve properties that are of scientific 87 importance to paleontologists, archeologists, or geologists for 88 the purposes of research and education, and to promote and 89 protect the unique natural sciences of this state. 90 (73) TRINITY LICENSE PLATES.— 91 (a) The department shall develop a Trinity license plate as 92 provided in this section. The plate must bear the colors and 93 design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must 94 appear at the top of the plate and the words “Sunshine State” 95 must appear at the bottom of the plate. 96 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey 97 Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50 98 percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and 99 establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the 100 proceeds shall be used as follows: 101 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to 102 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the 103 license plate program and the foundation. 104 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to 105 support educational, research, and scientific activities in this 106 state, including the distribution of funds to qualified entities 107 in furtherance of the stated purposes of the foundation. 108 (74) CHILDREN FIRST LICENSE PLATES.— 109 (a) The department shall develop a Children First license 110 plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear the 111 colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida” 112 must appear at the top of the plate and the words “Children 113 First” must appear at the bottom of the plate. 114 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to Children 115 First Florida, Inc., which shall retain all proceeds until the 116 startup costs to develop and establish the plates have been 117 recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used as follows: 118 1. A maximum of 15 percent of the proceeds may be used to 119 administer the license plate program and for direct 120 administrative costs associated with the operations of Children 121 First Florida, Inc. 122 2. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to 123 promote and market the license plates. 124 3. The remaining fees shall be used by Children First 125 Florida, Inc., to fund public schools in this state, including 126 teacher salaries. 127 Section 3. Section 320.08069, Florida Statutes, is created 128 to read: 129 320.08069 Motorcycle In God We Trust specialty license 130 plates.— 131 (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the 132 department shall develop a reduced dimensions In God We Trust 133 specialty license plate for display on motorcycles. 134 (2) The department shall issue the plate to the owner or 135 lessee of any motorcycle upon request and payment of the 136 appropriate license taxes and fees. 137 (3) Each request must be made annually to the department, 138 accompanied by the following taxes and fees: 139 (a) The license tax required under s. 320.08. 140 (b) A license plate fee as required by s. 320.06(1)(b). 141 (c) A processing fee of $2. 142 (d) A license plate annual use fee of $30. 143 (4) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the In God 144 We Trust Foundation, Inc., which shall expend the funds as 145 provided in s. 320.08058(67), except that the foundation may 146 retain a maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds from the sale of 147 the license plate for the costs of administration, promotion, 148 and marketing of the plates. 149 (5) If an owner or lessee to whom the department has issued 150 a license plate acquires a replacement vehicle within the 151 owner’s registration period, the department must authorize a 152 transfer of the specialty license plate to the replacement 153 vehicle in accordance with s. 320.0609. The annual use fee or 154 processing fee may not be refunded. 155 (6) The license plate shall be 4 inches wide by 7 inches 156 long and incorporate a red, white, and blue color scheme 157 approved for the In God We Trust plates authorized in s. 158 320.08058(67) and may bear the imprint of numerals from 1 to 159 999, inclusive, capital letters “A” through “Z,” or a 160 combination thereof. The department shall determine the maximum 161 number of characters, including numerals and letters. The word 162 “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate. 163 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.
