Florida Senate - 2009 CS for CS for SB 2326
By the Committees on Transportation; and Communications, Energy,
and Public Utilities; and Senator Ring
596-05616-09 20092326c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to license plates; amending ss.
3 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Go Green
4 Florida license plate, a Florida Biodiversity
5 Foundation license plate, a Toomey Foundation for the
6 Natural Sciences license plate, and a Trinity license
7 plate; establishing an annual fee for the plates;
8 providing for the distribution of use fees received
9 from the annual sale of such plates; providing an
10 effective date.
11
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
13
14 Section 1. Paragraphs (qqq), (rrr), (sss), and (ttt) are
15 added to subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes,
16 to read:
17 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
18 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
19 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
20 (qqq) Go Green Florida license plate, $25.
21 (rrr) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25.
22 (sss) Toomey Foundation for the Natural Sciences license
23 plate, $25.
24 (ttt) Trinity license plate, $25.
25 Section 2. Subsections (69), (70), (71), and (72) are added
26 to section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
27 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
28 (69) GO GREEN FLORIDA LICENSE PLATES.—
29 (a) The department shall develop a Go Green Florida license
30 plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear the
31 colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
32 must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Go Green
33 Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate. The Go Green
34 Florida emblem or logo must appear on the plate.
35 (b) The requirements of s. 320.08053 must be met before the
36 issuance of the plate.
37 (c) The proceeds from the sale of the plate shall be
38 distributed to the Coalition for Renewable Energy Solutions,
39 Inc. After reimbursement for documented costs expended to
40 establish the plates and for annual auditing costs, the
41 coalition shall use the proceeds of the annual use fees in the
42 following manner:
43 1. A maximum of 5 percent shall be used for administrative
44 costs directly associated with the management and distribution
45 of the proceeds.
46 2. A maximum of 25 percent shall be used for the continuing
47 statewide promotion and marketing of the plate.
48 3. Seventy percent shall be used to fund the Renewable
49 Energy and Energy-Efficient Technology Grants Program pursuant
50 to s. 377.804, the Solar Energy System Incentives Program
51 pursuant to s. 377.806, under the Florida Energy and Climate
52 Commission, or other educational programs dedicated to providing
53 effective alternative energy practices.
54 (d) The coalition shall comply with the financial audit
55 requirements of s. 320.08062.
56 (e) The Go Green Florida emblem or logo may be used as a
57 decal by the department in recognition of energy-efficient
58 vehicle usage and practices. However, the display of the decal
59 is not a substitute for a license plate.
60 (70) FLORIDA BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATES.—
61 (a) The department shall develop a Florida Biodiversity
62 Foundation license plate as provided in this section. The plate
63 must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
64 word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
65 words “Save Wild Florida” must appear at the bottom of the
66 plate.
67 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida
68 Biodiversity Foundation Inc., which shall retain 50 percent of
69 the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and establish
70 the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall
71 be used as follows:
72 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
73 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
74 license plate program and the foundation.
75 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
76 fund research, education, and scientific study of the diversity
77 of animals and plants and to aid in the preservation, study,
78 conservation, and recovery of imperiled organisms.
79 (71) TOOMEY FOUNDATION FOR THE NATURAL SCIENCES LICENSE
80 PLATES.—
81 (a) The department shall develop a Toomey Foundation for
82 the Natural Sciences license plate as provided in this section.
83 The plate must bear the colors and design approved by the
84 department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
85 plate, and the words “Preserving the Past” must appear at the
86 bottom of the plate.
87 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
88 Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
89 percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
90 establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
91 proceeds shall be used as follows:
92 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
93 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
94 license plate program and the foundation.
95 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
96 acquire, manage, and preserve properties that are of scientific
97 importance to paleontologists, archeologists, or geologists for
98 the purposes of research and education, and to promote and
99 protect the unique natural sciences of this state.
100 (72) TRINITY LICENSE PLATES.—
101 (a) The department shall develop a Trinity license plate as
102 provided in this section. The plate must bear the colors and
103 design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must
104 appear at the top of the plate and the words “Sunshine State”
105 must appear at the bottom of the plate.
106 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
107 Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
108 percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
109 establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
110 proceeds shall be used as follows:
111 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
112 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
113 license plate program and the foundation.
114 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
115 support educational, research, and scientific activities in this
116 state, including the distribution of funds to qualified entities
117 in furtherance of the stated purposes of the foundation.
118 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009.