Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 7125, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/30/2013 06:06 PM       .                                
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       Senator Soto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (218538) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 1091 and 1092
    5  insert:
    6         Section 29. Paragraph (aa) of subsection (4) of section
    7  320.08056, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
    9         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   10  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   11         (aa) Florida Wildflower license plate, $25 $15.
   12         Section 30. Subsection (27) of section 320.08058, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (27) FLORIDA WILDFLOWER LICENSE PLATES.—
   16         (a) The department shall develop a Florida Wildflower
   17  license plate as provided in this section. The word “Florida”
   18  must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “State
   19  Wildflower” and “coreopsis” must appear at the bottom of the
   20  plate.
   21         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida
   22  Wildflower Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation under s.
   23  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proceeds must be
   24  used to establish native Florida wildflower research programs,
   25  wildflower educational programs, and wildflower grant programs
   26  to municipal, county, and community-based groups in this state.
   27         1. The Florida Wildflower Foundation, Inc., shall develop
   28  procedures of operation, research contracts, education and
   29  marketing programs, and wildflower planting grants for Florida
   30  native wildflowers, plants, and grasses.
   31         2. A maximum of 20 15 percent of the proceeds from the sale
   32  of such plates may be used for administrative and marketing
   33  costs.
   34         3. If the Florida Wildflower Foundation, Inc., ceases to be
   35  an active nonprofit corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the
   36  Internal Revenue Code, the proceeds from the annual use fee
   37  shall be deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund
   38  created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   39  Services. Any funds held by the Florida Wildflower Foundation,
   40  Inc., must be promptly transferred to the General Inspection
   41  Trust Fund. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   42  shall use and administer the proceeds from the use fee in the
   43  manner specified in this paragraph.
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   45  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   46         And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete line 4718
   48  and insert:
   49         International Registration Plan; amending s.
   50         320.08056, F.S.; revising the annual use fee for the
   51         Florida Wildflower license plate; amending s.
   52         320.08058, F.S.; revising provisions for distribution
   53         and use of fees collected from the sale of such
   54         specialty license plate; amending s. 320.18,