Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 1248
       
       
        
       By Senator Gainer
       
       
       
       
       
       16-00725-18                                           20181248__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; directing the
    4         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
    5         develop a Coastal Conservation Association license
    6         plate; 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) Coastal Conservation Association 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) COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES.—
   23         (a) The department shall develop a Coastal Conservation
   24  Association license plate as provided in this section and s.
   25  320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
   26  the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   27  plate, and the words “Conserve Florida’s Fisheries” must appear
   28  at the bottom of the plate.
   29         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   30  distributed to Coastal Conservation Association Florida, a
   31  nonprofit corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
   32  Code, to be used as follows:
   33         1. Up to 10 percent of the proceeds may be used for
   34  administrative costs.
   35         2. Up to 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to promote
   36  and market the plate.
   37         3. The remainder of the proceeds shall be used to support
   38  the mission and efforts of Coastal Conservation Association
   39  Florida for habitat enhancement and restoration, saltwater
   40  fisheries conservation, and education; to advise the public on
   41  the conservation of marine resources; and to promote and enhance
   42  the present and future availability of those coastal resources
   43  for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public.
   44         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.