Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1254
       
       
        
       By Senator Trumbull
       
       
       
       
       
       2-01324C-23                                           20231254__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of
    4         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Recycle
    5         Florida license plate and a Florida Association of
    6         Realtors license plate; providing for distribution and
    7         use of fees collected from the sale of the plates;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsections (127) and (128) are added to section
   13  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (127) RECYCLE FLORIDA LICENSE PLATES.—
   16         (a) The department shall develop a Recycle Florida license
   17  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   18  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   19  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   20  words “Recycle Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   21         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   22  the sale of the plate until all startup costs for developing and
   23  issuing the plate have been recovered. Thereafter, the annual
   24  use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed to
   25  Recycle Florida Today Foundation, Inc., to be used to increase
   26  public awareness about the importance of recycling, resource
   27  conservation, and environmental stewardship; to promote robust,
   28  comprehensive, and sustainable recycling programs; and to
   29  support the professional development of persons employed in
   30  fields including, but not limited to, recycling, conservation,
   31  and sustainability.
   32         (128) FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS LICENSE PLATES.—
   33         (a) The department shall develop a Florida Association of
   34  Realtors license plate as provided in this section and s.
   35  320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
   36  the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   37  plate, and the words “Support Homeownership” must appear at the
   38  bottom of the plate.
   39         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   40  distributed to Homeownership For All, Inc., which may use up to
   41  10 percent of the proceeds to promote and market the plate. The
   42  remainder of the proceeds shall be used by Homeownership For
   43  All, Inc., to fund programs that provide, promote, or otherwise
   44  support affordable housing in this state.
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.