Senate Bill 2488c1

    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 2488

    By the Committee on Transportation and Senator McKay





    306-2035-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to manatee license plates;

  3         amending s. 320.08056, F.S.; increasing the

  4         annual use fee; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.;

  5         revising the permitted use of such fees;

  6         amending s. 215.22, F.S.; exempting the Save

  7         the Manatee Trust Fund from certain required

  8         contributions to the General Revenue Fund;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section

14  320.08056, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

16         (4)  The following license plate annual use fees shall

17  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

18         (a)  Manatee license plate, $20 $15.

19         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

20  320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

21         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

22         (1)  MANATEE LICENSE PLATES.--

23         (b)1.  The manatee license plate annual use fee must be

24  deposited into the Save the Manatee Trust Fund, created within

25  the Department of Environmental Protection.  The funds

26  deposited in the Save the Manatee Trust Fund may be used only

27  for manatee-related environmental education; manatee research;

28  facilities, as provided in s. 370.12(5)(b); and manatee

29  protection and recovery.

30         2.  For fiscal year 1996-1997, 25 percent of the

31  manatee license plate annual use fee must be deposited into

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    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 2488
    306-2035-98




  1  the Save the Manatee Trust Fund within the Department of

  2  Environmental Protection and shall be used for manatee

  3  facilities as provided in s. 370.12(5)(b).

  4         Section 3.  Paragraph (t) is added to subsection (1) of

  5  section 215.22, Florida Statutes, to read:

  6         215.22  Certain income and certain trust funds

  7  exempt.--

  8         (1)  The following income of a revenue nature or the

  9  following trust funds shall be exempt from the deduction

10  required by s. 215.20(1):

11         (t)  The Save the Manatee Trust Fund.

12         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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14          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
15                             SB 2488

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17  Deletes the provision limiting 25% of annual use fees to
    manatee related education.
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