House Bill 3525e1

                                      HB 3525, First Engrossed/ntc



  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

  4         Florida Everglades River of Grass license

  5         plate; providing for the distribution of annual

  6         use fees received from the sale of such license

  7         plates; providing an effective date.

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

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

12  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

15  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

16         (t)  Everglades River of Grass license plate, $20.

17         Section 2.  Subsection (20) is added to section

18  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

20         (20)  EVERGLADES RIVER OF GRASS LICENSE

21  PLATES.--(a)  The department shall develop a Florida

22  Everglades River of Grass license plate which shall bear the

23  colors and design approved by the department. The word

24  "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words

25  "Everglades River of Grass" must appear at the bottom of the

26  plate. The plate must contain an image of the bird "roseate

27  spoonbill" standing beside mangroves.

28         (b)  The use fees collected for the Florida Everglades

29  River of Grass license plate shall be collected and annually

30  transferred to the Everglades Trust Fund as established by s.

31  17, Art. X of the State Constitution, which fund is


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                                      HB 3525, First Engrossed/ntc



  1  administered by the South Florida Water Management District

  2  for the purpose of conservation and protection of natural

  3  resources and abatement of water pollution in the Everglades.

  4  The following restrictions shall apply to the use of the fees

  5  collected for the Florida Everglades River of Grass license

  6  plates:

  7         1.  All fees shall be used for Everglades conservation

  8  and restoration projects, with 50 percent of said fees

  9  dedicated to Everglades research. Unencumbered funds from one

10  year may be carried over to the following year.

11         2.  Fees may not be used for administrative salaries or

12  overhead within the water management district, nor for any

13  general coordination fees or overhead outside of the district.

14         3.  It is the intent of the Legislature that revenues

15  generated by the Florida Everglades River of Grass license

16  plates shall not be used as replacement funds for Surface

17  Water Improvement and Management Act funds or Everglades

18  Forever Act funds, but shall be used solely for the

19  enhancement of the Everglades.

20         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

21  law.

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