Senate Bill 1018

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1018

    By Senator Latvala





    10-661-99                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicle licenses;

  3         amending s. 320.089, F.S.; permitting the

  4         unremarried spouse of a deceased recipient of

  5         the Purple Heart medal to continue receiving a

  6         license plate which is stamped with the words

  7         "Purple Heart" under certain circumstances;

  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.  Subsection (3) is added to section 320.089,

13  Florida Statutes, to read:

14         320.089  Members of National Guard and active United

15  States Armed Forces reservists; former prisoners of war;

16  survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal recipients;

17  special license plates; fee.--

18         (3)  Each owner or lessee of an automobile for private

19  use, truck weighing not more than 5,000 pounds, or

20  recreational vehicle as specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) or (d),

21  which is not used for hire or commercial use, who is a

22  resident of this state and who is the unremarried spouse of a

23  recipient of the Purple Heart medal shall, upon application

24  therefor to the department, with the payment of the required

25  fees, be issued a license plate as provided in s. 320.06, on

26  which license plate are stamped the words "Purple Heart" and

27  the likeness of the Purple Heart medal followed by the serial

28  number.  Each application shall be accompanied by proof that

29  the applicant is the unremarried spouse of a recipient of the

30  Purple Heart medal.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1018
    10-661-99                                               See HB




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Permits the unremarried spouse of a deceased recipient of
  7    the Purple Heart medal to continue to receive a license
      plate which is stamped with the words "Purple Heart"
  8    under described circumstances.

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