House Bill 0127

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 127

        By Representative Crady






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to specialty license plates;

  3         amending ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.;

  4         providing for a United States Marine Corps

  5         specialty license plate; providing fees;

  6         providing for the disposition of fees;

  7         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 (z) is added to subsection (4) of

12  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, 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         (z)  United States Marine Corps license plate, $15.

17         Section 2.  Subsection (26) is added to section

18  320.08058, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

19         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

20         (26)  UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS LICENSE PLATES.--

21         (a)  The department shall develop a United States

22  Marine Corps license plate as provided in this section. The

23  word "Florida" must appear at the top center of the plate, and

24  the words "First to Fight" must appear at the bottom center of

25  the plate. The United States Marine Corps logo, 3 inches in

26  diameter, must appear on the left side centered top to bottom

27  of the plate in proper colors.

28         (b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed to the

29  Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, Inc., successor to the

30  USMV Tag/Scholarship Fund, Inc., which shall use the fees to

31  fund scholarships and assist Marine Corps Junior ROTC programs

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 127

    209-216-99






  1  of this state. The foundation shall develop a plan to

  2  distribute the funds to recipients nominated by residents of

  3  the state to receive scholarships, and to the Marine Corps

  4  Junior ROTC programs in the state.

  5         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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      Provides for the creation and sale of a United States
10    Marine Corps specialty license plate. Provides an annual
      use fee of $15. Provides for the disposition of use fees.
11    See bill for details.

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