House Bill 0571c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000              CS/HB 571

        By the Committee on Transportation and Representative
    Casey





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to specialty license plates;

  3         amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; providing for a

  4         distribution of 25 percent of the annual use

  5         fees from the Share the Road license plate to

  6         Bike Florida, Inc., rather than to the

  7         Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and

  8         Amateur Sports; 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.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (31) of section

13  320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

15         (31)  SHARE THE ROAD LICENSE PLATES.--

16         (b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed to Bike

17  Florida, Inc., up to 25 percent the Florida Governor's Council

18  on Physical Fitness and Amateur Sports, a portion of which

19  shall be used for marketing and promotion of the "Share the

20  Road" concept and license plate. The remaining funds shall be

21  divided equally between Bike Florida, Inc., and the Florida

22  Bicycle Association, Inc., to be used for:

23         1.  Education and awareness programs, for bicycle

24  safety and motorist safety, with emphasis on sharing the

25  roadway by all users.

26         2.  Training, workshops, educational materials, and

27  media events.

28         3.  The promotion of safe bicycling.

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

30  law.

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