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Florida Senate - 2000 CS for SB 768
By the Committee on Transportation and Senators Latvala,
Kirkpatrick, Brown-Waite, Clary, Klein, Casas, Saunders,
Rossin, Sullivan, Forman, Campbell, Sebesta and Dawson
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to license plates; amending s.
3 320.089, F.S.; providing for the deposit of
4 certain funds generated under s. 320.089, F.S.,
5 into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund
6 established by s. 296.38, F.S.; amending s.
7 320.08058, F.S.; revising provisions relating
8 to the Sea Turtle License Plate; providing for
9 a distribution of 25 percent of the annual use
10 fees from the Share the Road license plate to
11 Bike Florida, Inc., rather than to the
12 Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and
13 Amateur Sports; providing an effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 320.089, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 320.089 Members of National Guard and active United
20 States Armed Forces reservists; former prisoners of war;
21 survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal recipients;
22 special license plates; fee.--
23 (1)(a) Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck
24 for private use or recreational vehicle as specified in s.
25 320.08(9)(c) or (d), which is not used for hire or commercial
26 use, who is a resident of the state and an active or retired
27 member of the Florida National Guard, a survivor of the attack
28 on Pearl Harbor, a recipient of the Purple Heart medal, or an
29 active member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces
30 Reserve shall, upon application to the department, accompanied
31 by proof of active membership or retired status in the Florida
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1 National Guard, proof of membership in the Pearl Harbor
2 Survivors Association or proof of active military duty in
3 Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, proof of being a Purple
4 Heart medal recipient, or proof of active membership in any
5 branch of the Armed Forces Reserve, and upon payment of the
6 license tax for the vehicle as provided in s. 320.08, be
7 issued a license plate as provided by s. 320.06, upon which,
8 in lieu of the serial numbers prescribed by s. 320.06, shall
9 be stamped the words "National Guard," "Pearl Harbor
10 Survivor," "Combat-wounded veteran," or "U.S. Reserve," as
11 appropriate, followed by the serial number of the license
12 plate. Additionally, the Purple Heart plate may have the words
13 "Purple Heart" stamped on the plate and the likeness of the
14 Purple Heart medal appearing on the plate.
15 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
16 contrary beginning with fiscal year 2000-2001 and annually
17 thereafter, the first $50,000 in general revenue generated
18 from the sale of license plates issued under s. 320.089 which
19 are stamped with the words "National Guard," "Pearl Harbor
20 Survivor," "Combat-wounded veteran," or "U.S. Reserve" shall
21 be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund, as
22 described in s. 296.38(2), to be used for the purposes
23 established by law for that trust fund.
24 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (19) and
25 paragraph (b) of subsection (31) of section 320.08058, Florida
26 Statutes, are amended to read:
27 320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
28 (19) SEA TURTLE LICENSE PLATES.--
29 (b) The annual use fees shall be deposited in the
30 Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund in the Fish and
31 Wildlife Conservation Commission. The first $500,000 in annual
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1 revenue shall be used by the Florida Marine Turtle Protection
2 Program to conduct sea turtle protection, research, and
3 recovery programs. Additional license plate revenue, up to an
4 amount not exceeding 30 percent of the total annual revenue,
5 shall be dispersed annually through the marine turtle grants
6 program as provided in s. 370.12(1)(h). The remaining annual
7 use proceeds shall be used by the Florida Marine Turtle
8 Protection Program for sea turtle conservation activities. The
9 remaining annual use proceeds shall be used by the commission
10 for sea turtle conservation activities, except that up to 30
11 percent of the remaining annual use fee proceeds shall be
12 annually disbursed through the marine turtle grants program as
13 provided in s. 370.12(1)(h).
14 (31) SHARE THE ROAD LICENSE PLATES.--
15 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to Bike
16 Florida, Inc., up to 25 percent the Florida Governor's Council
17 on Physical Fitness and Amateur Sports, a portion of which
18 shall be used for marketing and promotion of the "Share the
19 Road" concept and license plate. The remaining funds shall be
20 divided equally between Bike Florida, Inc., and the Florida
21 Bicycle Association, Inc., to be used for:
22 1. Education and awareness programs, for bicycle
23 safety and motorist safety, with emphasis on sharing the
24 roadway by all users.
25 2. Training, workshops, educational materials, and
26 media events.
27 3. The promotion of safe bicycling.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 SB 768
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4 This CS provides that certain revenue generated through the
sale of military license plates would be deposited into the
5 Grants and Donations Trust Fund for the benefit of the
Veterans' Nursing Home of Florida and its residents. This CS
6 also revises the distribution of revenue generated through
sales of the Sea Turtle license plate and the Share the Road
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