Senate Bill sb0094Ber

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  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

  3         320.08056, 320.08058, F.S.; creating an

  4         American Red Cross license plate; creating a

  5         United We Stand license plate; providing for

  6         the distribution of annual use fees received

  7         from the sale of such plates; providing a

  8         contingent 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.  Paragraphs (ff) and (gg) are added to

13  subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to

14  read:

15         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

17  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

18         (ff)  American Red Cross license plate, $25.

19         (gg)  United We Stand license plate, $25.

20         Section 2.  Subsections (32) and (33) are added to

21  section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

22         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

23         (32)  AMERICAN RED CROSS LICENSE PLATES.--

24         (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053,

25  the department shall develop an American Red Cross license

26  plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must

27  appear at the top of the plate, and the words "American Red

28  Cross" must appear at the bottom of the plate.

29         (b)  The department shall retain all revenues from the

30  sale of such plates until all start-up costs for developing

31  and issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, 50


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  1  percent of the annual use fees shall be distributed to the

  2  American Red Cross Chapter of Central Florida, with statistics

  3  on sales of license plates, which are tabulated by county. The

  4  American Red Cross Chapter of Central Florida must distribute

  5  to each of the chapters in this state the moneys received from

  6  sales in the counties covered by the respective chapters,

  7  which moneys must be used for education and disaster relief in

  8  Florida. Fifty percent of the annual use fees shall be

  9  distributed proportionately to the three statewide approved

10  poison control centers for purposes of combating bio-terrorism

11  and other poison-related purposes.

12         (33)  UNITED WE STAND LICENSE PLATES.--

13         (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053,

14  the department shall develop a United We Stand license plate

15  as provided in this section. The American Flag must appear on

16  the license plate in addition to the words "United We Stand."

17  The colors of the license plate must be red, white, and blue.

18         (b)  The department shall retain all revenues from the

19  sale of such plates until all start-up costs for developing

20  and issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, 50

21  percent of the annual use fee shall be distributed to the

22  Department of Transportation to fund a grant program to

23  enhance security at airports throughout the state and 50

24  percent of such fees shall be distributed to the Rewards for

25  Justice Fund, to be contributed to the United States State

26  Department's Rewards for Justice program and used solely to

27  apprehend terrorists and bring them to justice.

28         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002,

29  but it shall not take effect unless it is enacted by at least

30  a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the

31  Legislature.


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