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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1171

    Amendment No. 001 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Transportation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert:

17         Section 1.  Paragraph (hh) is added to subsection (4)

18  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter

19  2001-355, Laws of Florida, to read:

20         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

22  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

23         (hh)  Protect Florida Whales license plate, $25.

24         Section 2.  Subsection (34) is added to section

25  320.08058, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter 2001-355,

26  Laws of Florida, to read:

27         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

28         (34)  PROTECT FLORIDA WHALES LICENSE PLATES.--

29         (a)  The department shall develop a Protect Florida

30  Whales license plate as provided in this section. The word

31  "Florida" shall appear at the top of the plate, and the words

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  1  "Protect Florida Whales" shall appear at the bottom of the

  2  plate.

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

  4  Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., to fund whale

  5  research, rehabilitation, and education programs. Up to 15

  6  percent of the funds received by the institution may be used

  7  for administrative costs directly associated with the Harbor

  8  Branch Oceanographic Institution's Marine Mammal Research and

  9  Conservation program and this specialty license plate funding.

10  Up to 10 percent of the funds may be used for continuing

11  promotion and marketing of the license plate. Ten percent of

12  the funds shall be distributed to the Wyland Foundation, Inc.,

13  and used specifically to conduct educational programs in this

14  state which promote conservation of Florida marine mammals.

15  The remainder of the funds shall be used to collect, analyze,

16  and archive scientific data regarding whale populations that

17  inhabit, utilize, or migrate in state waters; provide care and

18  assistance to stranded whales; construct and maintain a

19  Harbor-Branch-based teaching marine mammal hospital; train

20  veterinary students in the rescue, medical and rehabilitation

21  treatment, and release and postrelease monitoring of stranded

22  whales; distribute information for the purpose of protecting

23  and preserving whales; identify whale populations; conduct

24  scientific research through genetic, telemetry, bioacoustical,

25  and photographic identification research programs; advance the

26  research technology associated with tracking, monitoring, and

27  categorizing whales; develop methods of monitoring whale

28  movements; and provide for methods of early-warning detection

29  systems and advance notification that will help prevent

30  accidental boat strikes in state waters.

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

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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

  3  remove:  the entire title

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  5  and insert:

  6                      A bill to be entitled

  7         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

  8         320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a

  9         Protect Florida Whales specialty license plate;

10         providing an annual use fee; providing for the

11         distribution of the use fees received;

12         providing an effective date.

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