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    By the Committee on Natural Resources; and Senator Meek





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to wildflowers; creating the

  3         Wildflower Council within the Florida

  4         Wildflower Foundation, Inc.; providing for

  5         membership and functions of the council;

  6         amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; revising

  7         provisions for distribution and use of

  8         wildflower license plate annual use fees;

  9         amending s. 403.4131, F.S.; eliminating

10         provisions relating to the Wildflower Advisory

11         Council within Keep Florida Beautiful, Inc.;

12         transferring certain funds; providing an

13         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.  Wildflower Council; creation; functions.--

18         (1)  There is created within the Florida Wildflower

19  Foundation, Inc., the Wildflower Council, consisting of a

20  maximum of 11 members, to direct and oversee the expenditure

21  of the Wildflower Account established pursuant to section

22  320.08058(28), Florida Statutes. The Wildflower Council shall

23  include a representative from the University of Florida

24  Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the Department of

25  Transportation, the Department of Environmental Protection,

26  the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of

27  Counties. Other members of the council may include

28  representatives from the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs,

29  Inc., the Think Beauty Foundation, the Florida chapter of the

30  American Society of Landscape Architects, Inc., the Master

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  1  Gardener's Program, the American Orchid Society, and two

  2  members of the Florida Wildflower Foundation, Inc.

  3         (2)  The Wildflower Council shall develop procedures of

  4  operation, research contracts, educational programs, and

  5  wildflower planting grants for Florida native wildflowers,

  6  plants, and grasses. The council shall also make the final

  7  determination as to what constitutes acceptable species of

  8  wildflowers and other plantings supported by these programs.

  9         Section 2.  Subsection (28) of section 320.08058,

10  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

11         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

12         (28)  FLORIDA WILDFLOWER LICENSE PLATES.--

13         (a)  The department shall develop a Florida Wildflower

14  license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida"

15  must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "State

16  Wildflower" and "coreopsis" must appear at the bottom of the

17  plate.

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

19  Wildflower Account established by the Florida Wildflower

20  Foundation, Inc. Keep Florida Beautiful, Inc., created by s.

21  403.4131. The proceeds must be used to establish native

22  Florida wildflower research programs, wildflower educational

23  programs, and wildflower grant programs to municipal, county,

24  and community-based groups in this state. A maximum of 10

25  percent of the proceeds from the sale of such plates may be

26  used for administrative costs.

27         Section 3.  Subsection (10) of section 403.4131,

28  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

29         403.4131  "Keep Florida Beautiful, Incorporated";

30  placement of signs.--

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  1         (10)(a)  There is created within Keep Florida

  2  Beautiful, Inc., the Wildflower Advisory Council, consisting

  3  of a maximum of nine members to direct and oversee the

  4  expenditure of the Wildflower Account. The Wildflower Advisory

  5  Council shall include a representative from the University of

  6  Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the

  7  Florida Department of Transportation, and the Florida

  8  Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida League of

  9  Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties. Other members

10  of the committee may include representatives from the Florida

11  Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., Think Beauty Foundation, the

12  Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape

13  Architects, Inc., and a representative of the Master

14  Gardener's Program.

15         (b)  The Wildflower Advisory Council shall develop

16  procedures of operation, research contracts, educational

17  programs, and wildflower planting grants for Florida native

18  wildflowers, plants, and grasses. The council shall also make

19  the final determination of what constitutes acceptable species

20  of wildflowers and other plantings supported by these

21  programs.

22         Section 4.  Any unencumbered balance of funds deposited

23  pursuant to section 320.08058(28), Florida Statutes, into the

24  Wildflower Account of the Wildflower Advisory Council, Keep

25  Florida Beautiful, Inc., shall be transferred to the

26  Wildflower Account of the Wildflower Council within the

27  Florida Wildflower Foundation, Inc.

28         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

29  law.

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  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                         Senate Bill 1282

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