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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 148
By Senator Wise
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to specialty license plates;
3 creating s. 320.08068, F.S.; creating a
4 specialty license plate for motorcycles;
5 providing for the distribution of annual use
6 fees received from the sale of such plates;
7 providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 320.08068, Florida Statutes, is
12 created to read:
13 320.08068 Motorcycle specialty license plates.--
14 (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053,
15 the department shall develop a reduced dimensions specialty
16 license plate for display on motorcycles.
17 (2) The department shall issue a specialty license
18 plate to the owner or lessee of any motorcycle upon request
19 and payment of the appropriate license tax and fees.
20 (3) Each request must be made annually to the
21 department, accompanied by the following taxes and fees:
22 (a) The license tax required under s. 320.08.
23 (b) A license plate fee as required by s.
24 320.06(1)(b).
25 (c) A processing fee of $2.
26 (d) A license plate annual use fee as required in
27 subsection (4).
28 (4) A license plate annual use fee of $15 shall be
29 collected for each motorcycle specialty license plate. Annual
30 use fees shall be distributed to The Able Trust as custodial
31 agent. The Able Trust shall distribute funds as follows:
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1 (a) Twenty-five percent to Prevent Blindness Florida;
2 (b) Fifty percent to Florida Centers for Independent
3 Living in the form of matching grants from private
4 nongovernmental sources; and
5 (c) Twenty-five percent to the Brain and Spinal Cord
6 Trust Fund.
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8 Funds distributed to the Florida Centers for Independent
9 Living must be used for programs and activities serving
10 disabled Floridians. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds
11 from the sale of the plate may be used for administrative
12 costs.
13 (5) If an owner or lessee to whom the department has
14 issued a motorcycle specialty license plate acquires a
15 replacement vehicle within the owner's registration period,
16 the department must authorize a transfer of the specialty
17 license plate to the replacement vehicle in accordance with s.
18 320.0609. The annual use fee or processing fee may not be
19 refunded.
20 (6) The license plate shall be 4 inches wide by 7
21 inches long and incorporate a red, white, and blue color
22 scheme approved by the department and may bear the imprint of
23 numerals from 1 to 999, inclusive, capital letters "A" through
24 "Z," or a combination thereof. The department shall determine
25 the maximum number of characters, including numerals and
26 letters. Motorcycle specialty license plates must be otherwise
27 of the same material as standard license plates issued for any
28 registration period. In small letters, the word "Florida" must
29 appear at the top of the plate.
30 (7) The department may issue personalized prestige
31 plates for license plates authorized in this section. Such
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1 plates shall be issued in accordance with applicable
2 provisions contained in s. 320.0805.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003,
4 but it shall not take effect unless it is enacted by at least
5 a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the
6 Legislature.
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9 SENATE SUMMARY
10 Creates a motorcycle specialty license plate and provides
for the distribution of annual use fees to The Able Trust
11 to be transferred to Prevent Blindness Florida and the
Florida Centers for Independent Living to be used for
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