Senate Bill sb0668

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 668

    By Senator Pruitt





    28-414-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

  3         320.08056, 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Sailfish

  4         license plate; providing for the distribution

  5         of annual use fees received from the sale of

  6         such plates; providing for the annual use fees

  7         received from the sale of Florida Wildflower

  8         license plates to be distributed to the

  9         Department of Agriculture and Consumer

10         Services; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (mm) is added to subsection (4)

15  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

16         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

18  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

19         (mm)  Sailfish license plate, $22.

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

21  Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (39) is added to

22  that section, to read:

23         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

24         (28)  FLORIDA WILDFLOWER LICENSE PLATES.--

25         (a)  The department shall develop a Florida Wildflower

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

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

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

29  plate.

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

31  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Wildflower

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 1  Account established by Keep Florida Beautiful, Inc., created

 2  by s. 403.4131. The proceeds must be used to establish native

 3  Florida wildflower research programs, wildflower educational

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

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

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

 7  used for administrative costs.

 8         (39)  SAILFISH LICENSE PLATES.--

 9         (a)  The department shall develop a Sailfish license

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

11  appear at the top of the plate, and the word "Sailfish" must

12  appear at the bottom of the plate.

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

14  Florida Foundation for Responsible Angling, Inc., to fund

15  aquatic education; marine resource stewardship, and ethical

16  angling practices in this state. A maximum of 15 percent of

17  the funds received by the foundation may be used for

18  administrative costs directly associated with the foundation's

19  grant distribution program and license plate funding. A

20  maximum of 10 percent of the funds may be used for continuing

21  promotion and marketing of the license plate. The foundation

22  shall provide for a peer review grant solicitation and award

23  process to distribute the remainder of the funds to benefit

24  aquatic education, marine resource stewardship, and ethical

25  angling practices in this state.

26         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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 3    Creates a Sailfish license plate and provides for the
      distribution of annual use fees to the Florida Foundation
 4    for Responsible Angling, Inc., to fund aquatic education,
      marine resource stewardship, and ethical angling
 5    practices. Provides for the annual use fees from the sale
      of Florida Wildflower license plates to be distributed to
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