Senate Bill sb0668e1

    CS for SB 668                                  First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

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

  4         Florida license plate; providing for the

  5         distribution of annual use fees received from

  6         the sale of such plates; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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

12  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

15  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

16         (mm)  Fish Florida license plate, $22.

17         Section 2.  Subsection (39) is added to section

18  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

20         (39)  "FISH FLORIDA" LICENSE PLATES.--

21         (a)  The department shall develop a Fish Florida

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

23  must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Fish

24  Florida!" must appear at the bottom of the plate.

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

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

27  aquatic education; marine resource stewardship, and ethical

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

29  the funds received by the foundation may be used for

30  administrative costs directly associated with the foundation's

31  grant distribution program and license plate funding. A


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    CS for SB 668                                  First Engrossed



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

 2  promotion and marketing of the license plate. The foundation

 3  shall provide for a peer review grant solicitation and award

 4  process to distribute the remainder of the funds to benefit

 5  aquatic education, marine resource stewardship, and ethical

 6  angling practices in this state.

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

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