HB 0679
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Transportation recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to specialty license plates; amending ss.
12	320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a series of
13	Military Services license plates; providing for the
14	distribution of annual use fees received from the sale of
15	such plates; providing an effective date.
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17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1. Paragraph (mm) is added to subsection (4) of
20	section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
21	320.08056 Specialty license plates.--
22	(4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
23	collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
24	(mm) Military Services license plate, $15.
25	Section 2. Subsection (39) is added to section 320.08058,
26	Florida Statutes, to read:
27	320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
28	(39) MILITARY SERVICES LICENSE PLATES.--
29	(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the
30	department shall develop a series of military services license
31	plates for the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast
32	Guard as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must
33	appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Army," "Navy,"
34	"Air Force," or "Coast Guard" must appear at the bottom of the
35	plate. The appropriate logo for the particular branch of the
36	military must appear on the left side of the plate,
37	approximately 3 inches in diameter.
38	(b) The department shall retain all revenues from the sale
39	of such plates until all startup costs for developing and
40	issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the annual
41	use fees shall be deposited into the State Homes for Veterans
42	Trust Fund and must be used solely to construct, operate, and
43	maintain domiciliary and nursing homes for veterans, subject to
44	the requirements of chapter 216.
45	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.