Senate Bill sb1852

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1852

    By Senator Clary





    4-1069-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

  3         320.08056, 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Save Our

  4         Seas 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 (ss) 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         (ss)  Save Our Seas license plate, $25, except for

17  commercial vehicle fleets of more than 10 vehicles, the fee

18  shall be $10 per plate.

19         Section 2.  Subsection (45) is added to section

20  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

21         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

22         (45)  SAVE OUR SEAS LICENSE PLATES.--

23         (a)  The department shall develop a Save Our Seas

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

25  must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Save Our

26  Seas" must appear at the bottom of the plate.

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

28  Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., to fund

29  aquaculture research and education programs. Up to 15 percent

30  of the funds received by the institution may be used for

31  administrative costs directly associated with the Harbor

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1852
    4-1069-04




 1  Branch Oceanographic Institution's marine science and marine

 2  education programs and this specialty license plate funding.

 3  Up to 10 percent of the funds may be used for continuing

 4  promotion and marketing of the license plate. Ten percent of

 5  the funds shall be distributed to the Guy Harvey Research

 6  Institute at Nova Southeastern University and used to conduct

 7  scientific research and education on marine plants and animals

 8  and coastal oceanography in state marine waters; collect and

 9  analyze long-term data sets on the state's critical marine

10  habitats; determine changes in populations and communities of

11  marine organisms and their impacts on the state's use of

12  marine resources; maintain reference collections of scientific

13  specimens and photographic archives of the state's marine

14  plants and animals; and conduct scientific conferences of

15  relevance to the state's marine resources and marine

16  management, uses, and conservation.

17         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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20                          SENATE SUMMARY

21    Creates a Save Our Seas license plate and provides for
      the distribution of annual use fees to the Harbor Branch
22    Oceanographic Institution, Inc., and the Guy Harvey
      Research Institute to be used for research and education
23    concerning marine resources.

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