Senate Bill sb2580

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2580

    By Senator Diaz de la Portilla





    36-1673-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

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

  4         Florida National Guard license plate; providing

  5         for the distribution of annual use fees

  6         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.  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)  Florida National Guard license plate, $25.

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

18  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

20         (45)  FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD LICENSE PLATES.--

21         (a)  The department shall develop a Florida National

22  Guard license plate as provided in this section. The word

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

24  "National Guard" must appear at the bottom of the plate.

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

26  For Giving Foundation, Inc., to fund the Florida National

27  Guard Foundation and faith-based tax-exempt organizations in

28  this state. The For Giving Foundation shall distribute the

29  funds received as follows:

30         1.  It may retain all proceeds until all costs for

31  developing the plate have been recovered.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2580
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 1         2.  It may expand a maximum of 5 percent of the

 2  proceeds for administrative costs directly associated with its

 3  operations.

 4         3.  It may expand a maximum of 20 percent of the

 5  proceeds to promote and market the plate.

 6         4.  It shall distribute 50 percent of the proceeds to

 7  the Florida National Guard Foundation.

 8         5.  It shall distribute 25 percent of the proceeds to

 9  faith-based tax-exempt organizations in this state.

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

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13                          SENATE SUMMARY

14    Creates a Florida National Guard license plate and
      provides for the distribution of annual use fees to the
15    For Giving Foundation, Inc., to be distributed by it to
      the Florida National Guard Foundation and state
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