| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. |
| 3 | 320.08056, F.S.; revising specialty license plate use fee |
| 4 | provisions to change a name; establishing an annual use |
| 5 | fee for the Homeownership For All license plate; exempting |
| 6 | collegiate license plates from discontinuance |
| 7 | requirements; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; revising |
| 8 | authorized uses of the use fees received from sales of the |
| 9 | Keep Kids Drug-Free license plate; changing the name of |
| 10 | the Florida Memorial College license plate to the Florida |
| 11 | Memorial University license plate; revising authorized |
| 12 | uses of the use fees received from sales of the |
| 13 | Sportsmen's National Land Trust license plate; creating |
| 14 | the Homeownership For All license plate and providing for |
| 15 | distribution of the fees received from sales of the plate; |
| 16 | amending s. 320.0807, F.S.; creating special license |
| 17 | plates for legislative presiding officers; amending s. |
| 18 | 320.08056, F.S.; establishing an annual use fee for the |
| 19 | Future Farmers of America license plate; amending s. |
| 20 | 320.08058, F.S.; creating the Future Farmers of America |
| 21 | license plate and providing for use of funds received from |
| 22 | the sale of the plates; providing an effective date. |
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| 24 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 26 | Section 1. Paragraph (z) of subsection (4) and paragraph |
| 27 | (a) of subsection (8) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, |
| 28 | are amended, and paragraph (eee) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 29 | that section, to read: |
| 30 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 31 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 32 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 33 | (z) Florida Memorial University College license plate, |
| 34 | $25. |
| 35 | (eee) Homeownership For All license plate, $25. |
| 36 | (8)(a) The department must discontinue the issuance of an |
| 37 | approved specialty license plate if the number of valid |
| 38 | specialty plate registrations falls below 1,000 plates for at |
| 39 | least 12 consecutive months. A warning letter shall be mailed to |
| 40 | the sponsoring organization following the first month in which |
| 41 | the total number of valid specialty plate registrations is below |
| 42 | 1,000 plates. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to |
| 43 | collegiate license plates established pursuant to s. |
| 44 | 320.08058(3). |
| 45 | Section 2. Subsections (23), (26), and (48) of section |
| 46 | 320.08058, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (57) is |
| 47 | added to that section, to read: |
| 48 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 49 | (23) KEEP KIDS DRUG-FREE LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 50 | (a) The department shall develop a Keep Kids Drug-Free |
| 51 | license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" |
| 52 | must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Keep Kids |
| 53 | Drug-Free" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 54 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Keep |
| 55 | Kids Drug-Free Foundation, Inc., which shall use the fees to |
| 56 | fund activities to reduce substance abuse among residents of |
| 57 | this state. The foundation shall develop a plan to distribute |
| 58 | the funds for drug-abuse prevention programs. |
| 59 | (c) Notwithstanding s. 320.08062, up to 10 percent of the |
| 60 | proceeds from the annual use fee may be used for marketing the |
| 61 | Keep Kids Drug-Free license plate and for administrative costs |
| 62 | directly related to the management and distribution of the |
| 63 | proceeds. |
| 64 | (26) FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 65 | (a) The department shall develop a Florida Memorial |
| 66 | University College license plate as provided in this section. |
| 67 | The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the |
| 68 | words "Florida Memorial University College" must appear at the |
| 69 | bottom of the plate. |
| 70 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to Florida |
| 71 | Memorial University College. |
| 72 | (48) SPORTSMEN'S NATIONAL LAND TRUST LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 73 | (a) The department shall develop a Sportsmen's National |
| 74 | Land Trust license plate as provided in this section. The word |
| 75 | "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words |
| 76 | "Sportsmen's National Land Trust" must appear at the bottom of |
| 77 | the plate. |
| 78 | (b) The annual revenues from the sales of the license |
| 79 | plate shall be distributed to the Sportsmen's National Land |
| 80 | Trust. Such annual revenues must be used by the trust in the |
| 81 | following manner: |
| 82 | 1. Fifty percent may be retained until fifty percent of |
| 83 | all startup costs for developing and establishing the plate have |
| 84 | been recovered. |
| 85 | 2. Twenty-five percent must be used to fund programs and |
| 86 | projects within the state that preserve open space and wildlife |
| 87 | habitat, promote conservation, improve wildlife habitat, and |
| 88 | establish open space for the perpetual use of the public. |
| 89 | 3. Twenty-five percent may be used for promotion, |
| 90 | marketing, and administrative costs directly associated with |
| 91 | operation of the trust. |
| 92 | (c) When the provisions of subparagraph (b)1. are met, |
| 93 | those annual revenues shall be used for the purposes of |
| 94 | subparagraph (b)2. |
| 95 | (57) HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR ALL LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 96 | (a) The department shall develop a Homeownership For All |
| 97 | license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" |
| 98 | must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Support |
| 99 | Homeownership For All" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 100 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to |
| 101 | Homeownership For All, Inc., which may use a maximum of 10 |
| 102 | percent of the proceeds to promote and market the plate. The |
| 103 | remainder of the proceeds shall be used by Homeownership For |
| 104 | All, Inc., to fund programs that provide, promote, or otherwise |
| 105 | support affordable housing in this state. |
| 106 | Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 320.0807, Florida |
| 107 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new subsection |
| 108 | (5) is added to that section to read: |
| 109 | 320.0807 Special license plates for Governor and federal |
| 110 | and state legislators.-- |
| 111 | (5) Upon application by any current or former President of |
| 112 | the Senate and payment of the fees prescribed by s. 320.0805, |
| 113 | the department is authorized to issue a license plate stamped in |
| 114 | bold letters "Senate President" followed by the number assigned |
| 115 | by the department or chosen by the applicant if it is not |
| 116 | already in use. Upon application by any current or former |
| 117 | Speaker of the House of Representatives and payment of the fees |
| 118 | prescribed by s. 320.0805, the department is authorized to issue |
| 119 | a license plate stamped in bold letters "House Speaker" followed |
| 120 | by the number assigned by the department or chosen by the |
| 121 | applicant if it is not already in use. |
| 122 | Section 4. Paragraph (fff) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 123 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, to |
| 124 | read: |
| 125 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 126 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 127 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 128 | (fff) Future Farmers of America license plate, $25. |
| 129 | Section 5. Subsection (58) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 130 | Florida Statutes,, as amended by this act, to read: |
| 131 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 132 | (58) FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 133 | (a) Notwithstanding s. 320.08053, the department shall |
| 134 | develop a Future Farmers of America license plate as provided in |
| 135 | this section. Future Farmers of America license plates must bear |
| 136 | the colors and design approved by the department. The word |
| 137 | "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words |
| 138 | "Agricultural Education" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 139 | (b) The license plate annual use fee shall be distributed |
| 140 | quarterly to the Florida Future Farmers of America Foundation, |
| 141 | Inc., to fund activities and services of the Future Farmers of |
| 142 | America. |
| 143 | (c) The Florida Future Farmers of America Foundation, |
| 144 | Inc., shall retain all revenue from the annual use fees until |
| 145 | all startup costs for developing and establishing the plates |
| 146 | have been recovered. Thereafter, up to 10 percent of the annual |
| 147 | use fee revenue may be used for administrative, handling, and |
| 148 | disbursement expenses and up to 5 percent may be used for |
| 149 | advertising and marketing costs. All remaining annual use fee |
| 150 | revenue shall be used by the Florida Future Farmers of America |
| 151 | Foundation, Inc., to fund its activities, programs, and |
| 152 | projects, including, but not limited to, student and teacher |
| 153 | leadership programs, the Foundation for Leadership Training |
| 154 | Center, teacher recruitment and retention, and other special |
| 155 | projects. |
| 156 | Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |