| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to specialty license plates; amending ss. |
| 3 | 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating the A State of |
| 4 | Vision license plate and establishing its annual use fee; |
| 5 | providing for the distribution of annual use fees received |
| 6 | from the sale of such plates; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Paragraph (eee) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 11 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 12 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 13 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 14 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 15 | (eee) A State of Vision license plate, $25. |
| 16 | Section 2. Subsection (57) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 17 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 18 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 19 | (57) A STATE OF VISION LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 20 | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the |
| 21 | department shall develop an A State of Vision license plate as |
| 22 | provided in this section. A State of Vision license plates must |
| 23 | bear the colors and design approved by the department. The word |
| 24 | "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "A |
| 25 | State of Vision" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 26 | (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed |
| 27 | quarterly to the Florida Association of Agencies Serving the |
| 28 | Blind, Inc., to fund direct-support services to blind and |
| 29 | visually impaired people. |
| 30 | (c) The Florida Association of Agencies Serving the Blind, |
| 31 | Inc., shall retain all revenue from the annual use fees until |
| 32 | all startup costs for developing and establishing the plates |
| 33 | have been recovered. Thereafter, up to 5 percent of the annual |
| 34 | use fee revenue shall be used for administrative costs and up to |
| 35 | 20 percent shall be used for promotion and marketing of the |
| 36 | specialty license plate. All remaining annual use fee revenue |
| 37 | shall be used by the Florida Association of Agencies Serving the |
| 38 | Blind, Inc., to fund its activities, programs, and projects |
| 39 | within the state through its local nonprofit organizations' |
| 40 | direct-support services to blind and visually impaired people. |
| 41 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |