| 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 a Veterans Service |
| 4 | Organization license plate; providing for an annual use |
| 5 | fee; providing for the distribution of annual use fees |
| 6 | received from the sale of such plates; providing an |
| 7 | 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 (iii) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 12 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 13 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 14 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 15 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 16 | (iii) Veterans Service Organization license plate, $15. |
| 17 | Section 2. Subsection (61) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 18 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 19 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 20 | (61) VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 21 | (a) Notwithstanding s. 320.08053, the department shall |
| 22 | develop a series of veterans service organization license plates |
| 23 | as provided in this section. Veterans Service Organization |
| 24 | license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the |
| 25 | department. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the |
| 26 | plate, and the name of the respective veterans service |
| 27 | organization must appear at the bottom of the plate. The |
| 28 | appropriate emblem for the particular veterans service |
| 29 | organization must appear on the left side of the plate, |
| 30 | approximately 3 inches in diameter. The Veterans Service |
| 31 | Organization license plate shall be developed for the following: |
| 32 | 1. The American Legion. |
| 33 | 2. The Disabled American Veterans. |
| 34 | 3. The Veterans of Foreign Wars. |
| 35 | 4. Any other veterans service organization that is |
| 36 | congressionally chartered or recognized by the United States |
| 37 | Department of Veterans Affairs. |
| 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, 60 percent |
| 41 | of the annual use fees shall be remitted to the appropriate |
| 42 | organization to support its veterans and military activities, |
| 43 | programs, and projects within the state. The remaining 40 |
| 44 | percent shall be deposited into the State Homes for Veterans |
| 45 | Trust Fund and used solely to construct, operate, and maintain |
| 46 | domiciliary and nursing homes for veterans subject to the |
| 47 | requirements of chapter 216. |
| 48 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |