| 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 Trees Are Cool |
| 4 | license plate; establishing an annual use fee for the |
| 5 | plate; providing for the distribution of the 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 (iii) 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 | (iii) Trees Are Cool license plate, $25. |
| 16 | Section 2. Subsection (61) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 17 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 18 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 19 | (61) TREES ARE COOL LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 20 | (a) The department shall develop a Trees Are Cool license |
| 21 | plate as provided in this section. Trees Are Cool license plates |
| 22 | must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The |
| 23 | word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the |
| 24 | words "Trees Are Cool" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 25 | (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed |
| 26 | to the Florida Chapter of the International Society of |
| 27 | Arboriculture, Inc., to fund its activities, programs, and |
| 28 | projects within the state. The Florida Chapter of the |
| 29 | International Society of Arboriculture, Inc., may retain all |
| 30 | revenue from the annual use fees until up to $60,000 of its |
| 31 | documented startup costs for developing and establishing the |
| 32 | plate have been recovered. Thereafter, up to 5 percent of the |
| 33 | annual use fee revenue may be used for administrative costs |
| 34 | directly associated with management of the Trees Are Cool |
| 35 | license plate program, up to 25 percent may be used for |
| 36 | promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate, and at |
| 37 | least 70 percent shall be used to fulfill the mission of the |
| 38 | International Society of Arboriculture, Inc., in this state by |
| 39 | providing statewide education and training with respect to tree |
| 40 | care and tree safety. |
| 41 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |