Senate Bill sb0686

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 686

    By Senator Oelrich





    14-782-07                                           See HB 279

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to specialty license plates;

  3         amending ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.;

  4         creating a Veterans Service Organization

  5         license plate; providing for an annual use fee;

  6         providing for the distribution of annual use

  7         fees received from the sale of such plates;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (iii) is added to subsection (4)

13  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

14         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

15         (4)  The following license plate annual use fees shall

16  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

17         (iii)  Veterans Service Organization license plate,

18  $15.

19         Section 2.  Subsection (61) is added to section

20  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

21         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

22         (61)  VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION LICENSE PLATES.--

23         (a)  Notwithstanding s. 320.08053, the department shall

24  develop a series of veterans service organization license

25  plates as provided in this section. Veterans Service

26  Organization license plates must bear the colors and design

27  approved by the department. The word "Florida" must appear at

28  the top of the plate, and the name of the respective veterans

29  service organization must appear at the bottom of the plate.

30  The appropriate emblem for the particular veterans service

31  organization must appear on the left side of the plate and be

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 686
    14-782-07                                           See HB 279




 1  approximately 3 inches in diameter. The Veterans Service

 2  Organization license plate shall be developed for the

 3  following:

 4         1.  The American Legion.

 5         2.  The Disabled American Veterans.

 6         3.  The Veterans of Foreign Wars.

 7         4.  Any other veterans service organization that is

 8  congressionally chartered or recognized by the United States

 9  Department of Veterans Affairs.

10         (b)  The department shall retain all revenues from the

11  sale of such plates until all startup costs for developing and

12  issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, 60 percent

13  of the annual use fees shall be remitted to the appropriate

14  organization to support its veterans and military activities,

15  programs, and projects within the state. The remaining 40

16  percent shall be deposited into the State Homes for Veterans

17  Trust Fund and used solely to construct, operate, and maintain

18  domiciliary and nursing homes for veterans subject to the

19  requirements of chapter 216.

20         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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