| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to motor vehicle license plates; amending |
| 3 | ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Confederate |
| 4 | Heritage license plate; establishing an annual use fee for |
| 5 | the plate; providing for the distribution of use fees |
| 6 | received from the sale of such plates; amending s. |
| 7 | 320.0841, F.S.; providing for issuance of free license |
| 8 | plates to members of the Choctaw Indian Tribe; providing |
| 9 | an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Paragraph (mmm) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 14 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 15 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 16 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 17 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 18 | (mmm) Confederate Heritage license plate, $25. |
| 19 | Section 2. Subsection (65) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 20 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 21 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 22 | (65) CONFEDERATE HERITAGE LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 23 | (a) The department shall develop a Confederate Heritage |
| 24 | license plate as provided in this section. Confederate Heritage |
| 25 | license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the |
| 26 | department and must contain an emblem or logo of Florida's |
| 27 | historic Confederate flags and facsimiles of the buttons issued |
| 28 | to Florida Confederate units. The word "Florida" must appear at |
| 29 | the top of the plate, and the words "Confederate Heritage" must |
| 30 | appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 31 | (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed |
| 32 | to Sons of Confederate Veterans, Florida Division, Inc., to fund |
| 33 | educational programs in schools, cemetery location and |
| 34 | restoration, educational scholarship programs, and other |
| 35 | projects within the state promoting Florida's history and |
| 36 | heritage. Sons of Confederate Veterans, Florida Division, Inc., |
| 37 | may retain all revenue from the annual use fees until all |
| 38 | startup costs for developing and establishing the plate have |
| 39 | been recovered. Thereafter, up to 5 percent of the annual use |
| 40 | fee revenue may be used for administrative costs directly |
| 41 | associated with operations of Sons of Confederate Veterans, |
| 42 | Florida Division, Inc., and up to 20 percent may be used for |
| 43 | promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate. |
| 44 | Section 3. Section 320.0841, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 45 | to read: |
| 46 | 320.0841 Free motor vehicle license plates to members of |
| 47 | Choctaw, Seminole, and Miccosukee Indian Tribes.-- |
| 48 | (1) The department shall issue each year, free of charge |
| 49 | to any state agency or individual, a sufficient number of motor |
| 50 | vehicle license plates for use on vehicles owned and operated by |
| 51 | members of the Choctaw, Seminole, and Miccosukee Indian Tribes. |
| 52 | The allocation for any year may be increased by an amount equal |
| 53 | to up to 10 percent of the allocation for the previous year. Any |
| 54 | request for such increase shall be accompanied by formal |
| 55 | certification of the need therefor by the Choctaw, Seminole, or |
| 56 | and Miccosukee Tribal Council, as appropriate Councils. |
| 57 | (2) The department shall provide an appropriate |
| 58 | application form and procedures for request and issuance of the |
| 59 | license plates. |
| 60 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |