| 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 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; 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 (mmm) 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 | (mmm) Confederate Heritage license plate, $25. |
| 17 | Section 2. Subsection (65) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 18 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 19 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 20 | (65) CONFEDERATE HERITAGE LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 21 | (a) The department shall develop a Confederate Heritage |
| 22 | license plate as provided in this section. Confederate Heritage |
| 23 | license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the |
| 24 | department and must contain an emblem or logo of Florida's |
| 25 | historic Confederate flags and facsimiles of the buttons issued |
| 26 | to Florida Confederate units. The word "Florida" must appear at |
| 27 | the top of the plate, and the words "Confederate Heritage" must |
| 28 | appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 29 | (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed |
| 30 | to Sons of Confederate Veterans, Florida Division, Inc., to fund |
| 31 | educational programs in schools, cemetery location and |
| 32 | restoration, educational scholarship programs, and other |
| 33 | projects within the state promoting Florida's history and |
| 34 | heritage. Sons of Confederate Veterans, Florida Division, Inc., |
| 35 | may retain all revenue from the annual use fees until all |
| 36 | startup costs for developing and establishing the plate have |
| 37 | been recovered. Thereafter, up to 5 percent of the annual use |
| 38 | fee revenue may be used for administrative costs directly |
| 39 | associated with operations of Sons of Confederate Veterans, |
| 40 | Florida Division, Inc., and up to 20 percent may be used for |
| 41 | promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate. |
| 42 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |