Florida Senate - 2009 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2326
Barcode 384540
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/20/2009 .
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The Committee on Transportation (Siplin) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraphs (qqq) and (rrr) are added to
6 subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
8 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
9 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
10 (qqq) Go Green Florida license plate, $25.
11 (rrr) Toomey Foundation for the Natural Sciences license
12 plate, $25.
13 Section 2. Subsections (69) and (70) are added to section
14 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
15 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
16 (69) GO GREEN FLORIDA LICENSE PLATES.—
17 (a) The department shall develop a Go Green Florida license
18 plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear the
19 colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
20 must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Go Green
21 Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate. The Go Green
22 Florida emblem or logo must appear on the plate.
23 (b) The requirements of s. 320.08053 must be met before the
24 issuance of the plate.
25 (c) The proceeds from the sale of the plate shall be
26 distributed to the Coalition for Renewable Energy Solutions,
27 Inc. After reimbursement for documented costs expended to
28 establish the plates and for annual auditing costs, the
29 coalition shall use the proceeds of the annual use fees in the
30 following manner:
31 1. A maximum of 5 percent shall be used for administrative
32 costs directly associated with the management and distribution
33 of the proceeds.
34 2. A maximum of 25 percent shall be used for the continuing
35 statewide promotion and marketing of the plate.
36 3. Seventy percent shall be used to fund the Renewable
37 Energy and Energy-Efficient Technology Grants Program pursuant
38 to s. 377.804, the Solar Energy System Incentives Program
39 pursuant to s. 377.806, under the Florida Energy and Climate
40 Commission, or other educational programs dedicated to providing
41 effective alternative energy practices.
42 (d) The coalition shall comply with the financial audit
43 requirements of s. 320.08062.
44 (e) The Go Green Florida emblem or logo may be used as a
45 decal by the department in recognition of energy-efficient
46 vehicle usage and practices. However, the display of the decal
47 is not a substitute for a license plate.
48 (70) TOOMEY FOUNDATION FOR THE NATURAL SCIENCES LICENSE
49 PLATES.—
50 (a) The department shall develop a Toomey Foundation for
51 the Natural Sciences license plate as provided in this section.
52 The plate must bear the colors and design approved by the
53 department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
54 plate, and the words “Preserving the Past” must appear at the
55 bottom of the plate.
56 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
57 Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
58 percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
59 establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
60 proceeds shall be used as follows:
61 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
62 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
63 license plate program and the foundation.
64 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
65 acquire, manage, and preserve properties that are of scientific
66 importance to paleontologists, archeologists, or geologists for
67 the purposes of research and education, and to promote and
68 protect the unique natural sciences of this state.
69 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009.
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71 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
72 And the title is amended as follows:
73 Delete everything before the enacting clause
74 and insert:
75 A bill to be entitled
76 An act relating to license plates; amending ss.
77 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Go Green
78 Florida license plate and a Toomey Foundation for the
79 Natural Sciences license plate; establishing an annual
80 fee for the plates; providing for the distribution of
81 use fees received from the annual sale of such plates;
82 providing an effective date.