Florida Senate - 2009 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2326
Barcode 955188
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) Trinity license plate, $25.
12 Section 2. Subsections (69) and (70) are added to section
13 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
14 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
15 (69) GO GREEN FLORIDA LICENSE PLATES.—
16 (a) The department shall develop a Go Green Florida license
17 plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear the
18 colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
19 must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Go Green
20 Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate. The Go Green
21 Florida emblem or logo must appear on the plate.
22 (b) The requirements of s. 320.08053 must be met before the
23 issuance of the plate.
24 (c) The proceeds from the sale of the plate shall be
25 distributed to the Coalition for Renewable Energy Solutions,
26 Inc. After reimbursement for documented costs expended to
27 establish the plates and for annual auditing costs, the
28 coalition shall use the proceeds of the annual use fees in the
29 following manner:
30 1. A maximum of 5 percent shall be used for administrative
31 costs directly associated with the management and distribution
32 of the proceeds.
33 2. A maximum of 25 percent shall be used for the continuing
34 statewide promotion and marketing of the plate.
35 3. Seventy percent shall be used to fund the Renewable
36 Energy and Energy-Efficient Technology Grants Program pursuant
37 to s. 377.804, the Solar Energy System Incentives Program
38 pursuant to s. 377.806, under the Florida Energy and Climate
39 Commission, or other educational programs dedicated to providing
40 effective alternative energy practices.
41 (d) The coalition shall comply with the financial audit
42 requirements of s. 320.08062.
43 (e) The Go Green Florida emblem or logo may be used as a
44 decal by the department in recognition of energy-efficient
45 vehicle usage and practices. However, the display of the decal
46 is not a substitute for a license plate.
47 (70) TRINITY LICENSE PLATES.—
48 (a) The department shall develop a Trinity license plate as
49 provided in this section. The plate must bear the colors and
50 design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must
51 appear at the top of the plate and the words “Sunshine State”
52 must appear at the bottom of the plate.
53 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
54 Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
55 percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
56 establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
57 proceeds shall be used as follows:
58 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
59 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
60 license plate program and the foundation.
61 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
62 support educational, research, and scientific activities in this
63 state, including the distribution of funds to qualified entities
64 in furtherance of the stated purposes of the foundation.
65 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009.
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67 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
68 And the title is amended as follows:
69 Delete everything before the enacting clause
70 and insert:
71 A bill to be entitled
72 An act relating to license plates; amending ss.
73 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Go Green
74 Florida license plate and a Trinity license plate;
75 establishing an annual fee for the plates; providing
76 for the distribution of use fees received from the
77 sale of such plates; providing an effective date.