Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 642
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Siplin moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 135 and 136
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Paragraphs (sss), (ttt), and (uuu) 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         (sss)Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25.
   11         (ttt)Preserving the Past license plate, $25.
   12         (uuu)Trinity license plate, $25.
   13         Section 4. Subsections (71),(72), and (73) are added to
   14  section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   16         (71)FLORIDA BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATES.—
   17         (a)The department shall develop a Florida Biodiversity
   18  Foundation license plate as provided in this section. Florida
   19  Biodiversity Foundation license plates must bear the colors and
   20  design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must
   21  appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Save Wild
   22  Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   23         (b)The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida
   24  Biodiversity Foundation, Inc., which shall retain 50 percent of
   25  the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and establish
   26  the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall
   27  be used as follows:
   28         1.A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   29  fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
   30  license plate program and the foundation.
   31         2.The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
   32  fund research, education, and scientific study of the diversity
   33  of animals and plants and to aid in the preservation, study,
   34  conservation, and recovery of imperiled organisms.
   35         (72)PRESERVING THE PAST LICENSE PLATES.—
   36         (a)The department shall develop a Preserving the Past
   37  license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear
   38  the colors and design approved by the department. The word
   39  “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words
   40  “Preserving the Past” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   41         (b)The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
   42  Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
   43  percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
   44  establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   45  proceeds shall be used as follows:
   46         1.A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   47  fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
   48  license plate program and the foundation.
   49         2.The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
   50  acquire, manage, and preserve properties that are of scientific
   51  importance to paleontologists, archeologists, or geologists for
   52  the purposes of research and education, and to promote and
   53  protect the unique natural sciences of this state.
   54         (73)TRINITY LICENSE PLATES.—
   55         (a)The department shall develop a Trinity license plate as
   56  provided in this section. The plate must bear the colors and
   57  design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must
   58  appear at the top of the plate and the words “Sunshine State”
   59  must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   60         (b)The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
   61  Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
   62  percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
   63  establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   64  proceeds shall be used as follows:
   65         1.A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   66  fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
   67  license plate program and the foundation.
   68         2.The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
   69  support educational, research, and scientific activities in this
   70  state, including the distribution of funds to qualified entities
   71  in furtherance of the stated purposes of the foundation.
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   74  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   75         And the title is amended as follows:
   76         Delete line 9
   77  and insert:
   78         creating a Florida Biodiversity Foundation license
   79         plate, a Preserving the Past license plate, and a
   80         Trinity license plate; establishing an annual use fee
   81         for the plates; providing for the distribution of use
   82         fees received