Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1208
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-00597-10                                           20101208__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to motor vehicle specialty license
    3         plates; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; increasing the
    4         length of time that a percentage of the annual use
    5         fees received from the sale of Florida Salutes
    6         Veterans license plates is distributed to a specific
    7         direct-support organization; providing an effective
    8         date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
   13  320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (4) FLORIDA SALUTES VETERANS LICENSE PLATES.—
   16         (b) The Florida Salutes Veterans license plate annual use
   17  fee shall be distributed as follows:
   18         1. Twenty percent shall be distributed to a direct-support
   19  organization created under s. 292.055 for a period not to exceed
   20  48 24 months after the date the direct-support organization is
   21  incorporated.
   22         2. Any remaining fees must be deposited in the State Homes
   23  for Veterans Trust Fund, which is created in the State Treasury.
   24  All such moneys are to be administered by the Department of
   25  Veterans’ Affairs and must be used solely for the purpose of
   26  constructing, operating, and maintaining domiciliary and nursing
   27  homes for veterans and for continuing promotion and marketing of
   28  the license plate, subject to the requirements of chapter 216.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.