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 the Fraternal |
4 | Order of Police license plate; establishing an annual use |
5 | fee for the plate; providing for the distribution of use |
6 | fees 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 (rrr) 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 | (rrr) Fraternal Order of Police license plate, $25. |
17 | Section 2. Subsection (70) is added to section 320.08058, |
18 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
19 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
20 | (70) FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LICENSE PLATES.-- |
21 | (a)1. The department shall develop a Fraternal Order of |
22 | Police license plate as provided in this section. The plate must |
23 | bear the colors and design approved by the department. The word |
24 | "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words |
25 | "Fraternal Order of Police" must appear at the bottom of the |
26 | plate. |
27 | 2. The department may issue the plate only to an applicant |
28 | who submits a notarized letter from the Florida State Lodge of |
29 | the Fraternal Order of Police stating that the applicant is a |
30 | member of the lodge in good standing or a member of a lodge |
31 | member's family, together with other fees and documents required |
32 | for a specialty plate. |
33 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the |
34 | Florida State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, which |
35 | shall retain all proceeds until the startup costs to develop and |
36 | establish the plate have been recovered. Thereafter, the |
37 | proceeds shall be distributed to the Florida State Lodge |
38 | Memorial Foundation of the Fraternal Order of Police and used as |
39 | follows: |
40 | 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to |
41 | promote and market the plate, to administer the license plate |
42 | program, and to pay administrative costs directly associated |
43 | with the state Fraternal Order of Police Law Enforcement |
44 | Memorial. |
45 | 2. The remaining proceeds shall be used by the foundation |
46 | to fund projects, programs, or events related to the memorial or |
47 | to fund improvements, maintenance, or other support for the |
48 | memorial. |
49 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |