| 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 10 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. |