| 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 a Catch Me, |
| 4 | Release Me license plate, a Florida Horse Park license |
| 5 | plate, and a Florida Biodiversity Foundation license |
| 6 | plate; establishing annual use fees for the plates; |
| 7 | providing for the distribution of use fees received from |
| 8 | the sale of such plates; revising the portion of use fees |
| 9 | collected from the sale of the Florida Salutes Veterans |
| 10 | license plate that shall be distributed to a direct- |
| 11 | support organization; revising the time period during |
| 12 | which such distribution shall be made; providing an |
| 13 | effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. Paragraphs (rrr), (sss), and (ttt) are added to |
| 18 | subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 19 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.- |
| 20 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 21 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 22 | (rrr) Catch Me, Release Me license plate, $25. |
| 23 | (sss) Florida Horse Park license plate, $25. |
| 24 | (ttt) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25. |
| 25 | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section |
| 26 | 320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsections (70), |
| 27 | (71), and (72) are added to that section, to read: |
| 28 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.- |
| 29 | (4) FLORIDA SALUTES VETERANS LICENSE PLATES.- |
| 30 | (b) The Florida Salutes Veterans license plate annual use |
| 31 | fee shall be distributed as follows: |
| 32 | 1. Ten Twenty percent shall be distributed to a direct- |
| 33 | support organization created under s. 292.055 for a period not |
| 34 | to exceed 48 24 months after the date the direct-support |
| 35 | organization is incorporated. |
| 36 | 2. Any remaining fees must be deposited in the State Homes |
| 37 | for Veterans Trust Fund, which is created in the State Treasury. |
| 38 | All such moneys are to be administered by the Department of |
| 39 | Veterans' Affairs and must be used solely for the purpose of |
| 40 | constructing, operating, and maintaining domiciliary and nursing |
| 41 | homes for veterans and for continuing promotion and marketing of |
| 42 | the license plate, subject to the requirements of chapter 216. |
| 43 | (70) CATCH ME, RELEASE ME LICENSE PLATES.- |
| 44 | (a) The department shall develop a Catch Me, Release Me |
| 45 | license plate as provided in this section. Catch Me, Release Me |
| 46 | license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the |
| 47 | department. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the |
| 48 | plate, and the words "Catch Me, Release Me" must appear at the |
| 49 | bottom of the plate. |
| 50 | (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed |
| 51 | to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., to fund marine-related |
| 52 | scientific research, including research of free-ranging pelagic |
| 53 | marine species that inhabit, use, or migrate through Florida |
| 54 | waters; conservation initiatives; and education and public |
| 55 | outreach programs targeting school-aged children in the state. |
| 56 | The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., may retain all revenue up |
| 57 | to $60,000 from the annual use fees until all startup costs for |
| 58 | developing and establishing the plate have been recovered. |
| 59 | Thereafter, up to 10 percent of the annual use fee revenue may |
| 60 | be used for administrative costs directly associated with the |
| 61 | operations of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., and |
| 62 | promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate. |
| 63 | (71) FLORIDA HORSE PARK LICENSE PLATES.- |
| 64 | (a) The department shall develop a Florida Horse Park |
| 65 | license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear |
| 66 | the colors and design approved by the department. The word |
| 67 | "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words |
| 68 | "Discover Florida's Horses" must appear at the bottom of the |
| 69 | plate. |
| 70 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the |
| 71 | Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority created by |
| 72 | s. 570.952, which shall retain all proceeds until all startup |
| 73 | costs for developing and establishing the plate have been |
| 74 | recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used as follows: |
| 75 | 1. A maximum of 5 percent of the proceeds from the annual |
| 76 | use fees may be used for the administration of the Florida Horse |
| 77 | Park license plate program. |
| 78 | 2. A maximum of 5 percent of the proceeds may be used to |
| 79 | promote and market the license plate. |
| 80 | 3. The remaining proceeds shall be used by the authority |
| 81 | to promote the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park located |
| 82 | in Marion County; to support continued development of the park, |
| 83 | including the construction of additional educational facilities, |
| 84 | barns, and other structures; to provide improvements to the |
| 85 | existing infrastructure at the park; and to provide for |
| 86 | operational expenses of the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse |
| 87 | Park. |
| 88 | (72) FLORIDA BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATES.- |
| 89 | (a) The department shall develop a Florida Biodiversity |
| 90 | Foundation license plate as provided in this section. The plate |
| 91 | must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The |
| 92 | word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the |
| 93 | words "Save Wild Florida" must appear at the bottom of the |
| 94 | plate. |
| 95 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the |
| 96 | Florida Biodiversity Foundation, Inc., which shall retain 50 |
| 97 | percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and |
| 98 | establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the |
| 99 | proceeds shall be used as follows: |
| 100 | 1. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to |
| 101 | fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the |
| 102 | license plate program and the foundation. |
| 103 | 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to |
| 104 | fund research, education, and scientific study of the diversity |
| 105 | of animals and plants and to aid in the preservation, study, |
| 106 | conservation, and recovery of imperiled organisms. |
| 107 | Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010. |