| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to motor vehicle license plates; creating |
| 3 | s. 320.0892, F.S.; providing for the Department of Highway |
| 4 | Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue a Silver Star license |
| 5 | plate, without payment of the license tax, to persons |
| 6 | meeting specified criteria; creating s. 320.08921, F.S.; |
| 7 | providing for the department to issue a Distinguished |
| 8 | Service Cross license plate, without payment of the |
| 9 | license tax, to persons meeting specified criteria; |
| 10 | creating s. 320.08922, F.S.; providing for the department |
| 11 | to issue a Navy Cross license plate, without payment of |
| 12 | the license tax, to persons meeting specified criteria; |
| 13 | creating s. 320.08923, F.S.; providing for the department |
| 14 | to issue an Air Force Cross license plate, without payment |
| 15 | of the license tax, to persons meeting specified criteria; |
| 16 | providing an effective date. |
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 20 | Section 1. Section 320.0892, Florida Statutes is created |
| 21 | to read: |
| 22 | 320.0892 Motor vehicle license plates to recipients of the |
| 23 | Silver Star.-Any United States citizen who is a resident of |
| 24 | Florida and who was awarded the Silver Star while serving as a |
| 25 | member of the United States Armed Forces may, upon application |
| 26 | to the department, be issued a license plate on which is stamped |
| 27 | the words "Silver Star" followed by the serial number. Upon |
| 28 | submission of the application and proof that the applicant meets |
| 29 | the qualifications of this section, the plate shall be issued |
| 30 | without payment of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08. |
| 31 | Section 2. Section 320.08921, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 32 | to read: |
| 33 | 320.08921 Motor vehicle license plates to recipients of |
| 34 | the Distinguished Service Cross.-Any United States citizen who |
| 35 | is a resident of Florida and who was awarded the Distinguished |
| 36 | Service Cross while serving as a member of the United States |
| 37 | Armed Forces may, upon application to the department, be issued |
| 38 | a license plate on which is stamped the words "Distinguished |
| 39 | Service Cross" followed by the serial number. Upon submission of |
| 40 | the application and proof that the applicant meets the |
| 41 | qualifications of this section, the plate shall be issued |
| 42 | without payment of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08. |
| 43 | Section 3. Section 320.08922, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 44 | to read: |
| 45 | 320.08922 Motor vehicle license plates to recipients of |
| 46 | the Navy Cross.-Any United States citizen who is a resident of |
| 47 | Florida and who was awarded the Navy Cross while serving as a |
| 48 | member of the United States Armed Forces may, upon application |
| 49 | to the department, be issued a license plate on which is stamped |
| 50 | the words "Navy Cross" followed by the serial number. Upon |
| 51 | submission of the application and proof that the applicant meets |
| 52 | the qualifications of this section, the plate shall be issued |
| 53 | without payment of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08. |
| 54 | Section 4. Section 320.08923, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 55 | to read: |
| 56 | 320.08923 Motor vehicle license plates to recipients of |
| 57 | the Air Force Cross.-Any United States citizen who is a resident |
| 58 | of Florida and who was awarded the Air Force Cross while serving |
| 59 | as a member of the United States Armed Forces may, upon |
| 60 | application to the department, be issued a license plate on |
| 61 | which is stamped the words "Air Force Cross" followed by the |
| 62 | serial number. Upon submission of the application and proof that |
| 63 | the applicant meets the qualifications of this section, the |
| 64 | plate shall be issued without payment of the license tax imposed |
| 65 | by s. 320.08. |
| 66 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |