1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to corporate license plates; creating s. |
3 | 320.08052, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Highway |
4 | Safety and Motor Vehicles to create the Corporate License |
5 | Plate Program and enter into certain agreements with |
6 | certain entities; requiring that corporate license plates |
7 | meet specified criteria and that certain aspects of such |
8 | license plates be approved by the department; authorizing |
9 | vehicle owners to apply for such license plates; requiring |
10 | that specified minimum fees be paid by applicants and |
11 | corporate sponsors for such applications; requiring that |
12 | the department, upon approval of an application, issue the |
13 | appropriate corporate plate to the vehicle owner along |
14 | with a registration and decal valid for a specified |
15 | period; providing for the distribution of fees collected; |
16 | authorizing corporate sponsors to participate in the |
17 | program by submitting a specified minimum initial |
18 | application fee; requiring that a corporate sponsor meet |
19 | specified eligibility requirements; requiring that the |
20 | department adopt rules; providing an effective date. |
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22 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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24 | Section 1. Section 320.08052, Florida Statutes, is created |
25 | to read: |
26 | 320.08052 Corporate license plates.- |
27 | (1) The department is authorized to create a Corporate |
28 | License Plate Program. The department may enter into agreements |
29 | with any business entity, advertising firm, or for-profit |
30 | business that provides the department the required legal |
31 | documentation to use corporate logos on Florida license plates. |
32 | (2) The design of corporate license plates must be |
33 | approved by the department and must have the word "Florida" at |
34 | the top. Corporate license plates may be personalized as |
35 | provided in s. 320.0805 but must be approved by the corporate |
36 | sponsor and the department before issuance. |
37 | (3) A vehicle owner may apply for a corporate license |
38 | plate for any motor vehicle registered in the owner's name |
39 | weighing 7,999 pounds or less and also registered as a private- |
40 | use vehicle. Each application must be accompanied by an |
41 | application fee that is 50 percent less than the current |
42 | registration fee. The application by any vehicle owner for a |
43 | corporate license plate shall, upon acceptance, authorize the |
44 | department to provide the applicant's name and address to the |
45 | corporate sponsor in compliance with s. 119.0712(2). Upon |
46 | approval of the application, the corporate sponsor shall |
47 | immediately remit to the department a fee of no less than $75. |
48 | The department shall issue the appropriate corporate plate to |
49 | the vehicle owner, along with a registration and decal, and the |
50 | registration is valid for one registration period, which may not |
51 | exceed 15 months. All applicable registration fees authorized by |
52 | this chapter shall be distributed as provided in this chapter |
53 | from the proceeds of the fees paid pursuant to this subsection. |
54 | Excess revenues remaining after the distribution of all required |
55 | fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust |
56 | Fund to fund the general operations of the department. |
57 | (4) Corporate sponsors may participate in the program by |
58 | submitting an initial application fee to the department of at |
59 | least $5,000 for the purchase of initial inventory. To be |
60 | eligible to participate in the program, a corporate sponsor must |
61 | provide evidence of the ability to pay $75 per vehicle owner for |
62 | a minimum of 5,000 vehicle owners. |
63 | (5) The department shall adopt rules to administer this |
64 | section. |
65 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2011. |