Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 501
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
             05/06/2011 02:53 PM       .                                
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       Senator Bennett moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (106676) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 59 and 60
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Paragraph (aaaa) is added to subsection (4) of
    7  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
    9         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   10  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   11         (aaaa) Republican Party of Florida and Florida Democratic
   12  Party license plates, $35.
   13         Section 3. Subsection (80) is added to section 320.08059,
   14  Florida Statutes to read:
   15         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   16         (80) REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA and FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC
   17  PARTY LICENSE PLATES.—
   18         (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the
   19  department shall develop a Republican Party of Florida license
   20  plate and a Florida Democratic Party license plate, as provided
   21  in this section. The plates must bear the colors and design
   22  approved by the department and the official logo of the
   23  Republican Party of Florida or the Florida Democratic Party must
   24  appear between the numerals. To further the state interest in
   25  increasing voter participation in Florida elections, the plate
   26  must also include the words “I VOTE.”
   27         (b) The department shall retain all revenues from the sale
   28  of such plates until all startup costs for developing and
   29  issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, all of the
   30  annual revenues of the Republican plates shall be distributed to
   31  the Republican Party of Florida and all of the annual revenues
   32  of the Democrat plates shall be distributed to the Florida
   33  Democratic Party. Such funds shall be deposited into a separate
   34  account to be used to support voter registration, absentee
   35  ballot registration, voter contact, and administration and
   36  marketing of the plates. No revenues shall be used for political
   37  advertisements as defined in s. 106.011.
   38         (c) From the funds distributed to the Republican Party of
   39  Florida and to the Florida Democratic Party, an amount not to
   40  exceed 15 percent of the annual revenues received from the sale
   41  of the plates may be used for administration and marketing of
   42  the plates.
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   44  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   45         And the title is amended as follows:
   46         Between lines 75 and 76
   47  insert:
   48         amending s. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating
   49         the Republican Party of Florida and the Florida
   50         Democratic Party license plates; establishing an
   51         annual use fee for the plates and providing for
   52         distribution of fees collected from the sale of the
   53         plates;