Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1458
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
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       Senator Soto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1426 and 1427
    4  insert:
    5         Section 29. Paragraph (aa) of subsection (4) of section
    6  320.08056, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
    8         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
    9  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   10         (aa) Florida Wildflower license plate, $25 $15.
   11         Section 30. Subsection (27) of section 320.08058, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (27) FLORIDA WILDFLOWER LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a Florida Wildflower
   16  license plate as provided in this section. The word “Florida”
   17  must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “State
   18  Wildflower” and “coreopsis” must appear at the bottom of the
   19  plate.
   20         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida
   21  Wildflower Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation under s.
   22  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proceeds must be
   23  used to establish native Florida wildflower research programs,
   24  wildflower educational programs, and wildflower grant programs
   25  to municipal, county, and community-based groups in this state.
   26         1. The Florida Wildflower Foundation, Inc., shall develop
   27  procedures of operation, research contracts, education and
   28  marketing programs, and wildflower planting grants for Florida
   29  native wildflowers, plants, and grasses.
   30         2. A maximum of 20 15 percent of the proceeds from the sale
   31  of such plates may be used for administrative and marketing
   32  costs.
   33         3. If the Florida Wildflower Foundation, Inc., ceases to be
   34  an active nonprofit corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the
   35  Internal Revenue Code, the proceeds from the annual use fee
   36  shall be deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund
   37  created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   38  Services. Any funds held by the Florida Wildflower Foundation,
   39  Inc., must be promptly transferred to the General Inspection
   40  Trust Fund. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   41  shall use and administer the proceeds from the use fee in the
   42  manner specified in this paragraph.
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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         Delete line 105
   47  and insert:
   48         International Registration Plan; amending s.
   49         320.08056, F.S.; revising the annual use fee for the
   50         Florida Wildflower license plate; amending s.
   51         320.08058, F.S.; revising provisions for distribution
   52         and use of fees collected from the sale of such
   53         specialty license plate; amending s. 320.18,