Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (589602) for CS for SB 1458
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/22/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Richter) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Substitute Amendment (599260) (with
    2  title amendment)
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    4         Between lines 1484 and 1485
    5  insert:
    6         Section 29. 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 30. Subsection (79) is added to section 320.08058,
   14  Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   16         (79) REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA and FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC
   17  PARTY LICENSE PLATES.—
   18         (a) Notwithstanding s. 45, chapter 2008-176, Laws of
   19  Florida, as amended by s. 21, chapter 2010-223, Laws of Florida,
   20  and s. 320.08053(1), the department shall develop a Republican
   21  Party of Florida license plate and a Florida Democratic Party
   22  license plate, as provided in s. 320.08053(2) and (3), and this
   23  section. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate,
   24  and the words “I VOTE” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   25  The plates must bear the colors and design approved by the
   26  department. The official logo of the Republican Party of Florida
   27  or the Florida Democratic Party must appear between the
   28  numerals.
   29         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of Republican plates
   30  shall be distributed to the Republican Party of Florida and the
   31  annual use fees from the sale of Democratic plates shall be
   32  distributed to the Florida Democratic Party.
   33  (c) The respective parties may use a maximum of 15 percent of
   34  such fees for administrative costs and marketing of the plates.
   35  The balance of such fees shall be deposited by each party into a
   36  separate account and used to support voter registration,
   37  absentee ballot registration, and voter contact activities. Such
   38  revenues may not be used for political advertisements as defined
   39  in s. 106.011.
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   41  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   42         And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete line 110
   44  and insert:
   45         Registration Plan; amending ss. 320.08056 and
   46         320.08058, F.S.; creating a Republican Party of
   47         Florida license plate and a Florida Democratic Party
   48         license plate; establishing an annual use fee for the
   49         plates; providing for the distribution of annual use
   50         fees received from the sale of the plates; amending s.
   51         320.18, F.S.; providing