Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 274
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/19/2013           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Evers) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
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    6         Section 1. 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) Freemasonry license plate, $25.
   12         Section 2. Subsection (79) is added to section 320.08058,
   13  Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (79) FREEMASONRY LICENSE PLATES.—
   16         (a) Notwithstanding section 45 of 2010-223, Laws of
   17  Florida, and s. 320.08053(1),the department shall develop a
   18  Freemasonry license plate as provided in s. 320.08053(2) and
   19  (3), and this section. The word “Florida” must appear at the top
   20  of the plate, and the words “In God We Trust” must appear at the
   21  bottom of the plate.
   22         (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed
   23  to the Masonic Home Endowment Fund, Inc., which may use a
   24  maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds to promote and market the
   25  plate. The remainder of the proceeds shall be used by the
   26  Masonic Home Endowment Fund, Inc., to invest and reinvest and
   27  use the interest for the operation of the Masonic Home of
   28  Florida, a five-star facility dedicated to the care of Masons
   29  and their families.
   30         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2013.
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   32  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   33         And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   35  and insert:
   36                        A bill to be entitled                      
   37         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
   38         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a
   39         Freemasonry license plate; establishing an annual use
   40         fee for the plate; providing for the distribution of
   41         annual use fees received from the sale of such plates;
   42         providing an effective date.