Florida Senate - 2013                              CS for SB 712
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Rules; and Senator Latvala
       
       
       
       
       595-04606-13                                           2013712c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.,; creating a Fallen
    4         Law Enforcement Officers license plate; establishing
    5         an annual use fee for the plate; providing for the
    6         distribution of use fees received from the sale of
    7         such plates; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (aaaa) is added to subsection (4) of
   12  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   15  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   16         (aaaa) Fallen Law Enforcement Officers license plate, $25. 
   17         Section 2. Subsection (79) is added to section 320.08058,
   18  Florida Statutes, to read:
   19         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   20         (79) FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LICENSE PLATES.—
   21         (a) Notwithstanding section 45 of 2008-176, Laws of
   22  Florida, as amended by section 21 of ch. 2010-223, Laws of
   23  Florida, and s. 320.08053(1), the department shall develop a
   24  Fallen Law Enforcement Officers license plate as provided in s.
   25  320.08053(2) and (3), and this section. The plates must bear the
   26  colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
   27  must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “A Hero
   28  Remembered Never Dies” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   29         (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed
   30  to the Police and Kids Foundation, Inc., which may use a maximum
   31  of 10 percent of the proceeds to promote and market the plate.
   32  The remainder of the proceeds shall be used by the Police and
   33  Kids Foundation, Inc., to invest and reinvest and use the
   34  interest for the operation of the Police and Kids Foundation,
   35  Inc.
   36         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2013.
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