Florida Senate - 2014 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 132
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
03/20/2014 .
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following:
1 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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3 Delete lines 29 - 100
4 and insert:
5 (xxx) Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation Catch Me, Release Me
6 license plate, $25.
7 (eeee) Fallen Law Enforcement Officers license plate, $25.
8 (ffff) Florida Sheriffs Association license plate, $25.
9 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2), paragraph (b)
10 of subsection (70), and subsection (76) of section 320.08058,
11 Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (83) and (84) are
12 added to that section, to read:
13 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
14 (2) CHALLENGER/COLUMBIA LICENSE PLATES.—
15 (b) The Challenger/Columbia license plate annual use fee
16 must be distributed to the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Inc.,
17 to support the operations of the Center for Space Education and
18 the Space Mirror Memorial located at the Kennedy Space Center
19 Education Technology Institute. Funds received by the Astronauts
20 Memorial Foundation, Inc., may be used for administrative costs
21 directly associated with the operation of the center and the
22 memorial institute. These funds must be used for the maintenance
23 and support of the operations of the Center for Space Education
24 and the Space Mirror Memorial Education Technology Institute
25 operated by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Inc. These
26 operations must include programs and infrastructure that inform,
27 inspire, and educate the public on the benefits of human space
28 flight preservice and inservice training in the use of
29 technology for the state’s instructional personnel in a manner
30 consistent with state training programs and approved by the
31 Department of Education. Up to 20 percent of funds received by
32 the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Inc., Center for Space
33 Education and the Education Technology Institute may be expended
34 for administrative costs directly associated with the operation
35 of the center and the institute.
36 (70) ST. JOHNS RIVER LICENSE PLATES.—
37 (b) The requirements of s. 320.08053 must be met prior to
38 the issuance of the plate. Thereafter, the license plate annual
39 use fees shall be distributed to the St. Johns River Alliance,
40 Inc., a s. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which shall
41 administer the fees as follows:
42 1. The St. Johns River Alliance, Inc., shall retain the
43 first $60,000 of the annual use fees as direct reimbursement for
44 administrative costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the
45 development and approval process. Thereafter, up to 10 percent
46 of the annual use fee revenue may be used for administrative
47 costs directly associated with education programs, conservation,
48 research, and grant administration of the organization, and up
49 to 10 percent may be used for promotion and marketing of the
50 specialty license plate.
51 2. At least 30 percent of the fees shall be available for
52 competitive grants for targeted community-based or county-based
53 research or projects for which state funding is limited or not
54 currently available. The remaining 50 percent shall be directed
55 toward community outreach and access programs. The competitive
56 grants shall be administered and approved by the board of
57 directors of the St. Johns River Alliance, Inc. A grant advisory
58 committee shall be composed of six members chosen by the St.
59 Johns River Alliance board members.
60 3. Any remaining funds shall be distributed with the
61 approval of and accountability to the board of directors of the
62 St. Johns River Alliance, Inc., and shall be used to support
63 activities contributing to education, outreach, and springs
64 conservation.
65 4. Effective July 1, 2014, the St. Johns River license
66 plate will shift into the presale voucher phase, as provided in
67 s. 320.08053(3)(b). The St. Johns River Alliance, Inc., shall
68 have 24 months to record a minimum of 1,000 sales of the license
69 plates. Sales include existing active plates and vouchers sold
70 subsequent to July 1, 2014. During the voucher period, new
71 plates may not be issued, but existing plates may be renewed.
72 If, at the conclusion of the 24-month presale period, the
73 requirement of a minimum of 1,000 sales has been met, the
74 department shall resume normal distribution of the St. Johns
75 River specialty plate. If, after 24 months, the minimum of 1,000
76 sales has not been met, the department shall discontinue the
77 development and issuance of the plate. This subparagraph is
78 repealed June 30, 2016.
79 (76) GUY HARVEY OCEAN FOUNDATION CATCH ME, RELEASE ME
80 LICENSE PLATES.—
81 (a) The department shall develop a Guy Harvey Ocean
82 Foundation Catch Me, Release Me license plate as provided in
83 this section. Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation Catch Me, Release Me
84 license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the
85 department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
86 plate, and the words “Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation” “Catch Me,
87 Release Me” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
88 (b) The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed
89 to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., to fund marine-related
90 scientific research, including research of free-ranging pelagic
91 marine species that inhabit, use, or migrate through Florida
92 waters; conservation initiatives; and education and public
93 outreach programs targeting school-aged children in the state.
94 The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., may retain all revenue up
95 to $60,000 from the annual use fees until all startup costs for
96 developing and establishing the plate have been recovered.
97 Thereafter, up to 10 percent of the annual use fee revenue may
98 be used for administrative costs directly associated with the
99 operations of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Inc., and
100 promotion and marketing of the specialty license plate.
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103 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
104 Delete lines 24 - 25
105 and insert:
106 Section 1. Paragraph (xxx) of subsection (4) of section
107 320.08056, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraphs (eeee)
108 and (ffff) are added to that subsection, to read:
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111 And the title is amended as follows:
112 Delete lines 3 - 15
113 and insert:
114 s. 320.08056, F.S.; revising the name of the Catch Me,
115 Release Me license plate; authorizing the collection
116 of annual use fees for the Fallen Law Enforcement
117 Officers license plate and the Florida Sheriffs
118 Association license plate; amending s. 320.08058,
119 F.S.; revising provisions relating to the distribution
120 of annual use funds to the Astronauts Memorial
121 Foundation, Inc., for the Challenger/Columbia
122 specialty license plate; requiring the St. Johns River
123 Alliance, Inc., to record a certain number of sales
124 within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department
125 of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to discontinue
126 the plate under certain circumstances; providing for
127 repeal on a specified date; revising the name of the
128 Catch Me, Release Me license plate; creating a Fallen
129 Law