Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 660
       
       
        
       By Senator Simpson
       
       
       
       
       
       18-00805-14                                            2014660__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; requiring the
    4         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
    5         create a Bonefish and Tarpon Trust license plate;
    6         specifying the design of the plate; establishing an
    7         annual use fee for the plate; requiring the department
    8         to distribute the use fee to the Bonefish and Tarpon
    9         Trust; restricting the use of the fee for specified
   10         purposes; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraph (eeee) is added to subsection (4) of
   15  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   16         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   17         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   18  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   19         (eeee) Bonefish and Tarpon Trust license plate, $25.
   20         Section 2. Subsection (83) is added to section 320.08058,
   21  Florida Statutes, to read:
   22         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   23         (83) BONEFISH AND TARPON TRUST LICENSE PLATES.—
   24         (a) Notwithstanding s. 320.08053(1) and s. 45, chapter
   25  2008-176, Laws of Florida, as amended by s. 21, chapter 2010
   26  223, Laws of Florida, the department shall develop a Bonefish
   27  and Tarpon Trust license plate as provided in this section. The
   28  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   29  words “Bonefish and Tarpon Trust” must appear at the bottom of
   30  the plate.
   31         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   32  the sale of such plates until all startup costs for developing
   33  and issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   34  annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed
   35  to the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, which:
   36         1. May use a maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds to
   37  promote and market the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust license plate.
   38         2. Shall invest and reinvest the remainder of the proceeds
   39  and use the interest thereon to conserve and enhance Florida
   40  bonefish and tarpon fisheries and their respective environments
   41  through stewardship, research, education, and advocacy.
   42         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.