Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 714
       
       
        
       By Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00925B-14                                            2014714__
    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 Florida Homebuilders license plate;
    6         establishing an annual use fee for the plate;
    7         providing for the distribution of use fees received
    8         from the sale of such plates; providing an effective
    9         date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (eeee) is added to subsection (4) of
   14  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   16         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   17  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   18         (eeee) Florida Homebuilders license plate, $25.
   19         Section 2. Subsection (83) is added to section 320.08058,
   20  Florida Statutes, to read:
   21         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   22         (83) FLORIDA HOMEBUILDERS LICENSE PLATES.—
   23         (a) Notwithstanding s. 320.08053(1) and s. 45 of chapter
   24  2008-176, Laws of Florida, as amended by s. 21 of chapter 2010
   25  223, Laws of Florida, the department shall develop a Florida
   26  Homebuilders license plate as provided in this section and s.
   27  320.08053(2) and (3). The word “Florida” must appear at the top
   28  of the plate, and a slogan approved by the department must
   29  appear at the bottom of the plate.
   30         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   31  the sale of such plates until the startup costs for developing
   32  and issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   33  annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida Home
   34  Builders Association and local affiliates, which may use up to
   35  10 percent of the proceeds for administrative costs and
   36  marketing of the plate. The balance of the fees shall be used by
   37  the Florida Home Builders Association and local affiliates to
   38  protect and to promote and educate the public about Florida’s
   39  home building industry, ensuring that it remains a thriving
   40  component of this state’s economy.
   41         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2014.