Florida Senate - 2018 SB 1248 By Senator Gainer 16-00725-18 20181248__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to specialty license plates; amending 3 ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; directing the 4 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 5 develop a Coastal Conservation Association license 6 plate; establishing an annual use fee for the plate; 7 providing for distribution and use of fees collected 8 from the sale of the plates; providing an effective 9 date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) 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 (ffff) Coastal Conservation Association license plate, $25. 19 Section 2. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058, 20 Florida Statutes, to read: 21 320.08058 Specialty license plates.— 22 (84) COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES.— 23 (a) The department shall develop a Coastal Conservation 24 Association license plate as provided in this section and s. 25 320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by 26 the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the 27 plate, and the words “Conserve Florida’s Fisheries” must appear 28 at the bottom of the plate. 29 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be 30 distributed to Coastal Conservation Association Florida, a 31 nonprofit corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 32 Code, to be used as follows: 33 1. Up to 10 percent of the proceeds may be used for 34 administrative costs. 35 2. Up to 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to promote 36 and market the plate. 37 3. The remainder of the proceeds shall be used to support 38 the mission and efforts of Coastal Conservation Association 39 Florida for habitat enhancement and restoration, saltwater 40 fisheries conservation, and education; to advise the public on 41 the conservation of marine resources; and to promote and enhance 42 the present and future availability of those coastal resources 43 for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public. 44 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.