Florida Senate - 2019                                     SB 480
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       19-00991-19                                            2019480__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of
    4         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a
    5         Highwaymen license plate; providing for distribution
    6         and use of fees collected from the sale of the plates;
    7         providing a contingent effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (84) HIGHWAYMEN LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a Highwaymen license plate
   16  as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate must
   17  bear the colors and design approved by the department. The word
   18  “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the word
   19  “Highwaymen” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   20         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed as follows:
   21         1. Before completion of construction of the Highwaymen
   22  Museum and African-American Cultural Center, up to 10 percent
   23  may be used for administrative and marketing costs of the
   24  license plate. A minimum of 15 percent shall be distributed to
   25  the St. Lucie Education Foundation, Inc., to fund art education
   26  and art projects in public schools within St. Lucie County. The
   27  remainder of the fees shall be used to fund the construction of
   28  the Highwaymen Museum and African-American Cultural Center.
   29         2. Upon completion of construction of the Highwaymen Museum
   30  and African-American Cultural Center, up to 10 percent may be
   31  used for administrative and marketing costs of the license
   32  plate. A minimum of 10 percent shall be distributed to the St.
   33  Lucie Education Foundation, Inc., to fund art education and art
   34  projects in public schools within St. Lucie County. The
   35  remainder of the fees shall be used to fund the day-to-day
   36  operations of the Highwaymen Museum and African-American
   37  Cultural Center.
   38         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2019, but
   39  only if SB ___ or similar legislation takes effect, if such
   40  legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
   41  extension thereof and becomes a law.