Florida Senate - 2020                             CS for SB 1454
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Infrastructure and Security; and Senators
       Powell and Harrell
       
       
       
       
       596-03027-20                                          20201454c1
    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 (85) is added to section 320.08058,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (85) 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 to the City of
   21  Fort Pierce, subject to a city resolution designating the city
   22  as the fiscal agent of the license plate. The city may use up to
   23  10 percent of the fees for administrative costs and marketing of
   24  the plate and shall use the remainder of the fees as follows:
   25         1. Before completion of construction of the Highwaymen
   26  Museum and African-American Cultural Center, the city shall
   27  distribute at least 15 percent to the St. Lucie Education
   28  Foundation, Inc., to fund art education and art projects in
   29  public schools within St. Lucie County. The remainder of the
   30  fees shall be used by the city to fund the construction of the
   31  Highwaymen Museum and African-American Cultural Center.
   32         2. Upon completion of construction of the Highwaymen Museum
   33  and African-American Cultural Center, the city shall distribute
   34  at least 10 percent to the St. Lucie Education Foundation, Inc.,
   35  to fund art education and art projects in public schools within
   36  St. Lucie County. The remainder of the fees shall be used by the
   37  city to fund the day-to-day operations of the Highwaymen Museum
   38  and African-American Cultural Center.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020, but
   40  only if SB 1456 or similar legislation takes effect, if such
   41  legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
   42  extension thereof and becomes a law.