Florida Senate - 2023 CS for SB 1254
By the Committee on Transportation; and Senators Trumbull,
Rodriguez, and Pizzo
596-03098-23 20231254c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
3 s. 320.08058, F.S.; renaming the “Give the Kids the
4 World” specialty license plate as the “Universal
5 Orlando Resort” specialty license plate; directing the
6 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
7 develop a Recycle Florida license plate and a Florida
8 Association of Realtors license plate; providing for
9 distribution and use of fees collected from the sale
10 of the plates; 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. Subsection (107) of section 320.08058, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (127) and (128) are added
16 to that section, to read:
17 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
18 (107) UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT GIVE KIDS THE WORLD LICENSE
19 PLATES.—
20 (a) The department shall develop a Universal Orlando Resort
21 Give Kids The World license plate as provided in this section
22 and s. 320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design
23 approved by the department. The word “Florida” must appear at
24 the top of the plate, and the words “Universal Orlando Resort”
25 “Give Kids The World” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
26 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must
27 shall be distributed to Give Kids The World, Inc., a nonprofit
28 organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Up
29 to 10 percent of the proceeds may be used for the promotion and
30 marketing of the plate. The remainder of the proceeds must shall
31 be used by Give Kids The World, Inc., to support their mission
32 of providing week-long, cost-free vacations to children with
33 critical illnesses and their families.
34 (127) RECYCLE FLORIDA LICENSE PLATES.—
35 (a) The department shall develop a Recycle Florida license
36 plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
37 must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
38 word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
39 words “Recycle Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
40 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be
41 distributed to Recycle Florida Today Foundation, Inc., which may
42 use up to 10 percent of the proceeds to promote and market the
43 plate. The remainder of the proceeds must be used to increase
44 public awareness about the importance of recycling, resource
45 conservation, and environmental stewardship; to promote robust,
46 comprehensive, and sustainable recycling programs; and to
47 support the professional development of persons employed in
48 fields including, but not limited to, recycling, conservation,
49 and sustainability.
50 (128) FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS LICENSE PLATES.—
51 (a) The department shall develop a Florida Association of
52 Realtors license plate as provided in this section and s.
53 320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
54 the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
55 plate, and the words “Support Homeownership” must appear at the
56 bottom of the plate.
57 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
58 distributed to Homeownership For All, Inc., which may use up to
59 10 percent of the proceeds to promote and market the plate. The
60 remainder of the proceeds shall be used by Homeownership For
61 All, Inc., to fund programs that provide, promote, or otherwise
62 support affordable housing in this state.
63 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.