Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 512
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       6-00663A-24                                            2024512__
    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 United
    5         Service Organizations (USO) license plate; providing
    6         for distribution and use of fees collected from the
    7         sale of the plate; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (127) is added to section 320.08058,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (127) UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS (USO) LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a United Service
   16  Organizations (USO) license plate as provided in this section
   17  and s. 320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design
   18  approved by the department. The word “Florida” must appear at
   19  the top of the plate, and the acronym “USO” must appear at the
   20  bottom of the plate.
   21         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   22  distributed to USO Florida, Inc., a nonprofit corporation under
   23  s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which may use up to
   24  10 percent of the fees for administrative costs and marketing of
   25  the plate. USO Florida, Inc., shall distribute the remainder of
   26  the fees equally among its ten locations in this state to be
   27  used to promote the USO’s mission of supporting members of the
   28  United States Armed Forces and their families through its
   29  various programs, services, and events.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.