Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1024
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/19/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Burgess) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 22 - 33
    4  and insert:
    5  distributed to the Blue Angels Foundation, Inc., which may use
    6  up to 10 percent of the fees for administrative costs related to
    7  the promotion and marketing of the plate. The balance of the
    8  fees must be used by the Blue Angels Foundation, Inc., to
    9  provide funding to wounded veterans for critical services, with
   10  a focus on transitional housing, posttraumatic stress disorder
   11  treatment, and suicide prevention.
   12         (137) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY LICENSE PLATES.—
   13         (a) The department shall develop a United States Military
   14  Academy license plate as provided in this section and s.
   15  320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
   16  the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   17  plate, and the words “Go Army, Beat Navy!” must appear at the
   18  bottom of the plate.
   19         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be
   20  distributed to the Home Base Florida Foundation, which may use
   21  up to 10 percent of the fees for administrative costs related to
   22  promotion and marketing of the plate. The balance of the fees
   23  must be used by the Home Base Florida Foundation to assist in
   24  world-class clinical care, wellness, education, and research for
   25  veterans, service members, and their family members who need
   26  more complex care.
   27  
   28  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   29  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 11
   31  and insert:
   32         Section 1. Subsections (136) and (137) are added to section
   33  320.08058,
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete lines 5 - 7
   38  and insert:
   39         States Naval Academy license plate and a United States
   40         Military Academy license plate; providing for
   41         distribution and use of fees collected from the sale
   42         of the plates; providing an effective date.