Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 1246 By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Rodriguez 596-02861-25 20251246c1 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 Save 5 Coastal Wildlife license plate; specifying design 6 elements for the plate; providing for distribution and 7 use of fees collected from the sale of the plates; 8 providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Subsection (136) is added to section 320.08058, 13 Florida Statutes, to read: 14 320.08058 Specialty license plates.— 15 (136) SAVE COASTAL WILDLIFE LICENSE PLATES.— 16 (a) The department shall develop a Save Coastal Wildlife 17 license plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The 18 plate must bear the colors and design approved by the 19 department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the 20 plate, and the words “Save Coastal Wildlife” must appear at the 21 bottom of the plate. The plate must include the image of an 22 American flamingo. 23 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be 24 distributed to the Zoo Miami Foundation, a nonprofit 25 organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 for conservation of imperiled coastal wildlife and ecosystems in 27 this state through field conservation and mission-focused 28 research. Up to 10 percent of the annual use fees may be used 29 for costs associated with the design and creation of the license 30 plate, annual administrative costs directly associated with the 31 administration of the Save Coastal Wildlife program, and 32 marketing of the license plate. Of the remaining funds: 33 1. Eighty-five percent must be used to maintain programs at 34 the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Institute at Zoo Miami which 35 conserve imperiled coastal wildlife and ecosystems. 36 2. Fifteen percent must be distributed to eligible Florida 37 based nonprofit organizations to conserve native imperiled 38 coastal wildlife and ecosystems. 39 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.