Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7072
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/16/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 84 - 132
    4  and insert:
    5  prescribed by the department. This paragraph does not apply to
    6  specialty license plates that have statutory eligibility
    7  limitations for purchase.
    8         (c) An organization that meets the requirements of this
    9  subsection shall be deemed to have submitted a valid survey for
   10  purposes of s. 45, chapter 2008-176, Laws of Florida, as
   11  amended.
   12         Section 2. Subsection (3), paragraphs (iii), (ttt), and
   13  (uuu) of subsection (4), subsection (8), and paragraph (a) of
   14  subsection (10) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, are
   15  amended to read:
   16         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   17         (3) Each request must be made annually to the department or
   18  an authorized agent serving on behalf of the department,
   19  accompanied by the following tax and fees:
   20         (a) The license tax required for the vehicle as set forth
   21  in s. 320.08.
   22         (b) A processing fee of $5, to be deposited into the
   23  Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
   24         (c) A license plate fee as required by s. 320.06(1)(b).
   25         (d) A license plate annual use fee as required in
   26  subsection (4).
   27  
   28  A request may be made any time during a registration period. If
   29  a request is made for a specialty license plate to replace a
   30  current valid license plate, the specialty license plate must be
   31  issued with appropriate decals attached at no tax for the plate,
   32  but all fees and service charges must be paid. If a request is
   33  made for a specialty license plate at the beginning of the
   34  registration period, the tax, together with all applicable fees
   35  and service charges, must be paid.
   36         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   37  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   38         (iii) Corrections Foundation license plate, $25.
   39         (ttt) Children First license plate, $25.
   40         (uuu) Veterans of Foreign Wars license plate, $25.
   41         (8)(a) The department must discontinue the issuance of an
   42  approved specialty license plate if the number of valid
   43  specialty plate registrations falls below 1,000 plates for at
   44  least 12 consecutive months. A warning letter shall be mailed to
   45  the sponsoring organization following the first month in which
   46  the total number of valid specialty plate registrations is below
   47  1,000 plates. Beginning July 1, 2020, the department shall
   48  discontinue the issuance of an approved specialty license plate
   49  if the number of valid specialty plate registrations falls below
   50  4,000 for at least 12 consecutive months. A warning letter shall
   51  be mailed to the sponsoring organization following the first
   52  month in which the total number of valid specialty plate
   53  registrations is below 4,000 plates. This paragraph does not
   54  apply to collegiate license plates established under s.
   55  320.08058(3) or specialty license plates that have statutory
   56  eligibility limitations for purchase.
   57  
   58  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   59  And the title is amended as follows:
   60         Delete lines 6 - 10
   61  and insert:
   62         requirements; providing an exception to the presale
   63         requirements for certain specialty plates; amending s.
   64         320.08056, F.S.; deleting certain specialty license
   65         plates from the list of license plates for which an
   66         annual use fee must be collected; revising the minimum
   67         requirements to continue issuance of certain specialty
   68         plates; providing an exception to the minimum
   69         requirements for certain specialty plates;