Florida Senate - 2019                                     SB 424
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00802-19                                             2019424__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to license plate decals for organ
    3         donors; creating s. 320.0849, F.S.; authorizing a
    4         certain owner or lessee of a motor vehicle to request
    5         issuance of a license plate decal identifying him or
    6         her as an organ, tissue, or eye donor; providing
    7         requirements for the decal; requiring the Department
    8         of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue the
    9         decal free of charge; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 320.0849, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         320.0849 Free motor vehicle license plate decals to organ
   16  donors.—An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is registered
   17  as an organ, tissue, or eye donor may request issuance of a
   18  decal to be affixed to the upper left-hand corner of the owner’s
   19  or lessee’s motor vehicle license plate identifying the owner or
   20  lessee as an organ, tissue, or eye donor. Upon receipt of such
   21  request, the department shall issue a red heart decal to the
   22  owner or lessee free of charge.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.