Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1500
By Senator Broxson
1-01340-20 20201500__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to specialty license plate fees;
3 amending s. 320.08056, F.S.; creating a uniform annual
4 use fee collected for a specialty license plate;
5 conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
6 amending s. 320.06, F.S.; conforming a cross
7 reference; providing an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) and subsections
12 (4) and (10) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, are amended
13 to read:
14 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
15 (3) Each request must be made annually to the department or
16 an authorized agent serving on behalf of the department,
17 accompanied by the following tax and fees:
18 (d) A license plate annual use fee of $25 as required in
19 subsection (4).
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21 A request may be made any time during a registration period. If
22 a request is made for a specialty license plate to replace a
23 current valid license plate, the specialty license plate must be
24 issued with appropriate decals attached at no tax for the plate,
25 but all fees and service charges must be paid. If a request is
26 made for a specialty license plate at the beginning of the
27 registration period, the tax, together with all applicable fees
28 and service charges, must be paid.
29 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
30 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
31 (a) Manatee license plate, $25.
32 (b) Challenger/Columbia license plate, $25, except that a
33 person that purchases 1,000 or more of such license plates shall
34 pay an annual use fee of $15 per plate.
35 (c) Collegiate license plate, $25.
36 (d) Florida Salutes Veterans license plate, $15.
37 (e) Florida panther license plate, $25.
38 (f) Florida United States Olympic Committee license plate,
39 $15.
40 (g) Florida Special Olympics license plate, $15.
41 (h) Florida educational license plate, $20.
42 (i) Florida Professional Sports Team license plate, $25.
43 (j) Florida Indian River Lagoon license plate, $15.
44 (k) Invest in Children license plate, $20.
45 (l) Florida arts license plate, $20.
46 (m) Bethune-Cookman University license plate, $25.
47 (n) Florida Agricultural license plate, $20.
48 (o) Police Athletic League license plate, $20.
49 (p) Boy Scouts of America license plate, $20.
50 (q) Largemouth Bass license plate, $25.
51 (r) Sea Turtle license plate, $23.
52 (s) Protect Wild Dolphins license plate, $20.
53 (t) Barry University license plate, $25.
54 (u) Everglades River of Grass license plate, $20.
55 (v) Keep Kids Drug-Free license plate, $25.
56 (w) Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches license plate, $25.
57 (x) Conserve Wildlife license plate, $25.
58 (y) Florida Memorial University license plate, $25.
59 (z) Tampa Bay Estuary license plate, $15.
60 (aa) Florida Wildflower license plate, $15.
61 (bb) United States Marine Corps license plate, $15.
62 (cc) Choose Life license plate, $20.
63 (dd) Share the Road license plate, $15.
64 (ee) American Red Cross license plate, $25.
65 (ff) United We Stand license plate, $25.
66 (gg) Breast Cancer Research license plate, $25.
67 (hh) Protect Florida Whales license plate, $25.
68 (ii) Florida Golf license plate, $25.
69 (jj) Florida Firefighters license plate, $20.
70 (kk) Police Benevolent Association license plate, $20.
71 (ll) Military Services license plate, $15.
72 (mm) Protect Our Reefs license plate, $25.
73 (nn) Fish Florida license plate, $22.
74 (oo) Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention license plate,
75 $25.
76 (pp) Hospice license plate, $25.
77 (qq) Stop Heart Disease license plate, $25.
78 (rr) Save Our Seas license plate, $25, except that for an
79 owner purchasing the specialty license plate for more than 10
80 vehicles registered to that owner, the annual use fee shall be
81 $10 per plate.
82 (ss) Aquaculture license plate, $25, except that for an
83 owner purchasing the specialty license plate for more than 10
84 vehicles registered to that owner, the annual use fee shall be
85 $10 per plate.
86 (tt) Family First license plate, $25.
87 (uu) Wildlife Foundation of Florida license plate, $25.
88 (vv) Live the Dream license plate, $25.
89 (ww) Florida Food Banks license plate, $25.
90 (xx) Discover Florida’s Oceans license plate, $25.
91 (yy) Family Values license plate, $25.
92 (zz) Parents Make A Difference license plate, $25.
93 (aaa) Support Soccer license plate, $25.
94 (bbb) Kids Deserve Justice license plate, $25.
95 (ccc) Animal Friend license plate, $25.
96 (ddd) Future Farmers of America license plate, $25.
97 (eee) Donate Organs-Pass It On license plate, $25.
98 (fff) A State of Vision license plate, $25.
99 (ggg) Homeownership For All license plate, $25.
100 (hhh) Florida NASCAR license plate, $25.
101 (iii) Protect Florida Springs license plate, $25.
102 (jjj) Trees Are Cool license plate, $25.
103 (kkk) Support Our Troops license plate, $25.
104 (lll) Florida Tennis license plate, $25.
105 (mmm) Lighthouse Association license plate, $25.
106 (nnn) In God We Trust license plate, $25.
107 (ooo) Horse Country license plate, $25.
108 (ppp) Autism license plate, $25.
109 (qqq) St. Johns River license plate, $25.
110 (rrr) Hispanic Achievers license plate, $25.
111 (sss) Endless Summer license plate, $25.
112 (ttt) Fraternal Order of Police license plate, $25.
113 (uuu) Protect Our Oceans license plate, $25.
114 (vvv) Florida Horse Park license plate, $25.
115 (www) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25.
116 (xxx) Freemasonry license plate, $25.
117 (yyy) American Legion license plate, $25.
118 (zzz) Lauren’s Kids license plate, $25.
119 (aaaa) Big Brothers Big Sisters license plate, $25.
120 (bbbb) Fallen Law Enforcement Officers license plate, $25.
121 (cccc) Florida Sheriffs Association license plate, $25.
122 (dddd) Keiser University license plate, $25.
123 (eeee) Moffitt Cancer Center license plate, $25.
124 (9)(10)(a) A specialty license plate annual use fee
125 collected and distributed under this chapter, or any interest
126 earned from those fees, may not be used for commercial or for
127 profit activities nor for general or administrative expenses,
128 except as authorized by s. 320.08058 or to pay the cost of the
129 audit or report required by s. 320.08062(1). The fees and any
130 interest earned from the fees may be expended only for use in
131 this state unless the annual use fee is derived from the sale of
132 United States Armed Forces and veterans-related specialty
133 license plates, including the Florida Salutes Veterans license
134 plate, the United States Marine Corps license plate, the
135 Military Services license plate, the Support Our Troops license
136 plate, and the American Legion license plate as provided under
137 s. 320.08058 and the U.S. Paratroopers license plate as provided
138 under pursuant to paragraphs (4)(d), (bb), (ll), (kkk), and
139 (yyy) and s. 320.0891.
140 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
141 320.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
142 320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and
143 validation stickers generally.—
144 (1)
145 (b)1. Registration license plates bearing a graphic symbol
146 and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be issued
147 for a 10-year period. At the end of the 10-year period, upon
148 renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The department shall
149 extend the scheduled license plate replacement date from a 6
150 year period to a 10-year period. The fee for such replacement is
151 $28, $2.80 of which shall be paid each year before the plate is
152 replaced, to be credited toward the next $28 replacement fee.
153 The fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating
154 Trust Fund. A credit or refund may not be given for any prior
155 years’ payments of the prorated replacement fee if the plate is
156 replaced or surrendered before the end of the 10-year period,
157 except that a credit may be given if a registrant is required by
158 the department to replace a license plate under s.
159 320.08056(7)(a) s. 320.08056(8)(a). With each license plate, a
160 validation sticker shall be issued showing the owner’s birth
161 month, license plate number, and the year of expiration or the
162 appropriate renewal period if the owner is not a natural person.
163 The validation sticker shall be placed on the upper right corner
164 of the license plate. The license plate and validation sticker
165 shall be issued based on the applicant’s appropriate renewal
166 period. The registration period is 12 months, the extended
167 registration period is 24 months, and all expirations occur
168 based on the applicant’s appropriate registration period. A
169 vehicle that has an apportioned registration shall be issued an
170 annual license plate and a cab card that denote the declared
171 gross vehicle weight for each apportioned jurisdiction in which
172 the vehicle is authorized to operate.
173 2. In order to retain the efficient administration of the
174 taxes and fees imposed by this chapter, the 80-cent fee increase
175 in the replacement fee imposed by chapter 2009-71, Laws of
176 Florida, is negated as provided in s. 320.0804.
177 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.