Senate Bill 1266

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1266

    By Senator Sebesta





    20-608-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

  3         320.08056, 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Tampa

  4         Bay Estuary license plate; providing for the

  5         distribution of annual use fees received from

  6         the sale of such plates; providing a contingent

  7         effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (z) is added to subsection (4) of

12  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

13         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

14         (4)  The following license plate annual use fees shall

15  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

16         (z)  Tampa Bay Estuary license plate, $15.

17         Section 2.  Subsection (26) is added to section

18  320.08058, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

19         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

20         (26)  TAMPA BAY ESTUARY LICENSE PLATES.--

21         (a)  The department shall develop a Tampa Bay Estuary

22  license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida"

23  must appear at the top of the plate, the words "Tampa Bay

24  Estuary" must appear at the bottom of the plate, and the image

25  of a tarpon must appear on the plate.

26         (b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed to the

27  Tampa Bay Estuary Program created by s. 163.01.

28         1.  A maximum of 5 percent of such fees may be used for

29  marketing the plate.

30         2.  The remaining proceeds must be used to implement

31  the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Tampa

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1266
    20-608-99




  1  Bay, pursuant to priorities approved by the Tampa Bay Estuary

  2  Program Policy Board.

  3         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999,

  4  but it shall not take effect unless it is enacted by at least

  5  a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the

  6  Legislature.

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  9                          SENATE SUMMARY

10    Creates a Tampa Bay Estuary license plate and provides
      for the distribution of the annual use fees.
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