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    By the Committee on Finance and Taxation; and Senator Sebesta





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicle license

  3         plates; amending s. 320.089, F.S.; providing

  4         for the issuance, without payment of the

  5         license tax, of Pearl Harbor Survivor license

  6         plates or Purple Heart license plates to

  7         certain disabled veterans; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 320.089, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         320.089  Members of National Guard and active United

15  States Armed Forces reservists; former prisoners of war;

16  survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal recipients;

17  special license plates; fee.--

18         (1)(a)  Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck

19  for private use or recreational vehicle as specified in s.

20  320.08(9)(c) or (d), which is not used for hire or commercial

21  use, who is a resident of the state and an active or retired

22  member of the Florida National Guard, a survivor of the attack

23  on Pearl Harbor, a recipient of the Purple Heart medal, or an

24  active member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces

25  Reserve shall, upon application to the department, accompanied

26  by proof of active membership or retired status in the Florida

27  National Guard, proof of membership in the Pearl Harbor

28  Survivors Association or proof of active military duty in

29  Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, proof of being a Purple

30  Heart medal recipient, or proof of active membership in any

31  branch of the Armed Forces Reserve, and upon payment of the

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  1  license tax for the vehicle as provided in s. 320.08, be

  2  issued a license plate as provided by s. 320.06, upon which,

  3  in lieu of the serial numbers prescribed by s. 320.06, shall

  4  be stamped the words "National Guard," "Pearl Harbor

  5  Survivor," "Combat-wounded veteran," or "U.S. Reserve," as

  6  appropriate, followed by the serial number of the license

  7  plate. Additionally, the Purple Heart plate may have the words

  8  "Purple Heart" stamped on the plate and the likeness of the

  9  Purple Heart medal appearing on the plate.

10         (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the

11  contrary beginning with fiscal year 2000-2001 and annually

12  thereafter, the first $50,000 in general revenue generated

13  from the sale of license plates issued under this section

14  which are stamped with the words "National Guard," "Pearl

15  Harbor Survivor," "Combat-wounded veteran," or "U.S. Reserve"

16  shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund,

17  as described in s. 296.38(2), to be used for the purposes

18  established by law for that trust fund.

19         (c)  Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the

20  contrary, an applicant for a Pearl Harbor Survivor license

21  plate or a Purple Heart license plate who also qualifies for a

22  disabled veteran's license plate under s. 320.084 shall be

23  issued one appropriate special license plate without payment

24  of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08.

25         (2)  Each owner or lessee of an automobile for private

26  use, truck weighing not more than 5,000 pounds, or

27  recreational vehicle as specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) or (d),

28  which is not used for hire or commercial use, who is a

29  resident of the state and who is a former prisoner of war, or

30  their unremarried surviving spouse, shall, upon application

31  therefor to the department, be issued a license plate as

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  1  provided in s. 320.06, on which license plate are stamped the

  2  words "Ex-POW" followed by the serial number. Each application

  3  shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant meets the

  4  qualifications specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b).

  5         (a)  A citizen of the United States who served as a

  6  member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the armed

  7  forces of a nation allied with the United States who was held

  8  as a prisoner of war at such time as the Armed Forces of the

  9  United States were engaged in combat, or their unremarried

10  surviving spouse, may be issued the special license plate

11  provided for in this subsection without payment of the license

12  tax imposed by s. 320.08.

13         (b)  A person who was serving as a civilian with the

14  consent of the United States Government, or a person who was a

15  member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was not a

16  United States citizen and was held as a prisoner of war when

17  the Armed Forces of the United States were engaged in combat,

18  or their unremarried surviving spouse, may be issued the

19  special license plate provided for in this subsection upon

20  payment of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08.

21         (3)  Each owner or lessee of an automobile for private

22  use, truck weighing not more than 5,000 pounds, or

23  recreational vehicle as specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) or (d),

24  which is not used for hire or commercial use, who is a

25  resident of this state and who is the unremarried surviving

26  spouse of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal shall, upon

27  application therefor to the department, with the payment of

28  the required fees, be issued a license plate as provided in s.

29  320.06, on which license plate are stamped the words "Purple

30  Heart" and the likeness of the Purple Heart medal followed by

31  the serial number.  Each application shall be accompanied by

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  1  proof that the applicant is the unremarried surviving spouse

  2  of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  5          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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  8  The CS clarifies that a disabled veteran qualified for the
    free disabled veteran's license plate issued pursuant to s.
  9  320.084, F.S., may be issued one Pearl Harbor Survivor or one
    Purple Heart license plate, without paying the annual licence
10  tax fee required in s. 320.08, F.S.

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