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A bill to be entitled |
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An act relating to specialty license plates; amending ss. |
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320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Fish Florida! |
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license plate; providing for the distribution of annual |
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use fees received from the sale of such plates; providing |
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for the annual use fees received from the sale of Florida |
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Wildflower license plates to be distributed to the |
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Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing |
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an effective date. |
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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Section 1. Paragraph (mm) is added to subsection (4) of |
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section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: |
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320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
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(4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
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collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
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(mm) Fish Florida! license plate, $22. |
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Section 2. Subsection (28) of section 320.08058, Florida |
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Statutes, is amended, and subsection (39) is added to said |
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section, to read: |
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320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
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(28) FLORIDA WILDFLOWER LICENSE PLATES.-- |
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(a) The department shall develop a Florida Wildflower |
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license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" |
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must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "State |
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Wildflower" and "coreopsis" must appear at the bottom of the |
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plate. |
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(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the |
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Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesWildflower |
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Account established by Keep Florida Beautiful, Inc., created by |
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s. 403.4131. The proceeds must be used to establish native |
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Florida wildflower research programs, wildflower educational |
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programs, and wildflower grant programs to municipal, county, |
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and community-based groups in this state. A maximum of 10 |
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percent of the proceeds from the sale of such plates may be used |
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for administrative costs. |
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(39) FISH FLORIDA! LICENSE PLATES.-- |
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(a) The department shall develop a Fish Florida! license |
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plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must |
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appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Fish Florida!" |
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must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
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(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the |
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Florida Foundation for Responsible Angling, Inc., to fund |
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aquatic education, marine resource stewardship, and ethical |
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angling practices in this state. A maximum of 15 percent of the |
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funds received by the foundation may be used for administrative |
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costs directly associated with the foundation's grant |
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distribution program and license plate funding. A maximum of 10 |
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percent of the funds may be used for continuing promotion and |
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marketing of the license plate. The foundation shall provide for |
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a peer review grant solicitation and award process to distribute |
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the remainder of the funds to benefit aquatic education, marine |
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resource stewardship, and ethical angling practices in this |
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state. |
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Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. |