Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 2672
       
       
       
       By Senator Siplin
       
       
       
       
       19-01865-09                                           20092672__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating the
    4         Children First license plate; establishing an annual
    5         use fee for the plate; providing for the distribution
    6         of use fees received from the sale of such plates;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Paragraph (qqq) is added to subsection (4) of
   12  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   15  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   16         (qqq) Children First license plate, $25.
   17         Section 2. Subsection (69) is added to section 320.08058,
   18  Florida Statutes, to read:
   19         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   20         (69) CHILDREN FIRST LICENSE PLATES.—
   21         (a) The department shall develop a Children First license
   22  plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear the
   23  colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
   24  must appear at the top of the plate and the words “Children
   25  First” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   26         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to Children
   27  First Florida, Inc., which shall retain all proceeds until the
   28  startup costs to develop and establish the plates have been
   29  recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used as follows:
   30         1. A maximum of 15 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   31  administer the license plate program and for direct
   32  administrative costs associated with the operations of Children
   33  First Florida, Inc.
   34         2. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   35  promote and market the license plates.
   36         3. The remaining fees shall be used by Children First
   37  Florida, Inc., to fund public schools in this state, including
   38  teacher salaries.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.