Florida Senate - 2009 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 642
Barcode 303282
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 8/AD/2R .
04/24/2009 02:32 PM .
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Senator Siplin moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 135 and 136
4 insert:
5 Section 3. Paragraphs (sss), (ttt), and (uuu) are added to
6 subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
8 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
9 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
10 (sss) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25.
11 (ttt) Preserving the Past license plate, $25.
12 (uuu) Trinity license plate, $25.
13 Section 4. Subsections (71),(72), and (73) are added to
14 section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
15 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
16 (71) FLORIDA BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION LICENSE PLATES.—
17 (a) The department shall develop a Florida Biodiversity
18 Foundation license plate as provided in this section. Florida
19 Biodiversity Foundation license plates must bear the colors and
20 design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must
21 appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Save Wild
22 Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
23 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida
24 Biodiversity Foundation, Inc., which shall retain 50 percent of
25 the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and establish
26 the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall
27 be used as follows:
28 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
29 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
30 license plate program and the foundation.
31 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
32 fund research, education, and scientific study of the diversity
33 of animals and plants and to aid in the preservation, study,
34 conservation, and recovery of imperiled organisms.
35 (72) PRESERVING THE PAST LICENSE PLATES.—
36 (a) The department shall develop a Preserving the Past
37 license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear
38 the colors and design approved by the department. The word
39 “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words
40 “Preserving the Past” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
41 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
42 Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
43 percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
44 establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
45 proceeds shall be used as follows:
46 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
47 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
48 license plate program and the foundation.
49 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
50 acquire, manage, and preserve properties that are of scientific
51 importance to paleontologists, archeologists, or geologists for
52 the purposes of research and education, and to promote and
53 protect the unique natural sciences of this state.
54 (73) TRINITY LICENSE PLATES.—
55 (a) The department shall develop a Trinity license plate as
56 provided in this section. The plate must bear the colors and
57 design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must
58 appear at the top of the plate and the words “Sunshine State”
59 must appear at the bottom of the plate.
60 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
61 Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
62 percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
63 establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
64 proceeds shall be used as follows:
65 1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
66 fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
67 license plate program and the foundation.
68 2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
69 support educational, research, and scientific activities in this
70 state, including the distribution of funds to qualified entities
71 in furtherance of the stated purposes of the foundation.
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75 And the title is amended as follows:
76 Delete line 9
77 and insert:
78 creating a Florida Biodiversity Foundation license
79 plate, a Preserving the Past license plate, and a
80 Trinity license plate; establishing an annual use fee
81 for the plates; providing for the distribution of use
82 fees received