Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/SB 642, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Siplin moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 476 and 477
    4  insert:
    5         Section 16. Paragraphs (ttt), (uuu), and (vvv) 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         (ttt) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25.
   11         (uuu) Preserving the Past license plate, $25.
   12         (vvv) Children First license plate, $25.
   13         Section 17. 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) CHILDREN FIRST LICENSE PLATES.—
   55         (a) The department shall develop a Children First license
   56  plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear the
   57  colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
   58  must appear at the top of the plate and the words “Children
   59  First” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   60         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to Children
   61  First Florida, Inc., which shall retain all proceeds until the
   62  startup costs to develop and establish the plates have been
   63  recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used as follows:
   64         1. A maximum of 15 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   65  administer the license plate program and for direct
   66  administrative costs associated with the operations of Children
   67  First Florida, Inc.
   68         2. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   69  promote and market the license plates.
   70         3. The remaining fees shall be used by Children First
   71  Florida, Inc., to fund public schools in this state, including
   72  teacher salaries.
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   75  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   76         And the title is amended as follows:
   77         Delete line 34
   78  and insert:
   79         amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Florida
   80         Biodiversity Foundation license plate, a Preserving
   81         the Past license plate, and a Children First license
   82         plate; establishing an annual use fee for the plates;
   83         providing for the distribution of use fees received
   84         from the sale of such plates; providing effective
   85         dates.