Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 642
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/24/2009 02:33 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. Paragraph (sss) is added to subsection (4) of
    6  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) Trinity license plate, $25.
   11         Section 4. Subsection (71) is added to section 320.08058,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (71) TRINITY LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a Trinity license plate as
   16  provided in this section. The plate must bear the colors and
   17  design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must
   18  appear at the top of the plate and the words “Sunshine State”
   19  must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   20         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Toomey
   21  Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Inc., which shall retain 50
   22  percent of the proceeds until the startup costs to develop and
   23  establish the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   24  proceeds shall be used as follows:
   25         1. A maximum of 25 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   26  fund the administrative, promotion, and marketing costs of the
   27  license plate program and the foundation.
   28         2. The remaining fees shall be used by the foundation to
   29  support educational, research, and scientific activities in this
   30  state, including the distribution of funds to qualified entities
   31  in furtherance of the stated purposes of the foundation.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35  And the title is amended as follows:
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   37         Delete line 9
   38  and insert:
   39  
   40         creating a Trinity license plate; establishing an
   41         annual use fee for the plate; providing for the
   42         distribution of use fees received