Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (589602) for CS for SB 1458
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/22/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Richter) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1484 and 1485
    4  insert:
    5         Section 29. Paragraph (aaaa) 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         (aaaa) Republican Party of Florida and Florida Democratic
   11  Party license plates, $35.
   12         Section 30. Subsection (79) is added to section 320.08058,
   13  Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (79) REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA and FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC
   16  PARTY LICENSE PLATES.—
   17         (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the
   18  department shall develop a Republican Party of Florida license
   19  plate and a Florida Democratic Party license plate, as provided
   20  in this section. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of
   21  the plate, and the words “I VOTE” must appear at the bottom of
   22  the plate. The plates must bear the colors and design approved
   23  by the department. The official logo of the Republican Party of
   24  Florida or the Florida Democratic Party must appear between the
   25  numerals.
   26         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   27  the sale of such plates until all startup costs for developing
   28  and issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   29  annual use fees from the sale of Republican plates shall be
   30  distributed to the Republican Party of Florida and the annual
   31  use fees from the sale of Democratic plates shall be distributed
   32  to the Florida Democratic Party.
   33         (c) The respective parties may use a maximum of 15 percent
   34  of such fees for administrative costs and marketing of the
   35  plates. The balance of such fees shall be deposited by each
   36  party into a separate account and used to support voter
   37  registration, absentee ballot registration, and voter contact
   38  activities. Such revenues may not be used for political
   39  advertisements as defined in s. 106.011.
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   41  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   42         And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete line 110
   44  and insert:
   45         Registration Plan; amending ss. 320.08056 and
   46         320.08058, F.S.; creating a Republican Party of
   47         Florida license plate and a Florida Democratic Party
   48         license plate; establishing an annual use fee for the
   49         plates; providing for the distribution of annual use
   50         fees received from the sale of the plates; amending s.
   51         320.18, F.S.; providing