Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 7125, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Soto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (218538) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 1091 and 1092
    5  insert:
    6         Section 29. Paragraph (aaaa) is added to subsection (4) of
    7  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
    9         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   10  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   11         (aaaa) Republican Party of Florida and Florida Democratic
   12  Party license plates, $35.
   13         Section 30. Subsection (79) is added to section 320.08058,
   14  Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   16         (79) REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA and FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC
   17  PARTY LICENSE PLATES.—
   18         (a) Notwithstanding s. 45, chapter 2008-176, Laws of
   19  Florida, as amended by s. 21, chapter 2010-223, Laws of Florida,
   20  and s. 320.08053(1), the department shall develop a Republican
   21  Party of Florida license plate and a Florida Democratic Party
   22  license plate, as provided in s. 320.08053(2) and (3), and this
   23  section. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate,
   24  and the words “I VOTE” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   25  The plates must bear the colors and design approved by the
   26  department. The official logo of the Republican Party of Florida
   27  or the Florida Democratic Party must appear between the
   28  numerals.
   29         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of Republican plates
   30  shall be distributed to the Republican Party of Florida and the
   31  annual use fees from the sale of Democratic plates shall be
   32  distributed 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 4718
   44  and insert:
   45         International Registration Plan; amending ss.
   46         320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Republican
   47         Party of Florida license plate and a Florida
   48         Democratic Party license plate; establishing an annual
   49         use fee for the plates; providing for the distribution
   50         of annual use fees received from the sale of the
   51         plates; amending s. 320.18,