Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1606
By Senator Braynon
36-01378-14 20141606__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
3 ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; directing the
4 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
5 develop Pan-Hellenic Sorority and Fraternity license
6 plates; establishing an annual use fee for the plates;
7 providing for the distribution and use of fees
8 collected from the sale of such plates; providing an
9 effective date.
10
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
12
13 Section 1. Paragraph (eeee) is added to subsection (4) of
14 section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
15 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
16 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
17 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
18 (eeee) Pan-Hellenic Sorority and Fraternity license plate,
19 $25.
20 Section 2. Subsection (83) is added to section 320.08058,
21 Florida Statutes, to read:
22 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
23 (83) PAN-HELLENIC LICENSE PLATES.—
24 (a) Notwithstanding s. 320.08053(1) and s. 45, chapter
25 2008-176, Laws of Florida, as amended by s. 21, chapter 2010
26 223, Laws of Florida, the department shall develop a Pan
27 Hellenic Sorority and Fraternity license plate for each of the
28 following sororities and fraternities, subject to s.
29 320.08053(2) and (3), as provided in this section:
30 1. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
31 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
32 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Alpha Phi Alpha
33 Fraternity, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
34 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
35 b. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., may use up to 10
36 percent of the annual use fees collected for administrative
37 costs and marketing of the plate.
38 2. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
39 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
40 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Alpha Kappa
41 Alpha Sorority, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
42 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
43 b. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., may use up to 10
44 percent of the annual use fees collected for administrative
45 costs and marketing of the plate.
46 3. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
47 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
48 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Kappa Alpha Psi
49 Fraternity, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
50 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
51 b. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., may use up to 10
52 percent of the annual use fees collected for administrative
53 costs and marketing of the plate.
54 4. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
55 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
56 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Omega Psi Phi
57 Fraternity, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
58 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
59 b. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., may use up to 10 percent
60 of the annual use fees collected for administrative costs and
61 marketing of the plate.
62 5. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
63 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
64 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Delta Sigma
65 Theta Sorority, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
66 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
67 b. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., may use up to 10
68 percent of the annual use fees collected for administrative
69 costs and marketing of the plate.
70 6. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
71 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
72 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Phi Beta Sigma
73 Fraternity, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
74 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
75 b. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., may use up to 10
76 percent of the annual use fees collected for administrative
77 costs and marketing of the plate.
78 7. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
79 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
80 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Zeta Phi Beta
81 Sorority, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
82 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
83 b. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., may use up to 10 percent
84 of the annual use fees collected for administrative costs and
85 marketing of the plate.
86 8. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
87 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
88 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Sigma Gamma Rho
89 Sorority, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
90 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
91 b. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., may use up to 10 percent
92 of the annual use fees collected for administrative costs and
93 marketing of the plate.
94 9. Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
95 a. The annual use fees collected from the sale of the plate
96 under this subparagraph shall be distributed to Iota Phi Theta
97 Fraternity, Inc., to promote community awareness and action
98 through educational, economic, and cultural service activities.
99 b. Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., may use up to 10
100 percent of the annual use fees collected for administrative
101 costs and marketing of the plate.
102 (b) Upon a sorority or a fraternity meeting the
103 requirements of s. 320.08053(2) and (3), the department shall
104 develop the specialty license plate for that sorority or
105 fraternity.
106 (c) The department shall retain all of the annual use fees
107 collected from the sale each of the plates listed in paragraph
108 (a) until all startup costs for developing and issuing a
109 sorority’s or fraternity’s plate are recovered. Thereafter, 5
110 percent of the fees collected from the sale of each plate shall
111 be distributed to the United Negro College Fund to provide
112 scholarships for minority students and general scholarship funds
113 for Florida private historically black colleges and
114 universities. The remaining proceeds from the sale of a
115 sorority’s or fraternity’s plates shall be distributed to the
116 respective organization and used as provided in subparagraphs
117 (a)1.-9.
118 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2014.