Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 7072
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/16/2015 .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 84 - 132
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5 prescribed by the department. This paragraph does not apply to
6 specialty license plates that have statutory eligibility
7 limitations for purchase.
8 (c) An organization that meets the requirements of this
9 subsection shall be deemed to have submitted a valid survey for
10 purposes of s. 45, chapter 2008-176, Laws of Florida, as
11 amended.
12 Section 2. Subsection (3), paragraphs (iii), (ttt), and
13 (uuu) of subsection (4), subsection (8), and paragraph (a) of
14 subsection (10) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, are
15 amended to read:
16 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
17 (3) Each request must be made annually to the department or
18 an authorized agent serving on behalf of the department,
19 accompanied by the following tax and fees:
20 (a) The license tax required for the vehicle as set forth
21 in s. 320.08.
22 (b) A processing fee of $5, to be deposited into the
23 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.
24 (c) A license plate fee as required by s. 320.06(1)(b).
25 (d) A license plate annual use fee as required in
26 subsection (4).
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28 A request may be made any time during a registration period. If
29 a request is made for a specialty license plate to replace a
30 current valid license plate, the specialty license plate must be
31 issued with appropriate decals attached at no tax for the plate,
32 but all fees and service charges must be paid. If a request is
33 made for a specialty license plate at the beginning of the
34 registration period, the tax, together with all applicable fees
35 and service charges, must be paid.
36 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
37 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
38 (iii) Corrections Foundation license plate, $25.
39 (ttt) Children First license plate, $25.
40 (uuu) Veterans of Foreign Wars license plate, $25.
41 (8)(a) The department must discontinue the issuance of an
42 approved specialty license plate if the number of valid
43 specialty plate registrations falls below 1,000 plates for at
44 least 12 consecutive months. A warning letter shall be mailed to
45 the sponsoring organization following the first month in which
46 the total number of valid specialty plate registrations is below
47 1,000 plates. Beginning July 1, 2020, the department shall
48 discontinue the issuance of an approved specialty license plate
49 if the number of valid specialty plate registrations falls below
50 4,000 for at least 12 consecutive months. A warning letter shall
51 be mailed to the sponsoring organization following the first
52 month in which the total number of valid specialty plate
53 registrations is below 4,000 plates. This paragraph does not
54 apply to collegiate license plates established under s.
55 320.08058(3) or specialty license plates that have statutory
56 eligibility limitations for purchase.
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59 And the title is amended as follows:
60 Delete lines 6 - 10
61 and insert:
62 requirements; providing an exception to the presale
63 requirements for certain specialty plates; amending s.
64 320.08056, F.S.; deleting certain specialty license
65 plates from the list of license plates for which an
66 annual use fee must be collected; revising the minimum
67 requirements to continue issuance of certain specialty
68 plates; providing an exception to the minimum
69 requirements for certain specialty plates;