Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 1304
       
       
        
       By Senator Dean
       
       5-01023A-16                                           20161304__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         s. 320.08056, F.S.; establishing an annual use fee for
    4         the Paddle Florida license plate; amending s.
    5         320.08058, F.S.; requiring the Department of Highway
    6         Safety and Motor Vehicles to create a Paddle Florida
    7         license plate; providing for the distribution of use
    8         fees received from the sale of such plates; providing
    9         an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) 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         (ffff) Paddle Florida license plate, $25.
   19         Section 2. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058,
   20  Florida Statutes, to read:
   21         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   22         (84) PADDLE FLORIDA LICENSE PLATES.—
   23         (a) The department shall develop a Paddle Florida license
   24  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The word
   25  “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and words that
   26  are approved by the department must appear at the bottom of the
   27  plate.
   28         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   29  the sale of such plates until the startup costs for developing
   30  and issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   31  annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed
   32  to Paddle Florida, Inc., which may use up to 10 percent of the
   33  proceeds for administrative costs and marketing of the plate.
   34  The balance of the annual use fees shall be used by the Florida
   35  Forever program to support activities that further outdoor
   36  recreation and natural resource protection.
   37         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.