Florida Senate - 2024                              CS for SB 434
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02011-24                                           2024434c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of
    4         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a
    5         Margaritaville license plate; providing for
    6         distribution of fees collected from the sale of the
    7         plate; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsection (127) is added to section 320.08058,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (127) MARGARITAVILLE LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a Margaritaville license
   16  plate as provided in s. 320.08053. The plate must bear the
   17  colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
   18  must appear at the top of the plate, and the word
   19  “Margaritaville” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   20         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be
   21  distributed to the SFC Charitable Foundation, Inc., also known
   22  as Singing for Change, which may use up to 10 percent of such
   23  fees for administrative costs and marketing of the plate. The
   24  balance of the fees shall be used by SFC Charitable Foundation,
   25  Inc., and shall be distributed with the approval of and
   26  accountability to the board of directors of the SFC Charitable
   27  Foundation, Inc., to provide grants to nonprofit organizations
   28  in communities impacted by natural or manmade disasters for
   29  recovery, rebuilding, and future sustainability in those
   30  communities, and to promote and inspire local grassroots
   31  leadership that will work to improve the quality of life in
   32  those communities and others in this state.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.