Florida Senate - 2024                                      SB 60
       
       
        
       By Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       31-00168-24                                             202460__
    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 General
    5         Aviation license plate; providing for distribution and
    6         use of fees collected from the sale of the plate;
    7         providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (127) is added to section 320.08058,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (127) GENERAL AVIATION LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a General Aviation license
   16  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   17  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   18  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   19  words “Support General Aviation” must appear at the bottom of
   20  the plate.
   21         (b) The department shall retain the annual use fees from
   22  the sale of the plate until all startup costs associated with
   23  the development and issuance of the plate have been recovered.
   24  Thereafter, the annual use fees from the sale of the plate must
   25  be distributed to the Aerospace Center for Excellence located in
   26  Lakeland to fund scholarships for students in this state who are
   27  pursuing careers in the field of aviation.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.