Florida Senate - 2024                               CS for SB 60
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       596-01785-24                                            202460c1
    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 annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be
   22  distributed to the Aerospace Center for Excellence located in
   23  Lakeland to fund scholarships for students in this state who are
   24  pursuing careers in the field of aviation. The Aerospace Center
   25  for Excellence may use up to 10 percent of such fees for
   26  administrative costs and marketing of the plate. The balance of
   27  the fees shall be used by the Aerospace Center for Excellence
   28  for the organization’s operations, activities, programs, or
   29  projects.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.