Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 858
       
       
        
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       
       34-01137-24                                            2024858__
    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 Recycle
    5         Florida and Boating Capital of the World license
    6         plates; providing for distribution and use of fees
    7         collected from the sale of the plates; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsections (127) and (128) are added to section
   13  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (127) RECYCLE FLORIDA LICENSE PLATES.—
   16         (a) The department shall develop a Recycle Florida license
   17  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   18  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   19  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   20  words “Recycle Florida” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   21         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   22  the sale of the plate until all startup costs for developing and
   23  issuing the plate have been recovered. Thereafter, the annual
   24  use fees from the sale of the plate must be distributed to
   25  Recycle Florida Today Foundation, Inc., to increase public
   26  awareness about the importance of recycling, resource
   27  conservation, and environmental stewardship; to promote robust,
   28  comprehensive, and sustainable recycling programs; and to
   29  support the professional development of persons employed in
   30  fields including, but not limited to, recycling, conservation,
   31  and sustainability.
   32         (128) BOATING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD LICENSE PLATES.—
   33         (a) The department shall develop a Boating Capital of the
   34  World license plate as provided in this section and s.
   35  320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
   36  the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   37  plate, and the words “Boating Capital of the World” must appear
   38  at the bottom of the plate.
   39         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   40  the sale of the plate until all startup costs for developing and
   41  issuing the plate have been recovered. Thereafter, the annual
   42  use fees from the sale of the plate must be distributed to
   43  Captain Sandy’s Charities, to be used to increase public
   44  awareness of employment opportunities in the maritime industry;
   45  to fund maritime workforce instruction and training; to promote
   46  professional development and job placement in all sectors of
   47  employment; and to support the advancement of education of
   48  trainees in the maritime industry, both at sea and on land.
   49         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.