Florida Senate - 2024                              CS for SB 858
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02423-24                                           2024858c1
    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 annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be
   22  distributed to the Recycle Florida Today Foundation, Inc., which
   23  may use up to 10 percent of such fees for administrative costs
   24  and marketing of the plate. The balance of the fees shall be
   25  used by the Recycle Florida Today Foundation, Inc., to increase
   26  public 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 relating to recycling, conservation, and sustainability.
   31         (128) BOATING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD LICENSE PLATES.—
   32         (a) The department shall develop a Boating Capital of the
   33  World license plate as provided in this section and s.
   34  320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
   35  the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   36  plate, and the words “Boating Capital of the World” must appear
   37  at the bottom of the plate.
   38         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be
   39  distributed to Captain Sandy Yawn, Inc., which may use up to 10
   40  percent of such fees for administrative costs and marketing of
   41  the plate. The balance of the fees shall be used by Captain
   42  Sandy Yawn, Inc., to increase public awareness of employment
   43  opportunities in the maritime industry; to fund maritime
   44  workforce instruction and training; to promote professional
   45  development and job placement in all sectors of employment; and
   46  to support the advancement of education of trainees in the
   47  maritime industry, both at sea and on land.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.