Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1024
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       23-01390-25                                           20251024__
    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 United
    5         States Naval Academy license plate; providing for
    6         distribution and use of fees collected from the sale
    7         of the plate; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (136) is added to section 320.08058,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (136) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a United States Naval
   16  Academy license plate as provided in this section and s.
   17  320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
   18  the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   19  plate, and the words “Go Navy, Beat Army!” must appear at the
   20  bottom of the plate.
   21         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   22  distributed to the Jacksonville Chapter of the Naval Academy
   23  Alumni Association, which may use up to 10 percent of the fees
   24  for administrative costs related to promotion and marketing of
   25  the plate. The chapter shall use the remaining fees to provide
   26  grants to charitable organizations in this state that directly
   27  support veterans and their families for purposes including, but
   28  not limited to:
   29         1. Providing food or shelter.
   30         2. Providing service animals or support animals to wounded
   31  veterans.
   32         3. Supporting children of servicemembers killed in the line
   33  of duty.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.