Title: Specialty License Plates

Summary: Establishing an annual use fee for the Go Boating license plate; revising the purpose for which certain proceeds of the Conserve Wildlife license plate are used; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Go Boating license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. 320.08056, F.S.; establishing an annual use fee for the Go Boating license plate; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; revising the purpose for which certain proceeds of the Conserve Wildlife license plate are used; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Go Boating license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) is added to subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: 320.08056 Specialty license plates.  (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: (ffff) Go Boating license plate, $25. Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (24) of section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (84) is added to that section, to read: 320.08058 Specialty license plates.  (24) CONSERVE WILDLIFE LICENSE PLATES.  (b) The proceeds of the Conserve Wildlife license plate annual use fee shall be forwarded to the Wildlife Foundation of Florida, Inc., a citizen support organization created pursuant to s. 379.223. 1. Notwithstanding s. 320.08062, up to percent of the proceeds from the annual use fee may be used for marketing the Conserve Wildlife license plate and administrative costs directly related to the management and distribution of the proceeds. 2. The remaining proceeds from the annual use fee shall be used for programs and activities of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission which that contribute to the health and well-being of Florida black bears and to provide bear-resistant residential garbage containers other wildlife diversity.(84) GO BOATING LICENSE PLATES.  (a) The department shall develop a Go Boating license plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053.The plate must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The word  Florida  must appear at the top of the plate, and the words  Go Boating  must appear at the bottom of the plate. (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed to Eckerd College to fund the Eckerd College Search and Rescue Team, which provides-hour assistance to the Tampa Bay boating community. Up to percent of the funds distributed may be used by the Eckerd College Search and Rescue Team for continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate. The remainder of the funds must be used to acquire boats and other equipment or for operational expenses not prohibited by s. 320.08056 (10).Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.