Title: Go Green License Plates

Summary: Creating the Go Green license plate; establishing an annual use fee for the plate; providing for the distribution of use fees received from the sale of the plate, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to specialty license plates; amending ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating the Go Green license plate; establishing an annual use fee for the plate; providing for the distribution of use fees received from the sale of the plate; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (aaaa) 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: (aaaa) Go Green license plate, $25. Section 2. Subsection (79) is added to section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read: 320.08058 Specialty license plates.  (79) GO GREEN LICENSE PLATES.  (a) The department shall develop a Go Green license plate as provided in this section. 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 Green  must appear at the bottom of the plate. (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Coalition for Renewable Energy Solutions, Inc., which shall retain the initial revenues from the sales of such plates until all startup costs incurred in the development and approval of the plates have been reimbursed. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used by the coalition as follows: 1. A maximum of percent of the proceeds may be used to fund the administrative and marketing costs of the license plate program. 2. The remaining fees shall be used to fund programs and projects that educate the public and implement or publicize renewable energy solutions. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.