Florida Senate - 2020 SB By Senator Rader 29-00027-20 2020108__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Florida State Beekeepers Association license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of such plates; providing a contingent effective date. 8

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10

Section 1. Subsection (85) is added to

section 320.08058, 12 Florida Statutes, to read: 13 320.08058 Specialty license plates.— 14

(85) FLORIDA STATE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES.— 15

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a) The department shall develop a Florida State Beekeepers Association license plate as provided in s. 320.08053 and 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 “Save the Bees” must appear at the bottom of the plate. 21

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b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida State Beekeepers Association, a Florida nonprofit corporation. 23 The Florida State Beekeepers Association may use up to 18 percent of the annual use fees for: 25 1. Direct reimbursement for administrative costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the development and approval process of the license plate. All vendors associated with the administrative costs shall be selected by competitive bid. 29 Florida Senate - 2020 SB 108 29-00027-20 2020108__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 2. Promotion and marketing costs of the license plate. 30

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c) The remaining funds shall be distributed to the Florida State Beekeepers Association and shall be used to raise awareness of the importance of beekeeping to Florida agriculture by funding honeybee research, education, outreach, and husbandry. The Florida State Beekeepers Association board of managers must approve and is accountable for all such expenditures. 37

Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020, but only if SB __ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law. 41