Senate Bill 1500 (2020) — Specialty license plate fees
SB 1500
Florida Bills
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1500 By Senator Broxson 1-01340-20 20201500__ Page 1 of 7 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to specialty license plate fees; 2 amending s. 320.08056, F.S.; creating a uniform annual 3 use fee collected for a specialty license plate; 4 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 5 amending s. 320.06, F.S.; conforming a cross-6 reference; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10
Section 1. Paragraph (
d) of subsection (3) and subsections 11 (4) and (10) of
section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, are amended 12 to read: 13 320.08056 Specialty license plates.— 14
(3) Each request must be made annually to the department or 15 an authorized agent serving on behalf of the department, 16 accompanied by the following tax and fees: 17 (
d) A license plate annual use fee of $25 as required in 18 subsection (4). 19 20 A request may be made any time during a registration period. If 21 a request is made for a specialty license plate to replace a 22 current valid license plate, the specialty license plate must be 23 issued with appropriate decals attached at no tax for the plate, 24 but all fees and service charges must be paid. If a request is 25 made for a specialty license plate at the beginning of the 26 registration period, the tax, together with all applicable fees 27 and service charges, must be paid. 28
(4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be 29
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1500 1-01340-20 20201500__ Page 2 of 7 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: 30 (
a) Manatee license plate, $25. 31 (
b) Challenger/Columbia license plate, $25, except that a 32 person that purchases 1,000 or more of such license plates shall 33 pay an annual use fee of $15 per plate. 34 (
c) Collegiate license plate, $25. 35 (
d) Florida Salutes Veterans license plate, $15. 36 (
e) Florida panther license plate, $25. 37 (
f) Florida United States Olympic Committee license plate, 38 $15. 39 (
g) Florida Special Olympics license plate, $15. 40 (
h) Florida educational license plate, $20. 41 (
i) Florida Professional Sports Team license plate, $25. 42 (
j) Florida Indian River Lagoon license plate, $15. 43 (
k) Invest in Children license plate, $20. 44 (
l) Florida arts license plate, $20. 45 (
m) Bethune-Cookman University license plate, $25. 46 (
n) Florida Agricultural license plate, $20. 47 (
o) Police Athletic League license plate, $20. 48 (
p) Boy Scouts of America license plate, $20. 49 (
q) Largemouth Bass license plate, $25. 50 (
r) Sea Turtle license plate, $23. 51 (
s) Protect Wild Dolphins license plate, $20. 52 (
t) Barry University license plate, $25. 53 (
u) Everglades River of Grass license plate, $20. 54 (
v) Keep Kids Drug-Free license plate, $25. 55 (
w) Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches license plate, $25. 56 (
x) Conserve Wildlife license plate, $25. 57 (
y) Florida Memorial University license plate, $25. 58
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z) Tampa Bay Estuary license plate, $15. 59 (aa) Florida Wildflower license plate, $15. 60 (bb) United States Marine Corps license plate, $15. 61 (cc) Choose Life license plate, $20. 62 (dd) Share the Road license plate, $15. 63 (ee) American Red Cross license plate, $25. 64 (ff) United We Stand license plate, $25. 65 (gg) Breast Cancer Research license plate, $25. 66 (hh) Protect Florida Whales license plate, $25. 67 (ii) Florida Golf license plate, $25. 68 (jj) Florida Firefighters license plate, $20. 69 (kk) Police Benevolent Association license plate, $20. 70 (ll) Military Services license plate, $15. 71 (mm) Protect Our Reefs license plate, $25. 72 (nn) Fish Florida license plate, $22. 73 (oo) Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention license plate, 74 $25. 75 (pp) Hospice license plate, $25. 76 (qq) Stop Heart Disease license plate, $25. 77 (rr) Save Our Seas license plate, $25, except that for an 78 owner purchasing the specialty license plate for more than 10 79 vehicles registered to that owner, the annual use fee shall be 80 $10 per plate. 81 (ss) Aquaculture license plate, $25, except that for an 82 owner purchasing the specialty license plate for more than 10 83 vehicles registered to that owner, the annual use fee shall be 84 $10 per plate. 85 (tt) Family First license plate, $25. 86 (uu) Wildlife Foundation of Florida license plate, $25. 87
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1500 1-01340-20 20201500__ Page 4 of 7 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. (vv) Live the Dream license plate, $25. 88 (ww) Florida Food Banks license plate, $25. 89 (xx) Discover Florida’s Oceans license plate, $25. 90 (yy) Family Values license plate, $25. 91 (zz) Parents Make A Difference license plate, $25. 92 (aaa) Support Soccer license plate, $25. 93 (bbb) Kids Deserve Justice license plate, $25. 94 (ccc) Animal Friend license plate, $25. 95 (ddd) Future Farmers of America license plate, $25. 96 (eee) Donate Organs-Pass It On license plate, $25. 97 (fff) A State of Vision license plate, $25. 98 (ggg) Homeownership For All license plate, $25. 99 (hhh) Florida NASCAR license plate, $25. 100 (iii) Protect Florida Springs license plate, $25. 101 (jjj) Trees Are Cool license plate, $25. 102 (kkk) Support Our Troops license plate, $25. 103 (lll) Florida Tennis license plate, $25. 104 (mmm) Lighthouse Association license plate, $25. 105 (nnn) In God We Trust license plate, $25. 106 (ooo) Horse Country license plate, $25. 107 (ppp) Autism license plate, $25. 108 (qqq) St.
Johns River license plate, $25. 109 (rrr) Hispanic Achievers license plate, $25. 110 (sss) Endless Summer license plate, $25. 111 (ttt) Fraternal Order of Police license plate, $25. 112 (uuu) Protect Our Oceans license plate, $25. 113 (vvv) Florida Horse Park license plate, $25. 114 (www) Florida Biodiversity Foundation license plate, $25. 115 (xxx) Freemasonry license plate, $25. 116
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1500 1-01340-20 20201500__ Page 5 of 7 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. (yyy) American Legion license plate, $25. 117 (zzz) Lauren’s Kids license plate, $25. 118 (aaaa) Big Brothers Big Sisters license plate, $25. 119 (bbbb) Fallen Law Enforcement Officers license plate, $25. 120 (cccc) Florida Sheriffs Association license plate, $25. 121 (dddd) Keiser University license plate, $25. 122 (eeee) Moffitt Cancer Center license plate, $25. 123 (9)(10)(
a) A specialty license plate annual use fee 124 collected and distributed under this chapter, or any interest 125 earned from those fees, may not be used for commercial or for-126 profit activities nor for general or administrative expenses, 127 except as authorized by s. 320.08058 or to pay the cost of the 128 audit or report required by s. 320.08062(1).
The fees and any 129 interest earned from the fees may be expended only for use in 130 this state unless the annual use fee is derived from the sale of 131 United States Armed Forces and veterans-related specialty 132 license plates, including the Florida Salutes Veterans license 133 plate, the United States Marine Corps license plate, the 134 Military Services license plate, the Support Our Troops license 135 plate, and the American Legion license plate as provided under 136 s. 320.08058 and the U.S.
Paratroopers license plate as provided 137 under pursuant to paragraphs (4)(d), (bb), (ll), (kkk), and 138 (yyy) and s. 320.0891. 139
Section 2. Paragraph (
b) of subsection (1) of
section 140 320.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 141 320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and 142 validation stickers generally.— 143 (1) 144 (b)1. Registration license plates bearing a graphic symbol 145
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1500 1-01340-20 20201500__ Page 6 of 7 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be issued 146 for a 10-year period. At the end of the 10-year period, upon 147 renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The department shall 148 extend the scheduled license plate replacement date from a 6-149 year period to a 10-year period.
The fee for such replacement is 150 $28, $2.80 of which shall be paid each year before the plate is 151 replaced, to be credited toward the next $28 replacement fee. 152 The fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating 153 Trust Fund. A credit or refund may not be given for any prior 154 years’ payments of the prorated replacement fee if the plate is 155 replaced or surrendered before the end of the 10-year period, 156 except that a credit may be given if a registrant is required by 157 the department to replace a license plate under s. 158 320.08056(7)(
a) s. 320.08056(8)(a). With each license plate, a 159 validation sticker shall be issued showing the owner’s birth 160 month, license plate number, and the year of expiration or the 161 appropriate renewal period if the owner is not a natural person. 162 The validation sticker shall be placed on the upper right corner 163 of the license plate. The license plate and validation sticker 164 shall be issued based on the applicant’s appropriate renewal 165 period.
The registration period is 12 months, the extended 166 registration period is 24 months, and all expirations occur 167 based on the applicant’s appropriate registration period. A 168 vehicle that has an apportioned registration shall be issued an 169 annual license plate and a cab card that denote the declared 170 gross vehicle weight for each apportioned jurisdiction in which 171 the vehicle is authorized to operate. 172 2. In order to retain the efficient administration of the 173 taxes and fees imposed by this chapter, the 80-cent fee increase 174
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1500 1-01340-20 20201500__ Page 7 of 7 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. in the replacement fee imposed by
chapter 2009-71, Laws of 175 Florida, is negated as provided in s. 320.0804. 176