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FL H0403

Bill

Status

Passed

6/28/2024

Primary Sponsor

Infrastructure Strategies Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Collegiate license plates are exempted from the annual discontinuation requirement that eliminates the specialty plate with the fewest registrations, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must reauthorize previously discontinued collegiate plates if the university resubmits them
  • Live the Dream license plate fee distribution is restructured: up to 5% goes to the King Center as a royalty, and all remaining proceeds are deposited into the Historical Resources Operating Trust Fund to support the Historic Cemeteries Program for researching and recording abandoned African-American cemeteries, replacing the previous multi-organization distribution to sickle cell, reentry, scholarship, and homelessness programs
  • Nine new specialty license plates are created: Margaritaville, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, General Aviation, The Villages: May All Your Dreams Come True, Cure Diabetes, Recycle Florida, Boating Capital of the World, Project Addiction: Reversing the Stigma, and United Service Organizations (USO), each with designated nonprofit recipients for annual use fees
  • The Give Kids The World license plate is renamed the Universal Orlando Resort license plate, Divine Nine plate eligibility is expanded to include vehicle lessees and immediate relatives of members, and the American Eagle plate text is changed from "In God We Trust" to "Protect the Eagle"
  • The act takes effect October 1, 2024

Legislative Description

Specialty License Plates

Last Action

Chapter No. 2024-270

6/28/2024

Committee Referrals

Infrastructure Strategies Committee1/29/2024
Transportation & Modals Subcommittee11/22/2023

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