SB 1024 — Specialty License Plates/United States Naval Academy and United States Military Academy

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 1024 By Senatorthe BurgessCommittee 23-01390-25on 20251024__Transportation; A bill to be entitled An act relating to specialty license plates;

and Senator Burgess 596-02597-25 20251024c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to specialty license plates;

directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a United States Naval Academy license plate and a United States Military Academy license plate;

providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate;plates;

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

SubsectionSubsections (136) isand (137) are added to section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

(b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed to the JacksonvilleBlue ChapterAngels ofFoundation, theInc., Naval Academy Alumni Association, which may use up to 10 percent of the fees for administrative costs related to the promotion and marketing of the plate.

The chapterbalance shallof usethe fees must be used by the remainingBlue feesAngels Foundation, Inc., to provide grantsfunding to charitablewounded organizationsveterans infor thiscritical stateservices, thatwith directlya supportfocus veteranson andtransitional theirhousing, familiesposttraumatic forstress purposesdisorder including,treatment, butand notsuicide limitedprevention. to:

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Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 1024 23-01390-25596-02597-25 20251024__20251024c1 2.(137) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY LICENSE PLATES.— (a) The department shall develop a United States Military Academy license plate as provided in this section and s.

Providing320.08053. service animals or support animals to wounded veterans.

3.The plate must bear the colors and design approved by the department.

SupportingThe childrenword “Florida” must appear at the top of servicemembersthe killedplate, inand the linewords “Go Army, Beat Navy!” must appear at the bottom of duty.the plate.

(b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be distributed to the Home Base Florida Foundation, which may use up to 10 percent of the fees for administrative costs related to promotion and marketing of the plate.

The balance of the fees must be used by the Home Base Florida Foundation to assist in world-class clinical care, wellness, education, and research for veterans, service members, and their family members who need more complex care.