THE BILL ITSELF

HB 231

Specialty License Plates

underlined language is being added; struck language is being deleted. Line numbers are the Legislature's own — the same ones amendments cite.

1 A bill to be entitled

2 An act relating to specialty license plates; amending

3 s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of

4 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop an

5 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) license plate;

6 providing for distribution and use of fees collected

7 from the sale of the plate; providing an effective

8 date.

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

12 Section 1. Subsection (136) is added to section 320.08058,

13 Florida Statutes, to read:

14 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—

15 (136) ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (UFC) LICENSE

16 PLATES.—

17 (a) The department shall develop an Ultimate Fighting

18 Championship (UFC) license plate as provided in this section and

19 s. 320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved

20 by the department. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of

21 the plate, and the words "UFC Lives Here" must appear at the

22 bottom of the plate.

23 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be

24 distributed to the UFC Foundation, a nonprofit corporation under

25 s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which may use up to

26 10 percent of the proceeds to promote and market the plate. The

27 UFC Foundation shall use the remainder of the proceeds to

28 support charities and nonprofits in this state that align with

29 the foundation's mission and goals, such as children's

30 hospitals, support for first responders and the military, and

31 youth advocacy and mentorship, and to fund the development and

32 operation of youth mentorship programs in partnership with local

33 law enforcement agencies.

34 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026.