No. SB 470
Filed under Transportation.
Fraternal Order of Police License Plate; Deleting a restriction on who may be issued the Fraternal Order of Police license plate; revising the distribution and use of annual use fees collected from sales of the Fraternal Order of Police license plate, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDRemoves the requirement that an applicant prove Fraternal Order of Police lodge membership, or family ties to a member, before DHSMV can issue the plate.
Sends the plate's annual use fees directly to the Florida State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police Memorial Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, skipping the Lodge's former claim on startup costs.
Removes the statute's 10 percent cap on marketing and administrative spending, and its earmark for memorial projects, leaving the foundation's own articles of incorporation to control how the money is spent.
AIDeletes the rule limiting the plate to applicants who prove membership, or family ties to a member, in an FOP lodge, opening it to any driver.
AIDeletes the statutory limit capping marketing, administration, and memorial-related administrative costs at 10 percent of proceeds, along with the earmark directing the remainder to memorial projects and upkeep.
AIReplaces the statute's specific spending rules with a single instruction: the foundation distributes proceeds according to its own articles of incorporation, a private document this bill does not attach or fix in law.
AIDeletes the rule letting the Florida State Lodge retain all proceeds until it recovers the plate's development costs, so revenue now goes directly to the Foundation from the start.