[blackhawk]

How does the Villages get Florida State plates on their vehicles ?

[Village Kid 2]

Do you mean Florida State University plates? Florida citizens have a plethora of choices when it comes to automobile license plates. For a few dollars more, you can choose something near and dear to your heart (school, education, environment, etc) and the cost in excess of the base charge goes to the cause. Go down to the tag office and look at all the choices.

[Talk Host]

Originally Posted by blackhawk

How does the Villages get Florida State plates on their vehicles ?

I brought this up one other time, and I think somebody said that Community Development Districts are elegible for State Plates. If this is the case, I think we taxpayers are quite generous in that regard.

[Village Kid 2]

Florida Statutes

320.08053 Requirements for requests to establish specialty license plates.--

(1) An organization that seeks authorization to establish a new specialty license plate for which an annual use fee is to be charged must submit to the department:

(a) A request for the particular specialty license plate being sought, describing the proposed specialty license plate in specific terms, including a sample plate that conforms to the specifications set by the department and this chapter, and that is in substantially final form.

(b) The results of a scientific sample survey of Florida motor vehicle owners that indicates at least 30,000 motor vehicle owners intend to purchase the proposed specialty license plate at the increased cost. As used in this paragraph, the term "scientific sample survey" means information that is gathered from a representative subset of the population as a whole. The sample survey of registered motor vehicle owners must be performed independently of the requesting organization by an organization that conducts similar sample surveys as a normal course of business. Prior to conducting a sample survey for the purposes of this section, a requesting organization must obtain a determination from the department that the organization selected to conduct the survey performs similar surveys as a normal course of business and is independent of the requesting organization. The methodology, results, and any evaluation by the department of the scientific sample survey shall be validated by the Auditor General as a condition precedent to submission of the specialty license plate for approval by the Legislature.

(c) An application fee, not to exceed $60,000, to defray the department's cost for reviewing the application and developing the specialty license plate, if authorized. State funds may not be used to pay the application fee, except for collegiate specialty license plates authorized in s. 320.08058(3) and (13). The specialty license plate application provisions of this act shall not apply to any organization which has requested and received the required forms for obtaining a specialty license plate authorization from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, has opened a bank account for the funds collected for the specialty license tag and has made deposits to such an account, and has obtained signatures toward completing the requirements for the specialty license tag. All applications requested on or after the effective date of this act must meet the requirements of this act.

(d) A marketing strategy outlining short-term and long-term marketing plans for the requested specialty license plate and a financial analysis outlining the anticipated revenues and the planned expenditures of the revenues to be derived from the sale of the requested specialty license plates.

The information required under this subsection must be submitted to the department at least 90 days before the convening of the next regular session of the Legislature.

(2) If the specialty license plate requested by the organization is approved by law, the organization must submit the proposed art design for the specialty license plate to the department, in a medium prescribed by the department, as soon as practicable, but no later than 60 days after the act approving the specialty license plate becomes a law. If the specialty license plate requested by the organization is not approved by the Legislature, the application fee shall be refunded to the requesting organization.

(3) The department shall adopt rules providing viewpoint-neutral specifications for the design of specialty license plates that promote or enhance the readability of all specialty license plates and that discourage counterfeiting. The rules shall provide uniform specifications requiring inclusion of the word "Florida" in the same location on each specialty license plate, in such a size and location that is clearly identifiable on the specialty license plate when mounted on a vehicle, and shall provide specifications for the size and location of any words or logos appearing on a specialty license plate.

History.--s. 1, ch. 95-282; s. 1, ch. 98-414; s. 3, ch. 2004-337.

[Village Kid 2]

Here is a list of all the current license plates available from the Florida Statutes:

(a) Manatee license plate, $20.

(b) Challenger/Columbia license plate, $25, except that a person that purchases 1,000 or more of such license plates shall pay an annual use fee of $15 per plate.

(c) Collegiate license plate, $25.

(d) Florida Salutes Veterans license plate, $15.

(e) Florida panther license plate, $25.

(f) Florida United States Olympic Committee license plate, $15.

(g) Florida Special Olympics license plate, $15.

(h) Florida educational license plate, $20.

(i) Florida Professional Sports Team license plate, $25.

(j) Florida Indian River Lagoon license plate, $15.

(k) Invest in Children license plate, $20.

(l) Florida arts license plate, $20.

(m) Bethune-Cookman College license plate, $25.

(n) Florida Agricultural license plate, $20.

(o) Police Athletic League license plate, $20.

(p) Boy Scouts of America license plate, $20.

(q) Largemouth Bass license plate, $25.

(r) Sea Turtle license plate, $23.

(s) Protect Wild Dolphins license plate, $20.

(t) Barry University license plate, $25.

(u) Everglades River of Grass license plate, $20.

(v) Keep Kids Drug-Free license plate, $25.

(w) Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches license plate, $25.

(x) Conserve Wildlife license plate, $15.

(y) Florida Memorial University license plate, $25.

(z) Tampa Bay Estuary license plate, $15.

(aa) Florida Wildflower license plate, $15.

(bb) United States Marine Corps license plate, $15.

(cc) Choose Life license plate, $20.

(dd) Share the Road license plate, $15.

(ee) American Red Cross license plate, $25.

(ff) United We Stand license plate, $25.

(gg) Breast Cancer Research license plate, $25.

(hh) Protect Florida Whales license plate, $25.

(ii) Florida Golf license plate, $25.

(jj) Florida Firefighters license plate, $20.

(kk) Police Benevolent Association license plate, $20.

(ll) Military Services license plate, $15.

(mm) Protect Our Reefs license plate, $25.

(nn) Fish Florida license plate, $22.

(oo) Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention license plate, $25.

(pp) Hospice license plate, $25.

(qq) Stop Heart Disease license plate, $25.

(rr) Save Our Seas license plate, $25, except that for an owner purchasing the specialty license plate for more than 10 vehicles registered to that owner, the annual use fee shall be $10 per plate.

(ss) Aquaculture license plate, $25, except that for an owner purchasing the specialty license plate for more than 10 vehicles registered to that owner, the annual use fee shall be $10 per plate.

(tt) Family First license plate, $25.

(uu) Sportsmen's National Land Trust license plates, $25.

(vv) Live the Dream license plate, $25.

(ww) Florida Food Banks license plate, $25.

(xx) Discover Florida's Oceans license plate, $25.

(yy) Family Values license plate, $25.

(zz) Parents Make A Difference license plate, $25.

(aaa) Support Soccer license plate, $25.

(bbb) Kids Deserve Justice license plate, $25.

(ccc) Animal Friend license plate, $25.

(ddd) Future Farmers of America license plate, $25.

(eee) Donate Organs-Pass It On license plate, $25.

(fff) A State of Vision license plate, $25.

(ggg) Homeownership For All license plate, $25.

(hhh) Florida NASCAR license plate, $25.

(iii) Corrections Foundation license plate, $25.

(jjj) Protect Florida Springs license plate, $25.

(kkk) Trees Are Cool license plate, $25.

(lll) Support Our Troops license plate, $25.

[Talk Host]

I think somebody is missing something here. The original post by Blackhawk is asking about "official" state plates on vehicles. The kind that the governor, highway trucks, police, fire and the mayor have on their cars. Not vanity, county or custom plates.

[Village Kid 2]

Oops, sorry. I wasn't sure what he meant. Well, folks have more info than they will ever need on license plates. lol

[punkpup]

Thanx Village Kid.