Specialty License Plates

Plain English Breakdown

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Miami Carol City Senior High School Alumni License Plate

This bill directs the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to create a special license plate for Miami Carol City Senior High School alumni, with fees from sales going to support school programs.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new type of specialty license plate called 'Miami Carol City Senior High School Alumni'.
• Requires the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) to design this special plate.
• Specifies that the word 'Florida' must be at the top and 'Miami Carol City Senior High School Alumni' at the bottom of the plate.
• Says that fees from selling these plates will go to support academic, athletic, extracurricular activities, and programs for students at Miami Carol City Senior High School.
• Allows up to 10% of the fees collected to be used for administrative costs and marketing.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV).
• Miami Carol City Senior High School alumni who buy this special license plate.
• Students at Miami Carol City Senior High School, as the funds will support their programs.

Terms To Know

Specialty License Plates

License plates that are unique and often have designs or messages related to specific themes or organizations.

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV)

The state agency responsible for issuing driver's licenses, vehicle registrations, and license plates in Florida.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill only affects the Miami Carol City Senior High School alumni and does not create similar plates for other schools.
• It is unclear how many people will buy this special plate or how much money it will raise for school programs.

Official Summary Text

Specialty License Plates; Directs DHSMV to develop Miami Carol City Senior High School Alumni license plate; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plate.

Current Bill Text

HB 469 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to specialty license plates; amending 2
s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of 3
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Miami 4
Carol City Senior High School Alumni license plate; 5
providing for distribution and use of fees collected 6
from the sale of the plate; providing an effective 7
date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (136) is added to section 320.08058, 12
Florida Statutes, to read: 13
320.08058 Specialty license plates.— 14
(136) MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI LICENSE 15
PLATES.— 16
(a) The department shall develop a Miami Carol City Senior 17
High School Alumni license plate as provided in this section and 18
s. 320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved 19
by the department. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of 20
the plate, and the words "Miami Carol City Senior High School 21
Alumni" must appear at the bottom of the plate. 22
(b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be 23
distributed to the Chief Hall Association, Inc., which may use 24
up to 10 percent of the fees for administrative costs and 25

HB 469 2026

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hb469-00
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

marketing of the plate. The balance of the fees must be used by 26
the Chief Hall Association, Inc., to fund academic programs, 27
athletic programs, extracurricular activities, and auxiliary 28
programs for, and programs designed to incentivize the 29
achievement of, students attending Miami Carol City Senior High 30
School. 31
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 32