Specialty License Plates/Florida Film Legacy License Plate

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text provided do not specify the exact amount of fees collected from selling the plates or how Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc. must use these funds beyond providing an annual financial report.

Florida Film Legacy License Plate

This bill directs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to create a new Florida Film Legacy license plate and distribute fees from its sale to Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new specialty license plate called 'Florida Film Legacy'.
• Requires the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) to design this plate in consultation with Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc.
• Says that fees from selling these plates will go to Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc., which is a nonprofit organization.
• Needs Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc. to give an annual financial report about how the money was used.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who want to buy the new 'Florida Film Legacy' license plate.
• The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) which will design and manage the plates.
• Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc., a nonprofit organization that receives money from selling these plates.

Terms To Know

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV)

A state agency responsible for managing vehicle registration, driver licensing, and traffic safety in Florida.

Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc.

A nonprofit organization that receives funds from the sale of specialty license plates.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc. will receive or what they must do with it beyond providing an annual financial report.
• It is unclear if there are limits on who can buy this new license plate.

Official Summary Text

Specialty License Plates/Florida Film Legacy License Plate; Directs DHSMV to develop Florida Film Legacy license plate; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plate; requires annual financial report by specified date.

Current Bill Text

HB 1135 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 Florida 4
Film Legacy license plate; providing for distribution 5
and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate; 6
requiring an annual financial report by a specified 7
date; providing an effective 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) FLORIDA FILM LEGACY LICENSE PLATES.— 15
(a) The department shall develop a Florida Film Legacy 16
license plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The 17
plate must bear the colors and design approved by the department 18
in consultation with Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc. The word 19
"Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words 20
"Film Legacy" must appear at the bottom of the plate. 21
(b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be 22
distributed to Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc., a nonprofit 23
corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. By 24
September 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, Feature Florida 25

HB 1135 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

Partnerships, Inc., must submit a financial report to the 26
department detailing the use of such fees during the preceding 27
fiscal year. 28
Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026. 29