Specialty License Plates/Miami Carol City Senior High School Alumni

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass all stages in the legislature and died in committee, so it may not become law as written. This information is based on the last action status provided by the official source material.

Special License Plates for Miami Carol City Senior High School Alumni

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

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new type of specialty license plate for Miami Carol City Senior High School alumni.
• Requires the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to design this specific license plate.
• Specifies that the plate must have certain colors, designs, and wording approved by the department.
• Directs that fees collected from selling these plates go to support academic, athletic, extracurricular activities, and programs at Miami Carol City Senior High School.

Who It Names or Affects

• Miami Carol City Senior High School alumni who want to buy this special license plate.
• The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles which must design the new license plates.
• Chief Hall Association, Inc., which will receive fees from selling these plates and use them for school programs.

Terms To Know

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

A state agency responsible for managing Florida's traffic safety and vehicle registration systems.

Chief Hall Association, Inc.

An organization that will receive funds from the sale of special license plates to support Miami Carol City Senior High School programs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass all stages in the legislature and died in committee, so it may not become law as written.
• It is unclear how many alumni will buy these plates or if there will be enough funds to support school programs effectively.

Official Summary Text

Specialty License Plates/Miami Carol City Senior High School Alumni; Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Miami Carol City Senior High School Alumni license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 592

By
Senator Jones

34-00669-26 2026592__
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 a Miami
5 Carol City Senior High School Alumni license plate;
6 providing for distribution and use of fees collected
7 from the sale of the plate; providing an effective
8 date.
9
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsection (136) is added to section 320.08058,
13 Florida Statutes, to read:
14 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
15
(136)
MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI LICENSE

16
PLATES.—

17
(a)
The department shall develop a
Miami Carol City Senior

18
High School Alumni
license plate as provided in this section and

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

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by the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of

21
the plate, and the words “
Miami
Carol City Senior High School

22
Alumni
” must appear at the bottom of the plate.

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

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distributed to the
Chief Hall Association, Inc.
,
which may use

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up to 10 percent of
the
fees for administrative costs and

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marketing of the plate. The balance of the fees
must
be used by

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the
Chief Hall
Association, Inc.
,
to fund academic programs,

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athletic programs, extracurricular activities, and auxiliary

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programs for, and programs designed to incentivize the

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achievement of, students attending
Miami Carol City Senior High

31
School
.

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