Specialty License Plates/Miami Northwestern Alumni Association

Plain English Breakdown

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Miami Northwestern Alumni Association License Plate

This bill directs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to create a specialty license plate for Miami Northwestern Alumni Association and sets rules on how fees from selling these plates are used.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new type of specialty license plate called 'Miami Northwestern Alumni Association License Plate'.
• Requires the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to design this special plate with specific colors and words, including 'Florida' at the top and 'Miami Northwestern Alumni Association' at the bottom.
• Specifies that fees collected from selling these plates will go to Miami Northwestern Alumni Association, Inc., which can use up to 10% for administrative costs and marketing.
• Requires the rest of the money collected to be used by Miami Northwestern Alumni Association, Inc. to support academic programs, athletic programs, and need-based scholarships at Miami Northwestern Senior High School.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in Florida
• Miami Northwestern Alumni Association, Inc.
• Students and the Performing and Visual Arts Center at Miami Northwestern Senior High School

Terms To Know

Specialty license plates

License plates with unique designs or messages that are different from regular state-issued plates.

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

A government agency responsible for issuing driver's licenses, vehicle registrations, and managing traffic safety in Florida.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money will be collected from the sale of these plates.
• It is unclear if there are any limits on the number of plates that can be issued.

Official Summary Text

Specialty License Plates/Miami Northwestern Alumni Association; Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association license plate; specifying design elements for the plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 880

By
Senator Jones

34-00165-26 2026880__
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 Northwestern Alumni Association license plate;
6 specifying design elements for the plate; providing
7 for distribution and use of fees collected from the
8 sale of the plate; providing an effective date.
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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.—
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(136)
MIAMI NORTHWESTERN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LICENSE

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PLATES.—

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(a)
The department shall develop a
Miami Northwestern

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Alumni Association
license plate as provided in this section and

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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

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the plate, and the words “
Miami Northwestern Alumni Association
”

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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
Miami Northwestern Alumni Association, Inc.
,

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which may use up to 10 percent of
the
fees for administrative

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costs and marketing of the plate. The balance of the fees
must

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be used by the Miami Northwestern Alumni Association, Inc.
,
to

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fund academic programs,
athletic programs, and
need-based

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scholarships
for the benefit of Miami Northwestern Senior High

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School students and the Miami Northwestern Senior High School

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Performing and Visual Arts Center.

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