The all new Walt Disney World specialty license plate saw sales of $436,050.00 just in the month of September, and another $222,225.00 in October, bringing the total sales to a whopping $772,650.00 since the release of the plate in late August. Endless Summer, the top selling plate in Florida, saw total sales of $215,425.00 in the month of September and $214,575.00 in October, bringing their total year to date to $2,133.900.00, for the 10 months of 2021. The total in the twelve months of 2020 for Endless Summer was $2,160,575.00, up $390,000.00 from 2019.
The demand for the new Disney plate has been unprecedented and many Tax Collectors do not have any inventory to meet demand - including MyFloridaSpecialtyPlate. 
According to FLHSMV, as of December 1, 2021, there are now 13,369 Walt Disney world specialty license plates on Florida roads, making it the 44th most popular specialty license plate already, surpassing Indian River Lagoon (13.091) and United We Stand (12,910).
The great news is that most of those funds, from the $25.00 user fee, will ultimately go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida, Inc. for activities and programs for critically ill children, once the FLHSMV have deducted their operational and start up cost, which is unknown at this time. FLHSMV also deducts its annual SLP program operating and management fees from the user fee biennial payments and also receives a $28 'metal plate replacement fee' and an ongoing $2.80 'advance metal plate replacement fee' with each order, in addition to the $5.00 'specialty license plate processing fee', generating over  $1,000,000.00 so far to the state coffers from the Disney plate alone.
The Disney plate also collected over 11,000 presale vouchers and the state charged a $3.00 processing fee for those presale vouchers as well.

The Florida Highwaymen will host an event Thursday night, December 2nd, to encourage people to purchase its specialty license plate, which needs 3,000 pre-sale vouchers before October before production can begin.
Vouchers can be purchased for $39.95, and representatives from the St. Lucie tax collector's office will be on-site to assist. The event will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Treasure Coast Lexus dealership, 5121 U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce.

Purchasers will be entered into a drawing to win a Highwaymen painting. The first 25 attendees over the age of 70 will be given a free, pre-paid voucher for a license plate.

"If you're not able to afford the Highwaymen painting, you can definitely have one on your car," said Doretha Hair Truesdell, widow of the original and founding Highwayman Alfred Hair.

Who were The Highwaymen?
The Highwaymen were a group of Black artists that originated in Fort Pierce, known for painting Florida landscapes under the tutelage of A.E. "Bean" Backus. Kept out of white-owned galleries, they sold their artwork along roadsides in the 1960s and ’70s.

Honoring the group's work through a specialty license plate has been an uphill battle in the state Legislature.

Former Rep. Larry Lee Jr., D-Port St. Lucie, filed a bill to create the license plate, but it did not pass the 2018 legislative session. Former Rep. Delores Hogan Johnson, D-Fort Pierce, reintroduced the bill in 2019 after Lee retired, but it died in committee.

​Fees collected through the specialty license plate will go toward the construction and operation of a Highwaymen museum in Fort Pierce's Lincoln Park neighborhood, Truesdell said. Funds also will help the St. Lucie Education Foundation pay for art education and other art projects in local public schools.

"It's our heart's desire, after all these years, to have our own museum," Truesdell said. "It would come full circle."

​For years, Biscayne Bay has experienced fish kills, seagrass die-offs, and run-off pollution from fertilizers and construction of towering beachside condos. In June, an evaluation by Miami-Dade County rated a significant portion of its bayside waters — home to manatees, dolphins, and other marine life —as "poor" or "fair."

It was considered a win for Miami-Dade environmentalists when bipartisan legislation for a specialty license plate to benefit Biscayne Bay drafted by Sen. Ileana Garcia (R-Miami) and Rep. Nicholas Duran (D-Miami) was signed into law this summer. Funds from the Protect Biscayne Bay tag will benefit the Miami Foundation to support habitat restoration, pollution prevention, and environmental education and awareness.

On November 6, community members and local officials, including Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, huddled around a blue Toyota Prius on the north end of the 444-acre Deering Estate on Miami's Cutler Bay, where a crowd of reporters and residents awaited the unveiling of the winning design for the Protect Biscayne Bay plate.

The brown paper that shrouded the car's trunk was ripped away to showcase the silhouette of a Stiltsville house and mangrove against a glowing orange sunset.

A new law came into effect on October 1, 2020 which stated that FLHSMV, in cooperation with the ndependent colleges and universities, create a standard template specialty license plate with a unique logo or graphic identifying each independent college or university.
Each independent college or university had to elect to use this standard template specialty license plate in lieu of its own specialty license plate.
​On November 2, 2021, FLHSMV announced that PRIDE will begin shipping the new ICUF specialty license plates from November 1, 2021. All license plates will be delivered by November 10, 2021 to the 67 county Tax Collectors. Please remove the old designs from your inventory and begin issuing the new plates when you receive them.
Anyone that has the old license plate will be able to keep that license plate until the end of the 10-year plate. No originals, replacements, and personalized license plate reservations transactions will be allowed.
​There are 25 ICUF specialty license plates - click here for the gallery.

​Annual use fees from the sale of these license plates are distributed to the independent college or university for which the logo or graphic is displayed and must be used as provided in s. 320.08058(3), F.S. Independent colleges and universities opting to use the standard template specialty license plate will have their plate sales combined for purposes of meeting the 3,000 plate minimum sales threshold and determining the 150 plate limit.

​Below is the list that have joined the new ICUF plate:  
AdventHealth University
Ave Maria University
Barry University
Beacon College
Eckerd College
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Everglades University
Florida College
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Southern College
Hodges University
Jacksonville University
Keiser University
Lynn University
Nova Southeastern University
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Ringling College of Art and Design,
Rollins College
Saint Leo University.
Saint Thomas University,
Southeastern University,
Stetson University
The University of Tampa
Warner University
Webber International University

The following ICUF members have elected not to join the standard template list:
Bethune Cookman
Flagler College
Florida Memorial University
University of Miami​

​House Bill 355, was filed on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, by Representative Dr. James Bush III, (D-Miami Dade), a retired teacher who was a state representative from 1992-2000, 2008 and more recently 2018 to the present. This is the only bill he has filed so far.
The bill seeks to revise the distribution of annual use fees from the sale of ‘Live the Dream’ license plates and reduces distribution to Sickle Cell organizations from 60% to 40%, and provides for the distribution of 35% to The Dream Foundation, based in Tallahassee, Florida and led by Michael Dobson, a former lobbyist, for "programs and services relating to the ‘Dream Reentering Citizens Fund’, as follows: 
10% shall be used for administrative costs associated with the operation of the Dream Foundation, Inc., and for marketing and promoting the license plate. 
10% shall be used for programs and services provided directly by the Dream Foundation, Inc., which assist inmates released from the Department of Corrections in successfully reentering the community.
15% shall be distributed as grants to administer and market programs and services throughout this state which assist inmates released from the Department of Corrections in successfully reentering the community."
The existing statutory language that was changed in 2020 providing for distribution to the Miami-based Chapman Partnership, Inc for programs for relief of poverty, hunger and homelessness is replaced with proposed language that states that at least 20% shall be distributed as scholarships to high school seniors in this state, at least one of whose parents or legal guardians is incarcerated, for the purpose of attending a state university, a Florida College System institution, a career center operated by a school district under s. 1001.44, or a charter technical career. Scholarships shall be awarded through a competitive application process overseen by a scholarship program committee composed of one representative from a PACE Center for Girls, one representative from Children of Inmates, Inc., one representative from Living Stones International, Inc., and one representative from the executive team or board of the Dream Foundation, Inc. Fiscal oversight of the scholarship program shall be performed by a certified public accounting firm. 
The existing provision of “up to 5% may be distributed by the department on behalf of the Dream Foundation, Inc., to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., as a royalty for the use of the image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the license plate," remains intact.

The bill that created the America the Beautiful license plate, provides that the annual use fees will be distributed to the America the Beautiful Fund to be used as follows: 
• 10% to offset administrative, marketing, and promotion costs. 
• 90% for projects and programs teaching character, leadership, and service to Florida youth; the provision of support services and assistance to the military community; outdoor education advancing self-sufficiency; wildlife conservation; the maintenance of historic or culturally important sites, buildings, structures, or objects; and the development and modification of playgrounds, recreational areas, or other outdoor amenities, including disability access. 

The America the Beautiful Fund is the fictitious name of Live Laugh Love Give, Inc. Based in Tampa, headed by Janet, Christopher, Michael and Spenser Boire, all located at 13791 N.Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, FL 33613, which is also the hme of the Support our Troops and In God We Trust plates headed by Martin Boire.

Florida Family Policy council are promoting the giveaway of the 3,000 presale vouchers because it "funds groups friendly to us that support youth leadership, character-building, etc."
Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC) is one of 38 state-based policy councils around the country associated with Focus on the Family, Alliance Defending Freedom and Family Research Council. Many of these councils are the leading pro-life, pro-family organizations in their respective states. Their president and general counsel is John Stemberger.

A new design for the Florida Gulf Coast University specialty license plate is now available for purchase.
As of September 1, 2021, there were 1,673 valid registrations of the Florida Gulf Coast University specialty license plate.
The Florida Gulf Coast University specialty license plate was enacted by the Florida Legislature in 1996. This is the first redesign of the plate. 
The Green & Blue tag doesn’t only signal your support for the university — it also helps ensure life-changing opportunities for generations of Eagles by funding scholarships. According to FGCU, FGCU is the only school in the Florida State University System where 100% of the proceeds of plate sales go to scholarships.
Purchasing for the first time or switching your existing tag with ours? The specialty plate can be purchased any time of year regardless of your tag renewal month. Order here.

On October 1, 2021, seven more specialty plates were added to the Presale Voucher program, each having to sell 3,000 presale vouchers within 2 years.
So far, as we approach the one year point for the initial 33 presale voucher license plates, 3 have successfully completed the 3,000 minimum sales and are now on sale: Blue Angels, Coastal Conservation  (Redfish Tag) and Walt Disney World. ​The three approved plates accounted for more than half (17,761) of the 31,053 presale vouchers sold through September 13, 2021.

As of 9/13/21, a total of 31,053 vouchers have been sold, $155,265.00 going to the state as a specialty license processing fee and $93,159.00 for a 'service charge and branch fee', with $776,325.00 being held by the state to cover the initial state fees to start the plate production process with any balance going to the successful organizations, based on their individual sales.

PROTECT MARINE WILDLIFE ​

​The annual use fees of $25 shall be distributed to Protect Wild Dolphins Alliance, Inc., to fund its conservation, research, and educational programs that focus on the conservation of Florida’s threatened and protected marine wildlife species which will include the rescue and rehabilitations of dolphins, whales, manatees, sea birds and sea turtles.  
Only up to 10% of the proceeds may be used for administration, promotion, and marketing of the license plate.

​Protect Wild Dolphins Alliance, Inc., d/b/a Protect Wild Dolphins is a registered 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization operates exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes, including but not limited to the support and conduct of research, scientific and educational activities for the protection and preservation of marine mammals, including, but not limited to, release to the wild programs, the rescue, rehabilitation, release and/or retirement of marine mammals as well as the establishment and operation of a safe haven for unwanted and/or surplus dolphins and other marine mammals.
Protect Wild Dolphins Alliance rescues and rehabilitates stranded marine mammals in order to advance science and education in marine wildlife health and conservation and believes in the humane treatment of all sick and injured marine animals. 
​Protect Wild Dolphins Alliance seeks to advance the One Ocean One Health concept in order to protect our ocean heritage

The license plate is designed by Istvan (Steve) Diossy, a self-taught artist, based in Vero Beach, Florida who at the age of 16 won first place and presidential recognition for a sculpture depicting Michelangelo’s The Florentine Pietà. Throughout the years, Steve continued to progress as an artist, developing a unique style enhanced by his fine art background and an extensive knowledge of caricature and graphic design. 
Steve’s most notable work to date is the “Protect Wild Dolphins” Florida license plate. The success of this plate has raised millions of dollars for marine conservation.

HONOR FLIGHT ​

The annual use fees from the sale of the Honor Flight plate shall be distributed equally among the Honor Flight Network hubs in this state, each of which is a nonprofit corporation under s. 407 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to be used as follows: 
1. Up to 10% of the fees may be used for promotion and marketing of the license plate. 
2. The remaining fees shall be used to further the Honor Flight Network’s mission of transporting military veterans to Washington, D.C., in order to visit the memorials dedicated to honoring those who have served and sacrificed for the United States. 

FLORIDA STATE PARKS ​

The annual use fees from the sale of the plate will go to the Florida State Parks Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit Florida corporation, the mission of which is to preserve, protect, sustain, and grow Florida state parks. Up to 10 percent of the fees may be used for marketing of the plate and costs directly associated with administration of the foundation. 
The foundation, founded in 1993 as Friends of Florida State Parks was renamed in 2018. Their mission is to support and help sustain the Florida Park Service, its 175 award-winning parks and trails, local friends groups and more than 20,000 park volunteers. It does this through advocacy and programs that preserve and protect state parks, educate visitors about the value of state parks, and encourage community engagement and active use. The volunteer board of directors represents private and public sectors as well as local and statewide interests.
The Florida State Parks Foundation is leading the way for selecting the art for the new specialty license tag and is currently deciding on two different versions:

BISCAYNE BAY ​

The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed to The Miami Foundation, a Florida nonprofit corporation, to be used as follows: 
1. Up to 10% of the fees may be used for promotion and marketing of the license plate and for direct reimbursement for administrative costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the development and approval process of the license plate. All vendors associated with administrative costs shall be selected by competitive bid. 
2. The remaining fees shall be used to raise awareness and support the mission and efforts of conserving Biscayne Bay. The Miami Foundation Board of Trustees must approve and is accountable for all such expenditures. 

​The Miami Foundation builds the philanthropic, civic, and leadership backbone for Greater Miami. Since 1967, the Foundation has invested $485 million to strengthen our community with partnerships and contributions from more than 1000 fundholders and 35,000 donors. The Miami Foundation, which currently manages over $350 million in assets, mobilizes donors, nonprofits, leaders, and locals to set a bold vision for our community's future and to invest in a stronger, more equitable, more resilient Greater Miami.

DISEASE PREVENTION & EARLY DETECTION ​

The license plate annual use fees shall be distributed to The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative, Florida Affiliate, Inc., a Florida nonprofit corporation, which may use up to 10% of the proceeds to promote and market the plate. The remainder of the proceeds shall be used by The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative, Florida Affiliate, Inc., to provide increased education and awareness relating to early detection, prevention, and screening of breast and heart issues. 

30A.COM/SCENIC WALTON ​

The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed to Scenic Walton, Inc., a nonprofit Florida corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to be used to preserve and enhance the beauty and safety of Walton County. Up to 10% of the fees may be used for marketing of the plate and costs directly associated with administration of Scenic Walton, Inc.  
“Every person who buys an official State of Florida 30A license plate for their vehicles will help keep Walton County beautiful,” said Mike Ragsdale, Founder of The 30A Company. “This is a really extraordinary opportunity for our community.”

SUPPORT HEALTHCARE HEROES ​

​The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed annually into the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund within the Department of Health to provide financial support for prehospital emergency medical services pursuant to s. 401.113. ​FCEP worked with Sen. Gayle Harrell to promote the legislative language that was included in a larger transportation bill. On Thursday, April 29, the bill authorizing seven new specialty license plates was passed and later signed by Gov. DeSantis.

The new BLUE ANGELS Specialty license plate saw revenue for August 2021, of $154,725.00, bringing the total raised so far to $172,725.00. 6,930 new Blue Angels plates were sold, the closest in new plate sales was Endless Summer with 2,443, however, Endless Summer raised $231,900.00 in August, bringing their year to date total to $1,703,900.00.
The new Redfish specialty license plate sold 1,167 plates in August ($30,150.00) and has raised $141,075.00 so far.

The new Walt Disney World specialty license plate, which has just come out, recorded revenue of $134,550.00.
Not surprisingly, total revenue from specialty license plate sales in August 2021 increased dramatically compared to August 2020, from 2,701,403 to 3,456,339.
In addition to endless summer, four other specialty plates have surpassed the $1 million mark by August - University of Florida ($1,401,175), Helping Sea Turtles ($1,365,004.00), Miami Heat ($1,081,850.00) and Florida State University ($1,075,775.00).
​So far this year, $25,518,585.00 has been raised by the specialty license plate program.

When the state legislature approved thirty two more specialty plates, plus approving the fee for the already approved Blue Angels specialty license plate, the bill required those plates to sell 3,000 presale vouchers (4,000 for out-of-state-colleges) and the presale commenced on October 1, 2020, giving the organizations 2 years to complete the presale minimum or fail.
As we approach the one year mark, only 3 specialty plates have reached the minimum sales requirement, Blue Angels, Redfish and the Disney World plates. A total of 31,053 vouchers have been sold, $155,265.00 going to the state as a specialty license processing fee and $93,159.00 for a 'service charge and branch fee', with $776,325 being held by the state to cover the initial state fees to start the plate production process with any balance going to the successful organizations, based on their individual sales.
A further seven prospective plates will be added on October 1, 2021, having been approved by the Legislature earlier this year.
The three approved plates account for more than half (17,761) of the 31,053 sold.