| FTBL Gator Vanity Plates in Georgia...Maybe Not!

[moreno_iv]

Looks like the UGA grads in Atlanta have decided to throw around a little weight in order for their fellow alums to get UGA vanity plates in Florida.

Apparently, only one thing can unite fractious Republican lawmakers at the state Capitol.

And it's not Hillary Clinton.

It's the University of Florida.

On Monday, GOP lawmakers announced a rare, united House-Senate effort to force the state of Florida to lower its barriers to specialty car tags that honor University of Georgia alumni. Otherwise, the Georgia legislators said, they will discontinue the Gator-oriented tags just won from the state Department of Revenue by an Atlanta group of University of Florida grads.

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[ElephantStomp]

I don't know why you would want either of those schools on your vehicle at all?

RTR,
Cory

 

[Guest]

All the UGA need is someone from Fla to get a sign up sheet. Bama is doing this in Ga right now.

 

[moreno_iv]

Rick, I think that's the whole problem. Florida makes it much tougher to get out state university vanity plates:

Creating a new specialty car tag in Georgia requires a petition signed by 1,000 people who declare themselves willing to pony up the extra $25 for the privilege. The state revenue commissioner must approve the design.

Members of the Atlanta Gator Club just completed the process.

But in Florida, those who want a new specialty tag must pay the state government a $60,000 processing fee. An independent firm must conduct a random survey of the Florida population to determine that at least 30,000 residents intend to purchase the plates. At least 1,000 specialty tags must be sold every year. And the design must be approved by the Legislature, according to the Florida state department of motor vehicles Web site.

Georgia Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) said those requirements amount to a ban when it comes to UGA alumni in Florida. "If this bill passes and you can't get a University of Georgia alumni tag in Florida, then they would not be able to renew [their] tag," Johnson said.

 

[whistler]

State of TN has AU tags and UK/Louisville

 

[Supergenius]

State of TN has AU tags and UK/Louisville

And plenty of Bama Plates.


RTR

 

[252BAMA]

Rick, I think that's the whole problem. Florida makes it much tougher to get out state university vanity plates:

Creating a new specialty car tag in Georgia requires a petition signed by 1,000 people who declare themselves willing to pony up the extra $25 for the privilege. The state revenue commissioner must approve the design.

Members of the Atlanta Gator Club just completed the process.

But in Florida, those who want a new specialty tag must pay the state government a $60,000 processing fee. An independent firm must conduct a random survey of the Florida population to determine that at least 30,000 residents intend to purchase the plates. At least 1,000 specialty tags must be sold every year. And the design must be approved by the Legislature, according to the Florida state department of motor vehicles Web site.

Georgia Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) said those requirements amount to a ban when it comes to UGA alumni in Florida. "If this bill passes and you can't get a University of Georgia alumni tag in Florida, then they would not be able to renew [their] tag," Johnson said.

There are hundreds of specialty tags here in Florida. Hard to believe that each one paid a $60,000 processing fee.

 

[moreno_iv]

I'm sure that the bureaucrats allow some special interest plates to get through a little easier, but I could seem them laying the smack-down on UGA plates.

There are many specialty plates in Florida, but it looks like most, if not all, school plates are Florida plates:

FL Specialty Plates