Summary

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (Department) submitted completed scientific sample surveys to the Auditor General for the following six proposed specialty license plates:

• Visit Our Lights;

• Preserving the Past;

• Play Tennis;

• Save Wild Florida;

• Trinity; and

• Confederate Heritage.

For each of these proposed specialty plates, the Department reported that the requesting organizations had met the survey requirements of Section 320.08053(1)(b), Florida Statutes, and concluded that at least 30,000 Florida motor vehicle owners intended to purchase a specialty license plate.

Based on our audit, we determined that for these six proposed specialty license plates, the Department complied with the provisions of Section 320.08053(1)(b), Florida Statutes, and relevant Department procedures related to the conduct and evaluation of scientific sample surveys of Florida motor vehicle owners.