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11 Senator Silver moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 3. Paragraph (z) is added to subsection (4) of
18 section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:
19 320.08056 Specialty license plates.--
20 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall
21 be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
22 (z) Pro Choice license plate, $20.
23 Section 4. Subsection (26) is added to section
24 320.08058, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:
25 320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
26 (26) PRO CHOICE LICENSE PLATES.--
27 (a) The department shall develop a Pro Choice license
28 plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must
29 appear at the bottom of the plate, and the words "Pro Choice"
30 must appear at the top of the plate.
31 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed annually
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1 to each county in the ratio that the annual use fees collected
2 by each county bears to the total fees collected for the
3 plates within the state. Each county shall distribute the
4 funds to nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies within the
5 county, which agencies' services are limited to counseling and
6 meeting the physical needs of pregnant women who are committed
7 to placing their children for adoption. Funds may be
8 distributed to any agency that is involved or associated with
9 abortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to
10 abortion clinics, providing medical abortion-related
11 procedures, or pro-abortion advertising, and funds may be
12 distributed to any agency that charges women for services
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14 1. Agencies that receive the funds must use at least
15 70 percent of the funds to provide for the material needs of
16 pregnant women who are committed to placing their children for
17 adoption, including clothing, housing, medical care, food,
18 utilities, and transportation. Such funds may also be expended
19 on infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents.
20 2. The remaining funds may be used for adoption,
21 counseling, training, or advertising, but may not be used for
22 administrative expenses, legal expenses, or capital
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24 3. Each agency that receives such funds must submit an
25 annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant, to
26 the county. The county may conduct a consolidated audit in
27 lieu of the annual audit. The Office of Program Policy
28 Analysis and Government Accountability shall review the
29 expenditure of funds every 3 years to ensure that funds are
30 expended in accordance with this subsection. Any unused funds
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1 during its fiscal year must be returned to the county, which
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 amending ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.;
13 creating a Pro Choice license plate; providing
14 for the distribution of annual use fees
15 received from the sale of such plates;
16 providing certain limitations on the use of
17 such funds;
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