| 1 | Representative(s) A. Gibson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 117 and 118, insert: |
| 5 | Section 4. Subsection (49) of section 320.08058, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, as amended by chapter 2005-357, Laws of Florida, is |
| 7 | amended to read: |
| 8 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 9 | (49) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 10 | (a) The department shall develop a Live the Dream license |
| 11 | plate as provided in this section. Live the Dream license plates |
| 12 | must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The |
| 13 | word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the |
| 14 | words "Live the Dream" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 15 | (b) The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be |
| 16 | distributed to the Dream Foundation, Inc. The Dream Foundation, |
| 17 | Inc., shall retain the first $60,000 in proceeds from the annual |
| 18 | use fees as reimbursement for administrative costs, startup |
| 19 | costs, and costs incurred in the approval process. Thereafter, |
| 20 | up to 25 percent shall be used for continuing promotion and |
| 21 | marketing of the license plate and concept. The remaining funds |
| 22 | shall be used in the following manner: |
| 23 | 1. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed equally among |
| 24 | the 13 chapters of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of |
| 25 | Florida, Inc., the Sickle Cell Disease Association of |
| 26 | America--Volusia County Chapter, Inc., the Sickle Cell Disease |
| 27 | Association of America--Dade County Chapter, Inc., and the |
| 28 | Sickle Cell Disease Association of America--Northeast Florida |
| 29 | Chapter, Inc., as grants for programs that provide research, |
| 30 | care, and treatment for sickle cell disease. |
| 31 | 2. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the Florida |
| 32 | chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and services that |
| 33 | improve the health of babies through the prevention of birth |
| 34 | defects and infant mortality. |
| 35 | 3. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida |
| 36 | Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease racial |
| 37 | disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth |
| 38 | outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start Coalitions |
| 39 | to provide services and increase screening rates for high-risk |
| 40 | pregnant women, children under 4 years of age, and women of |
| 41 | childbearing age. |
| 42 | 4. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Community |
| 43 | Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for programs that provide relief |
| 44 | from poverty, hunger, and homelessness. |
| 45 | 5. Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the |
| 46 | foundation for administrative costs directly associated with |
| 47 | operations as they relate to the management and distribution of |
| 48 | the proceeds. |
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| 51 | Remove line(s) 17 and insert: |
| 52 | plates for legislative presiding officers; amending s. |
| 53 | 320.08058, F.S.; providing that certain proceeds from the sale |
| 54 | of Live the Dream specialty plates shall be distributed to the |
| 55 | Sickle Cell Disease Association of Florida, Inc.; providing an |