| 1 | The Transportation Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to license plates; amending ss. 320.08056 |
| 7 | and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Donate Organs-Pass It On |
| 8 | license plate; providing for the distribution of annual |
| 9 | use fees received from the sale of such plates; providing |
| 10 | an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Paragraph (eee) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 15 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 16 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 17 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 18 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 19 | (eee) Donate Organs-Pass It On license plate, $25. |
| 20 | Section 2. Subsection (57) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 21 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 22 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 23 | (57) DONATE ORGANS-PASS IT ON LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 24 | (a) The department shall develop a Donate Organs-Pass It |
| 25 | On license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" |
| 26 | must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Donate |
| 27 | Organs-Pass It On" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 28 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to Transplant |
| 29 | Foundation, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under s. 501(c)(3) |
| 30 | of the Internal Revenue Code that is affiliated with the |
| 31 | University of Miami School of Medicine. Transplant Foundation, |
| 32 | Inc., shall use up to 10 percent of the proceeds from the annual |
| 33 | use fee for marketing the license plate and administrative costs |
| 34 | that are directly associated with the management and |
| 35 | distribution of the proceeds. The remaining proceeds shall be |
| 36 | used to provide statewide grants for patient services, including |
| 37 | preoperative, rehabilitative, and housing assistance, organ |
| 38 | donor education and awareness programs, and statewide medical |
| 39 | research. |
| 40 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |