Senate Bill sb0136c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 136

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Bullard





    596-1855-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Live the Dream license

  3         plates; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; revising

  4         the use of funds received from sale of the

  5         plates; providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (49) of section

10  320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

11         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

12         (49)  LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.--

13         (b)  The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be

14  distributed to the Dream Foundation, Inc. The Dream

15  Foundation, Inc., shall retain the first $60,000 in proceeds

16  from the annual use fees as reimbursement for administrative

17  costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the approval

18  process. Thereafter, up to 25 percent shall be used for

19  continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate and

20  concept. The remaining funds shall be used in the following

21  manner:

22         1.  Twenty-five percent shall be distributed equally

23  among the sickle cell organizations registered with the state

24  as grants for programs that provide research, care, and

25  treatment for sickle cell disease.

26         2.  Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the

27  Florida chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and

28  services that improve the health of babies through the

29  prevention of birth defects and infant mortality.

30         3.  Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida

31  Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease racial

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    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 136
    596-1855-07




 1  disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth

 2  outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start

 3  Coalitions to provide services and increase screening rates

 4  for high-risk pregnant women, children under 4 years of age,

 5  and women of childbearing age.

 6         4.  Ten percent shall be distributed to the Community

 7  Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for programs that provide

 8  relief from poverty, hunger, and homelessness.

 9         5.  Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the

10  foundation for administrative costs directly associated with

11  operations as they relate to the management and distribution

12  of the proceeds.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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15          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
16                         Senate Bill 136

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18  This CS redirects 25 percent of revenue generated from the
    "Live the Dream" specialty license plate for general grants
19  for research, care, and treatment of sickle cell disease to be
    distributed equally among the sickle cell organizations
20  registered with the state.

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