| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to motor vehicle registration; amending s. |
| 3 | 320.02, F.S.; revising provisions relating to a voluntary |
| 4 | checkoff on motor vehicle registration and renewal |
| 5 | application forms to distribute funds to the Miami Heart |
| 6 | Research Institute, Inc.; authorizing a voluntary checkoff |
| 7 | on motor vehicle registration and renewal application |
| 8 | forms to distribute $1 to the Children's Hearing Help |
| 9 | Fund; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (16) of section |
| 14 | 320.02, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (e) is added |
| 15 | to that subsection, to read: |
| 16 | 320.02 Registration required; application for |
| 17 | registration; forms.-- |
| 18 | (16) |
| 19 | (d) The application form for motor vehicle registration |
| 20 | shall include language permitting the voluntary contribution of |
| 21 | $1 per applicant to Stop Heart Disease. The proceeds shall, to |
| 22 | be distributed quarterly by the department to the Miami Heart |
| 23 | Research Institute, Inc., doing business as the Florida Heart |
| 24 | Research Institute, a corporation not for profit under s. |
| 25 | 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to be used by that |
| 26 | organization for the purpose of heart disease research, |
| 27 | education, and prevention programs. |
| 28 | (e) The application form for motor vehicle registration |
| 29 | and renewal registration must include language permitting a |
| 30 | voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which contribution |
| 31 | must be distributed to the Children's Hearing Help Fund to be |
| 32 | used for purposes provided for the fund. |
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| 34 | For the purpose of applying the service charge provided in s. |
| 35 | 215.20, contributions received under this subsection are not |
| 36 | income of a revenue nature. |
| 37 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2007. |