Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 858
       
       
       
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       40-00966-09                                            2009858__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to driver licenses; amending s.
    3         322.08, F.S.; requiring the driver license application
    4         form to include language permitting the applicant to
    5         make a voluntary contribution to Stop Heart Disease;
    6         amending s. 322.18, F.S.; requiring the driver license
    7         application form for renewal issuance or renewal
    8         extension to include language permitting the applicant
    9         to make a voluntary contribution to Stop Heart
   10         Disease; providing an effective date.
   11         
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13         
   14         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 322.08, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         322.08 Application for license.—
   17         (6) The application form for a driver's license or
   18  duplicate thereof shall include language permitting the
   19  following:
   20         (a) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   21  contribution shall be deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund
   22  for organ and tissue donor education and for maintaining the
   23  organ and tissue donor registry.
   24         (b) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   25  contribution shall be distributed to the Florida Council of the
   26  Blind.
   27         (c) A voluntary contribution of $2 per applicant, which
   28  shall be distributed to the Hearing Research Institute,
   29  Incorporated.
   30         (d) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   31  shall be distributed to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
   32  International.
   33         (e) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   34  shall be distributed to the Children's Hearing Help Fund.
   35         (f) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   36  shall be distributed to Family First, a nonprofit organization.
   37         (g) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, to Stop
   38  Heart Disease, which shall be distributed to the Florida Heart
   39  Research Institute, a nonprofit organization.
   40  A statement providing an explanation of the purpose of the trust
   41  funds shall also be included. For the purpose of applying the
   42  service charge provided in s. 215.20, contributions received
   43  under paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), and (g) and under
   44  s. 322.18(9)(a) are not income of a revenue nature.
   45         Section 2. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (9) of
   46  section 322.18, Florida Statutes, to read:
   47         322.18 Original applications, licenses, and renewals;
   48  expiration of licenses; delinquent licenses.—
   49         (9)
   50         (c) The application form for a renewal issuance or renewal
   51  extension shall include language permitting a voluntary
   52  contribution of $1 per applicant to Stop Heart Disease, which
   53  shall be distributed to the Florida Heart Research Institute, a
   54  nonprofit organization.
   55         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.