Florida Senate - 2011 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 196
Barcode 763798
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD .
05/06/2011 09:13 AM .
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Senator Bennett moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 15 - 69
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraphs (aaaa) and (bbbb) are added to
6 subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, and
7 subsection (9) of that section is amended to read:
8 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
9 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
10 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
11 (aaaa) Go Green license plate, $25.
12 (bbbb) Republican Party of Florida and Florida Democratic
13 Party license plates, $35.
14 (9)(a) The organization that requested the specialty
15 license plate may not redesign the specialty license plate
16 unless the inventory of those plates has been depleted. However,
17 the organization may purchase the remaining inventory of the
18 specialty license plates from the department at cost.
19 (b) An organization with a specialty license plate must
20 submit a written request to the department 90 days before the
21 convening of the next regular session of the Legislature in
22 order to change the name of the recipient organization listed in
23 this section or s. 320.08058.
24 Section 2. Subsection (29), paragraph (b) of subsection
25 (48), and subsection (53) of section 320.08058, Florida
26 Statutes, are amended and subsections (79) and (80) are added to
27 that section to read:
28 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
29 (29) CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATES.—
30 (a) The department shall develop a Choose Life license
31 plate as provided in this section. The word “Florida” must
32 appear at the bottom of the plate, and the words “Choose Life”
33 must appear at the top of the plate.
34 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed annually to
35 Choose Life, Inc., along with a report that specifies each
36 county in the ratio that the annual use fees collected by each
37 county bear bears to the total fees collected for the plates
38 within the state. Choose Life, Inc., Each county shall
39 distribute the funds to nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies
40 that assist within the county, which agencies’ services are
41 limited to counseling and meeting the physical needs of pregnant
42 women who are making an adoption plan for their children
43 committed to placing their children for adoption. Funds may not
44 be distributed to any agency that is involved or associated with
45 abortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to
46 abortion clinics, providing medical abortion-related procedures,
47 or proabortion advertising, and funds may not be distributed to
48 any agency that charges women for services received.
49 1. Agencies that receive the funds must use at least 70
50 percent of the funds to provide for the material needs of
51 pregnant women who are making an adoption plan for their
52 children committed to placing their children for adoption,
53 including, but not limited to, clothing, housing, medical care,
54 food, utilities, and transportation. Such funds may also be
55 expended on birth mothers for 60 days after delivery and on
56 infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents.
57 2. The remaining Funds may also be used for adoption
58 related adoption, counseling, training, or advertising, but may
59 not be used for administrative expenses, legal expenses, or
60 capital expenditures. However, a maximum of 20 percent of the
61 total funds received annually may be used by Choose Life, Inc.,
62 for the administration and promotion of the Choose Life license
63 plate program.
64 3. Each agency that receives such funds must submit an
65 annual attestation to Choose Life, Inc. the county. Any unused
66 funds that exceed 10 percent of the funds received by an agency
67 each during its fiscal year must be returned to Choose Life,
68 Inc. the county, which shall distribute the funds them to other
69 qualified agencies.
70 (c) By October 1, 2011, the department and each county
71 shall transfer all of its Choose Life license plate funds to
72 Choose Life, Inc.
73 (48) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.—
74 (b) The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be distributed
75 to the Florida Dream Foundation, Inc. The Florida Dream
76 Foundation, Inc., shall retain the first $60,000 in proceeds
77 from the annual use fees as reimbursement for administrative
78 costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the approval
79 process. Thereafter, up to 25 percent shall be used for
80 continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate and
81 concept. The remaining funds shall be used in the following
82 manner:
83 1. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed equally among
84 the sickle cell organizations that are Florida members of the
85 Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., for programs
86 that provide research, care, and treatment for sickle cell
87 disease.
88 2. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the Florida
89 chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and services that
90 improve the health of babies through the prevention of birth
91 defects and infant mortality.
92 3. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida
93 Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease racial
94 disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth
95 outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start Coalitions
96 to provide services and increase screening rates for high-risk
97 pregnant women, children under 4 years of age, and women of
98 childbearing age.
99 4. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Community
100 Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for programs that provide relief
101 from poverty, hunger, and homelessness.
102 5. Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the
103 foundation for administrative costs directly associated with
104 operations as they relate to the management and distribution of
105 the proceeds.
106 (53) SUPPORT SOCCER LICENSE PLATES.—
107 (a) The department shall develop a Support Soccer license
108 plate as provided in this section. Support Soccer license plates
109 must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
110 word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
111 words “Support Soccer” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
112 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida
113 Lighthouse Soccer Foundation, Inc., which shall retain the
114 initial revenues from the sale of such plates until all startup
115 costs for developing and establishing the plate have been
116 recovered, not to exceed $85,000. Thereafter, the proceeds of
117 the annual use fee shall be used in the following manner:
118 1. Up to 25 percent of the proceeds may be used by the
119 Florida Lighthouse Soccer Foundation, Inc., for continuing
120 promotion and marketing of the license plate and concept.
121 2. Twenty percent shall be distributed to the Florida Youth
122 Soccer Association for programs and services that foster the
123 physical, mental, and emotional growth and development of
124 Florida’s youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age
125 and competition, including a portion to be determined by the
126 Florida Youth Soccer Association for the TOPSoccer program to
127 promote participation by the physically and mentally
128 disadvantaged.
129 3. Twenty percent shall be distributed as grants for
130 programs that promote participation by the economically
131 disadvantaged and to support soccer programs where none
132 previously existed.
133 4. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida State
134 Soccer Association to promote the sport of soccer and the long
135 term development of the sport.
136 5. Ten percent shall be distributed as grants for programs
137 that promote and support the construction of fields and soccer
138 specific infrastructure.
139 6. Ten percent shall be distributed as grants for programs
140 that foster and promote health, physical fitness, and
141 educational opportunities through soccer.
142 7. Five percent shall be expended by the Florida Lighthouse
143 Soccer Foundation, Inc., for administrative costs directly
144 associated with the foundation’s operations as they relate to
145 the management and distribution of the proceeds.
146 (79) GO GREEN LICENSE PLATE.-
147 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 45 of chapter
148 2008-176, Laws of Florida, as amended by s. 21 of chapter 2010
149 223, Laws of Florida, and upon receipt of $60,000 and submission
150 of the proposed art design for the specialty license plate to
151 the department in a medium prescribed by the department, as soon
152 as practicable, but no later than 60 days after the effective
153 date of this act, the department shall develop a Go Green
154 license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear
155 the colors and design approved by the department. The word
156 “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Go
157 Green” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
158 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the
159 Coalition for Renewable Energy Solutions, Inc., which shall
160 retain the initial revenues from the sales of such plates until
161 all startup costs incurred in the development and approval of
162 the plates have been reimbursed. Thereafter, the proceeds shall
163 be used by the coalition as follows:
164 1. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to
165 fund the administrative and marketing costs of the license plate
166 program.
167 2. The remaining fees shall be used to fund programs and
168 projects that educate the public and implement or publicize
169 renewable energy solutions.
170 (80) REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA and FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC
171 PARTY LICENSE PLATES.—
172 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the
173 department shall develop a Republican Party of Florida license
174 plate and a Florida Democratic Party license plate, as provided
175 in this section. The plates must bear the colors and design
176 approved by the department and the official logo of the
177 Republican Party of Florida or the Florida Democratic Party must
178 appear between the numerals. To further the state interest in
179 increasing voter participation in Florida elections, the plate
180 must also include the words “I VOTE.”
181 (b) The department shall retain all revenues from the sale
182 of such plates until all startup costs for developing and
183 issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, all of the
184 annual revenues of the Republican plates shall be distributed to
185 the Republican Party of Florida and all of the annual revenues
186 of the Democrat plates shall be distributed to the Florida
187 Democratic Party. Such funds shall be deposited in a separate
188 account to be used to support voter registration, absentee
189 ballot registration, voter contact, and administration and
190 marketing of the plates. No revenues shall be used for political
191 advertisements as defined in s. 106.011.
192 (c) From the funds distributed to the Republican Party of
193 Florida and to the Florida Democratic Party, an amount not to
194 exceed 15 percent of the annual revenues received from the sale
195 of the plates may be used for administration and marketing of
196 the plates.
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198 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
199 And the title is amended as follows:
200 Delete lines 2 - 11
201 and insert:
202 An act relating to speciality license plates; amending
203 s. 320.08056, F.S.; relating to specialty license
204 plates; providing a fee for Go Green license plates;
205 revising procedures to change the name of a recipient
206 of the fees collected; creating Republican Party of
207 Florida and the Florida Democratic Party license
208 plates; establishing an annual use fee for the plates;
209 amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; providing for
210 distribution of fees collected; changing the recipient
211 of the proceeds for the Live the Dream license plates
212 to the Florida Dream Foundation, Inc.; providing that
213 proceeds from the sale of Support Soccer license
214 plates shall be distributed to the Florida Soccer
215 Foundation, Inc.; providing for a Go Green License
216 plate; creating a Republican Party of Florida and a
217 Florida Democratic Party license plate and providing
218 for the distribution of annual use fees received from
219 the sale of such plates; providing for the annual use
220 fees to be distributed to Choose Life, Inc., rather
221 than the counties; providing for Choose Life, Inc., to
222 redistribute a portion of such funds to
223 nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies that assist
224 certain pregnant women; authorizing Choose Life, Inc.,
225 to use a portion of the funds to administer and
226 promote the Choose Life license plate program;
227 providing an effective date.