Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (340976) for SB 7072
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì969762KÎ969762                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/21/2015           .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Clemens) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 175 and 176
    4  insert:
    5         (48) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.—
    6         (b) The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be distributed
    7  to the Living the Dream Foundation, Inc. The Living the Dream
    8  Foundation, Inc., shall retain the first $60,000 in proceeds
    9  from the annual use fees as reimbursement for administrative
   10  costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the approval
   11  process. Thereafter, up to 25 percent shall be used for
   12  continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate and
   13  concept. The remaining funds shall be used in the following
   14  manner:
   15         1. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the Sickle
   16  Cell Disease Association of Florida, Inc., to be distributed
   17  equally among the sickle cell organizations that are Florida
   18  members of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.,
   19  for programs that provide research, care, and treatment for
   20  sickle cell disease.
   21         2. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the Miami
   22  Children’s Initiative, Inc., Florida chapter of the March of
   23  Dimes for programs and services that improve the health of
   24  babies through the prevention of birth defects and infant
   25  mortality and provide a unified system of support, education,
   26  and care that begins before birth and continues through college
   27  and career.
   28         3. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida
   29  Association of Healthy Start Coalitions, Inc., to decrease
   30  racial disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy
   31  birth outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start
   32  Coalitions to provide services and increase screening rates for
   33  high-risk pregnant women, children under 4 years of age, and
   34  women of childbearing age.
   35         4. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Chapman
   36  Partnership, Inc., Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for
   37  programs that provide relief from poverty, hunger, and
   38  homelessness.
   39         5. Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the
   40  foundation for administrative costs directly associated with
   41  operations as they relate to the management and distribution of
   42  the proceeds.
   43  
   44  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   45  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   46         Delete line 165
   47  and insert:
   48         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (48), subsection
   49  (61), paragraph (b) of present