Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 1232
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Stewart
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02743-17                                          20171232c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         s. 320.08056, F.S.; establishing an annual use fee for
    4         the Orlando United license plate; amending s.
    5         320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of Highway
    6         Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop an Orlando United
    7         license plate; providing for distribution and use of
    8         fees collected from the sale of such plates; providing
    9         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 (ffff) is added to subsection (4) of
   14  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   16         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   17  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   18         (ffff) Orlando United license plate, $25.
   19         Section 2. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058,
   20  Florida Statutes, to read:
   21         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   22         (84) ORLANDO UNITED LICENSE PLATES.—
   23         (a) The department shall develop an Orlando United license
   24  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   25  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   26  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   27  words “Orlando United” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   28         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   29  distributed as follows:
   30         1. Seven percent shall be distributed to the Mental Health
   31  Association of Central Florida, Inc., to be used for marketing
   32  of the license plate.
   33         2. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to the Mental
   34  Health Association of Central Florida, Inc. Of this amount, up
   35  to 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses, and the
   36  remainder shall be used to offer free personalized counseling to
   37  any person affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in
   38  Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
   39         3. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to the Hispanic
   40  Federation, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit organization
   41  under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code registered with
   42  the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and
   43  incorporated in New York. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be
   44  used for administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be
   45  used to offer free personalized counseling to any person
   46  affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando,
   47  Florida, on June 12, 2016, through the Proyecto Somos Orlando
   48  campaign operated by the Hispanic Federation, Inc.
   49         4. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to Two Spirit
   50  Health Services, Inc. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be
   51  used for administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be
   52  used to offer free personalized counseling to any person
   53  affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando,
   54  Florida, on June 12, 2016.
   55         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.