Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 586
       
       
        
       By Senator Campbell
       
       38-00901-17                                            2017586__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; directing the
    4         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
    5         develop a Sun Sea Smiles license plate; establishing
    6         an annual use fee for the plate; providing for
    7         distribution and use of fees collected from the sale
    8         of the plates; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) is added to subsection (4) of
   13  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   16  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   17         (ffff) Sun Sea Smiles license plate, $25.
   18         Section 2. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058,
   19  Florida Statutes, to read:
   20         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   21         (84) SUN SEA SMILES LICENSE PLATES.—
   22         (a) The department shall develop a Sun Sea Smiles license
   23  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   24  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   25  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   26  words “Sun Sea Smiles” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   27         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   28  distributed as follows:
   29         1. Five percent shall be distributed to the Florida
   30  Caribbean Charitable Foundation, Inc., to be used only for
   31  marketing of the Sun Sea Smiles license plate.
   32         2. An additional 30 percent shall be distributed to the
   33  Florida Caribbean Charitable Foundation, Inc. Of this amount, up
   34  to 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses, and the
   35  remainder shall be used as follows:
   36         a. Sixty percent shall be used for a college scholarship
   37  program.
   38         b. Fifteen percent shall be used to promote health and
   39  wellness for residents in this state who are of Caribbean
   40  descent.
   41         c. Twenty-five percent shall be used to promote awareness
   42  of Caribbean culture within this state.
   43         3. Twenty percent shall be distributed to the American
   44  Friends of Jamaica, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit
   45  organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
   46  registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   47  Services and incorporated in New York, to be used as grants to
   48  promote social and community development among residents of this
   49  state. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for
   50  administrative and marketing expenses.
   51         4. Ten percent shall be distributed to Haitian Neighborhood
   52  Center Sant La, Inc., to be used to promote social and community
   53  development. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for
   54  administrative expenses.
   55         5. Ten percent shall be distributed to Fanm Ayisyen nan
   56  Miyami, Inc., to be used to promote social and community
   57  development. Of this amount, up to 10 percent may be used for
   58  administrative expenses.
   59         6. Twenty percent shall be distributed to Greater Caribbean
   60  American Cultural Coalition, Inc., to be used to promote
   61  awareness of Caribbean culture within this state. Of this
   62  amount, up to 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses.
   63         7. Five percent shall be distributed to Little Haiti
   64  Optimist Foundation, Inc., to be used to promote awareness of
   65  Caribbean culture and youth development within this state. Of
   66  this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for administrative
   67  expenses.
   68         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.