Florida Senate - 2021                                     SB 612
       
       
        
       By Senator Stewart
       
       
       
       
       
       13-00668-21                                            2021612__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of
    4         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop certain
    5         license plates; providing for the distribution and use
    6         of fees collected from the sale of such plates;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsections (112), (113), and (114) are added to
   12  section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (112) TOASTMASTERS LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a Toastmasters license
   16  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   17  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   18  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   19  words “www.Toastmasters.org” must appear at the bottom of the
   20  plate.
   21         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   22  distributed to the Ralph C. Smedley Memorial Fund of
   23  Toastmasters International, a s. 501(c)(3) nonprofit
   24  organization, of which:
   25         1. Twenty-five percent shall be used to develop charitable
   26  and educational programs for the indigent, homeless, visually
   27  and hearing disabled, incarcerated, and youth populations that
   28  are unable to afford or to participate in established
   29  Toastmasters programs. Up to 5 percent of this distribution may
   30  be used for administrative expenses.
   31         2. Seventy-five percent shall be proportionally
   32  redistributed to the divisions of Districts 47, 48, 77, and 84
   33  of Toastmasters International which reside in this state. Up to
   34  5 percent of this distribution may be used for marketing of the
   35  plate, and the remainder shall be used for educators,
   36  nonprofits, governmental organizations, scholarships, materials,
   37  and computers and other equipment for the purpose of
   38  implementing the charitable and educational programs for the
   39  indigent, homeless, visually and hearing disabled, incarcerated,
   40  and youth populations that are unable to afford or to
   41  participate in the established Toastmasters programs.
   42         (113) GOPHER TORTOISE LICENSE PLATES.—
   43         (a)The department shall develop a Gopher Tortoise license
   44  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   45  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   46  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   47  words “Protect the Gopher Tortoise” must appear at the bottom of
   48  the plate.
   49         (b)The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   50  distributed to Wildlands Conservation, Inc., a nonprofit
   51  corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to
   52  fund gopher tortoise and commensal species research, education,
   53  and conservation, as well as upland habitat protection,
   54  restoration, and management in this state. Up to 15 percent of
   55  the funds received by Wildlands Conservation, Inc., may be used
   56  for marketing of the plate and costs directly associated with
   57  the administration of the gopher tortoise protection program.
   58  Wildlands Conservation, Inc., shall use and distribute the funds
   59  to eligible Florida-based scientific, conservation, and
   60  educational organizations for gopher tortoise and upland habitat
   61  research, conservation, and management.
   62         (114)ORLANDO UNITED LICENSE PLATES.—
   63         (a)The department shall develop an Orlando United license
   64  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   65  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   66  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   67  words “Orlando United” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   68         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   69  distributed as follows:
   70         1.Five percent shall be distributed to the Mental Health
   71  Association of Central Florida, Inc., to be used for marketing
   72  of the license plate.
   73         2.Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to the Mental
   74  Health Association of Central Florida, Inc. Of this amount, up
   75  to 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses, and the
   76  remainder shall be used to offer free personalized counseling to
   77  any person affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in
   78  Orlando on June 12, 2016.
   79         3.Two percent shall be distributed to onePULSE Foundation,
   80  Inc., a charitable, nonprofit organization under s. 501(c)(3) of
   81  the Internal Revenue Code, to be used for marketing of the
   82  license plate.
   83         4.Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to onePULSE
   84  Foundation, Inc. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for
   85  administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be used to
   86  support the construction and maintenance of the onePULSE
   87  Foundation Memorial.
   88         5.Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to Two Spirit
   89  Health Services, Inc. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be
   90  used for administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be
   91  used to offer free personalized counseling to any person
   92  affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on
   93  June 12, 2016.
   94         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.