Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 982
       
       
        
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       
       15-01712A-24                                           2024982__
    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 a Project
    5         Addiction: Reversing the Stigma license plate;
    6         providing for distribution and use of fees collected
    7         from the sale of the plate; providing an effective
    8         date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (127) is added to section 320.08058,
   13  Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (127) PROJECT ADDICTION: REVERSING THE STIGMA LICENSE
   16  PLATES.—
   17         (a) The department shall develop a Project Addiction:
   18  Reversing the Stigma license plate as provided in this section
   19  and s. 320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design
   20  approved by the department. The word “Florida” must appear at
   21  the top of the plate, and the words “Overdose Awareness” must
   22  appear at the bottom of the plate.
   23         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   24  distributed to Project Addiction: Reversing the Stigma, Inc., a
   25  Florida nonprofit corporation, as follows:
   26         1. Up to 10 percent of the annual use fees may be used for:
   27         a. Promotion and marketing costs of the license plate.
   28         b. Reimbursing the corporation for administrative costs,
   29  startup costs, and costs incurred in the development and
   30  approval process of the license plate.
   31         2. The remaining funds shall be distributed with the
   32  approval of and accountability to the board of directors of
   33  Project Addiction: Reversing the Stigma, Inc., and must be used
   34  to promote and support awareness of and education about
   35  substance use disorder and mental illness.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.