Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2326
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Altman moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (979264) (with directory and
    2  title amendments)
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    4         Between lines 326 and 327
    5  insert:
    6         (79) HISPANICS SETTLED FLORIDA IN 1565 LICENSE PLATES.—
    7         (a) The department shall develop a Hispanics Settled
    8  Florida in 1565 license plate as provided in this section.
    9         (b) Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plates must
   10  bear the colors and design approved by the department. The word
   11  “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words
   12  “HISPANICS SETTLED FLORIDA” must appear at the bottom of the
   13  plate.
   14         (c) The department shall retain all revenues from the sale
   15  of such plates until all startup costs for developing and
   16  issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, 50 percent
   17  of the annual use fees shall be distributed to National Hispanic
   18  Corporate Achievers, Inc., an organization in Orlando that
   19  sponsors minority job fairs. The remaining 50 percent shall be
   20  distributed to Florida Hispanic Foundation. The fees shall be
   21  used to support job and mentorship programs and to provide
   22  scholarship grants for needy students from minority communities
   23  in this state.
   24         (d)By January 1, 2010, the department shall establish a
   25  method to issue a Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license
   26  plate voucher to allow for the presale of the Hispanics Settled
   27  Florida in 1565 license plate. Issuance of the vouchers is
   28  contingent upon payment of an application fee of $10,000 no
   29  later than December 1, 2009. The processing fee as prescribed in
   30  s. 320.08056, the service charge and branch charge as prescribed
   31  in s. 320.04, and the annual use fee as prescribed in s.
   32  320.08056 shall be charged for the voucher. All other applicable
   33  fees shall be charged at the time of issuance of the license
   34  plate. The approved Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license
   35  plate organization must, within 24 months after the
   36  establishment of the presale voucher, record with the department
   37  a minimum of 1,000 voucher sales before manufacture of the
   38  Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plate can commence.
   39  If, at the conclusion of the 24-month presale period, the
   40  minimum sales requirements have not been met, the Hispanics
   41  Settled Florida in 1565 license plate is deauthorized and the
   42  department shall discontinue development of the plate and
   43  discontinue issuance of the presale vouchers as prescribed in s.
   44  320.08056. Upon deauthorization of the license plate, a
   45  purchaser of the Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plate
   46  voucher may use the annual use fee collected as a credit towards
   47  any other specialty license plate or apply for a refund on a
   48  form prescribed by the department. This paragraph expires
   49  January 1, 2012.
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   51  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   52         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   53         Delete lines 5 - 9
   54  and insert:
   55         Section 2. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (29) of
   56  section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, paragraph (b) of subsection
   57  (32) of that section, is amended, and subsections (69), (70),
   58  (71), (72), (73), (74), (75), (76), (77), (78), and (79) are
   59  added to that section, to read:
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   61  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   62         And the title is amended as follows:
   63         Delete line 357
   64  and insert:
   65         plate; a Preserving the Past license plate; and a
   66         Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plate;
   67         providing for