Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 7061, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/3R .
03/11/2016 10:24 AM .
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Senator Bradley moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (691108) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 941 and 942
5 insert:
6 Section 13. Paragraphs (ffff), (gggg), and (hhhh) are added
7 to subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to
8 read:
9 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
10 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
11 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
12 (ffff) Jacksonville Armada Football Club license plate,
13 $25.
14 (gggg) Orlando City Soccer Club license plate, $25.
15 (hhhh) Support Special Needs Kids license plate, $25.
16 Section 14. Subsection (9) of section 320.08058, Florida
17 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (84), (85), and (86) are
18 added to that section, to read:
19 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
20 (9) FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM LICENSE PLATES.—
21 (a) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
22 shall develop a Florida Professional Sports Team license plate
23 as provided in this section for Major League Baseball, National
24 Basketball Association, National Football League, Arena Football
25 League, National Hockey League, and Major League Soccer, and
26 North American Soccer League teams domiciled in this state.
27 However, any Florida Professional Sports Team license plate
28 created or established after January 1, 1997, must comply with
29 the requirements of s. 320.08053 and be specifically authorized
30 by an act of the Legislature. Florida Professional Sports Team
31 license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the
32 department and must include the official league or team logo, or
33 both, as appropriate for each team. The word “Florida” must
34 appear at the top of the plate.
35 (b) The license plate annual use fees are to be annually
36 distributed as follows:
37 1. Fifty-five percent of the proceeds from the Florida
38 Professional Sports Team plate must be deposited into the
39 Professional Sports Development Trust Fund within the Department
40 of Economic Opportunity. These funds must be used solely to
41 attract and support major sports events in this state. As used
42 in this subparagraph, the term “major sports events” means, but
43 is not limited to, championship or all-star contests of Major
44 League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the
45 National Football League, the National Hockey League, Major
46 League Soccer, the North American Soccer League, the men’s and
47 women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four
48 basketball championship, or a horseracing or dogracing Breeders’
49 Cup. All funds must be used to support and promote major
50 sporting events, and the uses must be approved by the Department
51 of Economic Opportunity.
52 2. The remaining proceeds of the Florida Professional
53 Sports Team license plate must be allocated to Enterprise
54 Florida, Inc. These funds must be deposited into the
55 Professional Sports Development Trust Fund within the Department
56 of Economic Opportunity. These funds must be used by Enterprise
57 Florida, Inc., to promote the economic development of the sports
58 industry; to distribute licensing and royalty fees to
59 participating professional sports teams; to promote education
60 programs in Florida schools that provide an awareness of the
61 benefits of physical activity and nutrition standards; to
62 partner with the Department of Education and the Department of
63 Health to develop a program that recognizes schools whose
64 students demonstrate excellent physical fitness or fitness
65 improvement; to institute a grant program for communities
66 bidding on minor sporting events that create an economic impact
67 for the state; to distribute funds to Florida-based charities
68 designated by Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the participating
69 professional sports teams; and to fulfill the sports promotion
70 responsibilities of the Department of Economic Opportunity.
71 3. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall provide an annual
72 financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981 of its financial
73 accounts and records by an independent certified public
74 accountant pursuant to the contract established by the
75 Department of Economic Opportunity. The auditor shall submit the
76 audit report to the Department of Economic Opportunity for
77 review and approval. If the audit report is approved, the
78 Department of Economic Opportunity shall certify the audit
79 report to the Auditor General for review.
80 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs 1. and
81 2., proceeds from the Professional Sports Development Trust Fund
82 may also be used for operational expenses of Enterprise Florida,
83 Inc., and financial support of the Sunshine State Games.
84 (84) JACKSONVILLE ARMADA FOOTBALL CLUB LICENSE PLATES.—The
85 department shall develop a Jacksonville Armada Football Club
86 license plate as provided in subsection (9).
87 (85) ORLANDO CITY SOCCER CLUB LICENSE PLATES.—The
88 department shall develop an Orlando City Soccer Club license
89 plate as provided in subsection (9).
90 (86) SUPPORT SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS LICENSE PLATES.—
91 (a) The department shall develop a Support Special Needs
92 Kids license plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053.
93 The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
94 words “Support Special Needs Kids” must appear at the bottom of
95 the plate.
96 (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
97 the sale of the plate until startup costs for developing and
98 issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the annual
99 use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed to the
100 Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., which:
101 1. May use a maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds to
102 promote and market the Support Special Needs Kids license plate.
103 2. Shall invest and reinvest the remainder of the proceeds
104 and use the interest thereon to assist Floridians with
105 developmental and intellectual disabilities by funding
106 scholarships, assisting with job placement, and promoting
107 education, independence, and awareness.
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110 And the title is amended as follows:
111 Delete line 3191
112 and insert:
113 for the request; amending s. 320.08056, F.S.;
114 establishing annual use fees for certain specialty
115 license plates; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; requiring
116 the department to develop a license plate for North
117 American Soccer League teams; directing the department
118 to develop certain specialty license plates; providing
119 for distribution and use of fees collected from the
120 sale of the plates; amending s. 320.525, F.S.;
121 revising