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    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 Coastal Conservation Association license
    6         plate; establishing an annual use fee for the plate;
    7         providing for distribution and use of fees collected
    8         from the sale of the plates; revising the distribution
    9         and use of the proceeds for the Live the Dream license
   10         plate; requiring, by a specified date, the annual use
   11         fees withheld by the department from the sale of the
   12         Live the Dream specialty license plate to be used
   13         first to satisfy all outstanding royalty payments due
   14         to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent
   15         Social Change, Inc., for the use of the image of Dr.
   16         Martin Luther King, Jr.; requiring all remaining funds
   17         to be distributed to the subrecipients on a pro rata
   18         basis according to the percentages specified in s.
   19         320.08058(48), F.S.; providing an effective date.
   20          
   21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   22  
   23         Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) is added to subsection (4) of
   24  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   25         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   26         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   27  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   28         (ffff)Coastal Conservation Association license plate, $25.
   29         Section 2. Subsection (48) of section 320.08058, Florida
   30  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (84) is added to that
   31  section, to read:
   32         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   33         (48) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.—
   34         (a) The department shall develop a Live the Dream license
   35  plate as provided in this section. Live the Dream license plates
   36  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   37  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   38  words “Live the Dream” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   39         (b) The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be distributed
   40  to the Dream Foundation, Inc., to The Dream Foundation, Inc.,
   41  shall retain the first $60,000 in proceeds from the annual use
   42  fees as reimbursement for administrative costs, startup costs,
   43  and costs incurred in the approval process. Thereafter, up to 25
   44  percent shall be used for continuing promotion and marketing of
   45  the license plate and concept. The remaining funds shall be used
   46  in the following manner:
   47         1. Up to 5 percent may be used to administer, promote, and
   48  market the license plate.
   49         2.1.At least 30 Twenty-five percent shall be distributed
   50  equally among the sickle cell organizations that are Florida
   51  members of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.,
   52  for programs that provide research, care, and treatment for
   53  sickle cell disease.
   54         3.2.At least 30 Twenty-five percent shall be distributed
   55  to the Florida chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and
   56  services that improve the health of babies through the
   57  prevention of birth defects and infant mortality.
   58         4.3.At least 15 Ten percent shall be distributed to the
   59  Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease
   60  racial disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy
   61  birth outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start
   62  Coalitions to provide services and increase screening rates for
   63  high-risk pregnant women, children under 4 years of age, and
   64  women of childbearing age.
   65         5.4.At least 15 Ten percent shall be distributed to
   66  Chapman the Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for
   67  programs that provide relief from poverty, hunger, and
   68  homelessness.
   69         6. Up to 5 percent may be distributed by the department on
   70  behalf of The Dream Foundation, Inc., to The Martin Luther King,
   71  Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., as a royalty for
   72  the use of the image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
   73         5. Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the
   74  foundation for administrative costs directly associated with
   75  operations as they relate to the management and distribution of
   76  the proceeds.
   77         (84) COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES.—
   78         (a) The department shall develop a Coastal Conservation
   79  Association license plate as provided in this section and s.
   80  320.08053. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
   81  the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   82  plate, and the words “Conserve Florida’s Fisheries” must appear
   83  at the bottom of the plate.
   84         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
   85  distributed to Coastal Conservation Association Florida, a
   86  nonprofit corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
   87  Code, to be used as follows:
   88         1. Up to 10 percent of the proceeds may be used for
   89  administrative costs.
   90         2. Up to 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to promote
   91  and market the plate.
   92         3. The remainder of the proceeds shall be used to support
   93  the mission and efforts of Coastal Conservation Association
   94  Florida for habitat enhancement and restoration, saltwater
   95  fisheries conservation, and education; to advise the public on
   96  the conservation of marine resources; and to promote and enhance
   97  the present and future availability of those coastal resources
   98  for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public.
   99         Section 3. By November 1, 2018, the annual use fees
  100  withheld by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
  101  from the sale of the Live the Dream specialty license plate
  102  shall be used first to satisfy all outstanding royalty payments
  103  due to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social
  104  Change, Inc., for the use of the image of Dr. Martin Luther
  105  King, Jr. All remaining funds shall be distributed to the
  106  subrecipients on a pro rata basis according to the percentages
  107  specified in s. 320.08058(48), Florida Statutes.
  108         Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.