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House Bill 1781




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1781

        By Representative Feeney






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

  3         320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a

  4         Choose Life license plate; providing for the

  5         distribution of annual use fees received from

  6         the sale of such plates; providing an effective

  7         date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (s) is added to subsection (4) of

12  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, to read:

13         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

14         (4)  The following license plate annual use fees shall

15  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

16         (s)  Choose Life license plate, $20.

17         Section 2.  Subsection (19) is added to section

18  320.08058, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, to read:

19         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

20         (19)  CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATES.--

21         (a)  The department shall develop a Choose Life license

22  plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must

23  appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Choose Life"

24  must appear at the bottom of the plate.

25         (b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed quarterly

26  to each county, in the ratio that the annual use fees

27  collected by each county bears to the total fees collected for

28  the plates within the state. Each county shall account for

29  these funds separately and shall not comingle these fund with

30  other county funds. Each county shall distribute the funds to

31  private agencies within the county, which agencies must use

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1781

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  1  the funds for adoption-related expenses. Funds may not be

  2  distributed to any agency that is involved in or associated

  3  with abortion activities, including counseling for or

  4  referrals to abortion clinics, providing medical

  5  abortion-related procedures, or proabortion advertising.

  6         1.  Agencies that receive the funds must use at least

  7  80 percent of the funds to provide for the material needs of

  8  pregnant women who are committed to placing their children for

  9  adoption, including clothing, housing, medical care, food,

10  utilities, and transportation. Such funds may also be expended

11  on infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents.

12         2.  The remaining funds may be used for counseling,

13  training, or advertising, but may not be used for

14  administrative expenses or capital expenditures.

15         3.  Each agency that receives such funds must submit an

16  annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant, to

17  the county. Any unused funds that exceed 10 percent of the

18  funds received by an agency during its fiscal year must be

19  returned to the county, which shall distribute them to other

20  qualified agencies.

21         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.

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24                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Creates a Choose Life license plate and provides for the
26    distribution of annual use fees.

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