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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 509
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Brown offered the following:
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13 Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 (z) Pro Choice license plate, $20.
19 Section 2. Subsection (26) is added to section
20 320.08058, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:
21 320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
22 (26) PRO CHOICE LICENSE PLATES.--
23 (a) The department shall develop a Pro Choice license
24 plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must
25 appear at the bottom of the plate, and the words "Pro Choice"
26 must appear at the top of the plate.
27 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed annually
28 to each county in the ratio that the annual use fees collected
29 by each county bears to the total fees collected for the
30 plates within the state. Each county shall distribute the
31 funds to nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies within the
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1 county, which agencies' services are limited to counseling and
2 meeting the physical needs of pregnant women. Funds may be
3 distributed to any agency that is involved or associated with
4 abortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to
5 abortion clinics, providing medical abortion-related
6 procedures, or pro-choice advertising, and funds may not be
7 distributed to any agency that charges women for services
8 received.
9 1. Each agency that receives such funds must submit an
10 annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant, to
11 the county. The county may conduct a consolidated audit in
12 lieu of the annual audit. The Office of Program Policy
13 Analysis and Government Accountability shall review the
14 expenditure of funds every 3 years to ensure that funds are
15 expended in accordance with this subsection. Any unused funds
16 that exceed 10 percent of the funds received by an agency
17 during its fiscal year must be returned to the county, which
18 shall distribute them to other qualified agencies.
19 Section 3. The Pro Choice license plate shall become
20 available upon completion of the requirements of section
21 320.08053, Florida Statutes, notwithstanding any statutory
22 time requirements.
23 Section 4. Paragraph (aa) is added to subsection (4)
24 of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to
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26 320.08056 Specialty license plates.--
27 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall
28 be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
29 (aa) Choose Life license plate, $20.
30 Section 5. Subsection (27) is added to section
31 320.08058, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:
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1 320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
2 (27) CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATES.--
3 (a) The department shall develop a Choose Life license
4 plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must
5 appear at the bottom of the plate, and the words "Choose Life"
6 must appear at the top of the plate.
7 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed annually
8 to each county in the ratio that the annual use fees collected
9 by each county bears to the total fees collected for the
10 plates within the state. Each county shall distribute the
11 funds to nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies within the
12 county, which agencies' services are limited to counseling and
13 meeting the physical needs of pregnant women who are committed
14 to placing their children for adoption. Funds may not be
15 distributed to any agency that is involved or associated with
16 abortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to
17 abortion clinics, providing medical abortion-related
18 procedures, or pro-abortion advertising, and funds may not be
19 distributed to any agency that charges women for services
20 received.
21 1. Agencies that receive the funds must use at least
22 70 percent of the funds to provide for the material needs of
23 pregnant women who are committed to placing their children for
24 adoption, including clothing, housing, medical care, food,
25 utilities, and transportation. Such funds may also be expended
26 on infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents.
27 2. The remaining funds may be used for adoption,
28 counseling, training, or advertising, but may not be used for
29 administrative expenses, legal expenses, or capital
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31 3. Each agency that receives such funds must submit an
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1 annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant, to
2 the county. The county may conduct a consolidated audit in
3 lieu of the annual audit. The Office of Program Policy
4 Analysis and Government Accountability shall review the
5 expenditure of funds every 3 years to ensure that funds are
6 expended in accordance with this subsection. Any unused funds
7 that exceed 10 percent of the funds received by an agency
8 during its fiscal year must be returned to the county, which
9 shall distribute them to other qualified agencies.
10 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.
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