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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 509

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11  Representative(s) Bloom offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, line 12 through page 2, line 29,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 1.  Paragraph (z) is added to subsection (4) of

19  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

20         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

22  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

23         (z)  Adopt-a-Child license plate, $20.

24         Section 2.  Subsection (26) is added to section

25  320.08058, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

26         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

27         (26)  Adopt-a-Child.--

28         (a)  The department shall develop an Adopt-a-Child

29  license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida"

30  must appear at the bottom of the plate, and the words

31  "Adopt-a-Child" must appear at the top of the plate.

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 1         (b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed annually

 2  to each county in the ratio that the annual use fees collected

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

 4  plates within the state. Each county shall distribute the

 5  funds to nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies within the

 6  county, which agencies' services provide counseling and

 7  meeting the physical needs of pregnant women who are committed

 8  to placing their children for adoption. Funds may be

 9  distributed to any certified agency that is involved or

10  associated with promoting adoption or foster care.

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

12  70 percent of the funds to provide for the material needs of

13  pregnant women who are committed to placing their children for

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

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

16  on infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents.

17         2.  The remaining funds may be used for adoption,

18  counseling, training, or advertising, but may not be used for

19  administrative expenses, legal expenses, or capital

20  expenditures.

21         3.  Funds may not be distributed to any agency which

22  has one or more owners, board members, or employees who have

23  been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony involving activity

24  relating to an abortion provider, staff member of an abortion

25  provider, or physician who performs abortions; nor may funds

26  be distributed to any agency which has one or more owners,

27  board members, or employees who have been enjoined from

28  activity relating to an abortion provider, staff member of an

29  abortion provider, or physician who performs abortions.

30         4.  Each agency that receives such funds must submit an

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

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 1  the county. The county may conduct a consolidated audit in

 2  lieu of the annual audit. The Office of Program Policy

 3  Analysis and Government Accountability shall review the

 4  expenditure of funds every 3 years to ensure that funds are

 5  expended in accordance with this subsection. Any unused funds

 6  that exceed 10 percent of the funds received by an agency

 7  during its fiscal year must be returned to the county, which

 8  shall distribute them to other qualified agencies.

 9         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

14         On page 1, lines 2-8,

15  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

19         320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating an

20         Adopt-a-Child license plate; providing for the

21         distribution of annual use fees received from

22         the sale of such plates; providing certain

23         limitations on the use of such funds; providing

24         a contingent effective date.

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