Senate Bill sb0624c1

    Florida Senate - 2002                            CS for SB 624

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Silver





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to specialty license plates;

  3         amending ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.;

  4         providing for a Florida Golf license plate;

  5         providing for a use fee; directing the

  6         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

  7         to develop a Florida Golf license plate;

  8         providing for the distribution and use of fees;

  9         requiring the Florida Sports Foundation to

10         establish a youth golf program; providing for

11         an advisory committee; providing an effective

12         date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (ff) is added to subsection (4)

17  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

18         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

20  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

21         (ff)  Florida Golf license plate, $25.

22         Section 2.  Subsection (32) is added to section

23  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

24         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

25         (32)  FLORIDA GOLF LICENSE PLATES.--

26         (a)  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor

27  Vehicles shall develop a Florida Golf license plate as

28  provided in this section.  The word "Florida" must appear at

29  the bottom of the plate.  The Dade Amateur Golf Association,

30  following consultation with the PGA TOUR, the Florida Sports

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  1  Foundation, the LPGA, and the PGA of America may submit a

  2  revised sample plate for consideration by the department.

  3         (b)  The department shall distribute the Florida Golf

  4  license plate annual use fee to the Florida Sports Foundation,

  5  a direct-support organization of the Office of Tourism, Trade,

  6  and Economic Development.  The license plate annual use fees

  7  are to be annually allocated as follows:

  8         1.  Up to 5 percent of the proceeds from the annual use

  9  fees may be used by the Florida Sports Foundation for the

10  administration of the Florida Youth Golf Program.

11         2.  The Dade Amateur Golf Association shall receive the

12  first $80,000 in proceeds from the annual use fees during the

13  first year of issuance for the operation of youth golf

14  programs in Miami-Dade County.  Thereafter, 15 percent of the

15  proceeds from the annual use fees shall be provided to the

16  Dade Amateur Golf Association for the operation of youth golf

17  programs in Miami-Dade County.

18         3.  The remaining proceeds from the annual use fees

19  shall be available for grants to nonprofit organizations to

20  operate youth golf programs and for marketing the Florida Golf

21  license plates.  All grant recipients, including the Dade

22  Amateur Golf Association, shall be required to provide to the

23  Florida Sports Foundation an annual program and financial

24  report regarding the use of grant funds.  Such reports shall

25  be made available to the public.

26         (c)  The Florida Sports Foundation shall establish a

27  Florida Youth Golf Program.  The Florida Youth Golf Program

28  shall assist organizations for the benefit of youth, introduce

29  young people to golf, instruct young people in golf, teach the

30  values of golf, and stress life skills, fair play, courtesy,

31  and self-discipline.

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  1         (d)  The Florida Sports Foundation shall establish a

  2  seven-member committee to offer advice regarding the

  3  distribution of the annual use fees for grants to nonprofit

  4  organizations.  The advisory committee shall consist of one

  5  member from a group serving youth, one member from a group

  6  serving disabled youth, and five members at large.

  7         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  8  law.

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10          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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13  Clarifies that the $80,000 allocation to the Dade Amateur Golf
    Association is limited to the first year of plate issuance.
14  In subsequent years, the Association will receive 15 percent
    of the revenue generated through the sale of specialty plates.
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