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| 1 | CHAMBER ACTION | ||
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| 6 | The Committee on Transportation recommends the following: | ||
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| 8 | Committee Substitute | ||
| 9 | Remove the entire bill and insert: | ||
| 10 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 11 | An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. | ||
| 12 | 320.08056, F.S.; providing a use fee; amending s. | ||
| 13 | 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Live the Dream license plate; | ||
| 14 | providing for the distribution of annual use fees received | ||
| 15 | from the sale of such plates; providing for a board to | ||
| 16 | oversee said distribution; providing an effective date. | ||
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 20 | Section 1. Paragraph (mm) is added to subsection (4) of | ||
| 21 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: | ||
| 22 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- | ||
| 23 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be | ||
| 24 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: | ||
| 25 | (mm) Live the Dream license plate, $25. | ||
| 26 | Section 2. Subsection (39) is added to section 320.08058, | ||
| 27 | Florida Statutes, to read: | ||
| 28 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- | ||
| 29 | (39) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.-- | ||
| 30 | (a) The department shall develop a Live the Dream license | ||
| 31 | plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must | ||
| 32 | appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Live the Dream" | ||
| 33 | must appear at the bottom of the plate. | ||
| 34 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Dream | ||
| 35 | Foundation, Inc., which may use up to 25 percent of the proceeds | ||
| 36 | to market the organization's concept and the license plate. The | ||
| 37 | remaining funds shall be used in the following manner: | ||
| 38 | 1. Thirty percent shall be distributed as grants to dental | ||
| 39 | clinics that provide affordable or free dental services to | ||
| 40 | underprivileged persons in areas where adequate dental treatment | ||
| 41 | is unavailable. | ||
| 42 | 2. Twenty percent shall be distributed to pay the cost of | ||
| 43 | obtaining and distributing dental and medical products to the | ||
| 44 | underprivileged. | ||
| 45 | 3. Fifteen percent shall be distributed for educational | ||
| 46 | and awareness programs for dental health. | ||
| 47 | 4. Five percent shall be distributed as scholarships to | ||
| 48 | needy young adults to attend a Florida dental school. | ||
| 49 | 5. Five percent shall be expended by the Dream Foundation | ||
| 50 | for administrative costs directly associated with the | ||
| 51 | foundation's operations as they relate to the programs described | ||
| 52 | in this paragraph. | ||
| 53 | (c) A Dream Foundation Dental Advisory Board of six | ||
| 54 | members shall be established to include, but not be limited to, | ||
| 55 | the following members: a representative of the Department of | ||
| 56 | Health, a representative of the Florida Dental Association, and | ||
| 57 | a representative of the Florida Dental Health Foundation. The | ||
| 58 | board shall review and approve the distribution of funds | ||
| 59 | pursuant to subparagraphs (b)1.-4. | ||
| 60 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||