HB 1581 2003
   
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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
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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.