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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to license plates; amending ss. 320.08056 | ||
| 3 | and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Child Abuse Prevention and | ||
| 4 | Intervention license plate; providing for the distribution | ||
| 5 | of annual use fees received from the sale of such plates; | ||
| 6 | providing an effective date. | ||
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 10 | Section 1. Paragraph (mm) is added to subsection (4) of | ||
| 11 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: | ||
| 12 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- | ||
| 13 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be | ||
| 14 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: | ||
| 15 | (mm) Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention license | ||
| 16 | plate, $25. | ||
| 17 | Section 2. Subsection (39) is added to section 320.08058, | ||
| 18 | Florida Statutes, to read: | ||
| 19 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- | ||
| 20 | (39) CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION LICENSE | ||
| 21 | PLATES.-- | ||
| 22 | (a) The department shall develop a Child Abuse Prevention | ||
| 23 | and Intervention license plate as provided in this section. The | ||
| 24 | word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the | ||
| 25 | words "Stop Child Abuse" must appear at the bottom of the plate. | ||
| 26 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the | ||
| 27 | Children's Home Society and the Florida Network of Children's | ||
| 28 | Advocacy Centers as follows: The first $90,000 in annual use | ||
| 29 | fees shall be equally divided between the two organizations to | ||
| 30 | be used to pay start-up costs, including costs incurred in | ||
| 31 | developing and issuing the plates. Thereafter, 50 percent of the | ||
| 32 | proceeds shall be distributed to the Children's Home Society of | ||
| 33 | Florida, which must distribute the funds proportionately to each | ||
| 34 | of its divisions, to be used for child abuse prevention | ||
| 35 | programs. The other 50 percent of the proceeds shall be | ||
| 36 | distributed to the Florida Network of Children's Advocacy | ||
| 37 | Centers which must distribute the funds proportionately to its | ||
| 38 | member centers to fund child abuse intervention programs. | ||
| 39 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||
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