Senate Bill sb0310c2

    Florida Senate - 2003                     CS for CS for SB 310

    By the Committees on Children and Families; Transportation;
    and Senators Smith, Lynn and Peaden




    300-1903-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to license plates; amending ss.

  3         320.08056, 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Child

  4         Abuse Prevention and Intervention license

  5         plate; providing for the distribution of annual

  6         use fees received from the sale of such plates;

  7         providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (mm) is added to subsection (4)

12  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

15  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

16         (mm)  Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention license

17  plate, $25.

18         Section 2.  Subsection (39) is added to section

19  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

20         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

21         (39)  CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION LICENSE

22  PLATES.--

23         (a)  The department shall develop a Child Abuse

24  Prevention and Intervention license plate as provided in this

25  section.  The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the

26  plate, and the words "Stop Child Abuse" must appear at the

27  bottom of the plate.

28         (b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed to the

29  Children's Home Society of Florida and the Florida Network of

30  Children's Advocacy Centers as follows: The first $90,000 in

31  annual use fees shall be equally divided between the two

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    Florida Senate - 2003                     CS for CS for SB 310
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 1  organizations, to be used to pay start-up costs, including

 2  costs incurred in developing and issuing the plates.

 3  Thereafter, 50 percent of the proceeds shall be distributed to

 4  the Children's Home Society of Florida, which must distribute

 5  the funds proportionately to each of its divisions, to be used

 6  for child abuse prevention programs. The other 50 percent of

 7  the proceeds shall be distributed to the Florida Network of

 8  Children's Advocacy Centers, which must distribute the funds

 9  proportionately to its member centers that meet the standards

10  set forth in s. 39.3035 to fund child abuse intervention

11  programs.

12         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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14          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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17  Clarifies that the child advocacy centers to which funds are
    to be distributed must meet the standards as set forth in s.
18  39.3035, F.S.

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