Senate Bill sb0310c3
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Florida Senate - 2003 CS for CS for CS for SB 310
By the Committees on Finance and Taxation; Children and
Families; Transportation; and Senators Smith, Lynn and Peaden
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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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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 board of directors
8 of the Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc.,
9 who shall develop funding criteria and an allocation
10 methodology that ensures an equitable distribution of those
11 funds among network participant centers that meet the
12 standards set forth in s. 39.3035. The criteria and
13 methodologies shall take into account factors that include,
14 but need not be limited to, the center's accreditation status
15 with respect to the National Children's Alliance, the number
16 of clients served, and the population of the area being served
17 by the children's advocacy center.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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20 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
21 CS/CS/SB 310
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23 The Committee Substitute changed the distribution of the 50
percent of the Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention license
24 plate user fee originally going to the Florida Network of
Children's Advocacy Centers. That 50 percent distribution is
25 now to be distributed to the Board of Directors of the Florida
Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., who shall
26 develop funding criteria and an allocation methodology that
ensures an equitable distribution of those funds among network
27 participant centers that meet the standards as set forth in s.
39.3035, F.S. The criteria and methodologies must take into
28 account factors that include, but are not limited to, the
center's accreditation status with respect to the National
29 Children's Alliance, the number of clients served, and the
population of the area being served by the children's advocacy
30 center.
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