HB 0097A 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to specialty license plates; amending ss.
3	320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Live the Dream
4	license plate and a UNITY license plate; providing for the
5	distribution of annual use fees received from the sale of
6	such plates; providing for construction of the act;
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. Paragraphs (mm) and (nn) are added to
12	subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
13	320.08056 Specialty license plates.--
14	(4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
15	collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
16	(mm) Live the Dream license plate, $25.
17	(nn) UNITY license plate, $25.
18	Section 2. Subsections (39) and (40) are added to section
19	320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
20	320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
21	(39) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.--
22	(a) The department shall develop a Live the Dream license
23	plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must
24	appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Live the Dream"
25	must appear at the bottom of the plate.
26	(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Dream
27	Foundation, Inc., which may use up to 25 percent of the proceeds
28	to market the organization's concept and the license plate. The
29	remaining funds shall be used in the following manner:
30	1. The Dream Foundation, Inc., shall retain all revenues
31	from the sale of such plates until all startup costs for
32	developing and establishing the plates have been recovered.
33	2. Fifteen percent shall be distributed to the March of
34	Dimes Florida Chapter.
35	3. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida
36	Association of Healthy Start Coalitions.
37	4. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed as grants for
38	programs that provide research, care, and treatment for sickle
39	cell disease.
40	5. Twenty percent shall be distributed to programs that
41	provide relief for poverty, hunger, and homelessness as follows:
42	five percent to the Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc.,
43	Miami, Florida; five percent to the I.M. Sulzbacher Center for
44	the Homeless, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; five percent to the
45	Anthony House for the Homeless, Zellwood, Florida; and five
46	percent to the Homeless Emergency Project, Inc., Clearwater,
47	Florida.
48	6. Five percent shall be expended by the Dream Foundation,
49	Inc., for administrative costs directly associated with the
50	foundation's operations as they relate to the programs described
51	in this paragraph.
52	(40) UNITY LICENSE PLATES.--
53	(a) The department shall develop a UNITY license plate as
54	provided in this section. The word "Florida" must appear at the
55	top of the plate, and the word "UNITY" must appear at the bottom
56	of the plate.
57	(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the
58	British-American Foundation, Inc. Up to 25 percent of such funds
59	shall be used for marketing and promotion of the "UNITY" concept
60	and license plate. The remaining funds shall be used in the
61	following manner:
62	1. Twenty-five percent shall be used to establish and
63	administer advice centers that will provide informative and
64	educational informational materials and referral services to
65	assist recently arrived residents, prospective residents, and
66	individuals in adapting to living, working, and doing business
67	in the State of Florida, particularly to prevent fraudulent
68	conduct.
69	2. Twenty percent shall be distributed as grants, as
70	determined by an internal review committee, to organizations
71	whose efforts are specifically directed toward protecting
72	Florida residents from fraudulent business practices, corporate
73	scams, identity theft, and other fraud.
74	3. Ten percent shall be distributed to identified agencies
75	to assist them with efforts that are specifically directed
76	toward providing Florida residents with a toll-free hotline to
77	fight fraud and corporate scams.
78	4. Ten percent shall be used to pay the cost of
79	professional staff who will administer advice and guidance to
80	protect Florida residents from fraudulent business practices, to
81	promote ethical business practices, and to provide informational
82	seminars disseminating information and materials to prevent
83	fraudulent conduct.
84	5. Ten percent shall be expended by the British-American
85	Foundation, Inc., for administrative costs directly associated
86	with the foundation's operations as they relate to its goals of
87	fighting fraud.
88	Section 3. If any law amended by this act was also amended
89	by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature,
90	such laws shall be construed as if they had been enacted at the
91	same session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be given
92	to each if possible.
93	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.