| 1 | The Committee on Finance & Tax recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to specialty license plates; amending ss. |
| 7 | 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating the Parents Make A |
| 8 | Difference license plate and the Florida National Guard |
| 9 | license plate; providing for annual use fees; providing |
| 10 | for the distribution of such fees received from the sale |
| 11 | of the plates; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Paragraphs (ss) and (tt) are added to |
| 16 | subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 17 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 18 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 19 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 20 | (ss) Parents Make A Difference license plate, $25. |
| 21 | (tt) Florida National Guard license plate, $25. |
| 22 | Section 2. Subsections (45) and (46) are added to section |
| 23 | 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 24 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 25 | (45) PARENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 26 | (a) The department shall develop a Parents Make A |
| 27 | Difference license plate as provided in this section. The words |
| 28 | "Parents Make A Difference" must appear at the top of the plate, |
| 29 | and the word "Florida" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 30 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to The |
| 31 | Gathering/USA, Inc., to fund personal counseling for parents, |
| 32 | marriage seminars, Dads and Moms That Make A Difference |
| 33 | seminars, father-and-son retreats, mother-and-daughter retreats, |
| 34 | and personal parenting behavioral assessments. The |
| 35 | Gathering/USA, Inc., shall distribute the Parents Make A |
| 36 | Difference license plate annual use fees in the following |
| 37 | manner: |
| 38 | 1. The Gathering/USA, Inc., shall retain all revenues from |
| 39 | the sale of such plates until all startup costs for developing |
| 40 | and establishing the plate have been recovered. |
| 41 | 2. Up to 5 percent of the funds received by The |
| 42 | Gathering/USA, Inc., shall be expended for administrative costs |
| 43 | directly associated with the operations of The Gathering/USA, |
| 44 | Inc., and up to 20 percent of the funds received shall be |
| 45 | expended for promotion and marketing of the license plate. |
| 46 | 3. All remaining funds shall be expended by The |
| 47 | Gathering/USA, Inc., for programs. |
| 48 | (46) FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 49 | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the |
| 50 | department shall develop a Florida National Guard license plate |
| 51 | as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must appear at |
| 52 | the top of the plate, and the words "National Guard" must appear |
| 53 | at the bottom of the plate. The Florida National Guard seal, two |
| 54 | and three-quarters inches in diameter, must appear in the center |
| 55 | of the plate in proper colors. |
| 56 | (b) The department shall retain initial annual use fee |
| 57 | proceeds sufficient to cover its costs related to the |
| 58 | development and issuance of the Florida National Guard license |
| 59 | plate, not to exceed $60,000. The For Giving Foundation, Inc., |
| 60 | may retain revenues from the sale of the license plate until its |
| 61 | documented startup costs for developing and establishing the |
| 62 | plate have been recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds of the |
| 63 | annual use fees shall be distributed to the For Giving |
| 64 | Foundation, Inc., to fund the Florida National Guard Foundation |
| 65 | and Florida faith-based organizations that meet the |
| 66 | qualifications of s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The |
| 67 | For Giving Foundation, Inc., shall distribute the Florida |
| 68 | National Guard license plate annual use fees in the following |
| 69 | manner: |
| 70 | 1. Up to 5 percent of the funds received by the For Giving |
| 71 | Foundation, Inc., shall be expended for administrative costs |
| 72 | directly associated with the operations of the foundation. Up to |
| 73 | 20 percent of the funds received shall be expended for promotion |
| 74 | and marketing of the license plate. |
| 75 | 2. Fifty percent of the funds received by the For Giving |
| 76 | Foundation, Inc., shall be distributed to the Florida National |
| 77 | Guard Foundation. |
| 78 | 3. Twenty-five percent of the funds received by the For |
| 79 | Giving Foundation, Inc., shall be expended to Florida faith- |
| 80 | based s. 501(c)(3) organizations. |
| 81 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. |