Senate Bill sb2486

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2486

    By Senator Cowin





    20-1379A-04                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to specialty license plates;

  3         amending ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.;

  4         creating the Support Soccer license plate;

  5         providing for an annual use fee; providing for

  6         the distribution of such fees received from the

  7         sale of the plates; providing an effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (ss) is added to subsection (4)

13  of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

14         320.08056  Specialty license plates.--

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

16  be collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:

17         (ss)  Support Soccer license plate, $25.

18         Section 2.  Subsection (45) is added to section

19  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

20         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

21         (45)  SUPPORT SOCCER LICENSE PLATES.--

22         (a)  The department shall develop a Support Soccer

23  license plate as provided in this section. Support Soccer

24  license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the

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

26  plate, and the words "Support Soccer" must appear at the

27  bottom of the plate.

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

29  Lighthouse Soccer Foundation, Inc., which shall retain the

30  initial revenues from the sale of such plates until all

31  startup costs for developing and establishing the plate have

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2486
    20-1379A-04                                             See HB




 1  been recovered, not to exceed $85,000. Thereafter, the

 2  proceeds of the annual use fee shall be used in the following

 3  manner:

 4         1.  Up to 25 percent of the proceeds may be used by the

 5  Lighthouse Soccer Foundation, Inc., for continuing promotion

 6  and marketing of the license plate and concept.

 7         2.  Twenty percent shall be distributed to the Florida

 8  Youth Soccer Association for programs and services that foster

 9  the physical, mental, and emotional growth and development of

10  Florida's youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of

11  age and competition, including a portion to be determined by

12  the Florida Youth Soccer Association for the TOPSoccer program

13  to promote participation by the physically and mentally

14  disadvantaged.

15         3.  Twenty percent shall be distributed as grants for

16  programs that promote participation by the economically

17  disadvantaged and to support soccer programs where none

18  previously existed.

19         4.  Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida

20  State Soccer Association to promote the sport of soccer and

21  the long-term development of the sport.

22         5.  Ten percent shall be distributed as grants for

23  programs that promote and support the construction of fields

24  and soccer-specific infrastructure.

25         6.  Ten percent shall be distributed as grants for

26  programs that foster and promote health, physical fitness, and

27  educational opportunities through soccer.

28         7.  Five percent shall be expended by the Lighthouse

29  Soccer Foundation, Inc., for administrative costs directly

30  associated with the foundation's operations as they relate to

31  the management and distribution of the proceeds.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2486
    20-1379A-04                                             See HB




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