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| 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 the Live the Dream | ||
| 4 | license plate; providing for the distribution of annual | ||
| 5 | use fees received from the sale of such plates; providing | ||
| 6 | an effective date. | ||
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 10 | Section 1. Paragraph (ss) is added to subsection (4) of | ||
| 11 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: | ||
| 12 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- | ||
| 13 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be | ||
| 14 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: | ||
| 15 | (ss) Live the Dream license plate, $25. | ||
| 16 | Section 2. Subsection (45) is added to section 320.08058, | ||
| 17 | Florida Statutes, to read: | ||
| 18 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- | ||
| 19 | (45) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.-- | ||
| 20 | (a) The department shall develop a Live the Dream license | ||
| 21 | plate as provided in this section. Live the Dream license plates | ||
| 22 | must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The | ||
| 23 | word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the | ||
| 24 | words "Live the Dream" must appear at the bottom of the plate. | ||
| 25 | (b) The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be | ||
| 26 | distributed to the Dream Foundation, Inc. The Dream Foundation, | ||
| 27 | Inc., shall retain the first $80,000 in proceeds from the annual | ||
| 28 | use fees as reimbursement for administrative costs, startup | ||
| 29 | costs, and costs incurred in the approval process. Thereafter, | ||
| 30 | up to 25 percent shall be used for continuing promotion and | ||
| 31 | marketing of the license plate and concept. The remaining funds | ||
| 32 | shall be used in the following manner: | ||
| 33 | 1. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed as grants for | ||
| 34 | programs that provide research, care, and treatment for sickle | ||
| 35 | cell disease. | ||
| 36 | 2. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the Florida | ||
| 37 | chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and services that | ||
| 38 | improve the health of babies through the prevention of birth | ||
| 39 | defects and infant mortality. | ||
| 40 | 3. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida | ||
| 41 | Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease racial | ||
| 42 | disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth | ||
| 43 | outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start Coalitions | ||
| 44 | to provide services and increase screening rates for high-risk | ||
| 45 | pregnant women, children under 4 years of age, and women of | ||
| 46 | childbearing age. | ||
| 47 | 4. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Community | ||
| 48 | Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for programs that provide relief | ||
| 49 | from poverty, hunger, and homelessness. | ||
| 50 | 5. Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the | ||
| 51 | foundation for administrative costs directly associated with | ||
| 52 | operations as they relate to the management and distribution of | ||
| 53 | the proceeds. | ||
| 54 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. | ||