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    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 588

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senators Bullard and
    Lawson




    306-2107-04

  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 Live the Dream license plate;

  5         providing for the distribution of annual use

  6         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 (ss) 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         (ss)  Live the Dream license plate, $25.

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

18  320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

20         (45)  LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.--

21         (a)  The department shall develop a Live the Dream

22  license plate as provided in this section. Live the Dream

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

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

25  plate, and the words "Live the Dream" must appear at the

26  bottom of the plate.

27         (b)  The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be

28  distributed to the Dream Foundation, Inc. The Dream

29  Foundation, Inc., shall retain the first $60,000 in proceeds

30  from the annual use fees as reimbursement for administrative

31  costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the approval

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 1  process. Thereafter, up to 25 percent shall be used for

 2  continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate and

 3  concept. The remaining funds shall be used in the following

 4  manner:

 5         1.  Twenty-five percent shall be distributed as grants

 6  for programs that provide research, care, and treatment for

 7  sickle cell disease.

 8         2.  Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the

 9  Florida chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and

10  services that improve the health of babies through the

11  prevention of birth defects and infant mortality.

12         3.  Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida

13  Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease racial

14  disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth

15  outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start

16  Coalitions to provide services and increase screening rates

17  for high-risk pregnant women, children under 4 years of age,

18  and women of childbearing age.

19         4.  Ten percent shall be distributed to the Community

20  Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for programs that provide

21  relief from poverty, hunger, and homelessness.

22         5.  Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the

23  foundation for administrative costs directly associated with

24  operations as they relate to the management and distribution

25  of the proceeds.

26         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 588

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 4  This CS deletes the Unity specialty license plate.  In
    addition, the distribution of the annual use fees for the Live
 5  the Dream specialty license plate changed.

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