Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 454
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11 The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity
12 (Sebesta) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 Section 8. Subsections (30), (33), and (56) of section
20 320.08058, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21 320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
22 (30) CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATES.--
23 (a) The department shall develop a Choose Life license
24 plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" must
25 appear at the bottom of the plate, and the words "Choose Life"
26 must appear at the top of the plate.
27 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed annually
28 to each county in the ratio that the annual use fees collected
29 by each county bears to the total fees collected for the
30 plates within the state. Each county shall distribute the
31 funds to nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies within the
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1 county, which agencies' services are limited to counseling and
2 meeting the physical needs of pregnant women who are committed
3 to placing their children for adoption. Funds may not be
4 distributed to any agency that is involved or associated with
5 abortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to
6 abortion clinics, providing medical abortion-related
7 procedures, or proabortion advertising, and funds may not be
8 distributed to any agency that charges women for services
9 received.
10 1. Agencies that receive the funds must use at least
11 70 percent of the funds to provide for the material needs of
12 pregnant women who are committed to placing their children for
13 adoption, including clothing, housing, medical care, food,
14 utilities, and transportation. Such funds may also be expended
15 on infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents.
16 2. The remaining funds may be used for adoption,
17 counseling, training, or advertising, but may not be used for
18 administrative expenses, legal expenses, or capital
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20 3. Each agency that receives such funds must submit an
21 annual attestation audit, prepared by a certified public
22 accountant, to the county. The county may conduct a
23 consolidated audit in lieu of the annual audit. Any unused
24 funds that exceed 10 percent of the funds received by an
25 agency during its fiscal year must be returned to the county,
26 which shall distribute them to other qualified agencies.
27 (33) UNITED WE STAND LICENSE PLATES.--
28 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053,
29 the department shall develop a United We Stand license plate
30 as provided in this section. The American Flag must appear on
31 the license plate in addition to the words "United We Stand."
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1 The colors of the license plate must be red, white, and blue.
2 (b) The department shall retain all revenues from the
3 sale of such plates until all startup costs for developing and
4 issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, 100 50
5 percent of the annual use fee shall be distributed to the
6 Department of Transportation SAFE COUNCIL to fund a grant
7 program to enhance security at airports throughout the state,
8 as per s. 332.14. and 50 percent of such fees shall be
9 distributed to the Rewards for Justice Fund, to be contributed
10 to the United States State Department's Rewards for Justice
11 program and used solely to apprehend terrorists and bring them
12 to justice.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
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20 revising authorized uses of revenues from the
21 United We Stand speciality license plate;
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