| 1 | The Transportation Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. |
| 7 | 320.08058, F.S.; providing for the proceeds from the sale |
| 8 | of Police Athletic League license plates to be distributed |
| 9 | to the State of Florida Association of Police |
| 10 | Athletic/Activities Leagues, Inc.; authorizing the use of |
| 11 | a portion of such fees for administrative and promotional |
| 12 | cost; amending s. 320.08068, F.S.; revising provisions for |
| 13 | distribution of proceeds from the sale of motorcycle |
| 14 | specialty license plates; requiring a portion of the |
| 15 | proceeds to be distributed to the Blind Services |
| 16 | Foundation of Florida; revising amounts distributed and |
| 17 | permissible uses of the proceeds; providing an effective |
| 18 | date. |
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| 20 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 22 | Section 1. Subsection (16) of section 320.08058, Florida |
| 23 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 24 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 25 | (16) POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 26 | (a) The department shall develop a Police Athletic League |
| 27 | license plate as provided in this section to commemorate the |
| 28 | Police Athletic League in this state. The word "Florida" must |
| 29 | appear at the top of the plate, the words "Police Athletic |
| 30 | League" must appear at the bottom of the plate, and a shield |
| 31 | with the Police Athletic League logo must appear to the left of |
| 32 | the numerals. |
| 33 | (b)1. The annual use fees shall be distributed to the |
| 34 | State of Florida Association of Police Athletic/Activities |
| 35 | Leagues, Inc. |
| 36 | 2. The league may use a maximum of 15 percent of such fees |
| 37 | for administrative costs and a maximum of 10 percent to market |
| 38 | and promote the plate. The balance of such fees shall be used |
| 39 | Florida Police Athletic League, Inc., to provide educational |
| 40 | materials, athletic equipment, transportation, food, medical |
| 41 | checkups, counseling, scholarships, and other direct expenses |
| 42 | incurred by the league in conducting its youth programs. |
| 43 | Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 320.08068, Florida |
| 44 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 45 | 320.08068 Motorcycle specialty license plates.-- |
| 46 | (4) A license plate annual use fee of $15 shall be |
| 47 | collected for each motorcycle specialty license plate. Annual |
| 48 | use fees shall be distributed to The Able Trust as custodial |
| 49 | agent. The Able Trust may retain a maximum of 10 percent of the |
| 50 | proceeds from the sale of the license plate for administrative |
| 51 | costs. The Able Trust shall distribute the remaining funds as |
| 52 | follows: |
| 53 | (a) Twenty-five percent to the Brain and Spinal Cord |
| 54 | Injury Program Trust Fund. |
| 55 | (b) Twelve and one-half Twenty-five percent to Prevent |
| 56 | Blindness Florida. |
| 57 | (c) Twelve and one-half percent to the Blind Services |
| 58 | Foundation of Florida. |
| 59 | (d)(c) Twenty-five percent to the Foundation for |
| 60 | Vocational Rehabilitation to support the Personal Care Attendant |
| 61 | Program pursuant to s. 413.402. |
| 62 | (e)(d) Twenty-five percent to the Florida Association of |
| 63 | Centers for Independent Living to be used to leverage additional |
| 64 | funding and new sources of revenue for the centers for |
| 65 | independent living in this state for the purpose of setting up |
| 66 | direct-support organizations for each center, and for programs |
| 67 | and activities serving disabled Floridians. Each center |
| 68 | participating in the development of a direct-support |
| 69 | organization shall be eligible to apply through the Association |
| 70 | for a startup grant of up to $50,000. Thereafter, to the extent |
| 71 | that funds are available, each participating center may apply |
| 72 | for funds in the form of matching grants. The first year, the |
| 73 | centers shall provide 25 cents for each dollar requested. The |
| 74 | second year, the center shall provide 50 cents to each dollar |
| 75 | requested, and thereafter, the center shall provide a dollar for |
| 76 | dollar match for each dollar requested. The match shall be from |
| 77 | private, nongovernmental sources. |
| 78 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |