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    Florida Senate - 2006                            CS for SB 460

    By the Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
    Appropriations; and Senators Wise and King




    606-1108-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to specialty license plates;

  3         amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; providing for the

  4         proceeds from the sale of Police Athletic

  5         League license plates to be distributed to the

  6         State of Florida Association of Police

  7         Athletic/Activities Leagues, Inc.; authorizing

  8         the use of a portion of such fees for

  9         administrative and promotional cost; amending

10         s. 320.08068, F.S.; revising provisions

11         governing distribution of the proceeds from the

12         sale of motorcycle specialty license plates;

13         revising the amount and permissible uses of the

14         proceeds; requiring that a portion of the

15         proceeds be distributed to the Blind Services

16         Foundation of Florida; providing an effective

17         date.

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

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21         Section 1.  Subsection (16) of section 320.08058,

22  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

23         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

24         (16)  POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE LICENSE PLATES.--

25         (a)  The department shall develop a Police Athletic

26  League license plate as provided in this section to

27  commemorate the Police Athletic League in this state. The word

28  "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, the words

29  "Police Athletic League" must appear at the bottom of the

30  plate, and a shield with the Police Athletic League logo must

31  appear to the left of the numerals.

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 1         (b)1.  The annual use fees shall be distributed to the

 2  State of Florida Association of Police Athletic/Activities

 3  Leagues, Inc. Florida Police Athletic League, Inc.,

 4         2.  The league may use a maximum of 15 percent of such

 5  fees for administrative costs and a maximum of 10 percent to

 6  market and promote the plate. The balance of such fees shall

 7  be used to provide educational materials, athletic equipment,

 8  transportation, food, medical checkups, counseling,

 9  scholarships, and other direct expenses incurred by the league

10  in conducting its youth programs.

11         Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 320.08068,

12  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         320.08068  Motorcycle specialty license plates.--

14         (4)  A license plate annual use fee of $15 shall be

15  collected for each motorcycle specialty license plate. Annual

16  use fees shall be distributed to The Able Trust as custodial

17  agent. The Able Trust may retain a maximum of 10 percent of

18  the proceeds from the sale of the license plate for

19  administrative costs. The Able Trust shall distribute the

20  remaining funds as follows:

21         (a)  Twenty-five percent to the Brain and Spinal Cord

22  Injury Program Trust Fund.

23         (b)  Twelve and one-half Twenty-five percent to Prevent

24  Blindness Florida.

25         (c)  Twelve and one-half percent to the Blind Services

26  Foundation of Florida.

27         (d)(c)  Twenty-five percent to the Foundation for

28  Vocational Rehabilitation to support the Personal Care

29  Attendant Program pursuant to s. 413.402.

30         (e)(d)  Twenty-five percent to the Florida Association

31  of Centers for Independent Living to be used to leverage

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 1  additional funding and new sources of revenue for the centers

 2  for independent living in this state for the purpose of

 3  setting up direct-support organizations for each center, and

 4  for programs and activities serving disabled Floridians. Each

 5  center participating in the development of a direct-support

 6  organization shall be eligible to apply through the

 7  Association for a startup grant of up to $50,000. Thereafter,

 8  to the extent that funds are available, each participating

 9  center may apply for funds in the form of matching grants. The

10  first year, the centers shall provide 25 cents for each dollar

11  requested. The second year, the center shall provide 50 cents

12  to each dollar requested, and thereafter, the center shall

13  provide a dollar for dollar match for each dollar requested.

14  The match shall be from private, nongovernmental sources.

15         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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17          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
18                         Senate Bill 460

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20  The Committee Substitute revises provisions governing the
    distribution of proceeds from the annual use revenues from the
21  sale of motorcycle specialty license plates.  The Committee
    Substitute requires that a portion of the proceeds be
22  distributed to the Blind Services Foundation of Florida and
    revises the permissible use of the funds distributed to the
23  Centers for Independent Living.

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