| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to license plates; amending ss. 320.08056 |
| 3 | and 320.08058, F.S.; creating an Organ Donor Awareness |
| 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 (fff) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 11 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter 2005- |
| 12 | 357, Laws of Florida, to read: |
| 13 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 14 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 15 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 16 | (fff) Organ Donor Awareness license plate, $25. |
| 17 | Section 2. Subsection (58) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 18 | Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter 2005-357, Laws of |
| 19 | Florida, to read: |
| 20 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 21 | (58) ORGAN DONOR AWARENESS LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 22 | (a) The department shall develop an Organ Donor Awareness |
| 23 | license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida" |
| 24 | must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Organ Donor |
| 25 | Awareness" must appear at the bottom of the plate. |
| 26 | (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to Transplant |
| 27 | Foundation, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under s. 501(c)(3) |
| 28 | of the Internal Revenue Code which is affiliated with the |
| 29 | University of Miami School of Medicine. Transplant Foundation, |
| 30 | Inc., shall use the proceeds to provide patient services, |
| 31 | including maintaining Transplant House and providing grants to |
| 32 | transplant patients, educating the public on the importance of |
| 33 | organ donation, and funding transplant research. |
| 34 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |