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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 136

    By Senator Bullard





    39-5-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to specialty license plates;

  3         amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; requiring that

  4         certain proceeds from the sale of Live the

  5         Dream specialty plates be distributed to the

  6         Sickle Cell Disease Association of Florida,

  7         Inc.; 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.  Subsection (49) of section 320.08058,

12  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

14         (49)  LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.--

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

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

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

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

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

20  bottom of the plate.

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

22  distributed to the Dream Foundation, Inc. The Dream

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

24  from the annual use fees as reimbursement for administrative

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

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

27  continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate and

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

29  manner:

30         1.  Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the

31  Sickle Cell Disease Association of Florida, Inc., as grants

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 136
    39-5-07




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

 2  sickle cell disease.

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

 4  Florida chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and

 5  services that improve the health of babies through the

 6  prevention of birth defects and infant mortality.

 7         3.  Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida

 8  Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease racial

 9  disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth

10  outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start

11  Coalitions to provide services and increase screening rates

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

13  and women of childbearing age.

14         4.  Ten percent shall be distributed to the Community

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

16  relief from poverty, hunger, and homelessness.

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

18  foundation for administrative costs directly associated with

19  operations as they relate to the management and distribution

20  of the proceeds.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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24                          SENATE SUMMARY

25    Provides that a portion of the proceeds from the sale of
      Live the Dream specialty license plates be distributed to
26    the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Florida, Inc.

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