Senate Bill sb1630c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 1630

    By the Committee on Military Affairs and Domestic Security;
    and Senators Hill and Dockery




    583-2125-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the United States Marine

  3         Corps license plate; amending s. 320.08058,

  4         F.S.; revising authorized allocation of the

  5         annual use fee; providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (29) of section 320.08058,

10  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

11         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

12         (29)  UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS LICENSE PLATES.--

13         (a)  The department shall develop a United States

14  Marine Corps license plate as provided in this section. The

15  word "Florida" must appear at the top center of the plate, and

16  the words "Marine Corps" must appear at the bottom center of

17  the plate. The United States Marine Corps logo, 3 inches in

18  diameter, must appear on the left side centered top to bottom

19  of the plate in proper colors.

20         (b)  The department shall distribute the United States

21  Marine Corps license plate annual use fees as provided in this

22  paragraph. in the following manner:

23         1.  The first $50,000 collected annually shall be

24  distributed to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

25         2.  Any remaining fees collected annually shall be

26  distributed as follows:

27         a.  Thirty-five percent shall be deposited in the State

28  Homes for Veterans Trust Fund and must be used solely for the

29  purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining

30  domiciliary and nursing homes for veterans subject to the

31  requirements of chapter 216.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 1630
    583-2125-07




 1         b.2.  Sixty-five percent Any additional fees collected

 2  annually shall be distributed to deposited in the Marine Corps

 3  Scholarship Foundation, Inc., successor to the USMC

 4  Tag/Scholarship Fund, Inc., which shall use the fees to fund

 5  scholarships and assist Marine Corps Junior ROTC and Young

 6  Marine programs of this state. The foundation shall develop a

 7  plan to distribute the funds to recipients nominated by

 8  residents of the state to receive scholarships, and to the

 9  Marine Corps Junior ROTC and Young Marine programs in the

10  state.

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

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13          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
14                         Senate Bill 1630

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16  This committee substitute revises the distribution formula for
    funds generated by the sales of U. S. Marine Corps specialty
17  license plates. Under this revision, the first $50,000
    collected annually shall be distributed to the Marine Corps
18  Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Any remaining fees collected
    shall be distributed thirty-five percent to the State Homes
19  for Veterans Trust Fund and sixty-five percent to the Marine
    Corps Scholarship Foundation.
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