Senate Bill sb1630c2

    Florida Senate - 2007                    CS for CS for SB 1630

    By the Committees on Governmental Operations; Military Affairs
    and Domestic Security; and Senators Hill and Dockery




    585-2425-07

  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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 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 all the fees

 5  distributed by the department to fund scholarships and assist

 6  Marine Corps Junior ROTC and Young Marine programs of this

 7  state. The foundation shall develop a plan to distribute the

 8  funds to recipients nominated by residents of the state to

 9  receive scholarships, and to the Marine Corps Junior ROTC and

10  Young Marine programs in the 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                     CS for Senate Bill 1630

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16  Clarifies that all funds distributed to the Marine Corps
    Scholarship Foundation must be spent on programs in Florida.
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