| 1 | Representative Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 548 and 549, insert: |
| 5 | Section 6. Paragraph (zzz) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 6 | section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 320.08056 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 8 | (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be |
| 9 | collected for the appropriate specialty license plates: |
| 10 | (zzz) Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plate, |
| 11 | $25. |
| 12 | Section 7. Subsection (78) is added to section 320.08058, |
| 13 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 14 | 320.08058 Specialty license plates.-- |
| 15 | (78) HISPANICS SETTLED FLORIDA IN 1565 LICENSE PLATES.-- |
| 16 | (a) The department shall develop a Hispanics Settled |
| 17 | Florida in 1565 license plate as provided in this section. |
| 18 | (b) Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plates must |
| 19 | bear the colors and design approved by the department. The word |
| 20 | "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words |
| 21 | "HISPANICS SETTLED FLORIDA" must appear at the bottom of the |
| 22 | plate. |
| 23 | (c) The department shall retain all revenues from the sale |
| 24 | of such plates until all startup costs for developing and |
| 25 | issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, 50 percent |
| 26 | of the annual use fees shall be distributed to National Hispanic |
| 27 | Corporate Achievers, Inc., an organization in Orlando that |
| 28 | sponsors minority job fairs. The remaining 50 percent shall be |
| 29 | distributed to Florida Hispanic Foundation. The fees shall be |
| 30 | used to support job and mentorship programs and to provide |
| 31 | scholarship grants for needy students from minority communities |
| 32 | in this state. |
| 33 | (d) By January 1, 2010, the department shall establish a |
| 34 | method to issue a Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license |
| 35 | plate voucher to allow for the presale of the Hispanics Settled |
| 36 | Florida in 1565 license plate. Issuance of the vouchers is |
| 37 | contingent upon payment of an application fee of $10,000 no |
| 38 | later than December 1, 2009. The processing fee as prescribed in |
| 39 | s. 320.08056, the service charge and branch charge as prescribed |
| 40 | in s. 320.04, and the annual use fee as prescribed in s. |
| 41 | 320.08056 shall be charged for the voucher. All other applicable |
| 42 | fees shall be charged at the time of issuance of the license |
| 43 | plate. The approved Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license |
| 44 | plate organization must, within 24 months after the |
| 45 | establishment of the presale voucher, record with the department |
| 46 | a minimum of 1,000 voucher sales before manufacture of the |
| 47 | Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plate can commence. |
| 48 | If, at the conclusion of the 24-month presale period, the |
| 49 | minimum sales requirements have not been met, the Hispanics |
| 50 | Settled Florida in 1565 license plate is deauthorized and the |
| 51 | department shall discontinue development of the plate and |
| 52 | discontinue issuance of the presale vouchers as prescribed in s. |
| 53 | 320.08056. Upon deauthorization of the license plate, a |
| 54 | purchaser of the Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plate |
| 55 | voucher may use the annual use fee collected as a credit towards |
| 56 | any other specialty license plate or apply for a refund on a |
| 57 | form prescribed by the department. This paragraph expires |
| 58 | January 1, 2012. |
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| 62 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 63 | Remove line 28 and insert: |
| 64 | amending ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a Hispanics |
| 65 | Settled Florida in 1565 license plate; establishing an annual |
| 66 | use fee for the plate; providing for the distribution of use |
| 67 | fees received from the sale of such plates; providing an |
| 68 | effective date. |