Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 239, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Siplin moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 554 - 607
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 6. Paragraphs (zzz) and (aaaa) are added to
    6  subsection (4) of 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, $25.
   11         (aaaa) Children First license plate, $25.
   12         Section 7. Subsections (78) and (79) are added to section
   13  320.08058, 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.
   59         (79) CHILDREN FIRST LICENSE PLATES.—
   60         (a) The department shall develop a Children First license
   61  plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear the
   62  colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
   63  must appear at the top of the plate and the words “Children
   64  First” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   65         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to Children
   66  First Florida, Inc., which shall retain all proceeds until the
   67  startup costs to develop and establish the plates have been
   68  recovered. Thereafter, the proceeds shall be used as follows:
   69         1. A maximum of 15 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   70  administer the license plate program and for direct
   71  administrative costs associated with the operations of Children
   72  First Florida, Inc.
   73         2. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to
   74  promote and market the license plates.
   75         3. The remaining fees shall be used by Children First
   76  Florida, Inc., to fund public schools in this state, including
   77  teacher salaries.
   78  
   79  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   80         And the title is amended as follows:
   81         Delete lines 28 - 29
   82  and insert:
   83         amending ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating a
   84         Hispanics Settled Florida in 1565 license plate and a
   85         Children First license plate;