Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1138
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-00501A-10                                          20101138__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to motor vehicles; amending s. 320.02,
    3         F.S.; requiring the application form for motor vehicle
    4         registration or renewal of registration to include
    5         language permitting the applicant to make a voluntary
    6         contribution to Blind Babies and Blind Youth Services;
    7         amending s. 322.08, F.S.; requiring the application
    8         form for a driver’s license or duplicate thereof to
    9         include language permitting the applicant to make a
   10         voluntary contribution to Senior Vision Services;
   11         amending s. 322.18, F.S.; requiring the application
   12         form for renewal issuance or renewal extension of a
   13         driver’s license to include language permitting the
   14         applicant to make a voluntary contribution to Senior
   15         Vision Services; providing for distribution of funds
   16         collected from voluntary contributions authorized
   17         under this act to the Florida Association of Agencies
   18         Serving the Blind, Inc.; providing that such
   19         contributions are not considered income of a revenue
   20         nature; providing an effective date.
   21  
   22  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   23  
   24         Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (15) of
   25  section 320.02, Florida Statutes, to read:
   26         320.02 Registration required; application for registration;
   27  forms.—
   28         (15)
   29         (i) The application form for motor vehicle registration and
   30  renewal of registration must include language permitting a
   31  voluntary contribution of $1 to Blind Babies and Blind Youth
   32  Services. Such contributions shall be transferred by the
   33  department each month to the Florida Association of Agencies
   34  Serving the Blind, Inc., a not-for-profit organization.
   35  
   36  For the purpose of applying the service charge provided in s.
   37  215.20, contributions received under this subsection are not
   38  income of a revenue nature.
   39         Section 2. Subsection (7) of section 322.08, Florida
   40  Statutes, is amended to read:
   41         322.08 Application for license.—
   42         (7) The application form for a driver’s license or
   43  duplicate thereof shall include language permitting the
   44  following:
   45         (a) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   46  contribution shall be deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund
   47  for organ and tissue donor education and for maintaining the
   48  organ and tissue donor registry.
   49         (b) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   50  contribution shall be distributed to the Florida Council of the
   51  Blind.
   52         (c) A voluntary contribution of $2 per applicant, which
   53  shall be distributed to the Hearing Research Institute,
   54  Incorporated.
   55         (d) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   56  shall be distributed to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
   57  International.
   58         (e) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   59  shall be distributed to the Children’s Hearing Help Fund.
   60         (f) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   61  shall be distributed to Family First, a nonprofit organization.
   62         (g) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, to Stop
   63  Heart Disease, which shall be distributed to the Florida Heart
   64  Research Institute, a nonprofit organization.
   65         (h) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant to Senior
   66  Vision Services, which shall be distributed to the Florida
   67  Association of Agencies Serving the Blind, Inc., a not-for
   68  profit organization.
   69  
   70  A statement providing an explanation of the purpose of the trust
   71  funds shall also be included. For the purpose of applying the
   72  service charge provided in s. 215.20, contributions received
   73  under paragraphs (b)-(h) (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) and
   74  under s. 322.18(9) are not income of a revenue nature.
   75         Section 3. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (9) of
   76  section 322.18, Florida Statutes, to read:
   77         322.18 Original applications, licenses, and renewals;
   78  expiration of licenses; delinquent licenses.—
   79         (9)
   80         (c) The application form for a renewal issuance or renewal
   81  extension shall include language permitting a voluntary
   82  contribution of $1 per applicant to Senior Vision Services. Such
   83  contributions shall be distributed monthly to the Florida
   84  Association of Agencies Serving the Blind, Inc., a not-for
   85  profit organization.
   86         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.