Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2638
       
       
       
       By Senator Siplin
       
       
       
       
       19-01638B-10                                          20102638__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; creating the
    4         Hispanics Settled Florida in 1513 license plate;
    5         establishing an annual use fee for the plate;
    6         providing for the distribution of use fees received
    7         from the sale of such plate; providing an effective
    8         date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (rrr) is added to subsection (4) of
   13  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   15         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   16  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   17         (rrr) Hispanics Settled Florida in 1513 license plate, $25.
   18         Section 2. Subsection (70) is added to section 320.08058,
   19  Florida Statutes, to read:
   20         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   21         (70) HISPANICS SETTLED FLORIDA IN 1513 LICENSE PLATES.—
   22         (a) The department shall develop a Hispanics Settled
   23  Florida in 1513 license plate as provided in this section. The
   24  plate must bear the colors and design approved by the
   25  department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   26  plate and the words “WWW.HISPANICACHIEVERS.ORG” must appear at
   27  the bottom of the plate.
   28         (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to National
   29  Hispanic Corporate Achievers, Inc., an organization in Longwood
   30  which sponsors minority job fairs. National Hispanic Corporate
   31  Achievers, Inc., shall use the funds as follows:
   32         1. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Valencia
   33  Community College Foundation to fund scholarship grants to
   34  Hispanic students;
   35         2. Ten percent shall be distributed to Anna G. Mendez
   36  University to fund scholarship grants to Hispanic students;
   37         3. Thirty percent shall be distributed to the Florida
   38  Hispanic Foundation to fund scholarship grants to community
   39  colleges in this state, as determined by the foundation; and
   40         4. The remaining funds shall be used by Hispanic Corporate
   41  Achievers, Inc., to fund job-development programs, job fairs,
   42  and educational seminars in this state.
   43         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.