Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2652
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-01365A-10                                          20102652__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to motor vehicle licenses; amending s.
    3         320.02, F.S.; providing for a voluntary checkoff on
    4         motor vehicle registration applications to permit
    5         contributions to Ronald McDonald House; amending s.
    6         322.08, F.S.; providing for a voluntary checkoff on
    7         driver’s license applications to permit contributions
    8         to Ronald McDonald House; providing that such
    9         contributions are not considered income of a revenue
   10         nature for purposes of a service charge; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12  
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (15) of
   16  section 320.02, Florida Statutes, to read:
   17         320.02 Registration required; application for registration;
   18  forms.—
   19         (15)
   20         (i) The application form for motor vehicle registration and
   21  renewal of registration must include language permitting a
   22  voluntary contribution of $1 to Ronald McDonald House. Such
   23  contributions must be transferred by the department each month
   24  to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay, Inc.
   25  
   26  For the purpose of applying the service charge provided in s.
   27  215.20, contributions received under this subsection are not
   28  income of a revenue nature.
   29         Section 2. Subsection (7) of section 322.08, Florida
   30  Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         322.08 Application for license.—
   32         (7) The application form for a driver’s license or
   33  duplicate thereof shall include language permitting the
   34  following:
   35         (a) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   36  contribution shall be deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund
   37  for organ and tissue donor education and for maintaining the
   38  organ and tissue donor registry.
   39         (b) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   40  contribution shall be distributed to the Florida Council of the
   41  Blind.
   42         (c) A voluntary contribution of $2 per applicant, which
   43  shall be distributed to the Hearing Research Institute,
   44  Incorporated.
   45         (d) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   46  shall be distributed to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
   47  International.
   48         (e) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   49  shall be distributed to the Children’s Hearing Help Fund.
   50         (f) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which
   51  shall be distributed to Family First, a nonprofit organization.
   52         (g) A voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, to Stop
   53  Heart Disease, which shall be distributed to the Florida Heart
   54  Research Institute, a nonprofit organization.
   55         (h) A voluntary contribution of $1 to Ronald McDonald
   56  House. Such contributions must be transferred by the department
   57  each month to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay, Inc.
   58  
   59  A statement providing an explanation of the purpose of the trust
   60  funds shall also be included. For the purpose of applying the
   61  service charge provided in s. 215.20, contributions received
   62  under paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), and (h) and
   63  under s. 322.18(9) are not income of a revenue nature.
   64         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.