Florida Senate - 2011 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/SB 1150, 2nd Eng.
Barcode 914020
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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05/06/2011 09:19 AM .
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Senator Bennett moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (376895) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 1350 - 1467
5 and insert:
6 Section 38. Paragraphs (aaaa) and (bbbb) are added to
7 subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, and
8 subsection (9) of that section is amended to read:
9 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
10 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
11 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
12 (aaaa) Go Green license plate, $25.
13 (bbbb) Republican Party of Florida and Florida Democratic
14 Party license plates, $35.
15 (9)(a) The organization that requested the specialty
16 license plate may not redesign the specialty license plate
17 unless the inventory of those plates has been depleted. However,
18 the organization may purchase the remaining inventory of the
19 specialty license plates from the department at cost.
20 (b) An organization with a specialty license plate must
21 submit a written request to the department 90 days before the
22 convening of the next regular session of the Legislature in
23 order to change the name of the recipient organization listed in
24 this section or s. 320.08058.
25 Section 39. Paragraph (b) of subsection (48) and subsection
26 (53) of section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, are amended and
27 subsections (79) and (80) are added to that section to read:
28 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
29 (48) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES.—
30 (b) The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be distributed
31 to the Florida Dream Foundation, Inc. The Florida Dream
32 Foundation, Inc., shall retain the first $60,000 in proceeds
33 from the annual use fees as reimbursement for administrative
34 costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the approval
35 process. Thereafter, up to 25 percent shall be used for
36 continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate and
37 concept. The remaining funds shall be used in the following
38 manner:
39 1. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed equally among
40 the sickle cell organizations that are Florida members of the
41 Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., for programs
42 that provide research, care, and treatment for sickle cell
43 disease.
44 2. Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the Florida
45 chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and services that
46 improve the health of babies through the prevention of birth
47 defects and infant mortality.
48 3. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida
49 Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease racial
50 disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth
51 outcomes. Funding will be used by local Healthy Start Coalitions
52 to provide services and increase screening rates for high-risk
53 pregnant women, children under 4 years of age, and women of
54 childbearing age.
55 4. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Community
56 Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for programs that provide relief
57 from poverty, hunger, and homelessness.
58 5. Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the
59 foundation for administrative costs directly associated with
60 operations as they relate to the management and distribution of
61 the proceeds.
62 (53) SUPPORT SOCCER LICENSE PLATES.—
63 (a) The department shall develop a Support Soccer license
64 plate as provided in this section. Support Soccer license plates
65 must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
66 word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
67 words “Support Soccer” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
68 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the Florida
69 Lighthouse Soccer Foundation, Inc., which shall retain the
70 initial revenues from the sale of such plates until all startup
71 costs for developing and establishing the plate have been
72 recovered, not to exceed $85,000. Thereafter, the proceeds of
73 the annual use fee shall be used in the following manner:
74 1. Up to 25 percent of the proceeds may be used by the
75 Florida Lighthouse Soccer Foundation, Inc., for continuing
76 promotion and marketing of the license plate and concept.
77 2. Twenty percent shall be distributed to the Florida Youth
78 Soccer Association for programs and services that foster the
79 physical, mental, and emotional growth and development of
80 Florida’s youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age
81 and competition, including a portion to be determined by the
82 Florida Youth Soccer Association for the TOPSoccer program to
83 promote participation by the physically and mentally
84 disadvantaged.
85 3. Twenty percent shall be distributed as grants for
86 programs that promote participation by the economically
87 disadvantaged and to support soccer programs where none
88 previously existed.
89 4. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida State
90 Soccer Association to promote the sport of soccer and the long
91 term development of the sport.
92 5. Ten percent shall be distributed as grants for programs
93 that promote and support the construction of fields and soccer
94 specific infrastructure.
95 6. Ten percent shall be distributed as grants for programs
96 that foster and promote health, physical fitness, and
97 educational opportunities through soccer.
98 7. Five percent shall be expended by the Florida Lighthouse
99 Soccer Foundation, Inc., for administrative costs directly
100 associated with the foundation’s operations as they relate to
101 the management and distribution of the proceeds.
102 (79) GO GREEN LICENSE PLATE.-
103 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 45 of chapter
104 2008-176, Laws of Florida, as amended by s. 21 of chapter 2010
105 223, Laws of Florida, and upon receipt of $60,000 and submission
106 of the proposed art design for the specialty license plate to
107 the department in a medium prescribed by the department, as soon
108 as practicable, but no later than 60 days after the effective
109 date of this act, the department shall develop a Go Green
110 license plate as provided in this section. The plate must bear
111 the colors and design approved by the department. The word
112 “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Go
113 Green” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
114 (b) The annual use fees shall be distributed to the
115 Coalition for Renewable Energy Solutions, Inc., which shall
116 retain the initial revenues from the sales of such plates until
117 all startup costs incurred in the development and approval of
118 the plates have been reimbursed. Thereafter, the proceeds shall
119 be used by the coalition as follows:
120 1. A maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds may be used to
121 fund the administrative and marketing costs of the license plate
122 program.
123 2. The remaining fees shall be used to fund programs and
124 projects that educate the public and implement or publicize
125 renewable energy solutions.
126 (80) REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA and FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC
127 PARTY LICENSE PLATES.—
128 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the
129 department shall develop a Republican Party of Florida license
130 plate and a Florida Democratic Party license plate, as provided
131 in this section. The plates must bear the colors and design
132 approved by the department and the official logo of the
133 Republican Party of Florida or the Florida Democratic Party must
134 appear between the numerals. To further the state interest in
135 increasing voter participation in Florida elections, the plate
136 must also include the words “I VOTE.”
137 (b) The department shall retain all revenues from the sale
138 of such plates until all startup costs for developing and
139 issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, all of the
140 annual revenues of the Republican plates shall be distributed to
141 the Republican Party of Florida and all of the annual revenues
142 of the Democrat plates shall be distributed to the Florida
143 Democratic Party. Such funds shall be deposited in a separate
144 account to be used to support voter registration, absentee
145 ballot registration, voter contact, and administration and
146 marketing of the plates. No revenues shall be used for political
147 advertisements as defined in s. 106.011.
148 (c) From the funds distributed to the Republican Party of
149 Florida and to the Florida Democratic Party, an amount not to
150 exceed 15 percent of the annual revenues received from the sale
151 of the plates may be used for administration and marketing of
152 the plates.
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155 And the title is amended as follows:
156 Delete lines 3503 - 3511
157 and insert:
158 amending s. 320.08056, F.S.; relating to specialty
159 license plates; providing a fee for Go Green license
160 plates; revising procedures to change the name of a
161 recipient of the fees collected; creating Republican
162 Party of Florida and the Florida Democratic Party
163 license plates; establishing an annual use fee for the
164 plates; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; providing for
165 distribution of fees collected; changing the recipient
166 of the proceeds for the Live the Dream license plates
167 to the Florida Dream Foundation, Inc.; providing that
168 proceeds from the sale of Support Soccer license
169 plates shall be distributed to the Florida Soccer
170 Foundation, Inc.; providing for a Go Green License
171 plate; creating a Republican Party of Florida and a
172 Florida Democratic Party license plate and providing
173 for the distribution of annual use fees received from
174 the sale of such plates;