Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 244
       
       
        
       By Senator Braynon
       
       
       
       
       
       36-00300-14                                            2014244__
    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 a Sun,
    4         Sea, and Smiles license plate; establishing an annual
    5         use fee for the plate; providing for the distribution
    6         of use fees received from the sale of such plates;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (eeee) is added to subsection (4) of
   12  section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
   15  collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
   16         (eeee) Sun, Sea, and Smiles license plate, $25.
   17         Section 2. Subsection (83) is added to section 320.08058,
   18  Florida Statutes, to read:
   19         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   20         (83) SUN, SEA, AND SMILES LICENSE PLATES.—
   21         (a) Notwithstanding s. 320.08053, the department shall
   22  develop a Sun, Sea, and Smiles license plate as provided in this
   23  section. Sun, Sea, and Smiles license plates must bear the
   24  colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
   25  must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Sun-Sea
   26  Smiles” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   27         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   28  the sale of such plates until all startup costs for developing
   29  and issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   30  license plate annual use fees shall be distributed as follows:
   31         1. Five percent shall be distributed to Florida Caribbean
   32  Charitable Foundation, Inc., for the sole purpose of marketing
   33  the Sun, Sea, and Smiles license plate.
   34         2. Thirty percent shall be distributed to Florida Caribbean
   35  Charitable Foundation, Inc. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may
   36  be used for administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be
   37  used as follows:
   38         a. Sixty percent shall be used for a college scholarship
   39  program.
   40         b. Fifteen percent shall be used to promote health and
   41  wellness among Florida residents of Caribbean descent.
   42         c. Twenty-five percent shall be used to promote awareness
   43  of Caribbean culture within the state.
   44         3. Twenty percent shall be distributed to American Friends
   45  of Jamaica, Inc., a New York-based charitable, not-for-profit
   46  organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to
   47  be used solely to fund grants to promote social and community
   48  development among Florida residents. Of this amount, up to 5
   49  percent may be used for administrative and marketing expenses.
   50         4. Ten percent shall be distributed to the Sant La Haitian
   51  Neighborhood Center to promote social and community development.
   52  Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for administrative
   53  expenses.
   54         5. Ten percent shall be distributed to Fanm Ayisyen Nan
   55  Miyami, Inc., to promote social and community development. Of
   56  this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for administrative
   57  expenses.
   58         6. Twenty percent shall be distributed to Greater Caribbean
   59  American Cultural Coalition, Inc., to promote awareness of
   60  Caribbean culture within the state. Of this amount, up to 5
   61  percent may be used for administrative expenses.
   62         7. Five percent shall be distributed to Little Haiti
   63  Optimist Foundation, Inc., to promote awareness of Caribbean
   64  culture and youth development within the state. Of this amount,
   65  up to 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses.
   66         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.