Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/SB 1394, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Bradley moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 1300 and 1301
4 insert:
5 Section 26. Paragraphs (ffff), (gggg), and (hhhh) are added
6 to subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to
7 read:
8 320.08056 Specialty license plates.—
9 (4) The following license plate annual use fees shall be
10 collected for the appropriate specialty license plates:
11 (ffff) Jacksonville Armada Football Club license plate,
12 $25.
13 (gggg) Orlando City Soccer Club license plate, $25.
14 (hhhh) Support Special Needs Kids license plate, $25.
15 Section 27. Subsection (9) of section 320.08058, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (84), (85), and (86) are
17 added to that section, to read:
18 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
19 (9) FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM LICENSE PLATES.—
20 (a) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
21 shall develop a Florida Professional Sports Team license plate
22 as provided in this section for Major League Baseball, National
23 Basketball Association, National Football League, Arena Football
24 League, National Hockey League, and Major League Soccer, and
25 North American Soccer League teams domiciled in this state.
26 However, any Florida Professional Sports Team license plate
27 created or established after January 1, 1997, must comply with
28 the requirements of s. 320.08053 and be specifically authorized
29 by an act of the Legislature. Florida Professional Sports Team
30 license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the
31 department and must include the official league or team logo, or
32 both, as appropriate for each team. The word “Florida” must
33 appear at the top of the plate.
34 (b) The license plate annual use fees are to be annually
35 distributed as follows:
36 1. Fifty-five percent of the proceeds from the Florida
37 Professional Sports Team plate must be deposited into the
38 Professional Sports Development Trust Fund within the Department
39 of Economic Opportunity. These funds must be used solely to
40 attract and support major sports events in this state. As used
41 in this subparagraph, the term “major sports events” means, but
42 is not limited to, championship or all-star contests of Major
43 League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the
44 National Football League, the National Hockey League, Major
45 League Soccer, the North American Soccer League, the men’s and
46 women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four
47 basketball championship, or a horseracing or dogracing Breeders’
48 Cup. All funds must be used to support and promote major
49 sporting events, and the uses must be approved by the Department
50 of Economic Opportunity.
51 2. The remaining proceeds of the Florida Professional
52 Sports Team license plate must be allocated to Enterprise
53 Florida, Inc. These funds must be deposited into the
54 Professional Sports Development Trust Fund within the Department
55 of Economic Opportunity. These funds must be used by Enterprise
56 Florida, Inc., to promote the economic development of the sports
57 industry; to distribute licensing and royalty fees to
58 participating professional sports teams; to promote education
59 programs in Florida schools that provide an awareness of the
60 benefits of physical activity and nutrition standards; to
61 partner with the Department of Education and the Department of
62 Health to develop a program that recognizes schools whose
63 students demonstrate excellent physical fitness or fitness
64 improvement; to institute a grant program for communities
65 bidding on minor sporting events that create an economic impact
66 for the state; to distribute funds to Florida-based charities
67 designated by Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the participating
68 professional sports teams; and to fulfill the sports promotion
69 responsibilities of the Department of Economic Opportunity.
70 3. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall provide an annual
71 financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981 of its financial
72 accounts and records by an independent certified public
73 accountant pursuant to the contract established by the
74 Department of Economic Opportunity. The auditor shall submit the
75 audit report to the Department of Economic Opportunity for
76 review and approval. If the audit report is approved, the
77 Department of Economic Opportunity shall certify the audit
78 report to the Auditor General for review.
79 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs 1. and
80 2., proceeds from the Professional Sports Development Trust Fund
81 may also be used for operational expenses of Enterprise Florida,
82 Inc., and financial support of the Sunshine State Games.
83 (84) JACKSONVILLE ARMADA FOOTBALL CLUB LICENSE PLATES.—The
84 department shall develop a Jacksonville Armada Football Club
85 license plate as provided in subsection (9).
86 (85) ORLANDO CITY SOCCER CLUB LICENSE PLATES.—The
87 department shall develop an Orlando City Soccer Club license
88 plate as provided in subsection (9).
89 (86) SUPPORT SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS LICENSE PLATES.—
90 (a) The department shall develop a Support Special Needs
91 Kids license plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053.
92 The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
93 words “Support Special Needs Kids” must appear at the bottom of
94 the plate.
95 (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
96 the sale of the plate until startup costs for developing and
97 issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the annual
98 use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed to the
99 Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., which:
100 1. May use a maximum of 10 percent of the proceeds to
101 promote and market the Support Special Needs Kids license plate.
102 2. Shall invest and reinvest the remainder of the proceeds
103 and use the interest thereon to assist Floridians with
104 developmental and intellectual disabilities by funding
105 scholarships, assisting with job placement, and promoting
106 education, independence, and awareness.
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108 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
109 And the title is amended as follows:
110 Delete line 145
111 and insert:
112 Legislature; amending s. 320.08056, F.S.; establishing
113 annual use fees for certain specialty license plates;
114 amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; requiring the department
115 to develop a license plate for North American Soccer
116 League teams; directing the department to develop
117 certain specialty license plates; providing for
118 distribution and use of fees collected from the sale
119 of the plates; providing effective dates.