Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1232
       
       
        
       By Senator Stewart
       
       
       
       
       
       13-01648-17                                           20171232__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; directing the
    4         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
    5         develop an Orlando United license plate; establishing
    6         an annual use fee for the plate; providing for
    7         distribution and use of fees collected from the sale
    8         of the plates; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) 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         (ffff) Orlando United license plate, $25.
   18         Section 2. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058,
   19  Florida Statutes, to read:
   20         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   21         (84) ORLANDO UNITED LICENSE PLATES.—
   22         (a) The department shall develop an Orlando United license
   23  plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
   24  must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
   25  word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
   26  words “Orlando United” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   27         (b) The department shall retain all revenue from the sale
   28  of such plates until the startup costs for developing and
   29  issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the annual
   30  use fees from the sale of the plates shall be distributed as
   31  follows:
   32         1. Seven percent shall be distributed to the Mental Health
   33  Association of Central Florida, Inc., to be used for marketing
   34  of the license plate.
   35         2. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to the Mental
   36  Health Association of Central Florida, Inc. Of this amount, up
   37  to 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses, and the
   38  remainder shall be used to offer free personalized counseling to
   39  any person affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in
   40  Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
   41         3. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to the Hispanic
   42  Federation, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit organization
   43  under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code registered with
   44  the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and
   45  incorporated in New York. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be
   46  used for administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be
   47  used to offer free personalized counseling to any person
   48  affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando,
   49  Florida, on June 12, 2016, through the Proyecto Somos Orlando
   50  campaign operated by the Hispanic Federation, Inc.
   51         4. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to Two Spirit
   52  Health Services, Inc. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be
   53  used for administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be
   54  used to offer free personalized counseling to any person
   55  affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando,
   56  Florida, on June 12, 2016.
   57         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.