Florida Senate - 2021 SB 612
By Senator Stewart
13-00668-21 2021612__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
3 s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of
4 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop certain
5 license plates; providing for the distribution and use
6 of fees collected from the sale of such plates;
7 providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Subsections (112), (113), and (114) are added to
12 section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, to read:
13 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
14 (112) TOASTMASTERS LICENSE PLATES.—
15 (a) The department shall develop a Toastmasters license
16 plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
17 must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
18 word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
19 words “www.Toastmasters.org” must appear at the bottom of the
20 plate.
21 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
22 distributed to the Ralph C. Smedley Memorial Fund of
23 Toastmasters International, a s. 501(c)(3) nonprofit
24 organization, of which:
25 1. Twenty-five percent shall be used to develop charitable
26 and educational programs for the indigent, homeless, visually
27 and hearing disabled, incarcerated, and youth populations that
28 are unable to afford or to participate in established
29 Toastmasters programs. Up to 5 percent of this distribution may
30 be used for administrative expenses.
31 2. Seventy-five percent shall be proportionally
32 redistributed to the divisions of Districts 47, 48, 77, and 84
33 of Toastmasters International which reside in this state. Up to
34 5 percent of this distribution may be used for marketing of the
35 plate, and the remainder shall be used for educators,
36 nonprofits, governmental organizations, scholarships, materials,
37 and computers and other equipment for the purpose of
38 implementing the charitable and educational programs for the
39 indigent, homeless, visually and hearing disabled, incarcerated,
40 and youth populations that are unable to afford or to
41 participate in the established Toastmasters programs.
42 (113) GOPHER TORTOISE LICENSE PLATES.—
43 (a) The department shall develop a Gopher Tortoise license
44 plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
45 must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
46 word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
47 words “Protect the Gopher Tortoise” must appear at the bottom of
48 the plate.
49 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
50 distributed to Wildlands Conservation, Inc., a nonprofit
51 corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to
52 fund gopher tortoise and commensal species research, education,
53 and conservation, as well as upland habitat protection,
54 restoration, and management in this state. Up to 15 percent of
55 the funds received by Wildlands Conservation, Inc., may be used
56 for marketing of the plate and costs directly associated with
57 the administration of the gopher tortoise protection program.
58 Wildlands Conservation, Inc., shall use and distribute the funds
59 to eligible Florida-based scientific, conservation, and
60 educational organizations for gopher tortoise and upland habitat
61 research, conservation, and management.
62 (114) ORLANDO UNITED LICENSE PLATES.—
63 (a) The department shall develop an Orlando United license
64 plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
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 “Orlando United” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
68 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
69 distributed as follows:
70 1. Five percent shall be distributed to the Mental Health
71 Association of Central Florida, Inc., to be used for marketing
72 of the license plate.
73 2. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to the Mental
74 Health Association of Central Florida, Inc. Of this amount, up
75 to 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses, and the
76 remainder shall be used to offer free personalized counseling to
77 any person affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in
78 Orlando on June 12, 2016.
79 3. Two percent shall be distributed to onePULSE Foundation,
80 Inc., a charitable, nonprofit organization under s. 501(c)(3) of
81 the Internal Revenue Code, to be used for marketing of the
82 license plate.
83 4. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to onePULSE
84 Foundation, Inc. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for
85 administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be used to
86 support the construction and maintenance of the onePULSE
87 Foundation Memorial.
88 5. Thirty-one percent shall be distributed to Two Spirit
89 Health Services, Inc. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be
90 used for administrative expenses, and the remainder shall be
91 used to offer free personalized counseling to any person
92 affected by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on
93 June 12, 2016.
94 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.