Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 434
       
       
        
       By Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       31-00693-24                                            2024434__
    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 a
    5         Margaritaville license plate; providing for
    6         distribution of fees collected from the sale of the
    7         plate; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (127) is added to section 320.08058,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   14         (127) MARGARITAVILLE LICENSE PLATES.—
   15         (a) The department shall develop a Margaritaville license
   16  plate as provided in s. 320.08053. The plate must bear the
   17  colors and design approved by the department. The word “Florida”
   18  must appear at the top of the plate, and the word
   19  “Margaritaville” must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   20         (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be
   21  distributed to the SFC Charitable Foundation, Inc., also known
   22  as Singing for Change, a nonprofit corporation under s.
   23  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to fund its activities,
   24  programs, and projects as follows:
   25         1. Up to 18 percent of the annual use fees may be used for:
   26         a. Promotion and marketing costs of the license plate.
   27         b. Reimbursing the corporation for administrative costs,
   28  startup costs, and costs incurred in the development and
   29  approval process of the license plate.
   30         2. The remaining funds shall be distributed with the
   31  approval of and accountability to the board of directors of the
   32  SFC Charitable Foundation, Inc., to provide grants to nonprofit
   33  organizations in communities impacted by natural or manmade
   34  disasters for recovery, rebuilding, and future sustainability in
   35  those communities, and to promote and inspire local grassroots
   36  leadership that will work to improve the quality of life in
   37  those communities and others in this state.
   38         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.