Florida Senate - 2024 CS for CS for SB 934 By the Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Yarborough 606-03115-24 2024934c2 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 Cure 5 Diabetes license plate; providing for distribution and 6 use of fees collected from the sale of the plate; 7 providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsection (127) is added to section 320.08058, 12 Florida Statutes, to read: 13 320.08058 Specialty license plates.— 14 (127) CURE DIABETES LICENSE PLATES.— 15 (a) The department shall develop a Cure Diabetes 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 “Cure Diabetes” must appear at the bottom of the plate. 20 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be 21 distributed equally to the following organizations: 22 1. The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, which 23 supports the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of 24 Miami Miller School of Medicine; 25 2. The JDRF International Incorporated, which supports the 26 JDRF Northern Florida Chapter; and 27 3. The University of Florida Foundation, Inc., which 28 supports the University of Florida Diabetes Institute. 29 (c) Each organization may use up to 10 percent of the 30 proceeds received by the organization to promote and market the 31 plate. All remaining proceeds must be used for the purpose of 32 funding research to cure Type 1 diabetes. 33 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.