Bill Text: FL S0278 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Specialty License Plates

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Transportation [S0278 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S0278-Introduced.html

       Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 278
       
       
        
       By Senator Braynon
       
       
       
       
       
       36-00295-16                                            2016278__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty license plates; amending
    3         ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058, F.S.; providing an annual
    4         use fee for a Sun Sea Smiles license plate; directing
    5         the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
    6         develop the Sun Sea Smiles license plate; providing
    7         for the distribution of annual use fees received from
    8         the sale of such plates; providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   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) Sun Sea Smiles 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) SUN SEA SMILES LICENSE PLATES.—
   22         (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the
   23  department shall develop a Sun Sea Smiles license plate as
   24  provided in this section. The plate must bear the colors and
   25  design approved by the department. The word “Florida” must
   26  appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Sun Sea Smiles”
   27  must appear at the bottom of the plate.
   28         (b) The department shall retain all annual use fees from
   29  the sale of such plates until all startup costs for developing
   30  and issuing the plates have been recovered. Thereafter, the
   31  annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be distributed
   32  as follows:
   33         1. Thirty-five percent shall be distributed to the Florida
   34  Caribbean Charitable Foundation, Inc. Five percent shall be used
   35  exclusively for marketing of the Sun Sea Smiles license plate.
   36  Up to 5 percent of this amount may be used for administrative
   37  expenses, and the remainder shall be used as follows:
   38         a. Sixty percent shall be used for a college scholarship
   39  program.
   40         b. Fifteen percent shall be used to promote health and
   41  wellness among Florida residents of Caribbean descent.
   42         c. Twenty-five percent shall be used to promote awareness
   43  of Caribbean culture within the state.
   44         2. Twenty percent shall be distributed to the American
   45  Friends of Jamaica, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit
   46  organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
   47  registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   48  Services and incorporated in New York, for grants to promote
   49  social and community development among Florida residents. Up to
   50  5 percent of this amount may be used for administrative and
   51  marketing expenses.
   52         3. Ten percent shall be distributed to Sant La Haitian
   53  Neighborhood Center, Inc., to promote social and community
   54  development. Up to 5 percent of this amount may be used for
   55  administrative expenses.
   56         4. Ten percent shall be distributed to Fanm Ayisyen nan
   57  Miyami, Inc., to promote social and community development. Up to
   58  5 percent of this amount may be used for administrative
   59  expenses.
   60         5. Twenty percent shall be distributed to Greater Caribbean
   61  American Cultural Coalition, Inc., to promote awareness of
   62  Caribbean culture within the state. Up to 5 percent of this
   63  amount may be used for administrative expenses.
   64         6. Five percent shall be distributed to Little Haiti
   65  Optimist Foundation, Inc., to promote awareness of Caribbean
   66  culture and youth development within the state. Up to 5 percent
   67  of this amount may be used for administrative expenses.
   68         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.