Bill Text: FL S1042 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Specialty License Plates/Sun Sea Smiles

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-05-01 - Died in Transportation [S1042 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S1042-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1042
       
       
        
       By Senator Braynon
       
       
       
       
       
       36-01044-15                                           20151042__
    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 a Sun Sea Smiles license plate; providing an
    6         annual use fee for the plate; providing for the
    7         distribution of annual use fees received from the sale
    8         of such plates; providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (iiii) 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         (iiii) Sun Sea Smiles license plate, $25.
   18         Section 2. Subsection (87) is added to section 320.08058,
   19  Florida Statutes, to read:
   20         320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
   21         (87) SUN SEA SMILES LICENSE PLATES.—
   22         (a) Notwithstanding s. 320.08053, the department shall
   23  develop a Sun Sea Smiles license plate as provided in this
   24  section. The plate must bear the colors and design approved by
   25  the department. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the
   26  plate, and the words “Sun Sea Smiles” must appear at the bottom
   27  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. Five percent shall be distributed to the Florida
   34  Caribbean Charitable Foundation, Inc., strictly for marketing of
   35  the Sun Sea Smiles license plate.
   36         2. Thirty percent shall be distributed to the Florida
   37  Caribbean Charitable Foundation, Inc. Of this amount, up to 5
   38  percent may be used for administrative expenses, and the
   39  remainder shall be used as follows:
   40         a. Sixty percent shall be used for a college scholarship
   41  program.
   42         b. Fifteen percent shall be used to promote health and
   43  wellness among Florida residents of Caribbean descent.
   44         c. Twenty-five percent shall be used to promote awareness
   45  of Caribbean culture within the state.
   46         3. Twenty percent shall be distributed to the American
   47  Friends of Jamaica, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit
   48  organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
   49  registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   50  Services and incorporated in New York, for use as grants to
   51  promote social and community development among Florida
   52  residents. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for
   53  administrative and marketing expenses.
   54         4. Ten percent shall be distributed to Haitian Neighborhood
   55  Center Sant La, Inc., to promote social and community
   56  development. Of this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for
   57  administrative expenses.
   58         5. Ten percent shall be distributed to Fanm Ayisyen Nan
   59  Miyami, Inc., to promote social and community development. Of
   60  this amount, up to 5 percent may be used for administrative
   61  expenses.
   62         6. Twenty percent shall be distributed to Greater Caribbean
   63  American Cultural Coalition, Inc., to promote awareness of
   64  Caribbean culture within the state. Of this amount, up to 5
   65  percent may be used for administrative expenses.
   66         7. Five percent shall be distributed to Little Haiti
   67  Optimist Foundation, Inc., to promote awareness of Caribbean
   68  culture and youth development within the state. Of this amount,
   69  up to 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses.
   70         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015.