SB 1248 — Specialty License Plates

Florida Senate - 2018 SB 1248 ByFirst SenatorEngrossed Gainer20181248e1 16-00725-18 20181248__ A bill to be entitled An act relating to specialty license plates;

revising the distribution and use of the proceeds for the Live the Dream license plate;

requiring, by a specified date, the annual use fees withheld by the department from the sale of the Live the Dream specialty license plate to be used first to satisfy all outstanding royalty payments due to The Martin Luther King, Jr.

Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., for the use of the image of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.;

requiring all remaining funds to be distributed to the subrecipients on a pro rata basis according to the percentages specified in s.

320.08058(48), F.S.;

1121 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

1323 Section 1. Paragraph (ffff) is added to subsection (4) of section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, to read:

Section 2. Subsection (84)(48) isof added to section 320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (84) is added to that section, to read:

320.08058 Specialty license plates.— (84) COASTAL(48) LIVE CONSERVATIONTHE ASSOCIATIONDREAM LICENSE PLATES.— (a) The department shall develop a CoastalLive Conservationthe AssociationDream license plate as provided in this sectionsection. and s.

Live the Dream license plates must bear the colors and design approved by the department.

The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Live the Dream” must appear at the bottom of the plate.

(b) The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be distributed to the Dream Foundation, Inc., to The Dream Foundation, Inc., shall retain the first $60,000 in proceeds from the annual use fees as reimbursement for administrative costs, startup costs, and costs incurred in the approval process.

Thereafter, up to 25 percent shall be used for continuing promotion and marketing of the license plate and concept.

The remaining funds shall be used in the following manner:

1. Up to 5 percent may be used to administer, promote, and market the license plate.

2.1. At least 30 Twenty-five percent shall be distributed equally among the sickle cell organizations that are Florida members of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., for programs that provide research, care, and treatment for sickle cell disease.

3.2. At least 30 Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the Florida chapter of the March of Dimes for programs and services that improve the health of babies through the prevention of birth defects and infant mortality.

4.3. At least 15 Ten percent shall be distributed to the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions to decrease racial disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth outcomes.

Funding will be used by local Healthy Start Coalitions to provide services and increase screening rates for high-risk pregnant women, children under 4 years of age, and women of childbearing age.

5.4. At least 15 Ten percent shall be distributed to Chapman the Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for programs that provide relief from poverty, hunger, and homelessness.

6. Up to 5 percent may be distributed by the department on behalf of The Dream Foundation, Inc., to The Martin Luther King, Jr.

Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., as a royalty for the use of the image of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. Five percent of the proceeds shall be used by the foundation for administrative costs directly associated with operations as they relate to the management and distribution of the proceeds.

(84) COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES.— (a) The department shall develop a Coastal Conservation Association license plate as provided in this section and s.

Section 3. This3. By actNovember 1, 2018, the annual use fees withheld by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from the sale of the Live the Dream specialty license plate shall takebe effectused Octoberfirst 1,to 2018.satisfy all outstanding royalty payments due to The Martin Luther King, Jr.

Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., for the use of the image of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

All remaining funds shall be distributed to the subrecipients on a pro rata basis according to the percentages specified in s.

320.08058(48), Florida Statutes.

Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.