Bill Text: FL H0609 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Motor Vehicle Registration Application Forms

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted SB 488; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 488 (Ch. 2010-186) -HJ 01170 [H0609 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0609-Introduced.html

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HB 609

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to motor vehicle registration application
3	forms; amending s. 320.02, F.S.; requiring application
4	forms to provide for a voluntary contribution to Florida
5	Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc.; providing
6	for the use of such funds; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. Subsection (15) of section 320.02, Florida
11	Statutes, is amended to read:
12	320.02 Registration required; application for
13	registration; forms.-
14	(15)(a) The application form for motor vehicle
15	registration shall include language permitting the voluntary
16	contribution of $1 per applicant, to be quarterly distributed by
17	the department to Prevent Blindness Florida, a not-for-profit
18	organization, to prevent blindness and preserve the sight of the
19	residents of this state. A statement providing an explanation of
20	the purpose of the funds shall be included with the application
21	form. Prior to the department distributing the funds collected
22	pursuant to this paragraph, Prevent Blindness Florida must
23	submit a report to the department that identifies how such funds
24	were used during the preceding year.
25	(b) The application form for motor vehicle registration
26	and renewal of registration must include language permitting a
27	voluntary contribution to the Florida Mothers Against Drunk
28	Driving, Inc., which contribution must be transferred by the
29	department to the Florida Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Inc.,
30	on a monthly basis.
31	(c) The application form for motor vehicle registration
32	shall include language permitting the voluntary contribution of
33	$1 per applicant, to be distributed quarterly by the department
34	to Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc., a corporation not for profit
35	under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to be used by
36	that organization for the purpose of breeding, raising, and
37	training guide dogs for the blind. Such funds may also be used
38	toward the costs of the required in-residence training for the
39	individual receiving a guide dog.
40	(d) The application form for motor vehicle registration
41	shall include language permitting the voluntary contribution of
42	$1 per applicant to Stop Heart Disease. The proceeds shall be
43	distributed quarterly by the department to the Miami Heart
44	Research Institute, Inc., doing business as the Florida Heart
45	Research Institute, a corporation not for profit under s.
46	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to be used by that
47	organization for the purpose of heart disease research,
48	education, and prevention programs.
49	(e) The application form for motor vehicle registration
50	and renewal registration must include language permitting a
51	voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, which contribution
52	must be distributed to the Children's Hearing Help Fund to be
53	used for purposes provided for the fund.
54	(f) Notwithstanding s. 320.023, the application form for
55	motor vehicle registration and renewal of registration must
56	include language permitting a voluntary contribution of $1 per
57	applicant to the state homes for veterans, to be distributed on
58	a quarterly basis by the department to the State Homes for
59	Veterans Trust Fund, which is administered by the Department of
60	Veterans' Affairs.
61	(g) The application form for motor vehicle registration
62	and renewal of registration must include language permitting a
63	voluntary contribution of $1 to Family First. Such contributions
64	must be transferred by the department each month to Family
65	First, a nonprofit organization.
66	(h) The application form for motor vehicle registration
67	and renewal of registration must include language permitting a
68	voluntary contribution of $1 to Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches,
69	Inc. Such contributions must be transferred by the department
70	each month to Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc., a not-for-
71	profit organization.
72	(i) The application form for motor vehicle registration
73	and renewal registration must include language permitting the
74	voluntary contribution of $1 per applicant, to be distributed
75	quarterly by the department to Florida Network of Children's
76	Advocacy Centers, Inc. The network may retain a maximum of 50
77	percent of the revenues to support the activities of the network
78	and shall distribute the remainder equitably among the network
79	members, as determined by the board of directors of the network.
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81	For the purpose of applying the service charge provided in s.
82	215.20, contributions received under this subsection are not
83	income of a revenue nature.
84	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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