Florida 2022 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0213 Introduced / Bill

Filed 09/29/2021

                       
 
HB 213  	2022 
 
 
 
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P	R E S E N T A T I V E	S 
 
 
 
A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to specialty license plates; amending 2 
s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of 3 
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Down 4 
Syndrome Awareness license plate; providing for 5 
distribution and use of fees collected from the sale 6 
of the plate; providing an effective date. 7 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 
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 Section 1.  Subsection (119) is added to sect ion 320.08058, 11 
Florida Statutes, to read: 12 
 320.08058  Specialty license plates. — 13 
 (119)  DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS LICENSE PLATES. — 14 
 (a)  The department shall develop a Down Syndrome Awareness 15 
license plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The 16 
plate must bear the colors and design approved by the 17 
department. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the 18 
plate, and the words "Down Syndrome Awareness" must appear at 19 
the bottom of the plate. 20 
 (b)  The annual use fees from the sale of the plate sh all 21 
be distributed to Our City Beautiful, Inc., a Florida nonprofit 22 
corporation. Up to 10 percent of the fees may be used for 23 
administrative costs and marketing of the plate. Of the 24 
remaining fees: 25     
 
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 1.  Fifty percent shall be used to build and maintain 26 
HOLLAND, an affordable housing project for independent living 27 
for persons with Down Syndrome and other intellectual 28 
disabilities. 29 
 2.  Fifteen percent shall be dedicated to Our City 30 
Beautiful World Changer scholarships for Florida residents 18 31 
years of age or older with Down Syndrome who wish to further 32 
their education at postsecondary  educational institutions 33 
located in this state. 34 
 3.  Thirty-five percent shall be used for grants to other 35 
nonprofit organizations within this state to support housing, 36 
educational scholarships, and employment assistance programs for 37 
persons with Down Syndrome and other intellectual disabilities. 38 
 Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2022. 39