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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Live the Dream license plate; 2
amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; revising distribution of 3
the annual use fees from the sale of the Live the 4
Dream license plate; providing for the award of 5
scholarships to certain students through a competitive 6
application process; establishing a scholarship 7
program committee; providing for fiscal oversight by a 8
certified public accounting firm; providing an 9
effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsection (47) of section 320.08058, Florida 14
Statutes, is amended to read: 15
320.08058 Specialty license plates. — 16
(47) LIVE THE DREAM LICENSE PLATES. — 17
(a) The department shall develop a Live the Dream license 18
plate as provided in this section. Live the Dream license plates 19
must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The 20
word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the 21
words "Live the Dream" must appear at the bottom of the plate. 22
(b) The proceeds of the annual use fee shall be 23
distributed to the Dream Foundation, Inc., to be used in the 24
following manner: 25
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1. Up to 5 percent may be used to administer, promote, and 26
market the license p late. 27
1.2. At least 40 60 percent shall be distributed equally 28
among the sickle cell organizations that are Florida members of 29
the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., for 30
programs that provide research, care, and treatment for sickle 31
cell disease. 32
2. At least 35 percent shall be distributed to the Dream 33
Foundation, Inc., for programs and services relating to the 34
Dream Reentering Citizens Fund, as follows: 35
a. Ten percent shall be used for administrative costs 36
associated with the operation of the Dream Foundation, Inc., and 37
for marketing and promoting the license plate. 38
b. Ten percent shall be used for programs and services 39
provided directly by the Dream Foundation, Inc., which assist 40
inmates released from the Department of Corrections in 41
successfully reentering the community. 42
c. Fifteen percent shall be distributed as grants to 43
administer and market programs and services throughout this 44
state which assist inmates released from the Department of 45
Corrections in successfully reentering th e community. 46
3. At least 20 30 percent shall be distributed as 47
scholarships to high school seniors in this state, at least one 48
of whose parents or legal guardians is incarcerated, for the 49
purpose of attending a state university, a Florida College 50
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System institution, a career center operated by a school 51
district under s. 1001.44, or a charter technical career center 52
to Chapman Partnership, Inc., for programs that provide relief 53
from poverty, hunger, and homelessness . Scholarships shall be 54
awarded through a competitive application process overseen by a 55
scholarship program committee composed of one representative 56
from a PACE Center for Girls, one representative from Children 57
of Inmates, Inc., one representative from Living Stones 58
International, Inc., and one representative from the executive 59
team or board of the Dream Foundation, Inc. Fiscal oversight of 60
the scholarship program shall be performed by a certified public 61
accounting firm. 62
4. Up to 5 percent may be distributed by the department on 63
behalf of the Dream Foundation, Inc., to The Martin Luther King, 64
Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., as a royalty for 65
the use of the image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 66
Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2022. 67