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Florida's
Pro-Adoption Specialty Plate!
The Choose Life license plate is the first official license plate in the world to encourage women to consider adoption as a solution
for their unwanted pregnancies.
House & Senate Bill
sponsor Senator James Sebesta, St Petersburg, FL and Representative Bev Kilmer,
Mariana, FL
Title
XXIII Motor Vehicles Chapter320 Motor Vehicle Licenses
320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
(29) CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATES.--
 (a) The
department shall develop a Choose Life License plate as provided in this
section. The word "Florida" must appear at the bottom of the plate, and the
words "Choose Life" must appear at the top of the plate.
(b) The annual use fees shall be distributed annually to each county in the
ratio that the annual use fees collected by each county bears to the total fees
collected for the plates within the state. Each county shall distribute the
funds to nongovernmental, not-for-profit agencies within the county, which
agencies' services are limited to counseling and meeting the physical needs of
pregnant women who are committed to placing their children for adoption. Funds
may not be distributed to any agency that is involved or associated with
abortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to abortion clinics,
providing medical abortion-related procedures, or pro-abortion advertising, and
funds may not be distributed to any agency that charges women for services
received.
1. Agencies that receive the funds must use at least 70 percent of the funds to
provide for the material needs of pregnant women who are committed to placing
their children for adoption, including clothing, housing, medical care, food,
utilities, and transportation. Such funds may also be expended on infants
awaiting placement with adoptive parents.
2. The remaining funds may be used for adoption, counseling, training, or
advertising, but may not be used for administrative expenses, legal expenses, or
capital expenditures.
3. Each agency that receives such funds
must submit an annual attestation to the county. Any unused funds that exceed 10
percent of the funds received by an agency during its fiscal year must be
returned to the county, which shall distribute them to other qualified agencies.
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