ABATE Responce To TV Show

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Hey Everyone,
Remember in my last Legislative report I spoke about some good news? Here is the first one - The $250,000 for promoting motorcycle safety awareness to the general public has been included again in the new budget. The budget is now on the desk of Gov. Rick Scott and if he signs the budget bill, ABATE of Florida, Inc. will again be allotted the money for educating the general public about motorcycle safety awareness.
Some people are not aware that every single penny of the $250,000 that ABATE of Florida, Inc. spends is audited by an Independent program and reported back to the DHSMV to make sure that ALL the money goes toward educating the public about motorcycle safety awareness.
Below is a the section that details the safety money in the budget. I will explain more about the spending and auditing process in my next update.
2484P SPECIAL CATEGORIES
CONTRACTED SERVICES
FROM HIGHWAY SAFETY OPERATING
TRUST FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,092,365
FROM FEDERAL GRANTS TRUST FUND . . . 796,726
FROM GAS TAX COLLECTION TRUST FUND . 3,040
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 2484P, 250,$000 in
nonrecurring funds from the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund are for
the purpose of promoting motorcycle safety awareness through public
information and education campaigns. These funds are provided to the
American Bikers Aiming Toward Education of Florida, Inc. The American
Bikers Aiming Toward Education of Florida, Inc. is required to provide
an independent program audit to the Department of Highway Safety and
Motor Vehicles to ensure that these funds were utilized to enhance
motorcycle safety education. The expense of this required independent
program audit may be funded from a portion of the funds provided.
Darrin "Scribe" Brooks,
State Legislative Trustee,
ABATE of Florida, Inc.
http://www.abateflorida.com/
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
~ Thomas Jefferson