Senate Bill 1002

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1002

    By the Committee on Natural Resources





    312-1131-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to financial matters; amending

  3         s. 215.20, F.S.; reducing the 7-percent service

  4         charge for the cost of general government which

  5         is deducted from the proceeds of the county

  6         fuel tax and from the Local Option Fuel Tax

  7         Trust Fund; requiring the transfer of funds to

  8         the Aquatic Plant Control Trust Fund; providing

  9         for a study by the Department of Revenue of

10         motor fuel taxes collected at marinas;

11         providing an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 215.20, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended and subsection (6) is added to that

17  section, to read:

18         215.20  Certain income and certain trust funds to

19  contribute to the General Revenue Fund.--

20         (4)  The income of a revenue nature deposited in the

21  following described trust funds, by whatever name designated,

22  is that from which the deductions authorized by subsection (3)

23  shall be made:

24         (a)  The Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund created by s.

25  206.875.

26         (b)  All income derived from outdoor advertising and

27  overweight violations which is deposited in the State

28  Transportation Trust Fund created by s. 206.46.

29         (c)  All taxes levied on motor fuels other than

30  gasoline levied pursuant to the provisions of s. 206.87(1)(a).

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  1         (d)  The State Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

  2  Fund established pursuant to s. 206.879(1).

  3         (e)  The Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

  4  Fund established pursuant to s. 206.879(2).

  5         (f)  The Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund created by

  6  s. 210.20.

  7         (g)  The Nonmandatory Land Reclamation Trust Fund

  8  established pursuant to s. 211.3103.

  9         (h)  The Phosphate Research Trust Fund established

10  pursuant to s. 211.3103.

11         (i)  The Land Reclamation Trust Fund established

12  pursuant to s. 211.32(1)(f).

13         (j)  The Educational Certification and Service Trust

14  Fund created by s. 231.30.

15         (k)  The trust funds administered by the Division of

16  Historical Resources of the Department of State.

17         (l)  The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund

18  created by s. 370.0608, with the exception of those fees

19  collected for recreational saltwater fishing licenses as

20  provided in s. 370.0605.

21         (m)  The Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund created

22  pursuant to s. 336.025.

23         (n)  The Florida Public Service Regulatory Trust Fund

24  established pursuant to s. 350.113.

25         (o)  The State Game Trust Fund established by s.

26  372.09.

27         (p)  The Special Disability Trust Fund created by s.

28  440.49.

29         (q)  The Workers' Compensation Administration Trust

30  Fund created by s. 440.50(1)(a).

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  1         (r)  The Employment Security Administration Trust Fund

  2  created by s. 443.211(1).

  3         (s)  The Special Employment Security Administration

  4  Trust Fund created by s. 443.211(2).

  5         (t)  The Professional Regulation Trust Fund established

  6  pursuant to s. 455.219.

  7         (u)  The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Trust

  8  Fund.

  9         (v)  The Division of Licensing Trust Fund established

10  pursuant to s. 493.6117.

11         (w)  The Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums,

12  and Mobile Homes Trust Fund established pursuant to s.

13  498.019.

14         (x)  The trust fund of the Division of Hotels and

15  Restaurants, as defined in s. 509.072, with the exception of

16  those fees collected for the purpose of funding of the

17  hospitality education program as stated in s. 509.302.

18         (y)  The trust funds administered by the Division of

19  Pari-mutuel Wagering and the Florida Quarter Horse Racing

20  Promotion Trust Fund.

21         (z)  The General Inspection Trust Fund and subsidiary

22  accounts thereof, unless a different percentage is authorized

23  by s. 570.20.

24         (aa)  The Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund created

25  by s. 601.15(7), including transfers from any subsidiary

26  accounts thereof, unless a different percentage is authorized

27  in that section.

28         (bb)  The Agents and Solicitors County Tax Trust Fund

29  created by s. 624.506.

30         (cc)  The Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Trust

31  Fund created by s. 624.523.

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  1         (dd)  The Financial Institutions' Regulatory Trust Fund

  2  established pursuant to s. 655.049.

  3         (ee)  The Crimes Compensation Trust Fund established

  4  pursuant to s. 960.21.

  5         (ff)  The Records Management Trust Fund established

  6  pursuant to s. 257.375.

  7         (gg)  The Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund

  8  established pursuant to s. 561.025.

  9         (hh)  The Health Care Trust Fund established pursuant

10  to s. 408.16 s. 455.2205.

11         (ii)  The Police and Firefighters' Premium Tax Trust

12  Fund established within the Division of Retirement of the

13  Department of Management Services.

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15  The enumeration of the foregoing moneys or trust funds shall

16  not prohibit the applicability thereto of s. 215.24 should the

17  Governor determine that for the reasons mentioned in s. 215.24

18  the money or trust funds should be exempt herefrom, as it is

19  the purpose of this law to exempt income from its force and

20  effect when, by the operation of this law, federal matching

21  funds or contributions or private grants to any trust fund

22  would be lost to the state.

23         (6)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1),

24  the service charge provided for by subsection (1) which is

25  deducted from the proceeds of the county fuel tax distributed

26  pursuant to s. 206.60 and from the Local Option Fuel Tax Trust

27  Fund shall be reduced to the rate of 5 percent.

28         Section 2.  From the funds available in the Local

29  Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund as a result of the reduction of the

30  service charge pursuant to section 1 of this act, such funds

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  1  in an equivalent amount of the reduction shall be transferred

  2  to the Aquatic Plant Control Trust Fund.

  3         Section 3.  The Department of Revenue shall prepare a

  4  report to the Legislature by January 1, 1999, which indicates

  5  the statewide amount of motor fuel tax revenues collected

  6  pursuant to sections 206.41(1)(g) and 206.87(1)(e), Florida

  7  Statutes, from marina facilities.

  8         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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11                          SENATE SUMMARY

12    Reduces the service charge on the county fuel tax and the
      Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund. Provides for funds to
13    be transferred to the Aquatic Plant Control Trust Fund.
      Requires the Department of Revenue to prepare a report on
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