CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 1189
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1189
By Representative Kelly
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to distribution of the revenues
3 from the tax on sales, use, and other
4 transactions; amending s. 212.20, F.S.;
5 providing that a portion of the revenues
6 currently transferred to the Solid Waste
7 Management Trust Fund shall be transferred to
8 the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust
9 Fund to fund the Surface Water Improvement and
10 Management Program; providing an effective
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (6) of section
16 212.20, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:
17 212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers
18 of department; operational expense; refund of taxes
19 adjudicated unconstitutionally collected.--
20 (6) Distribution of all proceeds under this part shall
21 be as follows:
22 (f) The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed
23 pursuant to this part shall be distributed as follows:
24 1. In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million,
25 minus an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the
26 taxes collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5 percent of all
27 other taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this part shall be
28 deposited in monthly installments into the General Revenue
29 Fund.
30 2. Twelve-hundredths Two-tenths of one percent shall
31 be transferred to the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.
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1 3. Eight-hundredths of one percent shall be
2 transferred to the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust
3 Fund for the purpose of funding the Surface Water Improvement
4 and Management Program.
5 4.3. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1.,
6 and 2., and 3., 9.653 percent of the amount remitted by a
7 sales tax dealer located within a participating county
8 pursuant to s. 218.61 shall be transferred into the Local
9 Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund.
10 5.4. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1.,
11 2., and 3., and 4., 0.054 percent shall be transferred to the
12 Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and
13 distributed pursuant to s. 218.65.
14 6.5. Of the remaining proceeds:
15 a. Beginning July 1, 1992, $166,667 shall be
16 distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that
17 has been certified as a "facility for a new professional
18 sports franchise" or a "facility for a retained professional
19 sports franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162 and $41,667 shall be
20 distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that
21 has been certified as a "new spring training franchise
22 facility" pursuant to s. 288.1162. Distributions shall begin
23 60 days following such certification and shall continue for 30
24 years. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to allow an
25 applicant certified pursuant to s. 288.1162 to receive more in
26 distributions than actually expended by the applicant for the
27 public purposes provided for in s. 288.1162(7). However, a
28 certified applicant shall receive distributions up to the
29 maximum amount allowable and undistributed under this section
30 for additional renovations and improvements to the facility
31 for the franchise without additional certification.
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1 b. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of
2 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of
3 Revenue that an applicant has been certified as the
4 professional golf hall of fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is
5 open to the public, $166,667 shall be distributed monthly, for
6 up to 300 months, to the applicant.
7 c. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Department of
8 Commerce to the Department of Revenue that the applicant has
9 been certified as the International Game Fish Association
10 World Center facility pursuant to s. 288.1169, and the
11 facility is open to the public, $83,333 shall be distributed
12 monthly, for up to 180 months, to the applicant. This
13 distribution is subject to reduction pursuant to s. 288.1169.
14 7.6. All other proceeds shall remain with the General
15 Revenue Fund.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.
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19 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Provides that a portion of the sales tax revenues
21 currently being transferred to the Solid Waste Management
Trust Fund shall instead be transferred to the Ecosystem
22 Management and Restoration Trust Fund to fund the Surface
Water Improvement and Management Program.
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