House Bill 3783e1
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HB 3783, First Engrossed
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Cigarette Tax Collection
3 Trust Fund; amending s. 210.20, F.S.; providing
4 for a portion of the revenues from the
5 cigarette tax to be paid monthly to the Board
6 of Directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and
7 Research Institute, for the purpose of
8 financing a cancer-research facility at the
9 University of South Florida; providing duties
10 of the institute's board of directors;
11 providing for uses of the transferred moneys,
12 including the issuance of tax-exempt bonds, to
13 requiring the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
14 Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute to
15 administer funds, manage the project, provide
16 assistance during construction, and operate the
17 facility when complete; providing an effective
18 date.
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20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22 Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of
23 section 210.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
24 210.20 Employees and assistants; distribution of
25 funds.--
26 (2) As collections are received by the division from
27 such cigarette taxes, it shall pay the same into a trust fund
28 in the State Treasury designated "Cigarette Tax Collection
29 Trust Fund" which shall be paid and distributed as follows:
30 (c) Beginning January 1, 1999, and continuing for 10
31 years thereafter, the division shall from month to month
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HB 3783, First Engrossed
1 certify to the Comptroller the amount derived from the
2 cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges
3 provided for in s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount
4 derived from the cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02 which
5 shall be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco
6 Trust Fund, specifying an amount equal to 2.59 percent of the
7 net collections and that amount shall be paid to the Board of
8 Directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
9 Institute, established under s. 240.512, by warrant drawn by
10 the Comptroller upon the State Treasury. These funds are
11 hereby appropriated monthly out of the Cigarette Tax
12 Collection Trust Fund, to be used for the purpose of
13 constructing, furnishing, and equipping a cancer-research
14 facility at the University of South Florida adjacent to the H.
15 Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. In fiscal
16 years 1999-2000 and thereafter with the exception of fiscal
17 year 2008-2009, the appropriation to the H. Lee Moffit Cancer
18 Center and Research Institute authorized by this paragraph
19 shall not be less than the amount which would have been paid
20 to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute for
21 fiscal year 1998-1999 had payments been made for the entire
22 fiscal year rather than for a six-month period thereof.
23 Section 2. The Board of Directors of the H. Lee
24 Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute shall construct,
25 furnish, and equip, and shall covenant to complete, the
26 cancer-research facility at the University of South Florida
27 adjacent to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
28 Institute. Moneys transferred to the Board of Directors of
29 the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute shall
30 be used to secure financing to pay costs related to
31 constructing, furnishing, and equipping the cancer-research
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HB 3783, First Engrossed
1 facility. Such financing may include the issuance of tax
2 exempt bonds by a local authority, municipality or county
3 pursuant to parts II and III of chapter 159. Such bonds shall
4 not constitute state bonds for purposes of s. 11, Art. VII, of
5 the Florida Constitution, but shall constitute bonds of a
6 "local agency," as defined in s. 159.27(4).
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.
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