House Bill 1873

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1873

        By Representative Spratt






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the revenue sharing with

  3         municipal governments; amending s. 218.215,

  4         F.S.; creating the Supplemental Revenue Sharing

  5         Trust Fund for Municipalities; providing for an

  6         annual appropriation; providing for future

  7         repeal; creating s. 218.2455, F.S.; authorizing

  8         the supplemental revenue sharing distribution

  9         to municipalities; providing for use of the

10         proceeds; providing for administration;

11         providing future repeal; providing an effective

12         date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Subsection (3) is added to section 218.215,

17  Florida Statutes, to read:

18         218.215  Revenue sharing trust funds; creation and

19  distribution.--

20         (3)  The Supplemental Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for

21  Municipalities is created.

22         (a)  If estimated cigarette tax revenues to be

23  allocated to municipal governments for the prior state fiscal

24  year are less than the cigarette tax revenues allocated to

25  municipal governments in state fiscal year 1997-1998, an

26  amount equal to such difference shall be appropriated by the

27  Legislature to the trust fund. If estimated cigarette tax

28  revenues to be allocated to municipal governments for the

29  prior state fiscal year are greater than the cigarette tax

30  revenues allocated to municipal governments in state fiscal

31  year 1997-1998, no appropriation shall occur.

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  1         (b)  The Revenue Estimating Conference, pursuant to the

  2  authority provided in s. 216.136(3), shall be responsible for

  3  estimating annually the amount of such difference. Such

  4  difference shall be determined by the estimating conference

  5  during its annual meeting that immediately precedes the last

  6  day of the general legislative session.

  7         (c)  The distribution to the several municipalities

  8  shall be made as provided in s. 218.2455.

  9         (d)  This subsection is repealed July 1, 2004.

10         Section 2.  Section 218.2455, Florida Statutes, is

11  created to read:

12         218.2455  Supplemental revenue sharing; apportionment,

13  authorized uses, and administration.--

14         (1)  Each municipality that is eligible to participate

15  in revenue sharing beyond the minimum entitlement in any

16  fiscal year pursuant to s. 218.23 shall receive a distribution

17  from the Supplemental Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for

18  Municipalities created by s. 218.215(3).

19         (2)  The distribution to each municipality shall be

20  determined by multiplying the amount in the trust fund

21  available for distribution by the municipality's relative

22  local-ability-to-raise-revenue factor.

23         (a)  The relative local-ability-to-raise-revenue factor

24  shall be determined as follows:

25         1.  By dividing the per capita nonexempt assessed real

26  and personal property valuation of all eligible municipalities

27  by the per capita nonexempt assessed real and personal

28  property valuation of each eligible municipality;

29         2.  By multiplying the population of an eligible

30  municipality by the percentage applicable to that municipality

31  as established under subparagraph 1.; and

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  1         3.  By dividing the population, as recalculated in

  2  subparagraph 2., to reflect the relative local ability, by the

  3  total recalculated population of all eligible municipalities

  4  in the state.

  5         (b)  For a metropolitan or consolidated government, as

  6  provided by s. 3, s. 6(e), or s. 6(f), Art. VIII of the State

  7  Constitution, the population of the unincorporated area or

  8  areas outside urban service districts, if such have been

  9  established, as determined in paragraph (a) and after

10  adjustments made as provided therein, shall be further

11  adjusted by multiplying the recalculated population by a

12  percentage that is derived by dividing:

13         1.  The total amount of ad valorem taxes levied by the

14  county government on real and personal property in the area of

15  the county outside municipal limits, as created under general

16  or special law, or outside urban service district limits,

17  where such are established, by;

18         2.  The total amount of ad valorem taxes levied on real

19  and personal property by the county and municipal governments.

20         (3)  The amounts distributed hereunder shall be

21  considered general revenue of the municipality and shall be

22  subject to expenditure for any public purpose. Payment shall

23  be made monthly during each fiscal year.

24         (4)  The Department of Revenue may use the authority

25  provided in s. 218.26 to provide for the distribution

26  authorized by s. 218.215(3) and this section.

27         Section 3.  This section is repealed July 1, 2004.

28         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Creates the Supplemental Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
      Municipalities and specifies its uses. Provides for
  4    annual appropriations. Authorizes supplemental revenue
      sharing distributions to municipalities. Provides for
  5    future repeal.

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