Senate Bill 2154

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.



    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2154

    By Senator Kirkpatrick





    5-1565B-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; amending s.

  3         212.0606, F.S.; conforming a reference;

  4         amending s. 220.701, F.S.; providing for a

  5         portion of corporate income tax revenues to be

  6         deposited in the Florida International Trade

  7         and Economic Development Trust Fund; amending

  8         s. 288.826, F.S.; changing the name of the

  9         Florida International Trade and Promotion Trust

10         Fund to the Florida International Trade and

11         Economic Development Trust Fund; expanding the

12         prescribed use of moneys deposited in such

13         trust fund to include programs of Enterprise

14         Florida, Inc., and its boards; providing an

15         effective date.

16

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

18

19         Section 1.  Effective July 1, 2000, subsection (2) of

20  section 212.0606, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is

21  amended to read:

22         212.0606  Rental car surcharge.--

23         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 212.20, and

24  less costs of administration, 75 percent of the proceeds of

25  this surcharge shall be deposited in the State Transportation

26  Trust Fund, 5 percent of the proceeds of this surcharge shall

27  be deposited in the General Revenue Fund, 15.75 percent of the

28  proceeds of this surcharge shall be deposited in the Tourism

29  Promotional Trust Fund created in s. 288.122, and 4.25 percent

30  of the proceeds of this surcharge shall be deposited in the

31  Florida International Trade and Economic Development Promotion

                                  1

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2154
    5-1565B-99




  1  Trust Fund created in s. 288.826.  For the purposes of this

  2  subsection, "proceeds" of the surcharge means all funds

  3  collected and received by the department under this section,

  4  including interest and penalties on delinquent surcharges.

  5         Section 2.  Effective July 1, 2000, section 220.701,

  6  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  7         220.701  Collection authority.--

  8         (1)  The department shall collect the taxes imposed by

  9  this chapter and shall pay all moneys received by it into the

10  General Revenue Fund of the state except as otherwise provided

11  in subsection (2).

12         (2)  An amount equal to 3.5 percent of the monthly

13  proceeds collected pursuant to this chapter, not to exceed $40

14  million during any fiscal year, shall be deposited in the

15  Florida International Trade and Economic Development Trust

16  Fund created under s. 288.826.

17         Section 3.  Effective July 1, 2000, section 288.826,

18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         288.826  Florida International Trade and Economic

20  Development Promotion Trust Fund.--There is hereby established

21  in the State Treasury the Florida International Trade and

22  Economic Development Promotion Trust Fund. The moneys

23  deposited into this trust fund shall be administered by the

24  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for the

25  operation and programs of Enterprise Florida, Inc., and its

26  boards and for the operation of Florida foreign offices under

27  s. 288.012.

28         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

29

30

31

                                  2

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2154
    5-1565B-99




  1            *****************************************

  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Renames the Florida International Trade and Promotion
      Trust Fund as the Florida International Trade and
  4    Economic Development Trust Fund. Designates a portion of
      corporate income tax revenues to be deposited in the
  5    trust fund and expands the uses of the trust fund to
      include programs of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
  6

  7

  8

  9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  3