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11  Representative(s) Gay offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 36, line 31, of the bill

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17         Section 26.  Effective July 1, 2000, paragraph (a) of

18  subsection (2) of section 210.20, Florida Statutes, is amended

19  to read:

20         210.20  Employees and assistants; distribution of

21  funds.--

22         (2)  As collections are received by the division from

23  such cigarette taxes, it shall pay the same into a trust fund

24  in the State Treasury designated "Cigarette Tax Collection

25  Trust Fund" which shall be paid and distributed as follows:

26         (a)  The division shall from month to month certify to

27  the Comptroller the amount derived from the cigarette tax

28  imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for in

29  s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the

30  cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited

31  into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying

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 1  the amounts to be transferred from the Cigarette Tax

 2  Collection Trust Fund and credited on the basis of 5.8 percent

 3  of the net collections to the Municipal Financial Assistance

 4  Trust Fund, 32.4 percent of the net collections to the Revenue

 5  Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities, 2.9 percent of the net

 6  collections to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Counties,

 7  and 29.3 percent of the net collections for the funding of

 8  indigent health care to the Public Medical Assistance Trust

 9  Fund.

10         Section 27.  Effective July 1, 2000, paragraph (f) of

11  subsection (6) of section 212.20, Florida Statutes, is amended

12  to read:

13         212.20  Funds collected, disposition; additional powers

14  of department; operational expense; refund of taxes

15  adjudicated unconstitutionally collected.--

16         (6)  Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter

17  shall be as follows:

18         (f)  The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed

19  pursuant to this chapter shall be distributed as follows:

20         1.  In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million,

21  minus an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the

22  taxes collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5 percent of all

23  other taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be

24  deposited in monthly installments into the General Revenue

25  Fund.

26         2.  Two-tenths of one percent shall be transferred to

27  the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.

28         3.  After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and

29  2., 9.653 percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer

30  located within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61

31  shall be transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales

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 1  Tax Clearing Trust Fund.

 2         4.  After the distribution under subparagraphs 1., 2.,

 3  and 3., 0.054 percent shall be transferred to the Local

 4  Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and

 5  distributed pursuant to s. 218.65.

 6         5.  For proceeds received after July 1, 2000, and after

 7  the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3., and 4.,

 8  1.0715 percent of the available proceeds pursuant to this

 9  paragraph shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing

10  Trust Fund for Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If the

11  total revenue to be distributed pursuant to this subparagraph

12  is at least as great as the amount due from the Revenue

13  Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the Municipal

14  Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year

15  1999-2000, no municipality shall receive less than the amount

16  due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and

17  the Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal

18  year 1999-2000. If the total proceeds to be distributed are

19  less than the amount received in combination from the Revenue

20  Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the Municipal

21  Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year

22  1999-2000, each municipality shall receive an amount

23  proportionate to the amount it was due in state fiscal year

24  1999-2000.

25         6.5.  Of the remaining proceeds:

26         a.  One hundred sixty-six thousand six hundred and

27  sixty-seven dollars Beginning July 1, 1992, $166,667 shall be

28  distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that

29  has been certified as a "facility for a new professional

30  sports franchise" or a "facility for a retained professional

31  sports franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162 and $41,667 shall be

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 1  distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that

 2  has been certified as a "new spring training franchise

 3  facility" pursuant to s. 288.1162. Distributions shall begin

 4  60 days following such certification and shall continue for 30

 5  years. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to allow an

 6  applicant certified pursuant to s. 288.1162 to receive more in

 7  distributions than actually expended by the applicant for the

 8  public purposes provided for in s. 288.1162(7). However, a

 9  certified applicant shall receive distributions up to the

10  maximum amount allowable and undistributed under this section

11  for additional renovations and improvements to the facility

12  for the franchise without additional certification.

13         b.  Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of

14  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of

15  Revenue that an applicant has been certified as the

16  professional golf hall of fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is

17  open to the public, $166,667 shall be distributed monthly, for

18  up to 300 months, to the applicant.

19         c.  Beginning 30 days after notice by the Department of

20  Commerce to the Department of Revenue that the applicant has

21  been certified as the International Game Fish Association

22  World Center facility pursuant to s. 288.1169, and the

23  facility is open to the public, $83,333 shall be distributed

24  monthly, for up to 180 months, to the applicant.  This

25  distribution is subject to reduction pursuant to s. 288.1169.

26         7.6.  All other proceeds shall remain with the General

27  Revenue Fund.

28         Section 28.  Effective July 1, 2000, subsection (6) of

29  section 288.1169, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

30         288.1169  International Game Fish Association World

31  Center facility; department duties.--

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 1         (6)  The Department of Commerce must recertify every 10

 2  years that the facility is open, that the International Game

 3  Fish Association World Center continues to be the only

 4  international administrative headquarters, fishing museum, and

 5  Hall of Fame in the United States recognized by the

 6  International Game Fish Association, and that the project is

 7  meeting the minimum projections for attendance or sales tax

 8  revenues as required at the time of original certification.

 9  If the facility is not recertified during this 10-year review

10  as meeting the minimum projections, then funding will be

11  abated until certification criteria are met.  If the project

12  fails to generate $1 million of annual revenues pursuant to

13  paragraph (2)(e), the distribution of revenues pursuant to s.

14  212.20(6)(f)6.5.c. shall be reduced to an amount equal to

15  $83,333 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is

16  the actual revenues generated and the denominator of which is

17  $1 million.  Such reduction shall remain in effect until

18  revenues generated by the project in a 12-month period equal

19  or exceed $1 million.

20         Section 29.  Effective July 1, 2000, paragraph (b) of

21  subsection (3) of section 11.45, Florida Statutes, is amended

22  to read:

23         11.45  Definitions; duties; audits; reports.--

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25         (b)  The Legislative Auditing Committee shall direct

26  the Auditor General to make a financial audit of any

27  municipality whenever petitioned to do so by at least 20

28  percent of the electors of that municipality.  The supervisor

29  of elections of the county in which the municipality is

30  located shall certify whether or not the petition contains the

31  signatures of at least 20 percent of the electors of the

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 1  municipality. After the completion of the audit, the Auditor

 2  General shall determine whether the municipality has the

 3  fiscal resources necessary to pay the cost of the audit. The

 4  municipality shall pay the cost of the audit within 90 days

 5  after the Auditor General's determination that the

 6  municipality has the available resources. If the municipality

 7  fails to pay the cost of the audit, the Department of Revenue

 8  shall, upon certification of the Auditor General, withhold

 9  from that portion of the distribution pursuant to s.

10  212.20(6)(f)5. municipal financial assistance trust fund for

11  municipalities which is derived from the cigarette tax imposed

12  under chapter 210, and which is distributable to such

13  municipality, a sum sufficient to pay the cost of the audit

14  and shall deposit that sum into the General Revenue Fund of

15  the state.

16         Section 30.  Effective July 1, 2000, section 200.132,

17  Florida Statutes, is repealed.

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 5, line 15,

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25         amending s. 210.20, F.S.; eliminating transfers

26         of net cigarette tax collections to the

27         Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund and

28         Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities;

29         amending s. 212.20, F.S.; authorizing a

30         distribution of proceeds under ch. 212, F.S.,

31         to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for

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 1         Municipalities; amending s. 288.1169, F.S.;

 2         revising a cross reference, to conform;

 3         amending s. 11.45, F.S.; revising a reference,

 4         to conform; repealing s. 200.132, F.S.,

 5         relating to the Municipal Financial Assistance

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