House Bill hb1893

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1893

        By the Committee on Utilities & Telecommunications and
    Representatives Ritter and Barreiro





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating s.

  3         202.193, F.S.; creating the Local

  4         Communications Services Tax Clearing Trust Fund

  5         within the Department of Revenue; providing for

  6         sources of moneys and purposes; providing for

  7         annual carryforward of fund balances; providing

  8         that the trust fund is exempt from

  9         constitutional termination; providing a

10         contingent effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 202.193, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         202.193  Local Communications Services Tax Clearing

17  Trust Fund.--

18         (1)  The Local Communications Services Tax Clearing

19  Trust Fund is created within the Department of Revenue.

20  Proceeds from the local communications services tax levied

21  pursuant to s. 202.19 shall be deposited in the trust fund for

22  distribution to municipalities and counties as provided in s.

23  202.18. Moneys deposited in the trust fund are exempt from the

24  service charges imposed under s. 215.20.

25         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

26  pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the Local

27  Communications Services Tax Clearing Trust Fund at the end of

28  any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of

29  the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes

30  of the trust fund.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1893

    193-164-01






  1         (3)  Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(3), Art.

  2  III of the State Constitution, the Local Communications

  3  Services Tax Clearing Trust Fund is exempt from the

  4  termination provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State

  5  Constitution.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001, if

  7  House Bill .... or similar legislation rescinding the repeal

  8  of chapter 202, Florida Statutes, is adopted in the same

  9  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.

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      Creates the Local Communications Services Tax Clearing
14    Trust Fund within the Department of Revenue. Provides for
      its sources of moneys and purposes and for annual
15    carryforward of fund balances. Provides that the trust
      fund is exempt from constitutional termination.
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