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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1271

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11  The Committee on Fiscal Policy & Resources offered the

12  following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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17  and insert:

18         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 206.606, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         206.606  Distribution of certain proceeds.--

21         (1)  Moneys collected pursuant to ss. 206.41(1)(g) and

22  206.87(1)(e) shall be deposited in the Fuel Tax Collection

23  Trust Fund.  Such moneys, after deducting the service charges

24  imposed by s. 215.20, the refunds granted pursuant to s.

25  206.41, and the administrative costs incurred by the

26  department in collecting, administering, enforcing, and

27  distributing the tax, which administrative costs may not

28  exceed 2 percent of collections, shall be distributed monthly

29  to the State Transportation Trust Fund, except that:

30         (a)  $6.30 million shall be transferred to the

31  Department of Environmental Protection in each fiscal year and

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  1  deposited in the Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund to be used

  2  for aquatic plant management, including nonchemical control of

  3  aquatic weeds, research into nonchemical controls, and

  4  enforcement activities.  Beginning in fiscal year 1993-1994,

  5  the department shall allocate at least $1 million of such

  6  funds to the eradication of melaleuca.

  7         (b)  $2.5 million shall be transferred to the State

  8  Game Trust Fund in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation

  9  Commission in each fiscal year and used for recreational

10  boating activities, and freshwater fisheries management and

11  research.  The transfers must be made in equal monthly amounts

12  beginning on July 1 of each fiscal year. The commission shall

13  annually determine where unmet needs exist for boating-related

14  activities, and may fund such activities in counties where,

15  due to the number of vessel registrations, sufficient

16  financial resources are unavailable.

17         1.  A minimum of $1.25 million shall be used to fund

18  local projects to provide recreational channel marking, public

19  launching facilities, aquatic plant control, and other local

20  boating related activities. In funding the projects, the

21  commission shall give priority consideration as follows:

22         a.  Unmet needs in counties with populations of 100,000

23  or less.

24         b.  Unmet needs in coastal counties with a high level

25  of boating related activities from individuals residing in

26  other counties.

27         2.  The remaining $1.25 million may be used for

28  recreational boating activities and freshwater fisheries

29  management and research.

30         3.  The commission is authorized to adopt rules

31  pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement a Florida

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  1  Boating Improvement Program similar to the program

  2  administered by the Department of Environmental Protection and

  3  established in rules 62D-5.031 - 62D-5.036, Florida

  4  Administrative Code, to determine projects eligible for

  5  funding under this subsection.

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  7  On February 1 of each year, the commission shall file an

  8  annual report with the President of the Senate and the Speaker

  9  of the House of Representatives outlining the status of its

10  Florida Boating Improvement Program, including the projects

11  funded, and a list of counties whose needs are unmet due to

12  insufficient financial resources from vessel registration

13  fees.

14         (c)  0.65 percent of moneys collected pursuant to s.

15  206.41(1)(g) shall be transferred to the Agricultural

16  Emergency Eradication Trust Fund.

17         (d)  Beginning in fiscal year 2007-2008 and each year

18  thereafter $3.2 million shall be transferred to the State Game

19  Trust Fund to fund activities of the Fish and Wildlife

20  Conservation Commission including coastal law enforcement

21  efforts, recreational boating activities, public boat

22  launching facilities, and to fund local projects related to

23  boating.

24         (2)  Not less than 10 percent of the moneys deposited

25  in the State Transportation Trust Fund pursuant to this

26  section shall be allocated by the Department of Transportation

27  for public transit and rail capital projects, including

28  service development projects, as defined in s. 341.031(7) and

29  (8), unless otherwise provided in the General Appropriations

30  Act.

31         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 206.608, Florida

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  1  Statutes, is amended to read:

  2         206.608  State Comprehensive Enhanced Transportation

  3  System Tax; deposit of proceeds; distribution.--Moneys

  4  received pursuant to ss. 206.41(1)(f) and 206.87(1)(d) shall

  5  be deposited in the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, and, after

  6  deducting the service charge imposed in chapter 215 and

  7  administrative costs incurred by the department in collecting,

  8  administering, enforcing, and distributing the tax, which

  9  administrative costs may not exceed 2 percent of collections,

10  shall be distributed as follows:

11         (1)  0.65 percent of the proceeds of the tax levied

12  pursuant to s. 206.41(1)(f) shall be transferred to the

13  Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund.

14         (2)  $1 million annually in fiscal year 2002-2003

15  through fiscal year 2006-2007 shall be transferred to the

16  Marine Resource Conservation Trust Fund (MRCTF) to fund law

17  enforcement efforts of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation

18  Commission.  Beginning in fiscal year 2007-2008 and each year

19  thereafter $6.8 million shall be transferred to the State Game

20  Trust Fund to fund activities of the Fish and Wildlife

21  Conservation Commission including coastal law enforcement

22  efforts, recreational boating activities, public boat

23  launching facilities, and to fund local projects related to

24  boating activities.

25         (3) (2)  The remaining proceeds of the tax levied

26  pursuant to s. 206.41(1)(f) and all of the proceeds from the

27  tax imposed by s. 206.87(1)(d) shall be transferred into the

28  State Transportation Trust Fund, and may be used only for

29  projects in the adopted work program in the district in which

30  the tax proceeds are collected and, to the maximum extent

31  feasible, such moneys shall be programmed for use in the

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  1  county where collected. However, no revenue from the taxes

  2  imposed pursuant to ss. 206.41(1)(f) and 206.87(1)(d) in a

  3  county shall be expended unless the projects funded with such

  4  revenues have been included in the work program adopted

  5  pursuant to s. 339.135.

  6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11  remove:  the entire title,

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13  and insert:

14         A bill to be entitled an act relating to

15         distribution of motor and other fuel taxes;

16         amending 206.606, F.S.; requiring that sales

17         tax revenues generated by the sale of motor and

18         other fuels be transferred to the State Game

19         Trust Fund; specifying the purposes for which

20         the revenues transferred may be used; amending

21         206.608, F.S.; requiring that sales tax

22         revenues generated by the sale of motor and

23         other fuels be transferred to the Marine

24         Resource Conservation Trust Fund and to the

25         State Game Trust Fund; specifying the purpose

26         for which the revenue transferred may be used;

27         providing an effective date.

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