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11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment 

14         On page 1, line 23, through page 4, line 13, delete

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection

19  (2), and subsections (11) and (12) of section 201.15, Florida

20  Statutes, are amended to read:

21         201.15  Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes

22  collected under this chapter shall be distributed as follows

23  and shall be subject to the service charge imposed in s.

24  215.20(1), except that such service charge shall not be levied

25  against any portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds

26  to the extent that the amount of the service charge is

27  required to pay any amounts relating to the bonds:

28         (1)  Sixty-two and sixty-three hundredths percent of

29  the remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used

30  for the following purposes:

31         (a)  Amounts as shall be necessary to pay the debt

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  1  service on, or fund debt service reserve funds, rebate

  2  obligations, or other amounts payable with respect to

  3  Preservation 2000 bonds issued pursuant to s. 375.051 and

  4  Florida Forever bonds issued pursuant to s. 215.618, shall be

  5  paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Land

  6  Acquisition Trust Fund to be used for such purposes. The

  7  amount transferred to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund for such

  8  purposes shall not exceed $300 million in fiscal year

  9  1999-2000 and thereafter for Preservation 2000 bonds and bonds

10  issued to refund Preservation 2000 bonds, and $300 million in

11  fiscal year 2000-2001 and thereafter for Florida Forever

12  bonds. The annual amount transferred to the Land Acquisition

13  Trust Fund for Florida Forever bonds shall not exceed $30

14  million in the first fiscal year in which bonds are issued.

15  The limitation on the amount transferred shall be increased by

16  an additional $30 million in each subsequent fiscal year, but

17  shall not exceed a total of $300 million in any fiscal year

18  for all bonds issued. It is the intent of the Legislature that

19  all bonds issued to fund the Florida Forever Act be retired by

20  December 31, 2030. Except for bonds issued to refund

21  previously issued bonds, no series of bonds may be issued

22  pursuant to this paragraph unless such bonds are approved and

23  the debt service for the remainder of the fiscal year in which

24  the bonds are issued is specifically appropriated in the

25  General Appropriations Act. For purposes of refunding

26  Preservation 2000 bonds, amounts designated within this

27  section for Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever bonds may be

28  transferred between the two programs to the extent provided

29  for in the documents authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

30  The Preservation 2000 bonds and Florida Forever bonds shall be

31  equally and ratably secured by moneys distributable to the

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  1  Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to this section, except

  2  to the extent specifically provided otherwise by the documents

  3  authorizing the issuance of the bonds. No moneys transferred

  4  to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to this paragraph,

  5  or earnings thereon, shall be used or made available to pay

  6  debt service on the Save Our Coast revenue bonds.

  7         (b)  The remainder of the moneys distributed under this

  8  subsection, after the required payment under paragraph (a),

  9  shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the

10  Save Our Everglades Trust Fund in amounts necessary to pay

11  debt service, provide reserves, and pay rebate obligations and

12  other amounts due with respect to bonds issued under s.

13  215.619.

14         (c)(b)  The remainder of the moneys distributed under

15  this subsection, after the required payments payment under

16  paragraphs paragraph (a) and (b), shall be paid into the State

17  Treasury to the credit of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund and

18  may be used for any purpose for which funds deposited in the

19  Land Acquisition Trust Fund may lawfully be used. Payments

20  made under this paragraph shall continue until the cumulative

21  amount credited to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund for the

22  fiscal year under this paragraph and paragraph (2)(b) equals

23  70 percent of the current official forecast for distributions

24  of taxes collected under this chapter pursuant to subsection

25  (2). As used in this paragraph, the term "current official

26  forecast" means the most recent forecast as determined by the

27  Revenue Estimating Conference. If the current official

28  forecast for a fiscal year changes after payments under this

29  paragraph have ended during that fiscal year, no further

30  payments are required under this paragraph during the fiscal

31  year.

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  1         (d)(c)  The remainder of the moneys distributed under

  2  this subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs

  3  paragraph (a), (b), and (c), shall be paid into the State

  4  Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the

  5  state to be used and expended for the purposes for which the

  6  General Revenue Fund was created and exists by law or to the

  7  Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund or to the

  8  Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund as provided in

  9  subsection (11).

10         (2)  Seven and fifty-six hundredths percent of the

11  remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used for

12  the following purposes:

13         (a)  Beginning in the month following the final payment

14  for a fiscal year under paragraph (1)(c)(b), available moneys

15  shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the

16  General Revenue Fund of the state to be used and expended for

17  the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund was created

18  and exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management and

19  Restoration Trust Fund or to the Marine Resources Conservation

20  Trust Fund as provided in subsection (11). Payments made under

21  this paragraph shall continue until the cumulative amount

22  credited to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year under

23  this paragraph equals the cumulative payments made under

24  paragraph (1)(c)(b) for the same fiscal year.

25         (11)  From the moneys specified in paragraphs (1)(d)(c)

26  and (2)(a) and prior to deposit of any moneys into the General

27  Revenue Fund, $30 million shall be paid into the State

28  Treasury to the credit of the Ecosystem Management and

29  Restoration Trust Fund in fiscal year 2000-2001 and each

30  fiscal year thereafter, to be used for the preservation and

31  repair of the state's beaches as provided in ss.

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  1  161.091-161.212, and $2 million shall be paid into the State

  2  Treasury to the credit of the Marine Resources Conservation

  3  Trust Fund to be used for marine mammal care as provided in s.

  4  370.0603(3).

  5         (12)  The Department of Revenue may use the payments

  6  credited to trust funds pursuant to paragraphs (1)(c)(b) and

  7  (2)(b) and subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and

  8  (10) to pay the costs of the collection and enforcement of the

  9  tax levied by this chapter. The percentage of such costs which

10  may be assessed against a trust fund is a ratio, the numerator

11  of which is payments credited to that trust fund under this

12  section and the denominator of which is the sum of payments

13  made under paragraphs (1)(c)(b) and (2)(b) and subsections

14  (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10).

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