HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1793
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2	Senate House
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12	Representative Carassas, Allen, Mayfield, and Davis offered the
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15	Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
16	Remove line(s) 249-325, and insert:
17	(5)(11) From the moneys specified in paragraph (1)(c) and
18	subsection (2)paragraphs (1)(d) and (2)(a)and prior to deposit
19	of any moneys into the General Revenue Fund, $30 million shall
20	be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Ecosystem
21	Management and Restoration Trust Fund in fiscal year 2000-2001
22	and each fiscal year thereafter, to be used for the preservation
23	and repair of the state's beaches as provided in ss. 161.091-
24	161.212, and $2 million shall be paid into the State Treasury to
25	the credit of the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund to be
26	used for marine mammal care as provided in s. 370.0603(3).
27	(6)(12)The Department of Revenue may use the payments
28	credited to the General Revenue Fundtrust funds pursuant to
29	paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(b) and subsections (3), (4), (5), (6),
30	(7), (8), (9), and (10)to pay the costs of the collection and
31	enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter. The percentage of
32	such costs which may be assessed against a trust fund is a
33	ratio, the numerator of which is payments credited to that trust
34	fund under this section and the denominator of which is the sum
35	of payments made under paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(b) and
36	subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10).
37	(7)(13)Moneys appropriated toThe distribution of
38	proceeds deposited intothe Water Management Lands Trust Fund
39	and the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund, pursuant
40	to subsections (4) and (5),shall not be used for land
41	acquisition, but may be used for preacquisition costs associated
42	with land purchases. The Legislature intends that the Florida
43	Forever program supplant the acquisition programs formerly
44	authorized under ss. 259.032 and 373.59. Prior to the 2005
45	Regular Session of the Legislature, the Acquisition and
46	Restoration Council shall review and make recommendations to the
47	Legislature concerning the need to repeal this provision. Based
48	on these recommendations, the Legislature shall review the need
49	to repeal this provision during the 2005 Regular Session.
50	(14) Amounts distributed pursuant to subsections (5), (6),
51	(7) and (8) are subject to the payment of debt service on
52	outstanding Conservation and Recreation Lands revenue bonds.
53	Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 161.091, Florida
54	Statutes, is amended to read:
55	161.091 Beach management; funding; repair and maintenance
56	strategy.--
57	(3) In accordance with the intent expressed in s. 161.088
58	and the legislative finding that erosion of the beaches of this
59	state is detrimental to tourism, the state's major industry,
60	further exposes the state's highly developed coastline to severe
61	storm damage, and threatens beach-related jobs, which, if not
62	stopped, could significantly reduce state sales tax revenues,
63	funds deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the
64	Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund, in the annual
65	amounts provided in s. 201.15(5)(11), shall be used, for a
66	period of not less than 15 years, to fund the development,
67	implementation, and administration of the state's beach
68	management plan, as provided in ss. 161.091-161.212, prior to
69	the use of such funds deposited pursuant to s. 201.15(5)(11)in
70	that trust fund for any other purpose.
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73	Remove line(s) 6-11, and insert:
74	repealing s. 161.05301, F.S., relating to beach erosion control
75	project staffing, to delete an obsolete provision; amending s.
76	201.0205, F.S., relating to