HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1793
   
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12          Representative Jennings, A. Gibson, Greenstein, Joyner, and
13    Cusack offered the following:
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15          Amendment (with title amendment)
16          Remove everything after the enacting clause, and insert:
17          Section 1. Section 201.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to
18    read:
19          201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes
20    collected under this chapter shall be distributed as follows and
21    shall be subject to the service charge imposed in s. 215.20(1),
22    except that such service charge shall not be levied against any
23    portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds to the extent
24    that the amount of the service charge is required to pay any
25    amounts relating to the bonds:
26          (1) Sixty-eight and seven hundred forty-six thousandths
27    Sixty-two and sixty-three hundredths percent of the remaining
28    taxes collected under this chapter shall be used for the
29    following purposes:
30          (a) Amounts as shall be necessary to pay the debt service
31    on, or fund debt service reserve funds, rebate obligations, or
32    other amounts payable with respect to Preservation 2000 bonds
33    issued pursuant to s. 375.051 and Florida Forever bonds issued
34    pursuant to s. 215.618, shall be paid into the State Treasury to
35    the credit of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to be used for
36    such purposes. The amount transferred to the Land Acquisition
37    Trust Fund for such purposes shall not exceed $300 million in
38    fiscal year 1999-2000 and thereafter for Preservation 2000 bonds
39    and bonds issued to refund Preservation 2000 bonds, and $300
40    million in fiscal year 2000-2001 and thereafter for Florida
41    Forever bonds. The annual amount transferred to the Land
42    Acquisition Trust Fund for Florida Forever bonds shall not
43    exceed $30 million in the first fiscal year in which bonds are
44    issued. The limitation on the amount transferred shall be
45    increased by an additional $30 million in each subsequent fiscal
46    year, but shall not exceed a total of $300 million in any fiscal
47    year for all bonds issued. It is the intent of the Legislature
48    that all bonds issued to fund the Florida Forever Act be retired
49    by December 31, 2030. Except for bonds issued to refund
50    previously issued bonds, no series of bonds may be issued
51    pursuant to this paragraph unless such bonds are approved and
52    the debt service for the remainder of the fiscal year in which
53    the bonds are issued is specifically appropriated in the General
54    Appropriations Act. For purposes of refunding Preservation 2000
55    bonds, amounts designated within this section for Preservation
56    2000 and Florida Forever bonds may be transferred between the
57    two programs to the extent provided for in the documents
58    authorizing the issuance of the bonds. The Preservation 2000
59    bonds and Florida Forever bonds shall be equally and ratably
60    secured by moneys distributable to the Land Acquisition Trust
61    Fund pursuant to this section, except to the extent specifically
62    provided otherwise by the documents authorizing the issuance of
63    the bonds. No moneys transferred to the Land Acquisition Trust
64    Fund pursuant to this paragraph, or earnings thereon, shall be
65    used or made available to pay debt service on the Save Our Coast
66    revenue bonds.
67          (b) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
68    subsection, after the required payment under paragraph (a),
69    shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Save
70    Our Everglades Trust Fund in amounts necessary to pay debt
71    service, provide reserves, and pay rebate obligations and other
72    amounts due with respect to bonds issued under s. 215.619.
73          (c) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
74    subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a) and
75    (b), shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the
76    Land Acquisition Trust Fund and may be used for any purpose for
77    which funds deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund may
78    lawfully be used. Payments made under this paragraph shall
79    continue until the cumulative amount credited to the Land
80    Acquisition Trust Fund for the fiscal year under this paragraph
81    and paragraph (2)(b) equals 70 percent of the current official
82    forecast for distributions of taxes collected under this chapter
83    pursuant to subsection (2). As used in this paragraph, the term
84    "current official forecast" means the most recent forecast as
85    determined by the Revenue Estimating Conference. If the current
86    official forecast for a fiscal year changes after payments under
87    this paragraph have ended during that fiscal year, no further
88    payments are required under this paragraph during the fiscal
89    year.
90          (c)(d)The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
91    subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a)
92    and, (b), and (c),shall be paid into the State Treasury to the
93    credit of the General Revenue Fund of the state to be used and
94    expended for the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund was
95    created and exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management and
96    Restoration Trust Fund or to the Marine Resources Conservation
97    Trust Fund as provided in subsection (11).
98          (2) Eight and seven hundred twenty-four thousandthsSeven
99    and fifty-six hundredths percent of the remainingtaxes
100    collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State
101    Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund. Amounts
102    distributed under this subsection are subject to payment of debt
103    service on bonds issued to acquire coastal lands through deposit
104    into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. Any moneys remaining after
105    payment of such debt service shall be available for any purpose
106    for which funds in the General Revenue Fund may be lawfully
107    used.used for the following purposes:
108          (a) Beginning in the month following the final payment for
109    a fiscal year under paragraph (1)(c), available moneys shall be
110    paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General
111    Revenue Fund of the state to be used and expended for the
112    purposes for which the General Revenue Fund was created and
113    exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management and Restoration
114    Trust Fund or to the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund as
115    provided in subsection (11). Payments made under this paragraph
116    shall continue until the cumulative amount credited to the
117    General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year under this paragraph
118    equals the cumulative payments made under paragraph (1)(c) for
119    the same fiscal year.
120          (b) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
121    subsection shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit
122    of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. Sums deposited in the fund
123    pursuant to this subsection may be used for any purpose for
124    which funds deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund may
125    lawfully be used.
126          (3) Seven and forty-eightOne and ninety-fourhundredths
127    percent of the remainingtaxes collected under this chapter
128    shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the
129    General Revenue Fund. Amounts distributed pursuant to this
130    subsection are subject to payment of debt service on outstanding
131    Conservation and Recreation Lands revenue bonds through deposit
132    into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. Moneys deposited in the
133    trust fund pursuant to this section shall be used for the
134    following purposes:
135          (a) Sixty percent of the moneys shall be used to acquire
136    coastal lands or to pay debt service on bonds issued to acquire
137    coastal lands; and
138          (b) Forty percent of the moneys shall be used to develop
139    and manage lands acquired with moneys from the Land Acquisition
140    Trust Fund.
141          (4) Four and two-tenths percent of the remaining taxes
142    collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State
143    Treasury to the credit of the Water Management Lands Trust Fund.
144    Sums deposited in that fund may be used for any purpose
145    authorized in s. 373.59.
146          (5) Four and two-tenths percent of the remaining taxes
147    collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State
148    Treasury to the credit of the Conservation and Recreation Lands
149    Trust Fund to carry out the purposes set forth in s. 259.032.
150    Nine and one-half percent of the amount credited to the
151    Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund pursuant to this
152    subsection shall be transferred to the State Game Trust Fund and
153    used for land management activities.
154          (6) Two and twenty-eight hundredths percent of the
155    remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid into
156    the State Treasury to the credit of the Invasive Plant Control
157    Trust Fund to carry out the purposes set forth in ss. 369.22 and
158    369.252.
159          (7) One-half of one percent of the remaining taxes
160    collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State
161    Treasury to the credit of the State Game Trust Fund to be used
162    exclusively for the purpose of implementing the Lake Restoration
163    2020 Program.
164          (8) One-half of one percent of the remaining taxes
165    collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State
166    Treasury and divided equally to the credit of the Department of
167    Environmental Protection Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund to
168    address water quality impacts associated with nonagricultural
169    nonpoint sources and to the credit of the Department of
170    Agriculture and Consumer Services General Inspection Trust Fund
171    to address water quality impacts associated with agricultural
172    nonpoint sources, respectively. These funds shall be used for
173    research, development, demonstration, and implementation of
174    suitable best management practices or other measures used to
175    achieve water quality standards in surface waters and water
176    segments identified pursuant to ss. 303(d) of the Clean Water
177    Act, Pub. L. No. 92-500, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq.
178    Implementation of best management practices and other measures
179    may include cost-share grants, technical assistance,
180    implementation tracking, and conservation leases or other
181    agreements for water quality improvement. The Department of
182    Environmental Protection and the Department of Agriculture and
183    Consumer Services may adopt rules governing the distribution of
184    funds for implementation of best management practices. The
185    unobligated balance of funds received from the distribution of
186    taxes collected under this chapter to address water quality
187    impacts associated with nonagricultural nonpoint sources will be
188    excluded when calculating the unobligated balance of the Water
189    Quality Assurance Trust Fund as it relates to the determination
190    of the applicable excise tax rate.
191          (4)(9) Seven and fifty-three hundredths percent of the
192    remainingtaxes collected under this chapter shall be paid into
193    the State Treasury to the credit of the State Housing Trust Fund
194    and shall be used as follows:
195          (a) Half of that amount shall be used for the purposes for
196    which the State Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by
197    law.
198          (b) Half of that amount shall be paid into the State
199    Treasury to the credit of the Local Government Housing Trust
200    Fund and shall be used for the purposes for which the Local
201    Government Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law.
202          (5)(10) Eight and fivesixty-six hundredths percent of the
203    remainingtaxes collected under this chapter shall be paid into
204    the State Treasury to the credit of the State Housing Trust Fund
205    and shall be used as follows:
206          (a) Twelve and one-half percent of that amount shall be
207    deposited into the State Housing Trust Fund and be expended by
208    the Department of Community Affairs and by the Florida Housing
209    Finance Corporation for the purposes for which the State Housing
210    Trust Fund was created and exists by law.
211          (b) Eighty-seven and one-half percent of that amount shall
212    be distributed to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund and
213    shall be used for the purposes for which the Local Government
214    Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law. Funds from
215    this category may also be used to provide for state and local
216    services to assist the homeless.
217          (11) From the moneys specified in paragraphs (1)(d) and
218    (2)(a) and prior to deposit of any moneys into the General
219    Revenue Fund, $30 million shall be paid into the State Treasury
220    to the credit of the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust
221    Fund in fiscal year 2000-2001 and each fiscal year thereafter,
222    to be used for the preservation and repair of the state's
223    beaches as provided in ss. 161.091-161.212, and $2 million shall
224    be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Marine
225    Resources Conservation Trust Fund to be used for marine mammal
226    care as provided in s. 370.0603(3).
227          (6)(12)The Department of Revenue may use the payments
228    credited to the General Revenue Fundtrust funds pursuant to
229    paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(b) and subsections (3), (4), (5), (6),
230    (7), (8), (9), and (10)to pay the costs of the collection and
231    enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter. The percentage of
232    such costs which may be assessed against a trust fund is a
233    ratio, the numerator of which is payments credited to that trust
234    fund under this section and the denominator of which is the sum
235    of payments made under paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(b) and
236    subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10).
237          (7)(13)Moneys appropriated toThe distribution of
238    proceeds deposited intothe Water Management Lands Trust Fund
239    and the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund, pursuant
240    to subsections (4) and (5),shall not be used for land
241    acquisition, but may be used for preacquisition costs associated
242    with land purchases. The Legislature intends that the Florida
243    Forever program supplant the acquisition programs formerly
244    authorized under ss. 259.032 and 373.59. Prior to the 2005
245    Regular Session of the Legislature, the Acquisition and
246    Restoration Council shall review and make recommendations to the
247    Legislature concerning the need to repeal this provision. Based
248    on these recommendations, the Legislature shall review the need
249    to repeal this provision during the 2005 Regular Session.
250          (14) Amounts distributed pursuant to subsections (5), (6),
251    (7) and (8) are subject to the payment of debt service on
252    outstanding Conservation and Recreation Lands revenue bonds.
253          Section 2. Section 161.091, Florida Statutes, is amended
254    to read:
255          161.091 Beach management; funding; repair and maintenance
256    strategy.--
257          (1) Subject to such appropriations as the Legislature may
258    make therefor from time to time, disbursements from the
259    Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund may be made by
260    the department in order to carry out the proper state
261    responsibilities in a comprehensive, long-range, statewide beach
262    management plan for erosion control; beach preservation,
263    restoration, and nourishment; and storm and hurricane
264    protection. Legislative intent in appropriating such funds is
265    for the implementation of those projects that contribute most
266    significantly to addressing the state's beach erosion problems.
267          (2) The department shall develop a multiyear repair and
268    maintenance strategy that:
269          (a) Encourages regional approaches to ensure the
270    geographic coordination and sequencing of prioritized projects;
271          (b) Reduces equipment mobilization and demobilization
272    costs;
273          (c) Maximizes the infusion of beach-quality sand into the
274    system;
275          (d) Extends the life of beach nourishment projects and
276    reduces the frequency of nourishment; and
277          (e) Promotes inlet sand bypassing to replicate the natural
278    flow of sand interrupted by improved, modified, or altered
279    inlets and ports.
280          (3) In accordance with the intent expressed in s. 161.088
281    and the legislative finding that erosion of the beaches of this
282    state is detrimental to tourism, the state's major industry,
283    further exposes the state's highly developed coastline to severe
284    storm damage, and threatens beach-related jobs, which, if not
285    stopped, could significantly reduce state sales tax revenues,
286    funds deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the
287    Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund, in the annual
288    amounts provided in s. 201.15(11), shall be used, for a period
289    of not less than 15 years, to fund the development,
290    implementation, and administration of the state's beach
291    management plan, as provided in ss. 161.091-161.212, prior to
292    the use of such funds deposited pursuant to s. 201.15(11) in
293    that trust fund for any other purpose.
294          Section 3. Section 161.05301, Florida Statutes, is
295    repealed.
296          Section 4. Section 201.0205, Florida Statutes, is amended
297    to read:
298          201.0205 Counties that have implemented ch. 83-220;
299    inapplicability of 10-cent tax increase by s. 2, ch. 92-317,
300    Laws of Florida.--The 10-cent tax increase in the documentary
301    stamp tax levied by s. 2, chapter 92-317, does not apply to
302    deeds and other taxable instruments relating to real property
303    located in any county that has implemented the provisions of
304    chapter 83-220, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters 84-270,
305    86-152, and 89-252, Laws of Florida. Each such county and each
306    eligible jurisdiction within such county shall not be eligible
307    to participate in programs funded pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(6).
308    However, each such county and each eligible jurisdiction within
309    such county shall be eligible to participate in programs funded
310    pursuant to s. 201.15(5)(7).
311          Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
312    259.032, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
313          259.032 Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund;
314    purpose.--
315          (2)(a) The Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund is
316    established within the Department of Environmental Protection.
317    The fund shall be used as a nonlapsing, revolving fund
318    exclusively for the purposes of this section. The fund shall be
319    credited with proceeds from the following excise taxes:
320          1. The excise taxes on documents and other funds
321    distributed to the trust fund as provided in s. 201.15.; and
322          2. The excise tax on the severance of phosphate rock as
323    provided in s. 211.3103.
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325          The Department of Revenue shall credit to the fund each month
326    the proceeds from such taxes as provided in this paragraph.
327          Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 369.252, Florida
328    Statutes, is amended to read:
329          369.252 Invasive exotic plant control on public
330    lands.--The department shall establish a program to:
331          (4) Use funds in the Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund as
332    authorized by the Legislature for carrying out activities under
333    this section on public lands. Twenty percent of the amount
334    credited to the Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund pursuant to s.
335    201.15(6) shall be used for the purpose of controlling
336    nonnative, upland, invasive plant species on public lands.
337          Section 7. Section 370.0603, Florida Statutes, is amended
338    to read:
339          370.0603 Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund;
340    purposes.--
341          (1) The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund within
342    the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall serve as a
343    broad-based depository for funds from various marine-related
344    activities and shall be administered by the commission for the
345    purposes of:
346          (a) Funding for marine research.
347          (b) Funding for fishery enhancement, including, but not
348    limited to, fishery statistics development, artificial reefs,
349    and fish hatcheries.
350          (c) Funding for marine law enforcement.
351          (d) Funding for administration of licensing programs for
352    recreational fishing, saltwater products sales, and related
353    information and education activities.
354          (e) Funding for the operations of the Fish and Wildlife
355    Conservation Commission.
356          (f) Funding for titling and registration of vessels.
357          (g) Funding for marine turtle protection, research, and
358    recovery activities from revenues that are specifically credited
359    to the trust fund for these purposes.
360          (h) Funding activities for rehabilitation of oyster
361    harvesting areas from which special oyster surcharge fees are
362    collected, including relaying and transplanting live oysters.
363          (2) The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund shall
364    receive the proceeds from:
365          (a) All license fees collected pursuant to ss. 370.06 and
366    370.07.
367          (b) All funds collected from the registration of vessels
368    and other fees pursuant to s. 328.72.
369          (c) All fees collected pursuant to ss. 370.063, 370.142,
370    and 372.5704.
371          (d) All fines and penalties pursuant to s. 370.021.
372          (e) Other revenues as provided by law.
373          (3) Funds provided to the Marine Resources Conservation
374    Trust Fund from taxes distributed under s. 201.15(11) shall be
375    used for the following purposes:
376          (a) To reimburse the cost of activities authorized
377    pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States
378    Department of the Interior. Such facilities must be involved in
379    the actual rescue and full-time acute care veterinarian-based
380    rehabilitation of manatees. The cost of activities includes, but
381    is not limited to, costs associated with expansion, capital
382    outlay, repair, maintenance, and operation related to the
383    rescue, treatment, stabilization, maintenance, release, and
384    monitoring of manatees. Moneys distributed through the
385    contractual agreement to each facility for manatee
386    rehabilitation must be proportionate to the number of manatees
387    under acute care rehabilitation; the number of maintenance days
388    medically necessary in the facility; and the number released
389    during the previous fiscal year. The commission may set a cap on
390    the total amount reimbursed per manatee per year.
391          (b) For training on the care, treatment, and
392    rehabilitation of marine mammals at the Whitney Laboratory and
393    the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida.
394          (c) For program administration costs of the agency.
395          (d) Funds not distributed in any 1 fiscal year must be
396    carried over for distribution in subsequent years.
397          Section 8. Subsection (1) of section 375.075, Florida
398    Statutes, is amended to read:
399          375.075 Outdoor recreation; financial assistance to local
400    governments.--
401          (1) The Department of Environmental Protection is
402    authorized to establish the Florida Recreation Development
403    Assistance Program to provide grants to qualified local
404    governmental entities to acquire or develop land for public
405    outdoor recreation purposes. To the extent not needed for debt
406    service on bonds issued pursuant to s. 375.051, each year the
407    department shall develop and plan a program which shall be based
408    upon funding of not less than 5 percent of the money credited to
409    the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(2) and (3)
410    in that year. Beginning fiscal year 2001-2002,The department
411    shall develop and plan a program which shall be based upon the
412    cumulative total funding provided from this section and from the
413    Florida Forever Trust Fund pursuant to s. 259.105(3)(c).
414          Section 9. Subsections (5) and (6) of section 420.5092,
415    Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
416          420.5092 Florida Affordable Housing Guarantee Program.--
417          (5) Pursuant to s. 16, Art. VII of the State Constitution,
418    the corporation may issue, in accordance with s. 420.509,
419    revenue bonds of the corporation to establish the guarantee
420    fund. Such revenue bonds shall be primarily payable from and
421    secured by annual debt service reserves, from interest earned on
422    funds on deposit in the guarantee fund, from fees, charges, and
423    reimbursements established by the corporation for the issuance
424    of affordable housing guarantees, and from any other revenue
425    sources received by the corporation and deposited by the
426    corporation into the guarantee fund for the issuance of
427    affordable housing guarantees. To the extent such primary
428    revenue sources are considered insufficient by the corporation,
429    pursuant to the certification provided in subsection (6), to
430    fully fund the annual debt service reserve, the certified
431    deficiency in such reserve shall be additionally payable from
432    the first proceeds of the documentary stamp tax moneys deposited
433    into the State Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(9)(a)
434    and (5)(10)(a) during the ensuing state fiscal year.
435          (6)(a) If the primary revenue sources to be used for
436    repayment of revenue bonds used to establish the guarantee fund
437    are insufficient for such repayment, the annual principal and
438    interest due on each series of revenue bonds shall be payable
439    from funds in the annual debt service reserve. The corporation
440    shall, before June 1 of each year, perform a financial audit to
441    determine whether at the end of the state fiscal year there will
442    be on deposit in the guarantee fund an annual debt service
443    reserve from interest earned pursuant to the investment of the
444    guarantee fund, fees, charges, and reimbursements received from
445    issued affordable housing guarantees and other revenue sources
446    available to the corporation. Based upon the findings in such
447    guarantee fund financial audit, the corporation shall certify to
448    the Chief Financial OfficerComptrollerthe amount of any
449    projected deficiency in the annual debt service reserve for any
450    series of outstanding bonds as of the end of the state fiscal
451    year and the amount necessary to maintain such annual debt
452    service reserve. Upon receipt of such certification, the Chief
453    Financial OfficerComptrollershall transfer to the annual debt
454    service reserve, from the first available taxes distributed to
455    the State Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(9)(a) and
456    (5)(10)(a) during the ensuing state fiscal year, the amount
457    certified as necessary to maintain the annual debt service
458    reserve.
459          (b) If the claims payment obligations under affordable
460    housing guarantees from amounts on deposit in the guarantee fund
461    would cause the claims paying rating assigned to the guarantee
462    fund to be less than the third-highest rating classification of
463    any nationally recognized rating service, which classifications
464    being consistent with s. 215.84(3) and rules adopted thereto by
465    the State Board of Administration, the corporation shall certify
466    to the Chief Financial OfficerComptrollerthe amount of such
467    claims payment obligations. Upon receipt of such certification,
468    the Chief Financial OfficerComptrollershall transfer to the
469    guarantee fund, from the first available taxes distributed to
470    the State Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(9)(a) and
471    (5)(10)(a) during the ensuing state fiscal year, the amount
472    certified as necessary to meet such obligations, such transfer
473    to be subordinate to any transfer referenced in paragraph (a)
474    and not to exceed 50 percent of the amounts distributed to the
475    State Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(9)(a) and
476    (5)(10)(a) during the preceding state fiscal year.
477          Section 10. Section 420.9073, Florida Statutes, is amended
478    to read:
479          420.9073 Local housing distributions.--
480          (1) Distributions calculated in this section shall be
481    disbursed on a monthly basis by the corporation beginning the
482    first day of the month after program approval pursuant to s.
483    420.9072. Each county's share of the funds to be distributed
484    from the portion of the funds in the Local Government Housing
485    Trust fund received pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(9)shall be
486    calculated by the corporation for each fiscal year as follows:
487          (a) Each county other than a county that has implemented
488    the provisions of chapter 83-220, Laws of Florida, as amended by
489    chapters 84-270, 86-152, and 89-252, Laws of Florida, shall
490    receive the guaranteed amount for each fiscal year.
491          (b) Each county other than a county that has implemented
492    the provisions of chapter 83-220, Laws of Florida, as amended by
493    chapters 84-270, 86-152, and 89-252, Laws of Florida, may
494    receive an additional share calculated as follows:
495          1. Multiply each county's percentage of the total state
496    population excluding the population of any county that has
497    implemented the provisions of chapter 83-220, Laws of Florida,
498    as amended by chapters 84-270, 86-152, and 89-252, Laws of
499    Florida, by the total funds to be distributed.
500          2. If the result in subparagraph 1. is less than the
501    guaranteed amount as determined in subsection (3), that county's
502    additional share shall be zero.
503          3. For each county in which the result in subparagraph 1.
504    is greater than the guaranteed amount as determined in
505    subsection (3), the amount calculated in subparagraph 1. shall
506    be reduced by the guaranteed amount. The result for each such
507    county shall be expressed as a percentage of the amounts so
508    determined for all counties. Each such county shall receive an
509    additional share equal to such percentage multiplied by the
510    total funds received by the Local Government Housing Trust Fund
511    pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(9)reduced by the guaranteed amount
512    paid to all counties.
513          (2) Effective July 1, 1995, distributions calculated in
514    this section shall be disbursed on a monthly basis by the
515    corporation beginning the first day of the month after program
516    approval pursuant to s. 420.9072. Each county's share of the
517    funds to be distributed from the portion of the funds in the
518    Local Government Housing Trust Fund received pursuant to s.
519    201.15(5)(10)shall be calculated by the corporation for each
520    fiscal year as follows:
521          (a) Each county shall receive the guaranteed amount for
522    each fiscal year.
523          (b) Each county may receive an additional share calculated
524    as follows:
525          1. Multiply each county's percentage of the total state
526    population, by the total funds to be distributed.
527          2. If the result in subparagraph 1. is less than the
528    guaranteed amount as determined in subsection (3), that county's
529    additional share shall be zero.
530          3. For each county in which the result in subparagraph 1.
531    is greater than the guaranteed amount, the amount calculated in
532    subparagraph 1. shall be reduced by the guaranteed amount. The
533    result for each such county shall be expressed as a percentage
534    of the amounts so determined for all counties. Each such county
535    shall receive an additional share equal to this percentage
536    multiplied by the total funds received by the Local Government
537    Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(5)(10)as reduced by
538    the guaranteed amount paid to all counties.
539          (3) Calculation of guaranteed amounts:
540          (a) The guaranteed amount under subsection (1) shall be
541    calculated for each state fiscal year by multiplying $350,000 by
542    a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of funds
543    distributed to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund pursuant
544    to s. 201.15(4)(9)and the denominator of which is the total
545    amount of funds distributed to the Local Government Housing
546    Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15.
547          (b) The guaranteed amount under subsection (2) shall be
548    calculated for each state fiscal year by multiplying $350,000 by
549    a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of funds
550    distributed to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund pursuant
551    to s. 201.15(5)(10)and the denominator of which is the total
552    amount of funds distributed to the Local Government Housing
553    Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15.
554          (4) Funds distributed pursuant to this section may not be
555    pledged to pay debt service on any bonds.
556          Section 11. For fiscal year 2003-2004, funds are
557    transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the following trust
558    funds in the amounts specified:
559          (1) Department of Environmental Protection:
560          (a) Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund,
561    $54,300,000.
562          (b) Land Acquisition Trust Fund, $96,531,000.
563          (c) Water Management Lands Trust Fund, $48,400,000.
564          (d) Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund,
565    $22,500,000.
566          (e) Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund, $21,500,000.
567          (f) Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund, $3,000,000.
568          (2) Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, State Game
569    Trust Fund, $2,000,000.
570          (3) Department of Revenue, Administrative Trust Fund,
571    $7,900,000.
572          Section 12. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
573         
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575          Remove the entire title, and insert:
576 A bill to be entitled
577          An act relating to the excise tax on documents; amending
578    s. 201.15, F.S.; eliminating distributions to various
579    trust funds of proceeds of the excise tax on documents;
580    redirecting the tax proceeds to the General Revenue Fund;
581    amending s. 161.091, F.S., relating to a use of the
582    Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund, to
583    conform; repealing s. 161.05301, F.S., relating to beach
584    erosion control project staffing and an appropriation to
585    the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund, to
586    conform; amending s. 259.032, F.S., relating to sources of
587    funding for the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust
588    Fund, to conform; amending s. 369.252, F.S., relating to a
589    use of the Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund, to conform;
590    amending s. 370.0603, F.S., relating to uses of the Marine
591    Resources Conservation Trust Fund, to conform; amending s.
592    375.075, F.S., relating to a use of the Land Acquisition
593    Trust Fund, to conform; amending ss. 201.0205, 420.5092,
594    and 420.9073, F.S.; conforming cross references; providing
595    for the transfer of moneys in the General Revenue Fund to
596    specified trust funds for fiscal year 2003-2004; providing
597    an effective date.