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.
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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.