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    By Senator Geller





    31-898A-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to transportation funding;

  3         amending s. 206.606, F.S.; eliminating the

  4         deduction of administrative costs from the

  5         proceeds of the fuel sales taxes on motor fuel

  6         and diesel fuel deposited in the Fuel Tax

  7         Collection Trust Fund; amending s. 206.608,

  8         F.S.; eliminating the deduction of

  9         administrative costs from the proceeds of the

10         State Comprehensive Enhanced Transportation

11         System Taxes on motor fuel and diesel fuel

12         deposited in the Fuel Tax Collection Trust

13         Fund; providing for use of the revenues derived

14         from elimination of the deduction of

15         administrative costs from the proceeds of

16         specified taxes under the act; amending ss.

17         215.20 and 215.22, F.S.; providing that the 7

18         percent service charge for the cost of general

19         government and the additional 0.3 percent

20         service charge shall not be deducted from the

21         Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, the State

22         Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust Fund,

23         the Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing

24         Trust Fund, the Local Option Fuel Tax Trust

25         Fund, or taxes on motor fuels other than

26         gasoline levied under s. 206.87(1)(a), F.S.;

27         providing for use of the revenues derived from

28         elimination of such service charges; repealing

29         s. 215.211(3), F.S., which provides for the

30         future reduction and elimination of the 7

31         percent service charge deducted from proceeds

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 1         of the local option fuel tax distributed under

 2         s. 336.025, F.S.; amending ss. 206.875,

 3         206.879, 206.9845, 206,9945, and 212.0501,

 4         F.S., to conform; amending s. 320.072, F.S.;

 5         providing that a portion of the revenues from

 6         the additional fee on certain motor vehicle

 7         registration transactions shall be used to fund

 8         the County Incentive Grant Program rather than

 9         deposited into the General Revenue Fund;

10         amending s. 336.025, F.S.; eliminating the

11         deduction of administrative costs from the

12         proceeds of the local option fuel taxes on

13         motor fuel and diesel fuel; providing effective

14         dates.

15  

16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

17  

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

19  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.

 6  

 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         Section 2.  Section 206.608, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         206.608  State Comprehensive Enhanced Transportation

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

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

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

23  deducting the service charge imposed in chapter 215 and

24  administrative costs incurred by the department in collecting,

25  administering, enforcing, and distributing the tax, which

26  administrative costs may not exceed 2 percent of collections,

27  shall be distributed as follows:

28         (1)  0.65 percent of the proceeds of the tax levied

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

30  Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund.

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 1         (2)  The remaining proceeds of the tax levied pursuant

 2  to s. 206.41(1)(f) and all of the proceeds from the tax

 3  imposed by s. 206.87(1)(d) shall be transferred into the State

 4  Transportation Trust Fund, and may be used only for projects

 5  in the adopted work program in the district in which the tax

 6  proceeds are collected and, to the maximum extent feasible,

 7  such moneys shall be programmed for use in the county where

 8  collected. However, no revenue from the taxes imposed pursuant

 9  to ss. 206.41(1)(f) and 206.87(1)(d) in a county shall be

10  expended unless the projects funded with such revenues have

11  been included in the work program adopted pursuant to s.

12  339.135.

13         Section 3.  Use of revenues derived from elimination of

14  deduction of administrative costs on certain taxes.--Beginning

15  July 1, 2003, the increased revenues derived from the

16  elimination of the deduction of administrative costs from the

17  proceeds of the fuel sales taxes on motor fuel and diesel fuel

18  under section 206.606, Florida Statutes, the State

19  Comprehensive Enhanced Transportation System Tax under section

20  206.608, Florida Statutes, and the local option fuel taxes on

21  motor fuel and diesel fuel under section 336.025, Florida

22  Statutes, shall be deposited in the State Transportation Trust

23  Fund and used to fund the County Incentive Grant Program.

24         Section 4.  Subsection (4) of section 215.20, Florida

25  Statutes, as amended by section 61 of chapter 2002-402, Laws

26  of Florida, is amended to read:

27         215.20  Certain income and certain trust funds to

28  contribute to the General Revenue Fund.--

29         (4)  The income of a revenue nature deposited in the

30  following described trust funds, by whatever name designated,

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 1  is that from which the deductions authorized by subsection (3)

 2  shall be made:

 3         (a)  The Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund created by s.

 4  206.875.

 5         (a)(b)  All income derived from outdoor advertising and

 6  overweight violations which is deposited in the State

 7  Transportation Trust Fund created by s. 206.46.

 8         (c)  All taxes levied on motor fuels other than

 9  gasoline levied pursuant to the provisions of s. 206.87(1)(a).

10         (d)  The State Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

11  Fund established pursuant to s. 206.879(1).

12         (e)  The Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

13  Fund established pursuant to s. 206.879(2).

14         (b)(f)  The Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund created

15  by s. 210.20.

16         (c)(g)  The Nonmandatory Land Reclamation Trust Fund

17  established pursuant to s. 211.3103.

18         (d)(h)  The Phosphate Research Trust Fund established

19  pursuant to s. 211.3103.

20         (e)(i)  The Land Reclamation Trust Fund established

21  pursuant to s. 211.32(1)(f).

22         (f)(j)  The Educational Certification and Service Trust

23  Fund created by s. 1012.59.

24         (g)(k)  The trust funds administered by the Division of

25  Historical Resources of the Department of State.

26         (h)(l)  The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund

27  created by s. 370.0603, with the exception of those fees

28  collected for recreational saltwater fishing licenses as

29  provided in s. 372.57.

30         (m)  The Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund created

31  pursuant to s. 336.025.

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 1         (i)(n)  The Florida Public Service Regulatory Trust

 2  Fund established pursuant to s. 350.113.

 3         (j)(o)  The State Game Trust Fund established by s.

 4  372.09.

 5         (k)(p)  The Special Disability Trust Fund created by s.

 6  440.49.

 7         (l)(q)  The Workers' Compensation Administration Trust

 8  Fund created by s. 440.50(1)(a).

 9         (m)(r)  The Employment Security Administration Trust

10  Fund created by s. 443.211(1).

11         (n)(s)  The Special Employment Security Administration

12  Trust Fund created by s. 443.211(2).

13         (o)(t)  The Professional Regulation Trust Fund

14  established pursuant to s. 455.219.

15         (p)(u)  The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

16  Trust Fund.

17         (q)(v)  The Division of Licensing Trust Fund

18  established pursuant to s. 493.6117.

19         (r)(w)  The Division of Florida Land Sales,

20  Condominiums, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund established pursuant

21  to s. 498.019.

22         (s)(x)  The trust fund of the Division of Hotels and

23  Restaurants, as defined in s. 509.072, with the exception of

24  those fees collected for the purpose of funding of the

25  hospitality education program as stated in s. 509.302.

26         (t)(y)  The trust funds administered by the Division of

27  Pari-mutuel Wagering and the Florida Quarter Horse Racing

28  Promotion Trust Fund.

29         (u)(z)  The General Inspection Trust Fund and

30  subsidiary accounts thereof, unless a different percentage is

31  authorized by s. 570.20.

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 1         (v)(aa)  The Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund

 2  created by s. 601.15(7), including transfers from any

 3  subsidiary accounts thereof, unless a different percentage is

 4  authorized in that section.

 5         (w)(bb)  The Agents and Solicitors County Tax Trust

 6  Fund created by s. 624.506.

 7         (x)(cc)  The Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Trust

 8  Fund created by s. 624.523.

 9         (y)(dd)  The Financial Institutions' Regulatory Trust

10  Fund established pursuant to s. 655.049.

11         (z)(ee)  The Crimes Compensation Trust Fund established

12  pursuant to s. 960.21.

13         (aa)(ff)  The Records Management Trust Fund established

14  pursuant to s. 257.375.

15         (bb)(gg)  The Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund

16  established pursuant to s. 561.025.

17         (cc)(hh)  The Health Care Trust Fund established

18  pursuant to s. 408.16.

19         (dd)(ii)  The Police and Firefighters' Premium Tax

20  Trust Fund established within the Department of Management

21  Services.

22  

23  The enumeration of the foregoing moneys or trust funds shall

24  not prohibit the applicability thereto of s. 215.24 should the

25  Governor determine that for the reasons mentioned in s. 215.24

26  the money or trust funds should be exempt herefrom, as it is

27  the purpose of this law to exempt income from its force and

28  effect when, by the operation of this law, federal matching

29  funds or contributions or private grants to any trust fund

30  would be lost to the state.

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 1         Section 5.  Subsection (1) of section 215.22, Florida

 2  Statutes, is amended to read:

 3         215.22  Certain income and certain trust funds

 4  exempt.--

 5         (1)  The following income of a revenue nature or the

 6  following trust funds shall be exempt from the appropriation

 7  required by s. 215.20(1):

 8         (a)  Student financial aid or prepaid tuition receipts.

 9         (b)  Trust funds administered by the Department of the

10  Lottery.

11         (c)  Departmental administrative assessments for

12  administrative divisions.

13         (d)  Funds charged by a state agency for services

14  provided to another state agency, by a state agency for

15  services provided to the judicial branch, or by the judicial

16  branch for services provided to a state agency.

17         (e)  State, agency, or political subdivision

18  investments by the Treasurer.

19         (f)  Retirement or employee benefit funds.

20         (g)  Self-insurance programs administered by the

21  Treasurer.

22         (h)  Funds held for the payment of citrus canker

23  eradication and compensation.

24         (i)  Medicaid, Medicare, or third-party receipts for

25  client custodial care.

26         (j)  Bond proceeds or revenues dedicated for bond

27  repayment, except for the Documentary Stamp Clearing Trust

28  Fund administered by the Department of Revenue.

29         (k)  Trust funds administered by the Department of

30  Education.

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 1         (l)  Trust funds administered by the Department of

 2  Transportation.

 3         (m)  The following trust funds administered by the

 4  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:

 5         1.  The Citrus Inspection Trust Fund.

 6         2.  The Florida Forever Program Trust Fund.

 7         3.  The Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund.

 8         4.  The Market Improvements Working Capital Trust Fund.

 9         5.  The Pest Control Trust Fund.

10         6.  The Plant Industry Trust Fund.

11         (n)  The Motor Vehicle License Clearing Trust Fund.

12         (o)  The Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.

13         (p)  The Coconut Grove Playhouse Trust Fund.

14         (q)  The Communications Working Capital Trust Fund of

15  the Department of Management Services.

16         (r)  The Camp Blanding Management Trust Fund.

17         (s)  That portion of the Highway Safety Operating Trust

18  Fund funded by the motorcycle safety education fee collected

19  pursuant to s. 320.08(1)(c).

20         (t)  Tobacco Settlement Trust Funds administered by any

21  agency.

22         (u)  The Save Our Everglades Trust Fund.

23         (v)  The Florida Center for Nursing Trust Fund.

24         (w)  The Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund.

25         (x)  All taxes levied on motor fuels other than

26  gasoline levied pursuant to s. 206.87(1)(a).

27         (y)  The State Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

28  Fund established pursuant to s. 206.879(1).

29         (z)  The Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

30  Fund established pursuant to s. 206.879(2).

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 1         (aa)  The Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund created

 2  pursuant to s. 336.025.

 3         Section 6.  Use of revenues derived from elimination of

 4  deduction of service charges.--Beginning July 1, 2003, the

 5  increased revenues derived from the elimination of the

 6  deduction of the service charges imposed under section

 7  215.20(1) and (3), Florida Statutes, and from the Fuel Tax

 8  Collection Trust Fund, the State Alternative Fuel User Fee

 9  Clearing Trust Fund, the Local Alternative Fuel User Fee

10  Clearing Trust Fund, the Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund, and

11  taxes on motor fuels other than gasoline levied under section

12  206.87(1)(a), Florida Statutes, shall be deposited in the

13  State Transportation Trust Fund and used to fund the County

14  Incentive Grant Program, except that the increased revenues

15  derived from the elimination of the deduction of the service

16  charge imposed under section 215.20(1), Florida Statutes, and

17  from the proceeds of any tax levied by a county under section

18  336.025(1)(b), Florida Statutes, shall be returned directly to

19  the county levying such tax.

20         Section 7.  Subsection (3) of section 215.211, Florida

21  Statutes, is repealed.

22         Section 8.  Subsection (1) of section 206.875, Florida

23  Statutes, is amended to read:

24         206.875  Allocation of tax.--

25         (1)  All moneys derived from the taxes imposed by this

26  part shall be paid into the State Treasury by the department

27  for deposit in the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, from which

28  the following transfers shall be made: After withholding

29  $10,000 from the proceeds of 4 cents of such tax, to be used

30  as a revolving cash balance, all other moneys shall be

31  transferred in the same manner and for the same purpose as

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 1  provided by law for allocation of the taxes levied in part I,

 2  including deduction of the service charges provided for in s.

 3  215.20 and the administrative costs incurred by the department

 4  in collecting, administering, enforcing, and distributing the

 5  tax, which administrative costs may not exceed 2 percent of

 6  collections.

 7         Section 9.  Section 206.879, Florida Statutes, is

 8  amended to read:

 9         206.879  State and local alternative fuel user fee

10  clearing trust funds; distribution.--

11         (1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 206.875, the

12  revenues from the state alternative fuel fees imposed by s.

13  206.877 shall be deposited into the State Alternative Fuel

14  User Fee Clearing Trust Fund, which is hereby created.  After

15  deducting the service charges provided in s. 215.20, The

16  proceeds in this trust fund shall be distributed as follows:

17  one-fifth of the proceeds in calendar year 1991, one-third of

18  the proceeds in calendar year 1992, three-sevenths of the

19  proceeds in calendar year 1993, and one-half of the proceeds

20  in each calendar year thereafter shall be transferred to the

21  State Transportation Trust Fund; the remainder shall be

22  distributed as follows:  50 percent shall be transferred to

23  the State Board of Administration for distribution according

24  to the provisions of s. 16, Art. IX of the State Constitution

25  of 1885, as amended; 25 percent shall be transferred to the

26  Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities; and the

27  remaining 25 percent shall be distributed using the formula

28  contained in s. 206.60(1).

29         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 206.875, the

30  revenues from the local alternative fuel fees imposed in lieu

31  of s. 206.87(1)(b) or (c) shall be deposited into the Local

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 1  Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust Fund, which is hereby

 2  created.  After deducting the service charges provided in s.

 3  215.20, The proceeds in this trust fund shall be returned

 4  monthly to the appropriate county.

 5         Section 10.  Section 206.9845, Florida Statutes, is

 6  amended to read:

 7         206.9845  Distribution of proceeds.--Moneys collected

 8  pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the Fuel Tax

 9  Collection Trust Fund. Such moneys, after deducting the

10  service charges imposed by s. 215.20, the refunds granted

11  pursuant to s. 206.9855, and the administrative costs incurred

12  by the department in collecting, administering, enforcing, and

13  distributing the tax, which administrative costs may not

14  exceed 2 percent of collections, shall be distributed monthly

15  to the State Transportation Trust Fund.

16         Section 11.  Subsection (1) of section 206.9945,

17  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

18         206.9945  Funds collected; disposition; department

19  authority.--

20         (1)  The department shall deposit all funds received

21  and collected by it under this part into the Fuel Tax

22  Collection Trust Fund to be transferred, less the costs of

23  administration and less the service charges to be deducted

24  pursuant to s. 215.20, as follows:

25         (a)  Moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.9935(1) shall

26  be transferred to the Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund as

27  provided in s. 376.11;

28         (b)  Moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.9935(2) shall

29  be transferred to the Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund as

30  provided in s. 376.307; and

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 1         (c)  Moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.9935(3), less

 2  any refunds granted under s. 206.9942, shall be transferred to

 3  the Inland Protection Trust Fund as provided in s. 376.3071.

 4         Section 12.  Subsection (6) of section 212.0501,

 5  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 6         212.0501  Tax on diesel fuel for business purposes;

 7  purchase, storage, and use.--

 8         (6)  All taxes required to be paid on fuel used in

 9  self-propelled off-road equipment shall be deposited in the

10  Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, to be distributed, after

11  deduction of the general revenue service charge pursuant to s.

12  215.20, to the State Transportation Trust Fund.  The

13  department shall, each month, make a transfer, from general

14  revenue collections, equal to such use tax reported on

15  dealers' sales and use tax returns.

16         Section 13.  Subsection (4) of section 320.072, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         320.072  Additional fee imposed on certain motor

19  vehicle registration transactions.--

20         (4)  A tax collector or other duly authorized agent of

21  the department shall promptly remit all moneys collected

22  pursuant to this section, less any refunds granted pursuant to

23  subsection (3), to the department. The department shall

24  deposit 30 percent of such moneys as they are received into

25  the General Revenue Fund. The remainder of the proceeds, after

26  deducting the service charge imposed by s. 215.20, shall be

27  deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund. Thirty

28  percent of such moneys shall fund the County Incentive Grant

29  Program provided in s. 339.2817.

30         Section 14.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

31  336.025, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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 1         336.025  County transportation system; levy of local

 2  option fuel tax on motor fuel and diesel fuel.--

 3         (2)(a)  The tax levied pursuant to paragraph (1)(a)

 4  shall be collected and remitted in the same manner provided by

 5  ss. 206.41(1)(e) and 206.87(1)(c). The tax levied pursuant to

 6  paragraph (1)(b) shall be collected and remitted in the same

 7  manner provided by s. 206.41(1)(e). The taxes remitted

 8  pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the Local

 9  Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund, which fund is created for

10  distribution to the county and eligible municipal governments

11  within the county in which the tax was collected and which

12  fund is subject to the service charge imposed in chapter 215.

13  The tax shall be distributed monthly by the department in the

14  same manner provided by s. 336.021(1)(c) and (d). The

15  department shall deduct the administrative costs incurred by

16  it in collecting, administering, enforcing, and distributing

17  back to the counties the tax, which administrative costs may

18  not exceed 2 percent of collections authorized by this

19  section. The total administrative costs shall be prorated

20  among those counties levying the tax according to the

21  following formula, which shall be revised on July 1 of each

22  year:  Two-thirds of the amount deducted shall be based on the

23  county's proportional share of the number of dealers who are

24  registered for purposes of chapter 212 on June 30 of the

25  preceding state fiscal year, and one-third of the amount

26  deducted shall be based on the county's share of the total

27  amount of the tax collected during the preceding state fiscal

28  year. The department has the authority to prescribe and

29  publish all forms upon which reports shall be made to it and

30  other forms and records deemed to be necessary for proper

31  administration and collection of the taxes levied by any

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 1  county and shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary for

 2  the enforcement of this section, which rules shall have the

 3  full force and effect of law.  The provisions of ss. 206.026,

 4  206.027, 206.028, 206.051, 206.052, 206.054, 206.055, 206.06,

 5  206.07, 206.075, 206.08, 206.09, 206.095, 206.10, 206.11,

 6  206.12, 206.13, 206.14, 206.15, 206.16, 206.17, 206.175,

 7  206.18, 206.199, 206.20, 206.204, 206.205, 206.21, 206.215,

 8  206.22, 206.24, 206.27, 206.28, 206.41, 206.416, 206.44,

 9  206.45, 206.48, 206.49, 206.56, 206.59, 206.626, 206.87,

10  206.872, 206.873, 206.8735, 206.874, 206.8741, 206.94, and

11  206.945 shall, as far as practicable, be applicable to the

12  levy and collection of taxes imposed pursuant to this section

13  as if fully set out in this section.

14         Section 15.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in

15  this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Eliminates a number of diversions from the State
      Transportation Trust Fund and redirects them to a
20    combination of the County Incentive Grant Program, local
      sources, and the State Transportation Trust Fund.
21    Provides for continued funding of state, regional, and
      local transportation projects.
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