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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2314

    By Senator Wilson





    33-1352A-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the tax on intangible

  3         personal property; amending s. 199.032, F.S.;

  4         revising the tax rate; amending s. 199.292,

  5         F.S.; providing for the disbursement of

  6         portions of the collected taxes from the

  7         Intangible Tax Trust Fund for various purposes;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 199.032, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         199.032  Levy of annual tax.--An annual tax of 2 mills

15  1 mill is imposed on each dollar of the just valuation of all

16  intangible personal property that has a taxable situs in this

17  state, except for notes and other obligations for the payment

18  of money, other than bonds, which are secured by mortgage,

19  deed of trust, or other lien upon real property situated in

20  the state. This tax shall be assessed and collected as

21  provided in this chapter.

22         Section 2.  Present subsection (3) of section 199.292,

23  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (4), and a new

24  subsection (3) is added to that section, to read:

25         199.292  Disposition of intangible personal property

26  taxes.--All intangible personal property taxes collected

27  pursuant to this chapter shall be placed in a special fund

28  designated as the "Intangible Tax Trust Fund." The fund shall

29  be disbursed as follows:

30         (3)  Of the intangible personal property taxes

31  collected and remaining in the Intangible Tax Trust Fund after

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 1  funds are appropriated under subsections (1) and (2), there is

 2  appropriated annually:

 3         (a)  To the Educational Aids Trust Fund, the sum of

 4  $200 million to increase the salaries of teachers in the

 5  public school system.

 6         (b)  To the Department of Health Grants and Donations

 7  Trust Fund, 4.5 percent to increase funding for education and

 8  prevention of the spreading of the HIV/AIDS virus in

 9  African-American, Haitian, Hispanic, and other minority

10  communities; to test inmates in jails; and to increase funding

11  for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and for the care

12  of patients who have HIV/AIDS.

13         (c)  To the Agency for Health Care Administration

14  Grants and Donations Trust Fund, 2.45 percent to increase

15  funding for any program passed by the Legislature which helps

16  senior citizens purchase drugs.

17         (d)  To the Department of Children and Family Services

18  Grants and Donations Trust Fund, 1.2 percent to increase

19  monitoring of children from age 3 to school-entry age who are

20  under the care of the Department of Children and Family

21  Services.

22         (e)  To the Department of Law Enforcement Grants and

23  Donations Trust Fund, 1.2 percent for a grant program to local

24  law enforcement agencies and sheriffs' offices to lessen the

25  impact of the loss of staff due to the activation of National

26  Guard units and to a grant program that is created for the

27  purpose of paying members of the Florida Highway Patrol

28  Auxiliary during a state emergency. The programs funded under

29  this paragraph are to ensure the safety of the residents of

30  this state.

31         Section 3.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.

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 2                          SENATE SUMMARY

 3    Raises the rate of the tax on intangible personal
      property from 1 mill to 2 mills. Provides for the
 4    disbursement of specified amounts of the collected
      intangible personal property taxes from the Intangible
 5    Tax Trust Fund for various purposes, including increasing
      the salaries of public school teachers; increasing
 6    funding for HIV/AIDS education and prevention in minority
      communities; testing jail inmates; increasing funding for
 7    other AIDS-related programs; helping senior citizens
      purchase drugs; improving the monitoring of children who
 8    are younger than school age and are under the care of the
      state; and providing grants to law enforcement to enhance
 9    public safety.

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