HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 12A
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Brummer offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove everything after the enacting clause, and insert:
16	Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
17	212.20, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 1 of chapter
18	2002-291, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
19	212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of
20	department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated
21	unconstitutionally collected.--
22	(6) Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter and s.
23	202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be as follows:
24	(d) The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed
25	pursuant to this chapter or remitted pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b)
26	and (2)(b) shall be distributed as follows:
27	1. In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million, minus
28	an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the taxes
29	collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5 percent of all other
30	taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter or remitted
31	pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be deposited in
32	monthly installments into the General Revenue Fund.
33	2. Two-tenths of one percent shall be transferred to the
34	Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund to be used for
35	water quality improvement and water restoration projects.
36	3. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and 2.,
37	9.653 percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer
38	located within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61
39	shall be transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales
40	Tax Clearing Trust Fund. Before transferring the amount set
41	forth in this subparagraph, the department shall distribute
42	$133,333 monthly to the Public Employees Relations Commission
43	Trust Fund.
44	4. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1., 2., and
45	3., 0.065 percent shall be transferred to the Local Government
46	Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and distributed pursuant
47	to s. 218.65.
48	5. For proceeds received after July 1, 2000, and after the
49	distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3., and 4., 2.25
50	percent of the available proceeds pursuant to this paragraph
51	shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund
52	for Counties pursuant to s. 218.215.
53	6. For proceeds received after July 1, 2000, and after the
54	distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3., and 4., 1.0715
55	percent of the available proceeds pursuant to this paragraph
56	shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund
57	for Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If the total revenue
58	to be distributed pursuant to this subparagraph is at least as
59	great as the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
60	Municipalities and the Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund
61	in state fiscal year 1999-2000, no municipality shall receive
62	less than the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
63	Municipalities and the Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund
64	in state fiscal year 1999-2000. If the total proceeds to be
65	distributed are less than the amount received in combination
66	from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the
67	Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year
68	1999-2000, each municipality shall receive an amount
69	proportionate to the amount it was due in state fiscal year
70	1999-2000.
71	7. Of the remaining proceeds:
72	a. Beginning July 1, 2000, and in each fiscal year
73	thereafter, the sum of $29,915,500 shall be divided into as many
74	equal parts as there are counties in the state, and one part
75	shall be distributed to each county. The distribution among the
76	several counties shall begin each fiscal year on or before
77	January 5th and shall continue monthly for a total of 4 months.
78	If a local or special law required that any moneys accruing to a
79	county in fiscal year 1999-2000 under the then-existing
80	provisions of s. 550.135 be paid directly to the district school
81	board, special district, or a municipal government, such payment
82	shall continue until such time that the local or special law is
83	amended or repealed. The state covenants with holders of bonds
84	or other instruments of indebtedness issued by local
85	governments, special districts, or district school boards prior
86	to July 1, 2000, that it is not the intent of this subparagraph
87	to adversely affect the rights of those holders or relieve local
88	governments, special districts, or district school boards of the
89	duty to meet their obligations as a result of previous pledges
90	or assignments or trusts entered into which obligated funds
91	received from the distribution to county governments under then-
92	existing s. 550.135. This distribution specifically is in lieu
93	of funds distributed under s. 550.135 prior to July 1, 2000.
94	b. The department shall distribute $166,667 monthly
95	pursuant to s. 288.1162 to each applicant that has been
96	certified as a "facility for a new professional sports
97	franchise" or a "facility for a retained professional sports
98	franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162. Up to $41,667 shall be
99	distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that has
100	been certified as a "facility for a retained spring training
101	franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162; however, not more than
102	$208,335 may be distributed monthly in the aggregate to all
103	certified facilities for a retained spring training franchise.
104	Distributions shall begin 60 days following such certification
105	and shall continue for not more than 30 years. Nothing contained
106	in this paragraph shall be construed to allow an applicant
107	certified pursuant to s. 288.1162 to receive more in
108	distributions than actually expended by the applicant for the
109	public purposes provided for in s. 288.1162(6). However, a
110	certified applicant is entitled to receive distributions up to
111	the maximum amount allowable and undistributed under this
112	section for additional renovations and improvements to the
113	facility for the franchise without additional certification.
114	c. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of
115	Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of
116	Revenue that an applicant has been certified as the professional
117	golf hall of fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is open to the
118	public, $166,667 shall be distributed monthly, for up to 300
119	months, to the applicant.
120	d. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of
121	Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of
122	Revenue that the applicant has been certified as the
123	International Game Fish Association World Center facility
124	pursuant to s. 288.1169, and the facility is open to the public,
125	$83,333 shall be distributed monthly, for up to 168 months, to
126	the applicant. This distribution is subject to reduction
127	pursuant to s. 288.1169. A lump sum payment of $999,996 shall be
128	made, after certification and before July 1, 2000.
129	8. All other proceeds shall remain with the General
130	Revenue Fund.
131	Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 447.305, Florida
132	Statutes, is amended to read:
133	447.305 Registration of employee organization.--
134	(3) A registration fee shall accompany each application
135	filed with the commission. The amount charged for an application
136	for registration or renewal of registration shall not exceed
137	$140$15. All such money collected by the commission shall be
138	deposited in the Public Employees Relations Commission Trust
139	General RevenueFund.
140	Section 3. If any law amended by this act was also amended
141	by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature,
142	such laws shall be construed as if they had been enacted at the
143	same session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be given
144	to each if possible.
145	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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148	Remove the entire title, and insert:
149	A bill to be entitled
150	An act relating to the Public Employees Relations
151	Commission; amending s. 212.20, F.S.; providing for
152	deposit into the Public Employees Relations Commission
153	Trust Fund of certain proceeds of the local government
154	half-cent sales tax that would otherwise be deposited into
155	the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust
156	Fund; amending s. 447.305, F.S.; increasing the fee for
157	registration or renewal of registration of employee
158	organizations seeking to become certified bargaining
159	agents for public employees; providing for deposit of the
160	proceeds of such fees into the Public Employees Relations
161	Commission Trust Fund; providing for construction of the
162	act in pari materia with laws enacted during the 2003
163	Regular Session of the Legislature; providing an effective
164	date.