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