CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 12-A
    Amendment No. 3h   Barcode 752370
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11  The Conference Committee on SB 12-A recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Conference Committee Amendment (with title amendment) 
15          Delete everything following the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  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
22  of department; operational expense; refund of taxes
23  adjudicated unconstitutionally collected.--
24         (6)  Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter
25  and s. 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.
28  202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be distributed as follows:
29         1.  In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million,
30  minus an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the
31  taxes collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5 percent of all
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 12-A Amendment No. 3h Barcode 752370 1 other taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter or 2 remitted pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be 3 deposited in monthly installments into the General Revenue 4 Fund. 5 2. Two-tenths of one percent shall be transferred to 6 the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund to be used 7 for water quality improvement and water restoration projects. 8 3. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and 9 2., 9.653 percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer 10 located within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61 11 shall be transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales 12 Tax Clearing Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2003, the amount to 13 be transferred pursuant to this subparagraph to the Local 14 Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund shall be 15 reduced by 0.1 percent and the department shall distribute 16 this amount to the Public Employees Relations Commission Trust 17 Fund less $5,000 each month, which shall be added to the 18 amount calculated in subparagraph 4. and distributed 19 accordingly. 20 4. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1., 2., 21 and 3., 0.065 percent shall be transferred to the Local 22 Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and 23 distributed pursuant to s. 218.65. 24 5. For proceeds received after July 1, 2000, and after 25 the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3., and 4., 2.25 26 percent of the available proceeds pursuant to this paragraph 27 shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund 28 for Counties pursuant to s. 218.215. 29 6. For proceeds received after July 1, 2000, and after 30 the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3., and 4., 31 1.0715 percent of the available proceeds pursuant to this 2 5:05 PM 05/19/03 c0012Ac-3h
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 12-A Amendment No. 3h Barcode 752370 1 paragraph shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing 2 Trust Fund for Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If the 3 total revenue to be distributed pursuant to this subparagraph 4 is at least as great as the amount due from the Revenue 5 Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the Municipal 6 Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year 7 1999-2000, no municipality shall receive less than the amount 8 due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and 9 the Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal 10 year 1999-2000. If the total proceeds to be distributed are 11 less than the amount received in combination from the Revenue 12 Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the Municipal 13 Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year 14 1999-2000, each municipality shall receive an amount 15 proportionate to the amount it was due in state fiscal year 16 1999-2000. 17 7. Of the remaining proceeds: 18 a. Beginning July 1, 2000, and in each fiscal year 19 thereafter, the sum of $29,915,500 shall be divided into as 20 many equal parts as there are counties in the state, and one 21 part shall be distributed to each county. The distribution 22 among the several counties shall begin each fiscal year on or 23 before January 5th and shall continue monthly for a total of 4 24 months. If a local or special law required that any moneys 25 accruing to a county in fiscal year 1999-2000 under the 26 then-existing provisions of s. 550.135 be paid directly to the 27 district school board, special district, or a municipal 28 government, such payment shall continue until such time that 29 the local or special law is amended or repealed. The state 30 covenants with holders of bonds or other instruments of 31 indebtedness issued by local governments, special districts, 3 5:05 PM 05/19/03 c0012Ac-3h
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 12-A Amendment No. 3h Barcode 752370 1 or district school boards prior to July 1, 2000, that it is 2 not the intent of this subparagraph to adversely affect the 3 rights of those holders or relieve local governments, special 4 districts, or district school boards of the duty to meet their 5 obligations as a result of previous pledges or assignments or 6 trusts entered into which obligated funds received from the 7 distribution to county governments under then-existing s. 8 550.135. This distribution specifically is in lieu of funds 9 distributed under s. 550.135 prior to July 1, 2000. 10 b. The department shall distribute $166,667 monthly 11 pursuant to s. 288.1162 to each applicant that has been 12 certified as a "facility for a new professional sports 13 franchise" or a "facility for a retained professional sports 14 franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162. Up to $41,667 shall be 15 distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that 16 has been certified as a "facility for a retained spring 17 training franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162; however, not more 18 than $208,335 may be distributed monthly in the aggregate to 19 all certified facilities for a retained spring training 20 franchise. Distributions shall begin 60 days following such 21 certification and shall continue for not more than 30 years. 22 Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to 23 allow an applicant certified pursuant to s. 288.1162 to 24 receive more in distributions than actually expended by the 25 applicant for the public purposes provided for in s. 26 288.1162(6). However, a certified applicant is entitled to 27 receive distributions up to the maximum amount allowable and 28 undistributed under this section for additional renovations 29 and improvements to the facility for the franchise without 30 additional certification. 31 c. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of 4 5:05 PM 05/19/03 c0012Ac-3h
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 12-A Amendment No. 3h Barcode 752370 1 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of 2 Revenue that an applicant has been certified as the 3 professional golf hall of fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is 4 open to the public, $166,667 shall be distributed monthly, for 5 up to 300 months, to the applicant. 6 d. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of 7 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of 8 Revenue that the applicant has been certified as the 9 International Game Fish Association World Center facility 10 pursuant to s. 288.1169, and the facility is open to the 11 public, $83,333 shall be distributed monthly, for up to 168 12 months, to the applicant. This distribution is subject to 13 reduction pursuant to s. 288.1169. A lump sum payment of 14 $999,996 shall be made, after certification and before July 1, 15 2000. 16 8. All other proceeds shall remain with the General 17 Revenue Fund. 18 Section 2. If any law amended by this act was also 19 amended by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of the 20 Legislature, such laws shall be construed as if they had been 21 enacted at the same session of the Legislature, and full 22 effect shall be given to each if possible. 23 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. 24 25 26 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 27 And the title is amended as follows: 28 Delete everything before the enacting clause 29 30 and insert: 31 A bill to be entitled 5 5:05 PM 05/19/03 c0012Ac-3h
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 12-A Amendment No. 3h Barcode 752370 1 An act relating to the Public Employees 2 Relations Commission; amending s. 212.20, F.S.; 3 providing for deposit into the Public Employees 4 Relations Commission Trust Fund of certain 5 proceeds of the local government half-cent 6 sales tax that would otherwise be deposited 7 into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax 8 Clearing Trust Fund; providing for a subsequent 9 distribution; providing for construction of the 10 act in pari materia with laws enacted during 11 the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature; 12 providing an effective date. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 6 5:05 PM 05/19/03 c0012Ac-3h