HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 16A
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Kosmas offered the following:
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14	Amendment to Amendment (453207) (with directory and title
15	amendments)
16	Remove line(s) 18-337, and insert:
17	1. The Coconut Grove Playhouse Trust Fund, FLAIR number
18	45-2-097.
19	2. The Public Access Data Systems Trust Fund, FLAIR number
20	45-2-542.
21	(b) Within the Department of Transportation, the Turnpike
22	Controlled Access Trust Fund, FLAIR number 55-2-334.
23	(2) Unless otherwise provided, all current balances
24	remaining in, and all revenues of, each trust fund terminated by
25	this act shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
26	(3) For each trust fund terminated by this act, the agency
27	that administers the trust fund shall pay any outstanding debts
28	and obligations of the terminated fund as soon as practicable,
29	and the Chief Financial Officer shall close out and remove the
30	terminated fund from the various state accounting systems using
31	generally accepted accounting principles concerning warrants
32	outstanding, assets, and liabilities.
33	Section 2. Section 15.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to
34	read:
35	15.09 Fees.--
36	(1) The fees, except as provided by law, to be collected
37	by the Department of State, are:
38	(a) For searching of papers or records, $3.50, except that
39	there shall be no charge for telephone requests for general
40	corporate information, including the corporation's status, names
41	of officers and directors, address of principal place of
42	business, and name and address of resident agent.
43	(b) For providing a certificate with seal, $8.75; however,
44	no fee shall be charged for providing a certificate with seal to
45	any officer appointed to an office requiring Senate
46	confirmation.
47	(c) For furnishing statistical information and for copying
48	any document not mentioned, $1 per page or fraction thereof.
49	(2) The department may in its discretion establish a
50	reasonable fee for filing or copying any document or instrument
51	not mentioned herein or provided for in other laws.
52	(3) All fees arising from certificates of election or
53	appointment to office and from commissions to officers shall be
54	paid to the Treasurer for deposit in the General Revenue Fund.
55	(4) All funds collected by the Division of Corporations of
56	the department shall be deposited in the Corporations Trust
57	Fund.
58	(5)(a) There is created within the Department of State a
59	Public Access Data Systems Trust Fund, which shall be used by
60	the department to purchase information systems and equipment
61	that provide greater public accessibility to the information and
62	records maintained by it. Notwithstanding any other provision of
63	law, the Divisions of Licensing, Elections, and Corporations of
64	the department shall transfer each fiscal year to the Public
65	Access Data Systems Trust Fund from their respective trust
66	funds:
67	1. An amount equal to 2 percent of all revenues received
68	for the processing of documents, filings, or information
69	requests.
70	2. All public access network revenues collected pursuant
71	to s. 15.16 or s. 119.085.
72	(b) Funds from the Public Access Data Systems Trust Fund
73	may be appropriated for the operations of the department.
74	Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 215.22, Florida
75	Statutes, as amended by section 63 of chapter 2002-402, Laws of
76	Florida, is amended to read:
77	215.22 Certain income and certain trust funds exempt.--
78	(1) The following income of a revenue nature or the
79	following trust funds shall be exempt from the deduction
80	required by s. 215.20(1):
81	(a) Student financial aid or prepaid tuition receipts.
82	(b) Trust funds administered by the Department of the
83	Lottery.
84	(c) Departmental administrative assessments for
85	administrative divisions.
86	(d) Funds charged by a state agency for services provided
87	to another state agency, by a state agency for services provided
88	to the judicial branch, or by the judicial branch for services
89	provided to a state agency.
90	(e) State, agency, or political subdivision investments by
91	the Chief Financial OfficerTreasurer.
92	(f) Retirement or employee benefit funds.
93	(g) Self-insurance programs administered by the Chief
94	Financial OfficerTreasurer.
95	(h) Funds held for the payment of citrus canker
96	eradication and compensation.
97	(i) Medicaid, Medicare, or third-party receipts for client
98	custodial care.
99	(j) Bond proceeds or revenues dedicated for bond
100	repayment, except for the Documentary Stamp Clearing Trust Fund
101	administered by the Department of Revenue.
102	(k) Trust funds administered by the Department of
103	Education.
104	(l) Trust funds administered by the Department of
105	Transportation.
106	(m) Trust funds administered by the Department of
107	Agriculture and Consumer Services.
108	(n) The Motor Vehicle License Clearing Trust Fund.
109	(o) The Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.
110	(p) The Coconut Grove Playhouse Trust Fund.
111	(p)(q)The Communications Working Capital Trust Fund of
112	the Department of Management Services.
113	(q)(r)The Camp Blanding Management Trust Fund.
114	(r)(s)The Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund.
115	(s)(t)That portion of the Highway Safety Operating Trust
116	Fund funded by the motorcycle safety education fee collected
117	pursuant to s. 320.08(1)(c).
118	(t)(u)The Save the Manatee Trust Fund.
119	(u)(v)Tobacco Settlement Trust Funds administered by any
120	agency.
121	(v)(w)The Save Our Everglades Trust Fund.
122	(w)(x)The Florida Center for Nursing Trust Fund.
123	Section 4. Subsection (12) of section 320.08058, Florida
124	Statutes, is amended to read:
125	320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
126	(12) FLORIDA ARTS LICENSE PLATES.--
127	(a) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
128	shall develop a Florida arts license plate as provided in this
129	section. In small letters, the word "Florida" must appear at the
130	top of the plate, and the word "Art" or "Arts" or a combination
131	of words including the word "Art" or "Arts" may appear at the
132	bottom of the plate.
133	(b) The license plate annual use fees are to be annually
134	distributed as follows:
135	1. All fees collected must be forwarded quarterly to the
136	single arts council officially designated by the county in
137	direct proportion to the amounts of fees collected in each
138	county. If there is no county arts council, fees collected must
139	be forwarded to such other agency in the county as the highest
140	ranking county administrative official designates, to be applied
141	by the arts council or agency to support arts organizations,
142	arts programs, and arts activities within the countyDivision of
143	Cultural Affairs of the Department of State, together with a
144	report setting forth the amount of such fees collected in each
145	county, and must be deposited into the Florida Fine Arts Trust
146	Fund.
147	2. The Division of Cultural Affairs shall distribute the
148	fees forwarded to it by the department to the counties in the
149	amounts set forth in the report required under subparagraph 1.,
150	in each case to the county arts council for such county or, if
151	there is none, to such other agency in the county as the
152	division designates, to be applied by the council or agency to
153	support art organizations, programs, and activities within the
154	county.
155	(c) The Division of Cultural Affairs shall have the
156	authority to administer this subsection under rules established
157	by the Division of Cultural Affairs. The agency may adopt only
158	rules that implement, interpret, or make specific the particular
159	powers and duties granted by this subsection.
160	Section 5. A project that is ranked but not funded for the
161	fiscal year 2003-2004 grant cycle under the Department of
162	State's Historical Facilities Special Category Fixed Capital
163	Outlay Grants Program, Cultural Facilities Fixed Capital Outlay
164	Grants Program, Regional Cultural Facilities Grants Program, or
165	Library Construction Fixed Capital Outlay Grants Program shall,
166	if it continues to meet applicable criteria for the grant
167	program for which it is ranked, maintain its relative ranking
168	for the fiscal year 2004-2005 grant cycle and shall receive
169	priority ranking over new projects applying for the fiscal year
170	2004-2005 grant cycle.
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173	Remove line(s) 353-382, and insert:
174	15.09, F.S.; deleting a provision that created and provided uses
175	of the Public Access Data Systems Trust Fund, to conform;
176	amending s. 215.22, F.S.; deleting a reference to the Coconut
177	Grove Playhouse Trust Fund, to conform; updating references to
178	the Treasurer; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; changing the
179	distribution of proceeds of the Florida arts license plate
180	annual use fees; directing maintenance of priority rankings for
181	certain Department of State grant programs for fiscal year 2004-
182	2005 grant cycles; providing