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11 The Conference Committee on CS for SB 8-A recommended the
12 following amendment:
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14 Conference Committee Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. Section 215.20, Florida Statutes, as
19 amended by section 61 of chapter 2002-402, Laws of Florida, is
20 amended to read:
21 (Substantial rewording of section. See
22 s. 215.20, F.S., for present text.)
23 215.20 Certain income and certain trust funds to
24 contribute to the General Revenue Fund.--
25 (1) A service charge of 7 percent, representing the
26 estimated pro rata share of the cost of general government
27 paid from the General Revenue Fund, is hereby appropriated
28 from all income of a revenue nature deposited in all trust
29 funds except those enumerated in s. 215.22. Income of a
30 revenue nature shall include all earnings received or credited
31 by such trust funds, including the interest or benefit
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1 received from the investment of the principal of such trust
2 funds as may be permitted by law. This provision shall be
3 construed in favor of the General Revenue Fund in each
4 instance. All such appropriations shall be deposited in the
5 General Revenue Fund.
6 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1):
7 (a) The trust funds of the Department of Citrus and
8 the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, including
9 funds collected in the General Inspection Trust Fund for
10 marketing orders and in the Florida Citrus Advertising Trust
11 Fund, shall be subject to a 3-percent service charge, which is
12 hereby appropriated to the General Revenue Fund. This
13 paragraph does not apply to the Conservation and Recreation
14 Lands Program Trust Fund, the Florida Quarter Horse Racing
15 Promotion Trust Fund, the Citrus Inspection Trust Fund, the
16 Florida Forever Program Trust Fund, the Florida Preservation
17 2000 Trust Fund, the Market Improvements Working Capital Trust
18 Fund, the Pest Control Trust Fund, the Plant Industry Trust
19 Fund, or other funds collected in the General Inspection Trust
20 Fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
21 (b) The Save the Manatee Trust Fund in the Fish and
22 Wildlife Conservation Commission shall be subject to a
23 3-percent service charge, which is hereby appropriated to the
24 General Revenue Fund.
25 (3) A service charge of 0.3 percent is hereby
26 appropriated from income of a revenue nature deposited in the
27 trust funds enumerated in subsection (4). Income of a revenue
28 nature shall include all earnings received or credited by such
29 trust funds, including the interest or benefit received from
30 the investment of the principal of such trust funds as may be
31 permitted by law. This provision shall be construed in favor
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1 of the General Revenue Fund in each instance. All such
2 appropriations shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.
3 (4) The income of a revenue nature deposited in the
4 following described trust funds, by whatever name designated,
5 is that from which the appropriations authorized by subsection
6 (3) shall be made:
7 (a) Within the Agency for Health Care Administration:
8 1. The Florida Organ and Tissue Donor Education and
9 Procurement Trust Fund.
10 2. The Health Care Trust Fund.
11 3. The Resident Protection Trust Fund.
12 (b) Within the Agency for Workforce Innovation:
13 1. The Employment Security Administration Trust Fund.
14 2. The Special Employment Security Administration
15 Trust Fund.
16 (c) Within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
17 Services:
18 1. The Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust
19 Fund.
20 2. The Florida Quarter Horse Racing Promotion Trust
21 Fund.
22 3. The General Inspection Trust Fund and subsidiary
23 accounts thereof, unless a different percentage is authorized
24 by s. 570.20.
25 4. The Division of Licensing Trust Fund.
26 (d) Within the Department of Business and Professional
27 Regulation:
28 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
29 2. The Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund.
30 3. The Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund.
31 4. The Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums,
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1 and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.
2 5. The Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund, with the
3 exception of those fees collected for the purpose of funding
4 of the hospitality education program as stated in s. 509.302.
5 6. The Professional Regulation Trust Fund.
6 7. The trust funds administered by the Division of
7 Pari-mutuel Wagering.
8 (e) Within the Department of Children and Family
9 Services:
10 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
11 2. The Child Welfare Training Trust Fund.
12 3. The Children and Adolescents Substance Abuse Trust
13 Fund.
14 4. The Domestic Violence Trust Fund.
15 5. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
16 6. The Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.
17 (f) Within the Department of Citrus, the Florida
18 Citrus Advertising Trust Fund, including transfers from any
19 subsidiary accounts thereof, unless a different percentage is
20 authorized in s. 601.15(7).
21 (g) Within the Department of Community Affairs, the
22 Operating Trust Fund.
23 (h) Within the Department of Education:
24 1. The Educational Certification and Service Trust
25 Fund.
26 2. The Phosphate Research Trust Fund.
27 (i) Within the Department of Elderly Affairs:
28 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
29 2. The Federal Grants Trust Fund.
30 3. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
31 4. The Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.
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1 (j) Within the Department of Environmental Protection:
2 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
3 2. The Air Pollution Control Trust Fund.
4 3. The Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund.
5 4. The Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust
6 Fund.
7 5. The Environmental Laboratory Trust Fund.
8 6. The Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund.
9 7. The Florida Permit Fee Trust Fund.
10 8. The Forfeited Property Trust Fund.
11 9. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
12 10. The Inland Protection Trust Fund.
13 11. The Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
14 12. The Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
15 13. The Minerals Trust Fund.
16 14. The Nonmandatory Land Reclamation Trust Fund.
17 15. The State Park Trust Fund.
18 16. The Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund.
19 17. The Working Capital Trust Fund.
20 (k) Within the Department of Financial Services:
21 1. The Agents and Solicitors County Tax Trust Fund.
22 2. The Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.
23 3. The Special Disability Trust Fund.
24 4. The Workers' Compensation Administration Trust
25 Fund.
26 (l) Within the Department of Health:
27 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
28 2. The Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust
29 Fund.
30 3. The Donations Trust Fund.
31 4. The Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund.
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1 5. The Epilepsy Services Trust Fund.
2 6. The Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund.
3 7. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
4 8. The Medical Quality Assurance Trust Fund.
5 9. The Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Trust Fund.
6 10. The Planning and Evaluation Trust Fund.
7 11. The Radiation Protection Trust Fund.
8 (m) Within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
9 Vehicles, the DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund.
10 (n) Within the Department of Legal Affairs, the Crimes
11 Compensation Trust Fund.
12 (o) Within the Department of Management Services:
13 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
14 2. The Architects Incidental Trust Fund.
15 3. The Bureau of Aircraft Trust Fund.
16 4. The Florida Facilities Pool Working Capital Trust
17 Fund.
18 5. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
19 6. The Motor Vehicle Operating Trust Fund.
20 7. The Police and Firefighters' Premium Tax Trust
21 Fund.
22 8. The Public Employees Relations Commission Trust
23 Fund.
24 9. The State Personnel System Trust Fund.
25 10. The Supervision Trust Fund.
26 11. The Working Capital Trust Fund.
27 (p) Within the Department of Revenue:
28 1. The Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund.
29 2. The Administrative Trust Fund.
30 3. The Apalachicola Bay Oyster Surcharge Clearing
31 Trust Fund.
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1 4. The Certification Program Trust Fund.
2 5. The Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund.
3 6. The Land Reclamation Trust Fund.
4 7. The Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust
5 Fund.
6 8. The Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund.
7 9. The Motor Vehicle Rental Surcharge Clearing Trust
8 Fund.
9 10. The Motor Vehicle Warranty Trust Fund.
10 11. The Oil and Gas Tax Trust Fund.
11 12. The Secondhand Dealer and Secondary Metals
12 Recycler Clearing Trust Fund.
13 13. The Severance Tax Solid Mineral Trust Fund.
14 14. The State Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust
15 Fund.
16 15. All taxes levied on motor fuels other than
17 gasoline levied pursuant to the provisions of s. 206.87(1)(a).
18 (q) Within the Department of State:
19 1. The Records Management Trust Fund.
20 2. The trust funds administered by the Division of
21 Historical Resources.
22 (r) Within the Department of Transportation, all
23 income derived from outdoor advertising and overweight
24 violations which is deposited in the State Transportation
25 Trust Fund.
26 (s) Within the Department of Veterans' Affairs:
27 1. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
28 2. The Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.
29 3. The State Homes for Veterans Trust Fund.
30 (t) Within the Division of Administrative Hearings,
31 the Administrative Trust Fund.
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1 (u) Within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
2 Commission:
3 1. The Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust
4 Fund.
5 2. The Florida Panther Research and Management Trust
6 Fund.
7 3. The Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
8 4. The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund, with
9 the exception of those fees collected for recreational
10 saltwater fishing licenses as provided in s. 372.57.
11 (v) Within the Florida Public Service Commission, the
12 Florida Public Service Regulatory Trust Fund.
13 (w) Within the Justice Administrative Commission, the
14 Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund.
15 (x) Within the Office of Financial Regulation of the
16 Financial Services Commission:
17 1. The Administrative Trust Fund.
18 2. The Anti-Fraud Trust Fund.
19 3. The Financial Institutions' Regulatory Trust Fund.
20 4. The Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty Fund.
21 5. The Regulatory Trust Fund.
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23 The enumeration of the foregoing moneys or trust funds shall
24 not prohibit the applicability thereto of s. 215.24 should the
25 Governor determine that for the reasons mentioned in s. 215.24
26 the money or trust funds should be exempt herefrom, as it is
27 the purpose of this law to exempt income from its force and
28 effect when, by the operation of this law, federal matching
29 funds or contributions or private grants to any trust fund
30 would be lost to the state.
31 (5) There is appropriated from the proper respective
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1 trust funds from time to time such sums as may be necessary to
2 pay to the General Revenue Fund the service charges imposed by
3 this section.
4 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 215.22, Florida
5 Statutes, as amended by section 63 of chapter 2002-402, Laws
6 of Florida, is amended to read:
7 215.22 Certain income and certain trust funds
8 exempt.--
9 (1) The following income of a revenue nature or the
10 following trust funds shall be exempt from the appropriation
11 deduction required by s. 215.20(1):
12 (a) Student financial aid or prepaid tuition receipts.
13 (b) Trust funds administered by the Department of the
14 Lottery.
15 (c) Departmental administrative assessments for
16 administrative divisions.
17 (d) Funds charged by a state agency for services
18 provided to another state agency, by a state agency for
19 services provided to the judicial branch, or by the judicial
20 branch for services provided to a state agency.
21 (e) State, agency, or political subdivision
22 investments by the Chief Financial Officer Treasurer.
23 (f) Retirement or employee benefit funds.
24 (g) Self-insurance programs administered by the Chief
25 Financial Officer Treasurer.
26 (h) Funds held for the payment of citrus canker
27 eradication and compensation.
28 (i) Medicaid, Medicare, or third-party receipts for
29 client custodial care.
30 (j) Bond proceeds or revenues dedicated for bond
31 repayment, except for the Documentary Stamp Clearing Trust
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1 Fund administered by the Department of Revenue.
2 (k) Trust funds administered by the Department of
3 Education.
4 (l) Trust funds administered by the Department of
5 Transportation.
6 (m) The following trust funds administered by the
7 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:.
8 1. The Citrus Inspection Trust Fund.
9 2. The Florida Forever Program Trust Fund.
10 3. The Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund.
11 4. The Market Improvements Working Capital Trust Fund.
12 5. The Pest Control Trust Fund.
13 6. The Plant Industry Trust Fund.
14 (n) The Motor Vehicle License Clearing Trust Fund.
15 (o) The Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.
16 (p) The Coconut Grove Playhouse Trust Fund.
17 (q) The Communications Working Capital Trust Fund of
18 the Department of Management Services.
19 (r) The Camp Blanding Management Trust Fund.
20 (s) The Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund.
21 (s)(t) That portion of the Highway Safety Operating
22 Trust Fund funded by the motorcycle safety education fee
23 collected pursuant to s. 320.08(1)(c).
24 (u) The Save the Manatee Trust Fund.
25 (t)(v) Tobacco Settlement Trust Funds administered by
26 any agency.
27 (u)(w) The Save Our Everglades Trust Fund.
28 (v)(x) The Florida Center for Nursing Trust Fund.
29 Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 18.10, Florida
30 Statutes, as amended by section 65 of chapter 2002-402, Laws
31 of Florida, is amended to read:
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1 18.10 Deposits and investments of state money.--
2 (4) All earnings on any investments made pursuant to
3 this section are hereby appropriated shall be credited to the
4 General Revenue Fund, except that earnings attributable to
5 moneys made available pursuant to s. 18.125(3)(a) and (b) s.
6 18.125(3) shall be credited pro rata to the funds from which
7 such moneys were made available.
8 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 18.125, Florida
9 Statutes, as amended by section 67 of chapter 2002-402, Laws
10 of Florida, is amended to read:
11 18.125 Treasurer; powers and duties in the investment
12 of certain funds.--
13 (3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this
14 subsection, it is the duty of each state agency, and of the
15 judicial branch, now or hereafter charged with the
16 administration of the funds referred to in subsection (1) to
17 make such moneys available for investment as fully as is
18 consistent with the cash requirements of the particular fund
19 and to authorize investment of such moneys by the Chief
20 Financial Officer Treasurer.
21 (b) Monthly, and more often as circumstances require,
22 such agency or judicial branch shall notify the Chief
23 Financial Officer Treasurer of the amount available for
24 investment; and the moneys shall be invested by the Chief
25 Financial Officer Treasurer. Such notification shall include
26 the name and number of the fund for which the investments are
27 to be made and the life of the investment if the principal sum
28 is to be required for meeting obligations. This subsection,
29 however, shall not be construed to make available for
30 investment any funds other than those referred to in
31 subsection (1).
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1 (c) Except as provided in this paragraph and except
2 for moneys described in paragraph (d), the following agencies
3 shall not invest trust fund moneys as provided in this
4 section, but shall retain such moneys in their respective
5 trust funds for investment, with interest appropriated to the
6 General Revenue Fund, pursuant to s. 18.10:
7 1. The Agency for Health Care Administration, except
8 for the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
9 2. The Department of Children and Family Services,
10 except for:
11 a. The Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Trust
12 Fund.
13 b. The Community Resources Development Trust Fund.
14 c. The Refugee Assistance Trust Fund.
15 d. The Social Services Block Grant Trust Fund.
16 e. The Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
17 f. The Working Capital Trust Fund.
18 3. The Department of Community Affairs, only for the
19 Operating Trust Fund.
20 4. The Department of Corrections.
21 5. The Department of Elderly Affairs, except for:
22 a. The Federal Grants Trust Fund.
23 b. The Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
24 6. The Department of Health, except for:
25 a. The Federal Grants Trust Fund.
26 b. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
27 c. The Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Trust
28 Fund.
29 d. The Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
30 7. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor
31 Vehicles, only for:
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1 a. The DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund.
2 b. The Security Deposits Trust Fund.
3 8. The Department of Juvenile Justice.
4 9. The Department of Law Enforcement.
5 10. The Department of Legal Affairs.
6 11. The Department of State, only for:
7 a. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
8 b. The Records Management Trust Fund.
9 12. The Executive Office of the Governor, only for:
10 a. The Economic Development Transportation Trust Fund.
11 b. The Economic Development Trust Fund.
12 13. The Florida Public Service Commission, only for
13 the Florida Public Service Regulatory Trust Fund.
14 14. The Justice Administrative Commission.
15 15. The state courts system.
16 (d) Moneys in any trust funds of the agencies in
17 paragraph (c) may be invested pursuant to the provisions of
18 this section if:
19 1. Investment of such moneys and the retention of
20 interest is required by federal programs or mandates;
21 2. Investment of such moneys and the retention of
22 interest is required by bond covenants, indentures, or
23 resolutions;
24 3. Such moneys are held by the state in a trustee
25 capacity as an agent or fiduciary for individuals, private
26 organizations, or other governmental units; or
27 4. The Executive Office of the Governor determines,
28 after consultation with the Legislature pursuant to the
29 procedures of s. 216.177, that federal matching funds or
30 contributions or private grants to any trust fund would be
31 lost to the state.
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1 Section 5. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
2 14.2015, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 69 of chapter
3 2002-402, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
4 14.2015 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
5 Development; creation; powers and duties.--
6 (2) The purpose of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
7 Economic Development is to assist the Governor in working with
8 the Legislature, state agencies, business leaders, and
9 economic development professionals to formulate and implement
10 coherent and consistent policies and strategies designed to
11 provide economic opportunities for all Floridians. To
12 accomplish such purposes, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
13 Economic Development shall:
14 (f)1. Administer the Florida Enterprise Zone Act under
15 ss. 290.001-290.016, the community contribution tax credit
16 program under ss. 220.183 and 624.5105, the tax refund program
17 for qualified target industry businesses under s. 288.106, the
18 tax-refund program for qualified defense contractors under s.
19 288.1045, contracts for transportation projects under s.
20 288.063, the sports franchise facility program under s.
21 288.1162, the professional golf hall of fame facility program
22 under s. 288.1168, the expedited permitting process under s.
23 403.973, the Rural Community Development Revolving Loan Fund
24 under s. 288.065, the Regional Rural Development Grants
25 Program under s. 288.018, the Certified Capital Company Act
26 under s. 288.99, the Florida State Rural Development Council,
27 the Rural Economic Development Initiative, and other programs
28 that are specifically assigned to the office by law, by the
29 appropriations process, or by the Governor. Notwithstanding
30 any other provisions of law, the office may expend interest
31 earned from the investment of program funds deposited in the
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1 Economic Development Trust Fund, the Grants and Donations
2 Trust Fund and, the Brownfield Property Ownership Clearance
3 Assistance Revolving Loan Trust Fund, and the Economic
4 Development Transportation Trust Fund to contract for the
5 administration of the programs, or portions of the programs,
6 enumerated in this paragraph or assigned to the office by law,
7 by the appropriations process, or by the Governor. Such
8 expenditures shall be subject to review under chapter 216.
9 2. The office may enter into contracts in connection
10 with the fulfillment of its duties concerning the Florida
11 First Business Bond Pool under chapter 159, tax incentives
12 under chapters 212 and 220, tax incentives under the Certified
13 Capital Company Act in chapter 288, foreign offices under
14 chapter 288, the Enterprise Zone program under chapter 290,
15 the Seaport Employment Training program under chapter 311, the
16 Florida Professional Sports Team License Plates under chapter
17 320, Spaceport Florida under chapter 331, Expedited Permitting
18 under chapter 403, and in carrying out other functions that
19 are specifically assigned to the office by law, by the
20 appropriations process, or by the Governor.
21 Section 6. Subsection (7) of section 1009.66, Florida
22 Statutes, as amended by section 71 of chapter 2002-402, Laws
23 of Florida, by section 3 of chapter 2002-400, Laws of Florida,
24 and by chapter 2003-1, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
25 1009.66 Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program.--
26 (7)(a) Funds contained in the Nursing Student Loan
27 Forgiveness Trust Fund which are to be used for loan
28 forgiveness for those nurses employed by hospitals, birth
29 centers, and nursing homes must be matched on a
30 dollar-for-dollar basis by contributions from the employing
31 institutions, except that this provision shall not apply to
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1 state-operated medical and health care facilities, public
2 schools, county health departments, federally sponsored
3 community health centers, teaching hospitals as defined in s.
4 408.07, family practice teaching hospitals as defined in s.
5 395.805, or specialty hospitals for children as used in s.
6 409.9119. An estimate of the annual trust fund dollars shall
7 be made at the beginning of the fiscal year based on historic
8 expenditures from the trust fund. Applicant requests shall be
9 reviewed on a quarterly basis, and applicant awards shall be
10 based on the following priority of employer until all such
11 estimated trust funds are awarded: state-operated medical and
12 health care facilities; public schools; county health
13 departments; federally sponsored community health centers;
14 teaching hospitals as defined in s. 408.07; family practice
15 teaching hospitals as defined in s. 395.805; specialty
16 hospitals for children as used in s. 409.9119; and other
17 hospitals, birth centers, and nursing homes.
18 (b) All Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Trust Fund
19 moneys shall be invested pursuant to s. 18.125. Interest
20 income accruing to that portion of the trust fund not matched
21 shall increase the total funds available for loan forgiveness
22 and scholarships. Pledged contributions shall not be eligible
23 for matching prior to the actual collection of the total
24 private contribution for the year.
25 Section 7. Subsection (3) of section 385.207, Florida
26 Statutes, as amended by section 73 of chapter 2002-402, Laws
27 of Florida, is amended to read:
28 385.207 Care and assistance of persons with epilepsy;
29 establishment of programs in epilepsy control.--
30 (3) Revenue for statewide implementation of programs
31 for epilepsy prevention and education pursuant to this section
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1 shall be derived pursuant to the provisions of s. 318.21(6)
2 and shall be deposited in the Epilepsy Services Trust Fund,
3 which is hereby established to be administered by the
4 Department of Health. All funds deposited into the trust fund
5 shall be invested pursuant to the provisions of s. 18.125.
6 Interest income accruing to such invested funds shall increase
7 the total funds available under this subsection.
8 Section 8. Subsection (1) of section 938.01, Florida
9 Statutes, as amended by section 77 of chapter 2002-402, Laws
10 of Florida, is amended to read:
11 938.01 Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund.--
12 (1) All courts created by Art. V of the State
13 Constitution shall, in addition to any fine or other penalty,
14 assess $3 as a court cost against every person convicted for
15 violation of a state penal or criminal statute or convicted
16 for violation of a municipal or county ordinance. Any person
17 whose adjudication is withheld pursuant to the provisions of
18 s. 318.14(9) or (10) shall also be assessed such cost. In
19 addition, $3 from every bond estreature or forfeited bail bond
20 related to such penal statutes or penal ordinances shall be
21 remitted to the Department of Revenue as described in this
22 subsection. However, no such assessment may be made against
23 any person convicted for violation of any state statute,
24 municipal ordinance, or county ordinance relating to the
25 parking of vehicles.
26 (a) All costs collected by the courts pursuant to this
27 subsection shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue in
28 accordance with administrative rules adopted by the executive
29 director of the Department of Revenue for deposit in the
30 Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund. These funds and the
31 funds deposited in the Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust
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1 Fund pursuant to s. 318.21(2)(c) shall be distributed as
2 follows:
3 1. Ninety-two percent to the Department of Law
4 Enforcement Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust
5 Fund.
6 2. Six and three-tenths percent to the Department of
7 Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund for the Criminal Justice
8 Grant Program.
9 3. One and seven-tenths percent to the Department of
10 Children and Family Services Domestic Violence Trust Fund for
11 the domestic violence program pursuant to s. 39.903(3).
12 (b) The funds deposited in the Department of Law
13 Enforcement Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust
14 Fund, the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund,
15 and the Department of Children and Family Services Domestic
16 Violence Trust Fund may be invested. Any interest earned from
17 investing such funds and any unencumbered funds remaining at
18 the end of the budget cycle shall remain in the respective
19 trust fund.
20 (b)(c) All funds in the Department of Law Enforcement
21 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust Fund shall be
22 disbursed only in compliance with s. 943.25(9).
23 Section 9. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
24 215.32, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
25 215.32 State funds; segregation.--
26 (2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be
27 as follows:
28 (b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received
29 by the state which under law or under trust agreement are
30 segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency
31 or branch of state government receiving or collecting such
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1 moneys shall be responsible for their proper expenditure as
2 provided by law. Upon the request of the state agency or
3 branch of state government responsible for the administration
4 of the trust fund, the Chief Financial Officer Comptroller may
5 establish accounts within the trust fund at a level considered
6 necessary for proper accountability. Once an account is
7 established within a trust fund, the Chief Financial Officer
8 Comptroller may authorize payment from that account only upon
9 determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at the
10 level of the account.
11 2. In order to maintain a minimum number of trust
12 funds in the State Treasury, each state agency or the judicial
13 branch may consolidate, if permitted under the terms and
14 conditions of their receipt, the trust funds administered by
15 it; provided, however, the agency or judicial branch employs
16 effectively a uniform system of accounts sufficient to
17 preserve the integrity of such trust funds; and provided,
18 further, that consolidation of trust funds is approved by the
19 Governor or the Chief Justice.
20 3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be
21 expended in accordance with the law or trust agreement under
22 which they were received, subject always to the provisions of
23 chapter 216 relating to the appropriation of funds and to the
24 applicable laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of
25 moneys in the State Treasury.
26 4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting
27 the use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated
28 cash balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by
29 the Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund
30 and Working Capital Fund in the General Appropriations Act.
31 b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds
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1 required by federal programs or mandates; trust funds
2 established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions
3 whose revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body
4 to meet debt service or other financial requirements of any
5 debt obligations of the state or any public body; the State
6 Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the net
7 annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the
8 Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the
9 management of the Board of Regents, where such trust funds are
10 for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts,
11 grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general
12 law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for
13 the Chief Financial Officer Comptroller or state agencies;
14 trust funds that account for assets held by the state in a
15 trustee capacity as an agent or fiduciary for individuals,
16 private organizations, or other governmental units; and other
17 trust funds authorized by the State Constitution.
18 Section 10. If any law that is amended by this act was
19 also amended by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of
20 the Legislature, such laws shall be construed as if they had
21 been enacted during the same session of the Legislature, and
22 full effect should be given to each if that is possible.
23 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
28 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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31 A bill to be entitled
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1 An act relating to trust funds; amending s.
2 215.20, F.S.; revising the formula for
3 contribution by certain trust funds to the
4 General Revenue Fund; amending s. 215.22, F.S.;
5 exempting certain trust funds and revenues from
6 the appropriation required by s. 215.20, F.S.;
7 amending s. 18.10, F.S.; appropriating certain
8 earnings on investments to the General Revenue
9 Fund; amending s. 18.125, F.S.; providing for
10 the method of investment, and the disposition
11 of interest earned on such investment, of
12 certain trust fund moneys of specified
13 agencies; amending s. 14.2015, F.S.; revising
14 disposition of certain interest earned by the
15 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
16 Development; amending s. 1009.66, F.S.;
17 revising disposition of interest earned on
18 Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Trust Fund
19 moneys; amending s. 385.207, F.S.; revising
20 disposition of interest earned on Epilepsy
21 Services Trust Fund moneys; amending s. 938.01,
22 F.S.; revising disposition of interest earned
23 on specified trust funds of the Department of
24 Law Enforcement and Department of Children and
25 Family Services; reenacting s. 215.32, F.S.,
26 relating to segregation of state funds;
27 providing for construction of the act in pari
28 materia with laws enacted during the Regular
29 Session of the Legislature; providing an
30 effective date.
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