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    By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senator Lee





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the service charge on

  3         general revenue; amending s. 215.20, F.S.;

  4         applying a uniform service charge to income

  5         deposited into all trust funds of the state;

  6         exempting trust fund income from the service

  7         charge if the moneys are subject to certain

  8         investment or bond requirements or held by the

  9         state in its capacity as agent or fiduciary, if

10         the Executive Office of the Governor, in

11         consultation with the Legislature, determines

12         that the state would lose revenue, if the

13         moneys are received by the Department of the

14         Lottery Administrative Trust Fund, or if the

15         moneys are shared with political subdivisions

16         or are received from taxes or fees levied by

17         political subdivisions and were not subject to

18         the service charge on a specified date or by

19         other statutes; deleting provisions authorizing

20         a reduced service charge for certain trust

21         funds; deleting provisions specifying certain

22         trust funds to which the service charge

23         applies; repealing ss. 215.211, 215.22, and

24         215.24, F.S., relating to deductions from the

25         service charge and specified exemptions;

26         amending ss. 11.045, 20.2553, 112.3215,

27         250.175, 339.082, 365.173, 372.107, 464.0198,

28         498.019, 561.027, 570.205, 576.045, 932.705,

29         943.365, and 1013.63, F.S., and repealing s.

30         372.106(3), 373.472(2), and 946.522(3), F.S.,

31         relating to various trust funds of the state;

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 1         conforming provisions to changes made by the

 2         act; providing an effective date.

 3  

 4  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

 5  

 6         Section 1.  Section 215.20, Florida Statutes, is

 7  amended to read:

 8         215.20  Certain income and certain trust funds to

 9  contribute to the General Revenue Fund.--

10         (1)  A service charge of 7.3 7 percent, representing

11  the estimated pro rata share of the cost of general government

12  paid from the General Revenue Fund, is hereby appropriated

13  from all income of a revenue nature deposited in all trust

14  funds except those enumerated in s. 215.22.  Income of a

15  revenue nature shall include all earnings received or credited

16  by such trust funds, including the interest or benefit

17  received from the investment of the principal of such trust

18  funds as may be permitted by law.  This provision shall be

19  construed in favor of the General Revenue Fund in each

20  instance.  All such appropriations shall be deposited in the

21  General Revenue Fund.

22         (2)  Income of a revenue nature in any trust fund is

23  not subject to the service charge if:

24         (a)  A service charge against such revenue is

25  prohibited or penalized by federal programs or mandates;

26         (b)  A service charge against such revenue is

27  prohibited by or is inconsistent with bond covenants,

28  indentures, or resolutions;

29         (c)  It is held by the state in a trustee capacity as

30  an agent or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations,

31  or other governmental units;

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 1         (d)  The Executive Office of the Governor determines,

 2  after consultation with the Legislature pursuant to the

 3  procedures of s. 216.177, that federal matching funds or

 4  contributions or private grants to any trust fund would be

 5  lost to the state;

 6         (e)  It is received in the Administrative Trust Fund in

 7  the Department of the Lottery; or

 8         (f)  It is shared with political subdivisions or

 9  received from taxes or fees authorized to be levied by any

10  political subdivision; was not subject to the service charge

11  pursuant to s. 215.20 on January 1, 1990; and is not subject

12  to the service charge pursuant to other statutes.

13         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1):

14         (a)  The trust funds of the Department of Citrus and

15  the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, including

16  funds collected in the General Inspection Trust Fund for

17  marketing orders and in the Florida Citrus Advertising Trust

18  Fund, shall be subject to a 3-percent service charge, which is

19  hereby appropriated to the General Revenue Fund.  This

20  paragraph does not apply to the Conservation and Recreation

21  Lands Program Trust Fund, the Florida Quarter Horse Racing

22  Promotion Trust Fund, the Citrus Inspection Trust Fund, the

23  Florida Forever Program Trust Fund, the Florida Preservation

24  2000 Trust Fund, the Market Improvements Working Capital Trust

25  Fund, the Pest Control Trust Fund, the Plant Industry Trust

26  Fund, or other funds collected in the General Inspection Trust

27  Fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

28         (b)  The Save the Manatee Trust Fund in the Fish and

29  Wildlife Conservation Commission shall be subject to a

30  3-percent service charge, which is hereby appropriated to the

31  General Revenue Fund.

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 1         (3)  A service charge of 0.3 percent is hereby

 2  appropriated from income of a revenue nature deposited in the

 3  trust funds enumerated in subsection (4). Income of a revenue

 4  nature shall include all earnings received or credited by such

 5  trust funds, including the interest or benefit received from

 6  the investment of the principal of such trust funds as may be

 7  permitted by law. This provision shall be construed in favor

 8  of the General Revenue Fund in each instance.  All such

 9  appropriations shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.

10         (4)  The income of a revenue nature deposited in the

11  following described trust funds, by whatever name designated,

12  is that from which the appropriations authorized by subsection

13  (3) shall be made:

14         (a)  Within the Agency for Health Care Administration:

15         1.  The Florida Organ and Tissue Donor Education and

16  Procurement Trust Fund.

17         2.  The Health Care Trust Fund.

18         3.  The Resident Protection Trust Fund.

19         (b)  Within the Agency for Workforce Innovation:

20         1.  The Employment Security Administration Trust Fund.

21         2.  The Special Employment Security Administration

22  Trust Fund.

23         (c)  Within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

24  Services:

25         1.  The Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust

26  Fund.

27         2.  The Florida Quarter Horse Racing Promotion Trust

28  Fund.

29         3.  The General Inspection Trust Fund and subsidiary

30  accounts thereof, unless a different percentage is authorized

31  by s. 570.20.

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 1         4.  The Division of Licensing Trust Fund.

 2         (d)  Within the Department of Business and Professional

 3  Regulation:

 4         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

 5         2.  The Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund.

 6         3.  The Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund.

 7         4.  The Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums,

 8  and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.

 9         5.  The Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund, with the

10  exception of those fees collected for the purpose of funding

11  of the hospitality education program as stated in s. 509.302.

12         6.  The Professional Regulation Trust Fund.

13         7.  The trust funds administered by the Division of

14  Pari-mutuel Wagering.

15         (e)  Within the Department of Children and Family

16  Services:

17         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

18         2.  The Child Welfare Training Trust Fund.

19         3.  The Children and Adolescents Substance Abuse Trust

20  Fund.

21         4.  The Domestic Violence Trust Fund.

22         5.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

23         6.  The Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.

24         (f)  Within the Department of Citrus, the Florida

25  Citrus Advertising Trust Fund, including transfers from any

26  subsidiary accounts thereof, unless a different percentage is

27  authorized in s. 601.15(7).

28         (g)  Within the Department of Community Affairs, the

29  Operating Trust Fund.

30         (h)  Within the Department of Education:

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 1         1.  The Educational Certification and Service Trust

 2  Fund.

 3         2.  The Phosphate Research Trust Fund.

 4         (i)  Within the Department of Elderly Affairs:

 5         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

 6         2.  The Federal Grants Trust Fund.

 7         3.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

 8         4.  The Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.

 9         (j)  Within the Department of Environmental Protection:

10         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

11         2.  The Air Pollution Control Trust Fund.

12         3.  The Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund.

13         4.  The Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust

14  Fund.

15         5.  The Environmental Laboratory Trust Fund.

16         6.  The Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund.

17         7.  The Florida Permit Fee Trust Fund.

18         8.  The Forfeited Property Trust Fund.

19         9.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

20         10.  The Inland Protection Trust Fund.

21         11.  The Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

22         12.  The Land Acquisition Trust Fund.

23         13.  The Minerals Trust Fund.

24         14.  The Nonmandatory Land Reclamation Trust Fund.

25         15.  The State Park Trust Fund.

26         16.  The Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund.

27         17.  The Working Capital Trust Fund.

28         (k)  Within the Department of Financial Services:

29         1.  The Agents and Solicitors County Tax Trust Fund.

30         2.  The Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

31         3.  The Special Disability Trust Fund.

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 1         4.  The Workers' Compensation Administration Trust

 2  Fund.

 3         (l)  Within the Department of Health:

 4         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

 5         2.  The Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust

 6  Fund.

 7         3.  The Donations Trust Fund.

 8         4.  The Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund.

 9         5.  The Epilepsy Services Trust Fund.

10         6.  The Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund.

11         7.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

12         8.  The Medical Quality Assurance Trust Fund.

13         9.  The Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Trust Fund.

14         10.  The Planning and Evaluation Trust Fund.

15         11.  The Radiation Protection Trust Fund.

16         (m)  Within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

17  Vehicles, the DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund.

18         (n)  Within the Department of Legal Affairs, the Crimes

19  Compensation Trust Fund.

20         (o)  Within the Department of Management Services:

21         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

22         2.  The Architects Incidental Trust Fund.

23         3.  The Bureau of Aircraft Trust Fund.

24         4.  The Florida Facilities Pool Working Capital Trust

25  Fund.

26         5.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

27         6.  The Motor Vehicle Operating Trust Fund.

28         7.  The Police and Firefighters' Premium Tax Trust

29  Fund.

30         8.  The Public Employees Relations Commission Trust

31  Fund.

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 1         9.  The State Personnel System Trust Fund.

 2         10.  The Supervision Trust Fund.

 3         11.  The Working Capital Trust Fund.

 4         (p)  Within the Department of Revenue:

 5         1.  The Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund.

 6         2.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

 7         3.  The Apalachicola Bay Oyster Surcharge Clearing

 8  Trust Fund.

 9         4.  The Certification Program Trust Fund.

10         5.  The Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund.

11         6.  The Land Reclamation Trust Fund.

12         7.  The Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

13  Fund.

14         8.  The Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund.

15         9.  The Motor Vehicle Rental Surcharge Clearing Trust

16  Fund.

17         10.  The Motor Vehicle Warranty Trust Fund.

18         11.  The Oil and Gas Tax Trust Fund.

19         12.  The Secondhand Dealer and Secondary Metals

20  Recycler Clearing Trust Fund.

21         13.  The Severance Tax Solid Mineral Trust Fund.

22         14.  The State Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

23  Fund.

24         15.  All taxes levied on motor fuels other than

25  gasoline levied pursuant to the provisions of s. 206.87(1)(a).

26         (q)  Within the Department of State:

27         1.  The Records Management Trust Fund.

28         2.  The trust funds administered by the Division of

29  Historical Resources.

30         (r)  Within the Department of Transportation, all

31  income derived from outdoor advertising and overweight

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 1  violations which is deposited in the State Transportation

 2  Trust Fund.

 3         (s)  Within the Department of Veterans' Affairs:

 4         1.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

 5         2.  The Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund.

 6         3.  The State Homes for Veterans Trust Fund.

 7         (t)  Within the Division of Administrative Hearings,

 8  the Administrative Trust Fund.

 9         (u)  Within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation

10  Commission:

11         1.  The Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust

12  Fund.

13         2.  The Florida Panther Research and Management Trust

14  Fund.

15         3.  The Land Acquisition Trust Fund.

16         4.  The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund, with

17  the exception of those fees collected for recreational

18  saltwater fishing licenses as provided in s. 372.57.

19         (v)  Within the Florida Public Service Commission, the

20  Florida Public Service Regulatory Trust Fund.

21         (w)  Within the Justice Administrative Commission, the

22  Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund.

23         (x)  Within the Office of Financial Regulation of the

24  Financial Services Commission:

25         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

26         2.  The Anti-Fraud Trust Fund.

27         3.  The Financial Institutions' Regulatory Trust Fund.

28         4.  The Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty Fund.

29         5.  The Regulatory Trust Fund.

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 1  The enumeration of the foregoing moneys or trust funds shall

 2  not prohibit the applicability thereto of s. 215.24 should the

 3  Governor determine that for the reasons mentioned in s. 215.24

 4  the money or trust funds should be exempt herefrom, as it is

 5  the purpose of this law to exempt income from its force and

 6  effect when, by the operation of this law, federal matching

 7  funds or contributions or private grants to any trust fund

 8  would be lost to the state.

 9         (3)(5)  There is appropriated from the proper

10  respective trust funds from time to time such sums as may be

11  necessary to pay to the General Revenue Fund the service

12  charges imposed by this section.

13         Section 2.  Sections 215.211, 215.22, and 215.24,

14  Florida Statutes, are repealed.

15         Section 3.  Subsection (8) of section 11.045, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         11.045  Lobbyists; registration and reporting;

18  exemptions; penalties.--

19         (8)  There is hereby created the Legislative Lobbyist

20  Registration Trust Fund, to be used for the purpose of funding

21  any office established for the administration of the

22  registration of lobbyist lobbying the Legislature, including

23  the payment of salaries and other expenses, and for the

24  purpose of paying the expenses incurred by the Legislature in

25  providing services to lobbyists. The trust fund is not subject

26  to the service charge to general revenue provisions of chapter

27  215. Fees collected pursuant to rules established in

28  accordance with subsection (2) shall be deposited into the

29  Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund.

30         Section 4.  Subsection (1) of section 20.2553, Florida

31  Statutes, is amended to read:

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 1         20.2553  Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.--

 2         (1)  The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created

 3  within the Department of Environmental Protection. The

 4  department may deposit into the trust fund receipts and

 5  revenues received as a result of federal criminal,

 6  administrative, or civil forfeiture proceedings and receipts

 7  and revenues received from federal asset-sharing programs. The

 8  trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s.

 9  215.20.

10         Section 5.  Subsection (2) of section 112.3215, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         112.3215  Lobbyists before the executive branch or the

13  Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting;

14  investigation by commission.--

15         (2)  The Executive Branch Lobby Registration Trust Fund

16  is hereby created within the commission to be used for the

17  purpose of funding any office established to administer the

18  registration of lobbyists lobbying an agency, including the

19  payment of salaries and other expenses. The trust fund is not

20  subject to the service charge to General Revenue provisions of

21  chapter 215. All annual registration fees collected pursuant

22  to this section shall be deposited into such fund.

23         Section 6.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

24  250.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

25         250.175  Trust funds; authorization; name; purpose.--

26         (1)

27         (b)  Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s.

28  216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any

29  fiscal year will remain in the trust fund and be available for

30  carrying out the purposes of the trust fund. This trust fund

31  is exempt from the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.

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 1         Section 7.  Subsection (1) of section 339.082, Florida

 2  Statutes, is amended to read:

 3         339.082  Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.--

 4         (1)  The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created

 5  within the Department of Transportation. The department may

 6  deposit into the trust fund receipts and revenues received as

 7  a result of federal criminal, administrative, or civil

 8  forfeiture proceedings and receipts and revenues received from

 9  federal asset-sharing programs. The trust fund is exempt from

10  the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.

11         Section 8.  Subsection (1) of section 365.173, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         365.173  Wireless Emergency Telephone System Fund.--

14         (1)  All revenues derived from the E911 fee levied on

15  subscribers under s. 365.172 must be paid into the State

16  Treasury on or before the 15th day of each month. Such moneys

17  must be accounted for in a special fund to be designated as

18  the Wireless Emergency Telephone System Fund, a fund created

19  in the State Technology Office and must be invested by the

20  Chief Financial Officer pursuant to s. 17.61. All moneys in

21  such fund are to be expended by the State Technology Office

22  for the purposes provided in this section and s. 365.172.

23  These funds are not subject to s. 215.20.

24         Section 9.  Subsection (3) of section 372.106, Florida

25  Statutes, is repealed.

26         Section 10.  Subsection (1) of section 372.107, Florida

27  Statutes, is amended to read:

28         372.107  Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.--

29         (1)  The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created

30  within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The

31  commission may deposit into the trust fund receipts and

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 1  revenues received as a result of federal criminal,

 2  administrative, or civil forfeiture proceedings and receipts

 3  and revenues received from federal asset-sharing programs. The

 4  trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s.

 5  215.20.

 6         Section 11.  Subsection (2) of section 373.472, Florida

 7  Statutes, is repealed.

 8         Section 12.  Subsection (1) of section 464.0198,

 9  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

10         464.0198  Florida Center for Nursing Trust Fund.--

11         (1)  There is created the Florida Center for Nursing

12  Trust Fund to be administered by the Department of Health.

13  Funds provided pursuant to s. 464.0195(3) for the Florida

14  Center for Nursing shall be deposited into this trust fund.

15  Other funds from grants and donations, federal funds, or other

16  funds from other sources specified by law may be deposited

17  into this trust fund and used for purposes of the Florida

18  Center for Nursing. Moneys deposited into this trust fund

19  shall be used as provided in s. 464.0195. Moneys deposited

20  into the trust fund from contributions received pursuant to s.

21  464.0195(3) are is exempt from the service charges imposed by

22  s. 215.20.

23         Section 13.  Subsection (2) of section 498.019, Florida

24  Statutes, is amended to read:

25         498.019  Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums,

26  and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.--

27         (2)  All moneys collected by the division from fees,

28  fines, or penalties or from costs awarded to the division by a

29  court shall be paid into the Division of Florida Land Sales,

30  Condominiums, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.  The Legislature

31  shall appropriate funds from this trust fund sufficient to

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 1  carry out the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of

 2  law with respect to each category of business covered by this

 3  trust fund.  The division shall maintain separate revenue

 4  accounts in the trust fund for each of the businesses

 5  regulated by the division.  The division shall provide for the

 6  proportionate allocation among the accounts of expenses

 7  incurred by the division in the performance of its duties with

 8  respect to each of these businesses.  As part of its normal

 9  budgetary process, the division shall prepare an annual report

10  of revenue and allocated expenses related to the operation of

11  each of these businesses which may be used to determine fees

12  charged by the division. This subsection shall operate

13  pursuant to the provisions of s. 215.20.

14         Section 14.  Subsection (1) of section 561.027, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         561.027  Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.--

17         (1)  The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created

18  within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

19  The department may deposit into the trust fund receipts and

20  revenues received as a result of federal criminal,

21  administrative, or civil forfeiture proceedings and receipts

22  and revenues received from federal asset-sharing programs. The

23  trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s.

24  215.20.

25         Section 15.  Subsection (1) of section 570.205, Florida

26  Statutes, is amended to read:

27         570.205  Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.--

28         (1)  The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created

29  within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

30  The department may deposit into the trust fund receipts and

31  revenues received as a result of federal criminal,

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 1  administrative, or civil forfeiture proceedings and receipts

 2  and revenues received from federal asset-sharing programs. The

 3  trust fund is exempt from the service charges imposed by s.

 4  215.20.

 5         Section 16.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section

 6  576.045, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 7         576.045  Nitrogen and phosphorus; findings and intent;

 8  fees; purpose; best-management practices; waiver of liability;

 9  compliance; rules; exclusions; expiration.--

10         (2)  FEES.--

11         (c)  All fees paid under this section must be deposited

12  into the General Inspection Trust Fund and are exempt from the

13  provisions of s. 215.20. These funds are to be appropriated

14  annually to the department and allocated according to a

15  memorandum of understanding between the department and the

16  Department of Environmental Protection. The allocation of

17  indirect costs to these funds by any state agency is

18  specifically prohibited.

19         Section 17.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

20  932.705, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

21         932.705  Law enforcement trust funds; Department of

22  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles deposits.--

23         (1)

24         (b)1.  There is created the Federal Law Enforcement

25  Trust Fund into which the Department of Highway Safety and

26  Motor Vehicles may deposit receipts and revenues received as a

27  result of federal criminal, administrative, or civil

28  forfeiture proceedings and receipts and revenues received from

29  federal asset-sharing programs. The trust fund is exempt from

30  the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.

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 1         2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

 2  pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the

 3  end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the

 4  end of that year and shall be available for carrying out the

 5  purposes of the trust fund.

 6         Section 18.  Subsection (1) of section 943.365, Florida

 7  Statutes, is amended to read:

 8         943.365  Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.--

 9         (1)  The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created

10  within the Department of Law Enforcement. The department may

11  deposit into the trust fund receipts and revenues received as

12  a result of federal criminal, administrative, or civil

13  forfeiture proceedings and receipts and revenues received from

14  federal asset-sharing programs. The trust fund is exempt from

15  the service charges imposed by s. 215.20.

16         Section 19.  Subsection (3) of section 946.522, Florida

17  Statutes, is repealed.

18         Section 20.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section

19  1013.63, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

20         1013.63  University Concurrency Trust Fund.--

21         (2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

22  general revenue service charge deducted pursuant to s. 215.20

23  on revenues raised by any local option motor fuel tax levied

24  pursuant to s. 336.025(1)(b), as created by chapter 93-206,

25  Laws of Florida, shall be deposited in the University

26  Concurrency Trust Fund, which is administered by the State

27  Board of Education. Moneys appropriated to the in such trust

28  fund shall be for the purpose of funding university offsite

29  improvements required to meet concurrency standards adopted

30  under part II of chapter 163. In addition, in any year in

31  which campus master plans are updated pursuant to s. 1013.30,

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 1  but no more frequently than once every 5 years, up to 25

 2  percent of the balance in the trust fund for that year may be

 3  used to defray the costs incurred in updating those campus

 4  master plans.

 5         (3)(a)  The trust fund is exempt from the service

 6  charges imposed by s. 215.20.

 7         (b)  Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s.

 8  216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of the

 9  fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund and shall be

10  available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

11         Section 21.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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13          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
14                         Senate Bill 2512

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16  The committee substitute clarifies the statutory exemptions to
    the General Revenue service charge by specifically exempting
17  Lottery and state revenues shared with local governments.
    Repeals additional statutory exemptions to the service charge
18  for the Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund and the
    Executive Branch Lobby Registration Trust Fund in the
19  Legislature, the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund in the
    Department of Environmental Protection, and the Prison
20  Industries Trust Fund in the Department of Financial Services.
    Reinstates the exemption for the Local Communications Services
21  Tax Clearing Trust Fund which holds only discretionary city
    and county taxes.
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