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    By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senator Clary





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; terminating

  3         specified trust funds within the Department of

  4         Environmental Protection, the Department of

  5         Financial Services, the Office of Financial

  6         Regulation, the Department of Management

  7         Services, the Department of Revenue, and the

  8         Department of Business and Professional

  9         Regulation; providing for the disposition of

10         balances in and revenues of such trust funds;

11         prescribing procedures for terminating such

12         trust funds; terminating a trust fund within

13         the Department of Environmental Protection on

14         the date that the bonds secured by the fund

15         mature; requiring the department to notify the

16         Chief Financial Officer and the Legislature

17         following such termination; requiring a report

18         to the Legislature if the fund is not

19         terminated by a date certain; declaring the

20         findings of the Legislature that specified

21         trust funds within the Department of

22         Environmental Protection, the Department of

23         Agriculture and Consumer Services, the

24         Department of Management Services, the

25         Department of Revenue, the Department of

26         Financial Services, the State Board of

27         Administration, and the Division of Bond

28         Finance are exempt from the termination

29         requirements of s. 19(f), Art. III of the State

30         Constitution; renaming specified trust funds

31         within the Department of Financial Services and

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 1         the Office of Financial Regulation; amending s.

 2         17.43, F.S.; renaming a trust fund within the

 3         Department of Financial Services; repealing s.

 4         20.2553, F.S., relating to the Federal Law

 5         Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department of

 6         Environmental Protection; repealing s.

 7         110.151(7), F.S., relating to the State

 8         Employee Child Care Revolving Trust Fund within

 9         the Department of Management Services; amending

10         s. 199.292, F.S.; requiring that proceeds of

11         the intangible personal property tax be

12         deposited into the General Revenue Fund rather

13         than a special trust fund; deleting provisions

14         requiring that a portion of such proceeds be

15         used for enforcement purposes; amending ss.

16         121.011, 121.031, and 121.141, F.S.; providing

17         for payment of certain social security

18         contributions to the Internal Revenue Service

19         rather than the Social Security Contribution

20         Trust Fund; repealing s. 122.13, F.S., relating

21         to certain payments made into a retirement

22         trust fund, to conform; amending ss. 122.26 and

23         122.27, F.S., and repealing s. 122.30, F.S.;

24         deleting references to the Social Security

25         Contribution Trust Fund, to conform; amending

26         s. 122.35, F.S., and repealing s. 122.351,

27         F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions relating to

28         payments made to the Social Security

29         Contribution Trust Fund; amending s. 199.292,

30         F.S.; providing for the deposit of intangible

31         personal property taxes into the General

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 1         Revenue Fund; providing an exception for

 2         certain leasehold taxes; repealing s. 213.31,

 3         F.S., relating to the Corporation Tax

 4         Administration Trust Fund; amending s. 215.20,

 5         F.S., relating to the service charge imposed on

 6         state trust funds; conforming provisions to

 7         changes made by the act; amending s. 215.32,

 8         F.S.; providing requirements for state agencies

 9         with respect to the use of various trust funds;

10         requiring an agency to recommend the creation

11         of a trust fund under certain circumstances;

12         amending s. 253.03, F.S.; deleting provisions

13         referencing the Forfeited Property Trust Fund

14         in the Department of Environmental Protection;

15         amending s. 287.064, F.S.; deleting provisions

16         referencing the Consolidated Payment Trust Fund

17         of the Chief Financial Officer; repealing s.

18         440.501, F.S., relating to the Workers'

19         Compensation Administration Trust Fund within

20         the Department of Business and Professional

21         Regulation; amending s. 450.155, F.S., relating

22         to the Child Labor Law Trust Fund; providing

23         for the transfer of moneys to the Professional

24         Regulation Trust Fund of the Department of

25         Financial Services; creating s. 450.165, F.S.;

26         requiring separate accounts for child labor

27         enforcement and farm labor registration

28         activities; amending ss. 450.30 and 450.31,

29         F.S.; deleting provisions referencing the Crew

30         Chief Registration Trust Fund; amending ss.

31         494.0017, 494.0041, and 494.0072, F.S.;

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 1         deleting provisions referencing the Mortgage

 2         Brokerage Guaranty Fund; amending s. 501.2101,

 3         F.S.; designating trust funds for the deposit

 4         of moneys received by certain enforcing

 5         authorities; repealing s. 569.205, F.S.,

 6         relating to the Department of Business and

 7         Professional Regulation Tobacco Settlement

 8         Trust Fund; amending ss. 650.04 and 650.05,

 9         F.S., and repealing s. 650.06, F.S., relating

10         to payments to the Social Security Contribution

11         Trust Fund; conforming provisions to changes

12         made by the act; amending ss. 895.09 and

13         932.7055, F.S.; deleting provisions referencing

14         the Forfeited Property Trust Fund to conform to

15         changes made by the act; providing an effective

16         date.

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

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20         Section 1.  (1)  The following trust funds within the

21  following departments are terminated:

22         (a)  Within the Department of Environmental Protection:

23         1.  The Forfeited Property Trust Fund, FLAIR number

24  37-2-267. The current balance remaining in, and all revenues

25  of, the trust fund shall be transferred to the Internal

26  Improvement Trust Fund, FLAIR number 37-2-408.

27         2.  The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund, FLAIR

28  number 37-2-467, which was transferred to the Fish and

29  Wildlife Conservation Commission by chapter 2000-197, Laws of

30  Florida.

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 1         3.  The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund, FLAIR

 2  number 37-2-719. The current balance remaining in, and all

 3  revenues of, the trust fund shall be transferred to the Grants

 4  and Donations Trust Fund, FLAIR number 37-2-339.

 5         (b)  Within the Department of Financial Services:

 6         1.  The Consolidated Payment Trust Fund, FLAIR number

 7  43-2-140.

 8         2.  The Self-Insurance Assessment Trust Fund, FLAIR

 9  number 43-2-630, which was re-created by chapter 2000-72, Laws

10  of Florida, in the Department of Labor and Employment

11  Security; transferred by section 1 of chapter 2002-194, Laws

12  of Florida, to the Department of Insurance; and transferred by

13  subparagraph (3)(b)2. of section 3 of chapter 2002-404, Laws

14  of Florida, to the Department of Financial Services.

15         (c)  Within the Office of Financial Regulation, the

16  Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty Fund, FLAIR number 43-2-485. The

17  current balance remaining in, and all revenues of, the trust

18  fund shall be transferred to the Regulatory Trust Fund within

19  the Office of Financial Regulation, FLAIR number 43-2-573.

20         (d)  Within the Department of Management Services:

21         1.  Motor Vehicle Operating Trust Fund, FLAIR number

22  72-2-486. The current balance remaining in, and all revenues

23  of, the trust fund shall be transferred to the Grants and

24  Donations Trust Fund, FLAIR number 72-2-339.

25         2.  The Social Security Contribution Trust Fund, FLAIR

26  number 72-2-638.

27         3.  The State Employee Child Care Revolving Trust Fund,

28  FLAIR number 72-2-670. The current balance remaining in, and

29  all revenues of, the trust fund shall be transferred to the

30  State Personnel System Trust Fund, FLAIR number 72-2-678.

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 1         4.  The State Employees Savings Bond Trust Fund, FLAIR

 2  number 72-2-674.

 3         (e)  Within the Department of Revenue:

 4         1.  The Corporation Tax Administration Trust Fund,

 5  FLAIR number 73-2-134.

 6         2.  The Drug Enforcement Trust Fund, FLAIR number

 7  73-2-171.

 8         3.  The Intangible Tax Trust Fund, FLAIR number

 9  73-2-399.

10         4.  Railroad and Private Car Tax Clearing Trust Fund,

11  FLAIR number 73-2-571.

12         5.  The Sales Tax Security Deposit Trust Fund, FLAIR

13  number 73-2-607.

14         6.  The Working Capital Trust Fund, FLAIR number

15  73-2-792.

16         (f)  Within the Department of Business and Professional

17  Regulation:

18         1.  The Child Labor Trust Fund, FLAIR number 79-2-106.

19  The current balance remaining in, and all revenues of, the

20  trust fund shall be transferred to the Professional Regulation

21  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 79-2-547.

22         2.  The Crew Chief Registration Trust Fund, FLAIR

23  number 79-2-147. The current balance remaining in, and all

24  revenues of, the trust fund shall be transferred to the

25  Professional Regulation Trust Fund, FLAIR number 79-2-547.

26         3.  The Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund within the

27  Department of Business and Professional Regulation, FLAIR

28  number 79-2-375, which was terminated on July 1, 2003,

29  pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State

30  Constitution.

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 1         4.  The Workers' Compensation Administration Trust

 2  Fund, FLAIR number 79-2-795. The current balance remaining in,

 3  and all revenues of, the trust fund shall be transferred to

 4  the Professional Regulation Trust Fund, FLAIR number 79-2-547.

 5         (2)  Unless otherwise provided, all current balances

 6  remaining in, and all revenues of, the trust funds terminated

 7  by this act shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.

 8         (3)  For each trust fund terminated by this act, the

 9  agency that administers the trust fund shall pay any

10  outstanding debts and obligations of the terminated fund as

11  soon as practicable, and the Chief Financial Officer shall

12  close out and remove the terminated fund from the various

13  state accounting systems using generally accepted accounting

14  principles concerning warrants outstanding, assets, and

15  liabilities.

16         Section 2.  The Project Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR

17  number 37-2-549, within the Department of Environmental

18  Protection, is terminated upon the date of maturity of all

19  bonds secured thereby. The department shall notify the Chief

20  Financial Officer, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of

21  the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the

22  legislative appropriations committees within 30 days after

23  such date. If the fund is not terminated prior to the 2008

24  regular legislative session, the department shall report the

25  status of the fund to the chairs of the legislative

26  appropriations committees.

27         Section 3.  The Legislature finds that the following

28  trust funds are exempt from termination pursuant to Section

29  19(f), Article III of the State Constitution:

30         (1)  Within the Department of Environmental Protection:

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 1         (a)  The Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund, FLAIR

 2  number 37-2-332.

 3         (b)  The Florida Forever Trust Fund, FLAIR number

 4  37-2-348.

 5         (c)  The Land Acquisition Trust Fund, FLAIR number

 6  37-2-423.

 7         (2)  Within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

 8  Services, the Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund, FLAIR

 9  number 42-2-332.

10         (3)  Within the Department of Management Services:

11         (a)  The Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, FLAIR

12  number 72-2-309.

13         (b)  The Florida Facilities Pool Clearing Trust Fund,

14  FLAIR number 72-2-313.

15         (c)  The Florida Retirement System Preservation of

16  Benefits Plan Trust Fund, FLAIR number 72-2-345.

17         (d)  The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

18  Supplemental Retirement Trust Fund, FLAIR number 72-2-379.

19         (e)  The Senior Management Service Optional Annuity

20  Program Trust Fund, FLAIR number 72-2-515.

21         (f)  The Optional Retirement Program Trust Fund, FLAIR

22  number 72-2-517.

23         (g)  The Police and Firefighters' Premium Tax Trust

24  Fund, FLAIR number 72-2-532.

25         (h)  The State Employees Life Insurance Trust Fund,

26  FLAIR number 72-2-667.

27         (i)  The State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund,

28  FLAIR number 72-2-668.

29         (j)  The State Employees Disability Insurance Trust

30  Fund, FLAIR number 72-2-671.

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 1         (k)  The Florida Retirement System Contributions

 2  Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR number 72-2-705.

 3         (l)  The Retiree Health Insurance Subsidy Trust Fund,

 4  FLAIR number 72-2-583.

 5         (4)  Within the Department of Revenue:

 6         (a)  The Additional Court Costs Clearing Trust Fund,

 7  FLAIR number 73-2-013.

 8         (b)  The Apalachicola Bay Oyster Surcharge Clearing

 9  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-028.

10         (c)  The Child Support Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR

11  number 73-2-081.

12         (d)  The Convention Development Tax Clearing Trust

13  Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-132.

14         (e)  The Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Counties, FLAIR

15  number 73-2-144.

16         (f)  The Documentary Stamp Tax Clearing Trust Fund,

17  FLAIR number 73-2-166.

18         (g)  The Revenue-Fuel Tax Refund Payments Trust Fund,

19  FLAIR number 73-2-317.

20         (h)  The Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, FLAIR number

21  73-2-319.

22         (i)  The Local Option Fuel Tax Trust Fund, FLAIR number

23  73-2-448.

24         (j)  The Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

25  Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-449.

26         (k)  Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing

27  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-455.

28         (l)  The Discretionary Sales Surtax Clearing Trust

29  Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-459.

30         (m)  The Local Option Tourist Development Trust Fund,

31  FLAIR number 73-2-460.

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 1         (n)  The Communications Services Tax Clearing Trust

 2  Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-465.

 3         (o)  The Motor Vehicle Warranty Trust Fund, FLAIR

 4  number 73-2-492.

 5         (p)  The Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund,

 6  FLAIR number 73-2-493.

 7         (q)  The Motor Vehicle Rental Surcharge Clearing Trust

 8  Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-494.

 9         (r)  The Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities,

10  FLAIR number 73-2-501.

11         (s)  The Oil and Gas Tax Trust Fund, FLAIR number

12  73-2-508.

13         (t)  The Pollutant Tax Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR

14  number 73-2-544.

15         (u)  The Secondhand Dealer and Secondary Metals

16  Recycler Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-617.

17         (v)  The State Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust

18  Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-618.

19         (w)  The Security Deposits Trust Fund, FLAIR number

20  73-2-625.

21         (x)  The Severance Tax Solid Mineral Trust Fund, FLAIR

22  number 73-2-636.

23         (y)  The Solid Waste Management Clearing Trust Fund,

24  FLAIR number 73-2-645.

25         (z)  The Local Communications Services Tax Clearing

26  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-662.

27         (aa)  The Department of Revenue Premium Tax Clearing

28  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 73-2-733.

29         (bb)  The Ninth-cent Fuel Tax Trust Fund, FLAIR number

30  73-2-777.

31         (5)  Within the Department of Financial Services:

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 1         (a)  The Agents and Solicitors County Tax Trust Fund,

 2  FLAIR number 43-2-024.

 3         (b)  The Child Support Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR

 4  number 43-2-081.

 5         (c)  The Collections Internal Revenue Clearing Trust

 6  Fund, FLAIR number 43-2-101.

 7         (d)  The Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR

 8  number 43-2-123.

 9         (e)  The Consolidated Miscellaneous Deductions Clearing

10  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 43-2-139.

11         (f)  The Deferred Compensation Trust Fund, FLAIR number

12  43-2-155.

13         (g)  The Electronic Funds Transfer Clearing Trust Fund,

14  FLAIR number 43-2-188.

15         (h)  The Employee Refund Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR

16  number 43-2-194.

17         (i)  The Federal Tax Levy Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR

18  number 43-2-274.

19         (j)  The Florida Retirement Clearing Trust Fund, FLAIR

20  number 43-2-323.

21         (k)  The Hospital Insurance Tax Clearing Trust Fund,

22  FLAIR number 43-2-370.

23         (l)  The Prison Industries Trust Fund, FLAIR number

24  43-2-385.

25         (m)  The State Treasurer Escrow Trust Fund, FLAIR

26  number 43-2-622.

27         (n)  The Social Security Contribution Trust Fund, FLAIR

28  number 43-2-643.

29         (o)  The Treasury Cash Deposit Trust Fund, FLAIR number

30  43-2-720.

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 1         (p)  The Treasurer Investment Trust Fund, FLAIR number

 2  43-2-728.

 3         (6)  Within the State Board of Administration:

 4         (a)  The Debt Service Trust Fund, which has no FLAIR

 5  number.

 6         (b)  The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, which has

 7  no FLAIR number.

 8         (c)  The Florida Prepaid College Trust Fund, which has

 9  no FLAIR number.

10         (d)  The funds of the Inland Protection Financing

11  Corporation, created under section 376.3075, Florida Statutes,

12  which have no FLAIR numbers.

13         (e)  The funds of the Investment Fraud Restoration

14  Financing Corporation, created under section 517.1204, Florida

15  Statutes, which have no FLAIR numbers.

16         (f)  The Gas Tax Fund, which has no FLAIR number.

17         (g)  The Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund, which has no

18  FLAIR number.

19         (h)  The Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund,

20  which has no FLAIR number.

21         (i)  The Public Employee Optional Retirement Program

22  Trust Fund, which has no FLAIR number.

23         (7)  Within the Division of Bond Finance, the Bonds

24  Proceeds Trust Fund, which has no FLAIR number.

25         Section 4.  The following trust funds are renamed:

26         (1)  Within the Department of Financial Services:

27         (a)  The Agents and Solicitors County Tax Trust Fund,

28  FLAIR number 43-2-024, is renamed the Agents County Tax Trust

29  Fund.

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 1         (b)  The State Treasurer Escrow Trust Fund, FLAIR

 2  number 43-2-622, is renamed the State Treasury Escrow Trust

 3  Fund.

 4         (c)  The Treasurer Investment Trust Fund, FLAIR number

 5  43-2-728, is renamed the Treasury Investment Trust Fund.

 6         (d)  The Treasurer's Administrative and Investment

 7  Trust Fund, FLAIR number 43-2-725 is renamed the Treasury

 8  Administrative and Investment Trust Fund.

 9         (2)  Within the Office of Financial Regulation, the

10  Chief Financial Officer's Federal Equitable Sharing Trust

11  Fund, FLAIR number 43-2-719, is renamed the Federal Equitable

12  Sharing Trust Fund.

13         Section 5.  Section 17.43, Florida Statutes, is amended

14  to read:

15         17.43  Chief Financial Officer's Federal Equitable

16  Sharing Trust Fund.--

17         (1)  The Chief Financial Officer's Federal Equitable

18  Sharing Trust Fund is created within the Department of

19  Financial Services. The department may deposit into the trust

20  fund receipts and revenues received as a result of federal

21  criminal, administrative, or civil forfeiture proceedings and

22  receipts and revenues received from federal asset-sharing

23  programs. The trust fund is exempt from the service charges

24  imposed by s. 215.20.

25         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

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

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

28  end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the

29  purposes of the trust fund.

30         Section 6.  Section 20.2553, Florida Statutes, is

31  repealed.

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 1         Section 7.  Subsection (7) of section 110.151, Florida

 2  Statutes, is repealed.

 3         Section 8.  Section 199.292, Florida Statutes, is

 4  amended to read:

 5         199.292  Disposition of intangible personal property

 6  taxes.--All intangible personal property taxes collected

 7  pursuant to this chapter, except for revenues derived from the

 8  annual tax on a leasehold described in s. 199.023(1)(d), shall

 9  be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. placed in a

10  special fund designated as the "Intangible Tax Trust Fund."

11  The fund shall be disbursed as follows:

12         (1)  Revenues derived from the annual tax on a

13  leasehold described in s. 199.023(1)(d) shall be returned to

14  the local school board for the county in which the property

15  subject to the leasehold is situated.

16         (2)  There is hereby appropriated annually out of the

17  fund the amount necessary for the effective and efficient

18  administration and enforcement by the department of the

19  provisions of chapters 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, and 198

20  and this chapter.

21         (3)  Of the remaining intangible personal property

22  taxes collected, the balance shall be transferred to the

23  General Revenue Fund of the state.

24         Section 9.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section

25  121.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

26         121.011  Florida Retirement System.--

27         (3)  PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS.--

28         (e)  Any member of the Florida Retirement System or any

29  member of an existing system under this chapter on July 1,

30  1975, who is not retired and who is, has been, or shall be,

31  suspended and reinstated without compensation shall receive

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 1  retirement service credit for the period of time from the date

 2  of suspension to the date of reinstatement, provided:

 3         1.  The creditable service claimed for the period of

 4  suspension does not exceed 24 months;

 5         2.  The member returns to active employment and remains

 6  on the employer's payroll for at least 1 calendar month; and

 7         3.  The member pays into the Retirement System Trust

 8  Fund the total required employer contributions plus the total

 9  employee contributions, if applicable, based on the member's

10  monthly compensation in effect for the pay period immediately

11  preceding the period of suspension, prorated for the said

12  period of suspension, plus interest thereon at a rate of 4

13  percent per annum compounded annually until July 1, 1975, and

14  6.5 percent interest thereafter until paid.  If permitted by

15  federal law, the member may pay to the Internal Revenue

16  Service into the Social Security Trust Fund the total cost, if

17  any, of providing social security coverage for the period of

18  suspension if any social security payments have been made by

19  the employer for the benefit of the member during such period.

20  Should there be any conflict as to payment for social security

21  coverage, the payment for retirement service credit shall be

22  made and retirement service credit granted regardless of such

23  conflict.

24         Section 10.  Subsection (1) of section 121.031, Florida

25  Statutes, is amended to read:

26         121.031  Administration of system; appropriation;

27  oaths; actuarial studies; public records.--

28         (1)  The Department of Management Services has the

29  authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54

30  to implement the provisions of law conferring duties upon the

31  department and to adopt rules as are necessary for the

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 1  effective and efficient administration of this system. The

 2  funds to pay the expenses for administration of the system are

 3  hereby appropriated from the interest earned on investments

 4  made for the Retirement System Trust Fund and social security

 5  trust funds and the assessments allowed under chapter 650.

 6         Section 11.  Subsection (1) of section 121.141, Florida

 7  Statutes, is amended to read:

 8         121.141  Appropriation.--

 9         (1)  There is hereby annually appropriated from the

10  System Trust Fund or the Social Security Trust Fund a

11  sufficient amount to make such payments as are provided in

12  part I of this chapter.

13         Section 12.  Section 122.13, Florida Statutes, is

14  repealed.

15         Section 13.  Section 122.26, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         122.26  Funds.--There shall be paid into the State and

18  County Officers and Employees' Retirement Trust Fund, provided

19  in former  s. 122.17, contributions by members of division B

20  for benefits payable to members under this system, and all

21  amounts appropriated for such purpose by the state.  There is

22  hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the

23  Social Security Contribution Trust Fund, into which shall be

24  deposited contributions required of members for social

25  security coverage, and such amounts as may be appropriated by

26  the state for that purpose.

27         Section 14.  Subsection (2) of section 122.27, Florida

28  Statutes, is amended to read:

29         122.27  Contributions.--From and after the date of the

30  execution of the agreement, the officer or board paying the

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 1  salary of a member of division B shall withhold the following

 2  from such salary:

 3         (2)  The percentage of such salary, which shall

 4  constitute the contribution of the member required for social

 5  security coverage as now or hereafter fixed by relevant

 6  federal statutes.  The officer or board so withholding such

 7  percentage of salary shall submit deposit the same without

 8  delay to the Internal Revenue Fund as directed by the Social

 9  Security Administration in the Social Security Contribution

10  Trust Fund.

11         Section 15.  Section 122.30, Florida Statutes, is

12  repealed.

13         Section 16.  Section 122.35, Florida Statutes, is

14  amended to read:

15         122.35  Funding.--

16         (1)  Commencing July 1, 1967, for all state agencies

17  and commencing October 1, 1967, for all other agencies with

18  employees who are members under this chapter, former ss.

19  122.17 and 122.30(4) shall be of no further force and effect

20  and each officer or board paying salaries to members and

21  withholding contributions required of members under this

22  chapter for purposes of providing retirement benefits and

23  social security benefits to or on behalf of such members,

24  shall budget, set aside and pay over to account B of the

25  intangible tax trust fund, herein created, matching payments

26  in the following specified amounts:

27         (a)1.  An amount equal to the amount of member

28  contributions paid to the State and County Officers and

29  Employees' Retirement Trust Fund as specified in ss. 122.03

30  and 122.27 but excluding any additional contributions required

31  of high hazard members under s. 122.34; and

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 1         2.  Commencing January 1, 1993, an additional amount

 2  equal to 3.99 percent of each installment of salary to

 3  members; and

 4         (b)  An amount equal to the amount of member social

 5  security contributions withheld, to be paid to the Internal

 6  Revenue Service Social Security Contribution Trust Fund as

 7  specified in s. 122.27.

 8         (2)  The monthly payments required by subsection (1)

 9  shall be payable within 10 days after the first day of each

10  calendar month after July 1, 1967, for all state agencies and

11  October 1, 1967, for all other agencies. The state funds

12  required to be paid hereunder shall be provided and paid from

13  the sources as set forth in subsection subsections (3) and

14  (4).

15         (3)  The appropriations provided each state agency each

16  fiscal year shall include sufficient amounts to pay the

17  matching contributions for social security and retirement as

18  required by this section and the matching contributions for

19  retirement required of state agencies under s. 238.11(1)(a).

20  No state agency, whether its funds are provided by state

21  appropriation or not, shall employ any person or maintain any

22  person on its payroll unless it has allotted for such person

23  sufficient funds to meet these required payments.

24         (4)  Effective December 1, 1970, officer and employee

25  contributions and employer matching contributions required by

26  division A and division B of this chapter shall be paid as

27  required in accordance with s. 121.061 and procedures

28  established therefor.

29         (5)  Effective January 1987, social security

30  contributions withheld on behalf of a member of division B of

31  this chapter and employer matching social security

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 1  contributions paid on behalf of such member shall be submitted

 2  to the Internal Revenue Service as required by the Social

 3  Security Administration.

 4         (4)  Effective October 1, 1967, the proceeds of the

 5  intangible tax collections of the state remaining after the

 6  payment of administrative expenses, commissions which are

 7  applicable, and other costs incident to its collection shall

 8  be set aside into an account designated as account B of the

 9  Intangible Tax Trust Fund, which account shall also receive

10  all of the matching payments for retirement and social

11  security remitted by each officer or board as provided in

12  subsection (1).  The amounts received and deposited into

13  account B of the Intangible Tax Trust Fund are appropriated

14  and shall be used for the following purposes and paid out on

15  the priority basis as shown below:

16         (a)  First, from the funds accumulated in account B

17  there shall be transferred:

18         1.  To the Social Security Contribution Trust Fund, an

19  amount equal to the social security contributions remitted by

20  each officer or board to said fund as specified in s. 122.27.

21         2.  To the State and County Officers and Employees'

22  Retirement Fund, an amount equal to the retirement

23  contributions withheld from the salaries of members and

24  remitted by each officer or board to said fund as required by

25  ss. 122.03 and 122.27, but excluding any additional

26  contributions required of high hazard members under s. 122.34;

27  provided, however, that during the 1967-1969 biennium the

28  amount transferred to said account shall not exceed the total

29  amount received in account B from the various state and county

30  agencies for retirement matching purposes.

31  

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 1         (b)  After the retirement and social security

 2  contributions of all members have been matched as provided in

 3  paragraph (a), the balance remaining in account B of the

 4  Intangible Tax Trust Fund shall be distributed as follows:

 5         1.  Each county shall receive each fiscal year ending

 6  June 30 an allocation in an amount equal to 55 percent of the

 7  total net intangible taxes collected and remitted to the

 8  Department of Revenue by the tax collector of the county

 9  during the prior fiscal year.

10         a.  Commencing October 1, 1967, and every October 1

11  thereafter and continuing on the first day of each subsequent

12  month through June 30 of each fiscal year each board of county

13  commissions of the several counties of the state shall receive

14  an allocation from account B of the Intangible Tax Trust Fund.

15  This allocation shall not include the school boards of the

16  several counties of the state.  The amount of said monthly

17  allocation shall be equal to the average amount required to be

18  matched by the Intangible Tax Trust Fund for the corresponding

19  months during the 1966-1967 fiscal year as computed by the

20  Chief Financial Officer, or one-twelfth of the Chief Financial

21  Officer's estimate of the county's allocation, whichever is

22  smaller, and an adjustment to reconcile the monthly

23  allocations with the actual amount to be received pursuant to

24  this subparagraph, shall be made not later than 60 days after

25  the end of the fiscal year.

26         b.  Each county, county agency and school board shall

27  pay all matching cost for retirement and social security as

28  required by this act and s. 238.11(1), notwithstanding the

29  provisions of any other law.

30         2.  The balance remaining in account B of the

31  Intangible Tax Trust Fund after the retirement and social

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 1  security contributions have been matched and the allocations

 2  to each county have been paid as provided in this act, shall

 3  be paid over to the General Revenue Fund of the state.

 4         (c)  The amounts allocated to the several counties from

 5  account B of the Intangible Tax Trust Fund shall be paid by

 6  the Department of Revenue to the respective boards of county

 7  commissioners who shall deposit same in the general fund of

 8  the county, and may expend them for any lawful county purpose.

 9  These amounts may be used to assist any county officer or

10  agency within the county including school boards to make the

11  matching payments for retirement and social security as

12  required by law.  Provided, however, should the income of any

13  constitutional fee officer in any year be insufficient to make

14  the matching payments required by this act, the boards of

15  county commissioners shall provide such fee officer sufficient

16  funds from the allocation received under this law to make

17  these required payments.

18         (d)  Should any officer or board other than a state

19  officer or board fail to make the retirement and social

20  security contributions required herein, the Department of

21  Revenue shall deduct the amount owed by the officer or board

22  from the allocation accruing to the credit of the county

23  affected, or the Department of Revenue shall deduct the amount

24  owed from any other funds to be distributed by him or her to

25  the officer or board using the procedure he or she shall deem

26  most appropriate.  The amounts so deducted shall remain in or

27  be transferred to account B of the Intangible Tax Trust Fund

28  for further distribution in accordance with this subsection.

29         (e)  Should any officer or board other than a state

30  officer or board, for whom the tax collector collects taxes,

31  fail to make the retirement and social security contributions

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 1  required by this act, the tax collector, at the request of the

 2  Department of Revenue and upon receipt of a certificate from

 3  him or her showing the amount owed account B by the officer or

 4  board, shall deduct the amount so certified from any taxes

 5  collected for the officer or board and remit the amount to the

 6  Department of Revenue for deposit in account B of the

 7  Intangible Tax Trust Fund.

 8         (f)  The boards of county commissioners of each county

 9  and the Department of Revenue, acting individually or jointly,

10  are hereby authorized to file and maintain action in the

11  courts of this state against any county agency to require it

12  to remit any retirement or social security matching payments

13  due account B of the Intangible Tax Trust Fund under the

14  provisions of this law.

15         Section 17.  Section 122.351, Florida Statutes, is

16  repealed.

17         Section 18.  Section 199.292, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         199.292  Disposition of intangible personal property

20  taxes.--All intangible personal property taxes collected

21  pursuant to this chapter shall be placed in the Administrative

22  a special fund designated as the "Intangible Tax Trust Fund of

23  the Department of Revenue and."  The fund shall be disbursed

24  as follows:

25         (1)  Revenues derived from the annual tax on a

26  leasehold described in s. 199.023(1)(d) shall be returned to

27  the local school board for the county in which the property

28  subject to the leasehold is situated.

29         (2)  There is hereby appropriated annually out of the

30  fund the amount necessary for the effective and efficient

31  administration and enforcement by the department of the

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 1  provisions of chapters 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, and 198

 2  and this chapter.

 3         (2)(3)  Of the remaining intangible personal property

 4  taxes collected, the balance shall be transferred to the

 5  General Revenue Fund of the state.

 6         Section 19.  Section 213.31, Florida Statutes, is

 7  repealed.

 8         Section 20.  Paragraphs (k), (o), and (x) of subsection

 9  (4) of section 215.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

10         215.20  Certain income and certain trust funds to

11  contribute to the General Revenue Fund.--

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

13  following described trust funds, by whatever name designated,

14  is that from which the appropriations authorized by subsection

15  (3) shall be made:

16         (k)  Within the Department of Financial Services:

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

18         2.  The Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

19         3.  The Special Disability Trust Fund.

20         4.  The Workers' Compensation Administration Trust

21  Fund.

22         (o)  Within the Department of Management Services:

23         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

24         2.  The Architects Incidental Trust Fund.

25         3.  The Bureau of Aircraft Trust Fund.

26         4.  The Florida Facilities Pool Working Capital Trust

27  Fund.

28         5.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

29         6.  The Motor Vehicle Operating Trust Fund.

30         6.7.  The Police and Firefighters' Premium Tax Trust

31  Fund.

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 1         7.8.  The Public Employees Relations Commission Trust

 2  Fund.

 3         8.9.  The State Personnel System Trust Fund.

 4         9.10.  The Supervision Trust Fund.

 5         10.11.  The Working Capital Trust Fund.

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

 7  Financial Services Commission:

 8         1.  The Administrative Trust Fund.

 9         2.  The Anti-Fraud Trust Fund.

10         3.  The Financial Institutions' Regulatory Trust Fund.

11         4.  The Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty Fund.

12         4.5.  The Regulatory Trust Fund.

13  

14  The enumeration of the foregoing moneys or trust funds shall

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

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

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

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

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

20  funds or contributions or private grants to any trust fund

21  would be lost to the state.

22         Section 21.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section

23  215.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

24         215.32  State funds; segregation.--

25         (2)  The source and use of each of these funds shall be

26  as follows:

27         (b)1.  The trust funds shall consist of moneys received

28  by the state which under law or under trust agreement are

29  segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency

30  or branch of state government receiving or collecting such

31  moneys shall be responsible for their proper expenditure as

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 1  provided by law. Upon the request of the state agency or

 2  branch of state government responsible for the administration

 3  of the trust fund, the Chief Financial Officer may establish

 4  accounts within the trust fund at a level considered necessary

 5  for proper accountability. Once an account is established

 6  within a trust fund, the Chief Financial Officer may authorize

 7  payment from that account only upon determining that there is

 8  sufficient cash and releases at the level of the account.

 9         2.  In addition to other trust funds created by law, to

10  the extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust

11  funds as described in this subparagraph for day-to-day

12  operations:

13         a.  Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a

14  depository for funds to be used for program operations funded

15  by program revenues.

16         b.  Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a

17  depository for client services funded by third-party payors.

18         c.  Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository

19  for funds to be used for management activities that are

20  departmental in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings

21  and assessments against trust funds.

22         d.  Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a

23  depository for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor

24  agreement activities funded by restricted contractual revenue

25  from private and public nonfederal sources.

26         e.  Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a

27  depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272.

28         f.  Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository

29  for funds to account for collections pending distribution to

30  lawful recipients.

31  

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 1         g.  Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository

 2  for funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by

 3  restricted program revenues from federal sources.

 4  

 5  To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal

 6  accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the

 7  requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have

 8  trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such

 9  adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the

10  necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the

11  next scheduled review of the agency's trust funds pursuant to

12  s. 215.3206.

13         2.  In order to maintain a minimum number of trust

14  funds in the State Treasury, each state agency or the judicial

15  branch may consolidate, if permitted under the terms and

16  conditions of their receipt, the trust funds administered by

17  it; provided, however, the agency or judicial branch employs

18  effectively a uniform system of accounts sufficient to

19  preserve the integrity of such trust funds; and provided,

20  further, that consolidation of trust funds is approved by the

21  Governor or the Chief Justice.

22         3.  All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be

23  expended in accordance with the law or trust agreement under

24  which they were received, subject always to the provisions of

25  chapter 216 relating to the appropriation of funds and to the

26  applicable laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of

27  moneys in the State Treasury.

28         4.a.  Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting

29  the use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated

30  cash balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by

31  

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 1  the Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund

 2  and Working Capital Fund in the General Appropriations Act.

 3         b.  This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds

 4  required by federal programs or mandates; trust funds

 5  established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions

 6  whose revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body

 7  to meet debt service or other financial requirements of any

 8  debt obligations of the state or any public body; the State

 9  Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the net

10  annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the

11  Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the

12  management of the Board of Regents, where such trust funds are

13  for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts,

14  grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general

15  law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for

16  the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; trust funds

17  that account for assets held by the state in a trustee

18  capacity as an agent or fiduciary for individuals, private

19  organizations, or other governmental units; and other trust

20  funds authorized by the State Constitution.

21         Section 22.  Subsections (12), (13), (14), (15), and

22  (16) of section 253.03, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

23         253.03  Board of trustees to administer state lands;

24  lands enumerated.--

25         (12)  There is hereby established within the Department

26  of Environmental Protection the Forfeited Property Trust Fund,

27  to be used as a nonlapsing revolving fund exclusively for the

28  purposes of subsection (13).

29         (12)(13)  The Board of Trustees of the Internal

30  Improvement Trust Fund is hereby authorized to administer,

31  manage, control, conserve, protect, and sell all real property

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 1  forfeited to the state pursuant to ss. 895.01-895.09 or

 2  acquired by the state pursuant to s. 607.0505 or s. 620.192.

 3  The board is directed to immediately determine the value of

 4  all such property and shall ascertain whether the property is

 5  in any way encumbered. If the board determines that it is in

 6  the best interest of the state to do so, funds from the

 7  Internal Improvement Forfeited Property Trust Fund may be used

 8  to satisfy any such encumbrances. If forfeited property

 9  receipts are not the Forfeited Property Trust Fund does not

10  contain a balance sufficient to satisfy encumbrances on the

11  property and expenses permitted under this section, funds from

12  the Land Acquisition Trust Fund may be used to satisfy any

13  such encumbrances and expenses. All property acquired by the

14  board pursuant to s. 607.0505, s. 620.192, or ss.

15  895.01-895.09 shall be sold as soon as commercially feasible

16  unless the Attorney General recommends and the board

17  determines that retention of the property in public ownership

18  would effectuate one or more of the following policies of

19  statewide significance: protection or enhancement of

20  floodplains, marshes, estuaries, lakes, rivers, wilderness

21  areas, wildlife areas, wildlife habitat, or other

22  environmentally sensitive natural areas or ecosystems; or

23  preservation of significant archaeological or historical sites

24  identified by the Secretary of State. In such event the

25  property shall remain in the ownership of the board, to be

26  controlled, managed, and disposed of in accordance with this

27  chapter, and the Internal Improvement Forfeited Property Trust

28  Fund shall be reimbursed from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund,

29  or other appropriate fund designated by the board, for any

30  funds expended from the Internal Improvement Forfeited

31  Property Trust Fund pursuant to this subsection in regard to

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 1  such property. Upon the recommendation of the Attorney

 2  General, the board may reimburse the investigative agency for

 3  its investigative expenses, costs, and attorneys' fees, and

 4  may reimburse law enforcement agencies for actual expenses

 5  incurred in conducting investigations leading to the

 6  forfeiture of such property from funds deposited in the

 7  Internal Improvement Forfeited Property Trust Fund of the

 8  Department of Environmental Protection. The proceeds of the

 9  sale of property acquired under s. 607.0505, s. 620.192, or

10  ss. 895.01-895.09 shall be distributed as follows:

11         (a)  After satisfaction of any valid claims arising

12  under the provisions of s. 895.09(1)(a) or (b), any moneys

13  used to satisfy encumbrances and expended as costs of

14  administration, appraisal, management, conservation,

15  protection, sale, and real estate sales services and any

16  interest earnings lost to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund as

17  of a date certified by the Department of Environmental

18  Protection shall be replaced first in the Land Acquisition

19  Trust Fund, if those funds were used, and then in the

20  Forfeited Property Trust Fund; and

21         (b)  The remainder shall be distributed as set forth in

22  s. 895.09.

23         (13)(14)  For applications not reviewed pursuant to s.

24  373.427, the department must review applications for the use

25  of state-owned submerged lands, including a purchase, lease,

26  easement, disclaimer, or other consent to use such lands and

27  must request submittal of all additional information necessary

28  to process the application. Within 30 days after receipt of

29  the additional information, the department must review the

30  information submitted and may request only that information

31  needed to clarify the additional information, to process the

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 1  appropriate form of approval indicated by the additional

 2  information, or to answer those questions raised by, or

 3  directly related to, the additional information. An

 4  application for the authority to use state-owned submerged

 5  land must be approved, denied, or submitted to the board of

 6  trustees for approval or denial within 90 days after receipt

 7  of the original application or the last item of timely

 8  requested additional information. This time is tolled by any

 9  notice requirements of s. 253.115 or any hearing held under

10  ss. 120.569 and 120.57. If the review of the application is

11  not completed within the 90-day period, the department must

12  report quarterly to the board the reasons for the failure to

13  complete the report and provide an estimated date by which the

14  application will be approved or denied. Failure to comply with

15  these time periods shall not result in approval by default.

16         (14)(15)  Where necessary to establish a price for the

17  sale or other disposition of state lands, including leases or

18  easements, the Division of State Lands may utilize appropriate

19  appraiser selection and contracting procedures established

20  under s. 253.025.  The board of trustees may adopt rules to

21  implement this subsection.

22         (15)(16)  The Board of Trustees of the Internal

23  Improvement Trust Fund, and the state through its agencies,

24  may not control, regulate, permit, or charge for any severed

25  materials which are removed from the area adjacent to an

26  intake or discharge structure pursuant to an exemption

27  authorized in s. 403.813(2)(f) and (r).

28         Section 23.  Subsection (6) of section 287.064, Florida

29  Statutes, as amended by section 10 of chapter 2003-399, Laws

30  of Florida, is amended to read:

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 1         287.064  Consolidated financing of deferred-payment

 2  purchases.--

 3         (6)  There is created the Consolidated Payment Trust

 4  Fund in the Chief Financial Officer's office for the purpose

 5  of implementing the provisions of this act.  All funds debited

 6  from each agency and each community college pursuant to the

 7  provisions of this section may be deposited in the trust fund

 8  and shall be used to meet the financial obligations incurred

 9  pursuant to this act. Any income from the investment of funds

10  may be used to fund administrative costs associated with this

11  program.

12         Section 24.  Section 440.501, Florida Statutes, is

13  repealed.

14         Section 25.  Section 450.155, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         450.155  Funding of the Child Labor Law program Trust

17  Fund.--

18         (1)  There is created in the State Treasury an account

19  to be known as the Child Labor Law program Trust Fund. Subject

20  to such appropriations made by as the Legislature shall be

21  used may make therefor from time to time, disbursements from

22  this account may be made by the division, subject to the

23  approval of the department, in order to carry out the proper

24  responsibilities of administering the Child Labor Law, to

25  protect the working youth of the state, and to provide

26  education about the Child Labor Law to employers, public

27  school employees, the general public, and working youth. The

28  Child Labor Law Trust Fund and the moneys deposited therein

29  shall be under the direct supervision and control of the

30  department, and such moneys may be disbursed by the Chief

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 1  Financial Officer from time to time as determined by the

 2  department.

 3         (2)  Moneys for the administration of the child labor

 4  program shall be transferred to the Professional Regulation

 5  Trust Fund from the Workers' Compensation Administration Trust

 6  Fund of the Department of Financial Services pursuant to

 7  nonoperating transfers. Notwithstanding the provisions of s.

 8  216.292, the Child Labor Law Trust Fund shall not be available

 9  for transfer for any purposes other than those provided for in

10  this section.

11         Section 26.  Section 450.165, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         450.165  Child labor law and farm labor accounts.--The

14  department shall maintain separate accounts in the

15  Professional Regulation Trust Fund for child labor law

16  enforcement and administration activities and for farm labor

17  registration activities. The department shall account for the

18  expenditure of moneys received from the Workers' Compensation

19  Administration Trust Fund of the Department of Financial

20  Services. To the maximum extent possible, the department shall

21  directly charge all expenses to the appropriate account.

22         Section 27.  Subsection (7) of section 450.30, Florida

23  Statutes, is amended to read:

24         450.30  Requirement of certificate of registration;

25  education and examination program.--

26         (7)  The department shall charge each applicant a $35

27  fee for the education and examination program. Such fees shall

28  be deposited in the Professional Regulation Crew Chief

29  Registration Trust Fund.

30         Section 28.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section

31  450.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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 1         450.31  Issuance, revocation, and suspension of, and

 2  refusal to issue or renew, certificate of registration.--

 3         (1)  The department shall not issue to any person a

 4  certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, nor

 5  shall it renew such certificate, until:

 6         (c)  Such person pays to the department, in cash,

 7  certified check, or money order, a nonrefundable application

 8  fee of $75. Fees collected by the department under this

 9  subsection shall be deposited in the State Treasury into the

10  Professional Regulation Crew Chief Registration Trust Fund,

11  which is hereby created, and shall be utilized for

12  administration of this part.

13         Section 29.  Section 494.0017, Florida Statutes, is

14  amended to read:

15         494.0017  Regulatory Trust Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty

16  Fund.--

17         (1)  The office shall make transfers from the

18  Regulatory Trust Fund to the Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty Fund

19  to pay valid claims arising under former ss. 494.042, 494.043,

20  and 494.044, as provided in former s. 494.00171 from the

21  Regulatory Trust Fund.

22         (2)  Any money paid to the Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty

23  Fund in excess of any liability to claimants against the

24  Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty Fund shall be transferred to the

25  Regulatory Trust Fund.

26         (2)(3)  Funds from the Regulatory Trust The Mortgage

27  Brokerage Guaranty Fund shall be disbursed as provided in

28  former s. 494.044, upon approval by the office, to any party

29  to a mortgage financing transaction who:

30         (a)  Is adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction

31  of this state to have suffered monetary damages as a result of

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 1  any violation of chapter 494 in effect prior to October 1,

 2  1991, committed by a licensee or registrant;

 3         (b)  Has filed a claim for recovery prior to January 1,

 4  1992; and

 5         (c)  Has suffered monetary damages as a result of an

 6  act occurring prior to October 1, 1991.

 7         (3)(4)  Notwithstanding s. 215.965, the office may

 8  disburse funds to a court or court-appointed person for

 9  distribution, if the conditions precedent for recovery exist

10  and the distribution would be the fairest and most equitable

11  manner of distributing the funds.

12         Section 30.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section

13  494.0041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         494.0041  Administrative penalties and fines; license

15  violations.--

16         (2)  Each of the following acts constitutes a ground

17  for which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (1)

18  may be taken:

19         (d)  Disbursement, or an act which has caused or will

20  cause disbursement, to any person in any amount from the

21  Regulatory Trust Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty Fund, the

22  Securities Guaranty Fund, or the Florida Real Estate Recovery

23  Fund, regardless of any repayment or restitution to the

24  disbursed fund by the licensee or any person acting on behalf

25  of the licensee or registrant.

26         Section 31.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section

27  494.0072, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

28         494.0072  Administrative penalties and fines; license

29  violations.--

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 1         (2)  Each of the following acts constitutes a ground

 2  for which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (1)

 3  may be taken:

 4         (d)  Disbursement, or an act which has caused or will

 5  cause disbursement, to any person in any amount from the

 6  Regulatory Trust Mortgage Brokerage Guaranty Fund, the

 7  Securities Guaranty Fund, or the Florida Real Estate Recovery

 8  Fund, regardless of any repayment or restitution to the

 9  disbursed fund by the licensee or any person acting on behalf

10  of the licensee.

11         Section 32.  Subsection (1) of section 501.2101,

12  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         501.2101  Enforcing authorities; moneys received in

14  certain proceedings.--

15         (1)  Any moneys received by an enforcing authority for

16  attorney's fees and costs of investigation or litigation in

17  proceedings brought under the provisions of s. 501.207, s.

18  501.208, or s. 501.211 shall be deposited as received in the

19  Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund if the action is brought by

20  the Department of Legal Affairs, and in the Consumer Frauds

21  Trust Fund of the Justice Administrative Commission if the

22  action is brought by a state attorney in the State Treasury.

23         Section 33.  Section 569.205, Florida Statutes, as

24  amended by section 734 of chapter 2003-261, Laws of Florida,

25  is repealed.

26         Section 34.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 650.04,

27  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

28         650.04  Contributions by state employees.--

29         (1)  Every employee of the state whose services are

30  covered by an agreement entered into under s. 650.03 shall be

31  required to pay for the period of such coverage, into the

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 1  Social Security Contribution Trust Fund established by s.

 2  650.06, contributions, with respect to wages as defined in s.

 3  650.02, equal to the amount of the employee tax which would be

 4  imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if such

 5  services constituted employment within the meaning of that

 6  act.  Such liability shall arise in consideration of the

 7  employee's retention in the service of the state, or the

 8  employee's entry upon such service, after the enactment of

 9  this chapter.

10         (2)  The contribution imposed by this section shall be

11  collected by deducting the amount of the contribution from

12  wages as and when paid, but failure to make such deduction

13  shall not relieve the employee from liability for such

14  contribution. Effective January 1987, such contributions shall

15  be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service as directed by

16  the Social Security Administration.

17         Section 35.  Section 650.05, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         650.05  Plans for coverage of employees of political

20  subdivisions.--

21         (1)  Each political subdivision of the state is hereby

22  authorized to submit for approval by the state agency a plan

23  for extending the benefits of Title II of the Social Security

24  Act, in conformity with the applicable provisions of such act,

25  to employees of such political subdivisions.  Each such plan

26  and any amendment thereof shall be approved by the state

27  agency if it is found that such plan, or such plan as amended,

28  is in conformity with such requirements as are provided in

29  regulations of the state agency, except that no such plan

30  shall be approved unless:

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 1         (a)  It is in conformity with the requirements of the

 2  Social Security Act and with the agreement entered into under

 3  s. 650.03;

 4         (b)  It provides that all services which constitute

 5  employment as defined in s. 650.02 are performed in the employ

 6  of the political subdivisions by employees thereof, shall be

 7  covered by the plan, except such of those services set forth

 8  in s. 650.02(2)(c) as the political subdivision specifically

 9  elects to exclude;

10         (c)  It specifies the source or sources from which the

11  funds necessary to make the payments required by paragraph

12  (3)(a) and by subsection (4) are expected to be derived and

13  contains reasonable assurance that such sources will be

14  adequate for such purpose;

15         (d)  It provides for such methods of administration of

16  the plan by the political subdivision as are found by the

17  state agency to be necessary for the proper and efficient

18  administration of the plan;

19         (e)  It provides that the political subdivision will

20  make such reports, in such form and containing such

21  information, as the state agency may from time to time

22  require, and comply with such provisions as the state agency

23  or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may from

24  time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and

25  verification of such reports; and

26         (f)  It authorizes the state agency to terminate the

27  plan in its entirety, in the discretion of the state agency,

28  if it finds that there has been a failure to comply

29  substantially with any provisions contained in such plan, such

30  termination to take effect at the expiration of such notice

31  and on such conditions as may be provided by regulations of

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 1  the state agency and may be consistent with the provisions of

 2  the Social Security Act.

 3         (2)  The state agency shall not finally refuse to

 4  approve a plan submitted by a political subdivision under

 5  subsection (1), and shall not terminate an approved plan,

 6  without reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the

 7  political subdivision affected thereby.  Any final decision of

 8  the state agency shall be subject to proper judicial review.

 9         (3)(a)  Each political subdivision as to which a plan

10  has been approved under this section shall pay to the Internal

11  Revenue Service into the Social Security Contribution Trust

12  Fund, with respect to wages (as defined in s. 650.02), at such

13  time or times as the Social Security Administration state

14  agency may by regulation prescribe, contributions in the

15  amounts and at the rates specified in the applicable agreement

16  entered into by the state agency under s. 650.03.

17         (b)  Each political subdivision required to make

18  payments under paragraph (a) is authorized, in consideration

19  of the employee's retention in, or entry upon, employment

20  after enactment of this chapter, to impose upon each of its

21  employees, as to services which are covered by an approved

22  plan, a contribution with respect to his or her wages as

23  defined in s. 650.02 not exceeding the amount of the employee

24  tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance

25  Contributions Act if such services constituted employment

26  within the meaning of that act, and to deduct the amount of

27  such contribution from his or her wages as and when paid.

28  Contributions so collected shall be paid to the Internal

29  Revenue Service into the Social Security Contribution Trust

30  Fund in partial discharge of the liability of such political

31  subdivision or instrumentality under paragraph (a).  Failure

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 1  to deduct such contribution shall not relieve the employee or

 2  employer of liability therefor.

 3         (4)  Delinquent payments due under paragraph (3)(a)

 4  may, with interest of 1 percent for each calendar month or

 5  part thereof past the due date, be recovered by action in a

 6  court of competent jurisdiction against the political

 7  subdivision liable therefor or shall, at the request of the

 8  state agency, be deducted from any other moneys payable to

 9  such subdivision by any department or agency of the state.

10         (5)  Each political subdivision as to which a plan has

11  been approved shall be liable to the state agency for a

12  proportionate part of the cost of administering this chapter.

13  Such proportionate cost shall be computed and paid in

14  accordance with such regulations relating thereto as may be

15  adopted by the state agency and shall be deposited in the

16  Social Security Administration Trust Fund; and, if any such

17  payment is not made when due, the amount thereof, with

18  interest of 0.5 percent for each calendar month or part

19  thereof past the due date, shall, upon request of the state

20  agency, be deducted from any other moneys payable to such

21  political subdivision by any officer, department, or agency of

22  the state, and forthwith paid to the state agency.

23  Withdrawals from the Social Security Administration Trust Fund

24  shall be made solely for the payment of costs of administering

25  this chapter, and any balance in excess of the amount

26  necessary for administering this chapter shall be transferred

27  to the state retirement system trust funds established

28  pursuant to chapter 121 to make up the actuarial deficit in

29  any of the state retirement systems consolidated thereunder,

30  and the necessary amounts are hereby appropriated from said

31  funds for these purposes.

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 1         (4)(6)(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this

 2  chapter, effective January 1, 1972, all state political

 3  subdivisions receiving financial aid that provide social

 4  security coverage for their employees pursuant to the

 5  provisions of this chapter and the provisions of the various

 6  retirement systems as authorized by law shall, in addition to

 7  other purposes, utilize all grants-in-aid and other revenue

 8  received from the state to pay the employer's share of social

 9  security cost.

10         (b)  The grants-in-aid and other revenue referred to in

11  paragraph (a) specifically include, but are not limited to,

12  minimum foundation program grants to public school districts

13  and community colleges; gasoline, motor fuel, intangible,

14  cigarette, racing, and insurance premium taxes distributed to

15  political subdivisions; and amounts specifically appropriated

16  as grants-in-aid for mental health, mental retardation, and

17  mosquito control programs.

18         Section 36.  Section 650.06, Florida Statutes, as

19  amended by section 1661 of chapter 2003-261, Laws of Florida,

20  is repealed.

21         Section 37.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and

22  paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (2) of section 895.09,

23  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

24         895.09  Disposition of funds obtained through

25  forfeiture proceedings.--

26         (1)  A court entering a judgment of forfeiture in a

27  proceeding brought pursuant to s. 895.05 shall retain

28  jurisdiction to direct the distribution of any cash or of any

29  cash proceeds realized from the forfeiture and disposition of

30  the property. The court shall direct the distribution of the

31  funds in the following order of priority:

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 1         (c)  Any claim by the Board of Trustees of the Internal

 2  Improvement Trust Fund on behalf of the Internal Improvement

 3  Forfeited Property Trust Fund or the Land Acquisition Trust

 4  Fund pursuant to s. 253.03(13), not including administrative

 5  costs of the Department of Environmental Protection previously

 6  paid directly from the Internal Improvement Forfeited Property

 7  Trust Fund in accordance with legislative appropriation.

 8         (2)(a)  Following satisfaction of all valid claims

 9  under subsection (1), 25 percent of the remainder of the funds

10  obtained in the forfeiture proceedings pursuant to s. 895.05

11  shall be deposited as provided in paragraph (b) into the

12  appropriate trust fund of the Department of Legal Affairs or

13  state attorney's office which filed the civil forfeiture

14  action; 25 percent shall be deposited as provided in paragraph

15  (c) into the applicable law enforcement trust fund of the

16  investigating law enforcement agency conducting the

17  investigation which resulted in or significantly contributed

18  to the forfeiture of the property; 25 percent shall be

19  deposited as provided in paragraph (d) in the Substance Abuse

20  Trust Fund of the Department of Children and Family Services;

21  and the remaining 25 percent shall be deposited in the

22  Internal Improvement Forfeited Property Trust Fund of the

23  Department of Environmental Protection. When a forfeiture

24  action is filed by the Department of Legal Affairs or a state

25  attorney, the court entering the judgment of forfeiture shall,

26  taking into account the overall effort and contribution to the

27  investigation and forfeiture action by the agencies that filed

28  the action, make a pro rata apportionment among such agencies

29  of the funds available for distribution to the agencies filing

30  the action as provided in this section. If multiple

31  investigating law enforcement agencies have contributed to the

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 1  forfeiture of the property, the court which entered the

 2  judgment of forfeiture shall, taking into account the overall

 3  effort and contribution of the agencies to the investigation

 4  and forfeiture action, make a pro rata apportionment among

 5  such investigating law enforcement agencies of the funds

 6  available for distribution to the investigating agencies as

 7  provided in this section.

 8         (e)  On a quarterly basis, any excess funds from

 9  forfeited property receipts, including interest, over $1

10  million deposited in the Internal Improvement Forfeited

11  Property Trust Fund of the Department of Environmental

12  Protection in accordance with paragraph (a) shall be deposited

13  in the Substance Abuse Trust Fund of the Department of

14  Children and Family Services.

15         Section 38.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section

16  932.7055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         932.7055  Disposition of liens and forfeited

18  property.--

19         (5)  If the seizing agency is a state agency, all

20  remaining proceeds shall be deposited into the General Revenue

21  Fund.  However, if the seizing agency is:

22         (b)  The Department of Environmental Protection, the

23  proceeds accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Florida

24  Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the Internal

25  Improvement Forfeited Property Trust Fund or into the

26  department's Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund as provided in

27  s. 20.2553, as applicable.

28         Section 39.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 2644

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    funds.
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 6  general revenue related to the termination of the Intangible
    Tax Trust Fund. This will allow the Department of Revenue to
 7  continue to distribute the tax on leaseholds back to the
    school board in the county for which the revenue was
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