Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 8. Subsection (15) of section 328.72, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 328.72 Classification; registration; fees and charges;
21 surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle
22 stickers.--
23 (15) DISTRIBUTION OF FEES.--Except for the first $2,
24 $1 of, which shall be remitted to the state for deposit into
25 the Save the Manatee Trust Fund created within the Fish and
26 Wildlife Conservation Commission and $1 of which shall be
27 remitted to the state for deposit into the Marine Resources
28 Conservation Trust Fund to fund a grant program for public
29 launching facilities, pursuant to s. 327.47, giving priority
30 consideration to counties with more than 35,000 registered
31 vessels., Moneys designated for the use of the counties, as
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1 specified in subsection (1), shall be distributed by the tax
2 collector to the board of county commissioners for use as
3 provided in this section. Such moneys to be returned to the
4 counties are for the sole purposes of providing recreational
5 channel marking and public launching facilities and other
6 boating-related activities, for removal of vessels and
7 floating structures deemed a hazard to public safety and
8 health for failure to comply with s. 327.53, and for manatee
9 and marine mammal protection and recovery. Counties that
10 demonstrate through an annual detailed accounting report of
11 vessel registration revenues that at least $1 of the
12 registration fees were spent on boating infrastructure shall
13 only be required to transfer the first $1 of the fees to the
14 Save the Manatee Trust Fund. This report shall be provided to
15 the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission no later than
16 November 1 of each year. The commission shall provide an
17 exemption letter to the department by December 15 of each year
18 for qualifying counties.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
25 On page 2, lines 6 through 15, delete those lines
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28 Legislature; amending s. 328.72, F.S.; revising
29 the distribution of vessel registration fees;
30 providing for a portion of the fees to be
31 designated for certain trust funds; providing
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1 for a grant program for public launching
2 facilities; providing priority consideration
3 for certain counties; requiring certain
4 counties to provide an annual report ot the
5 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;
6 requiring the commission to provide exemptions
7 for certain counties; creating s. 342.07, F.S.;
8 enunciating the state's
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