| 1 | Representative(s) Simmons and Seiler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 2403 and 2404 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 43. Effective July 1, 2006, subsection (3) of |
| 6 | section 218.245, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 218.245 Revenue sharing; apportionment.-- |
| 8 | (3) Revenues attributed to the increase in distribution |
| 9 | to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities pursuant to |
| 10 | s. 212.20(6)(d)6. from 1.0715 percent to 1.3409 percent provided |
| 11 | in chapter 2003-402, Laws of Florida, shall be distributed to |
| 12 | each eligible municipality and any unit of local government |
| 13 | which is consolidated as provided by s. 9, Art. VIII of the |
| 14 | State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII, |
| 15 | 1968 revised constitution, as follows: each eligible local |
| 16 | government's allocation shall be based on the amount it received |
| 17 | from the half-cent sales tax under s. 218.61 in the prior state |
| 18 | fiscal year divided by the total receipts under s. 218.61 in the |
| 19 | prior state fiscal year for all eligible local governments; |
| 20 | provided, however, for the purpose of calculating this |
| 21 | distribution, the amount received from the half-cent sales tax |
| 22 | under s. 218.61 in the prior state fiscal year by a unit of |
| 23 | local government which is consolidated as provided by s. 9, Art. |
| 24 | VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as amended, and as |
| 25 | preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII, of the Constitution as revised |
| 26 | in 1968, shall be reduced by 50 percent for such local |
| 27 | government and for the total receipts. For eligible |
| 28 | municipalities that began participating in the allocation of |
| 29 | half-cent sales tax under s. 218.61 in the previous state fiscal |
| 30 | year, their annual receipts shall be calculated by dividing |
| 31 | their actual receipts by the number of months they participated, |
| 32 | and the result multiplied by 12. |
| 33 | Section 44. (1) Beginning October 1, 2005, the Department |
| 34 | of Revenue shall withhold $1,800,000 in nine equal monthly |
| 35 | installments from the amounts to be distributed to a unit of |
| 36 | local government which is consolidated as provided by s. 9, Art. |
| 37 | VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), |
| 38 | Art. VIII, 1968 revised constitution, pursuant to s. 218.245(3), |
| 39 | Florida Statutes. The Office of Economic and Demographic |
| 40 | Research is directed to conduct a review of the provisions of |
| 41 | chapter 2003-402, Laws of Florida, regarding the increase in |
| 42 | distributions to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for |
| 43 | Municipalities pursuant to s. 212.20(6)(d)6., Florida Statutes. |
| 44 | The purpose of the review shall be to determine if the increase |
| 45 | in the distribution made to the consolidated unit of local |
| 46 | government was appropriate when compared to the distributions |
| 47 | made to other units of local government. The office shall submit |
| 48 | its findings to the Legislative Budget Commission by September |
| 49 | 1, 2005. If the commission, after receiving the findings, |
| 50 | determines that the distributions to the consolidated unit of |
| 51 | local government were appropriate, the commission shall approve |
| 52 | the release of the withheld amount, or such lesser amount it |
| 53 | deems appropriate, to the unit of local government. If the |
| 54 | commission determines that the distributions were not |
| 55 | appropriate, it shall take no action and the withheld amount |
| 56 | shall be distributed as directed by a future act of the |
| 57 | Legislature. |
| 58 | (2) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government |
| 59 | Accountability is directed to review the effects that the |
| 60 | provisions of chapters 2003-402 and 2004-265, Laws of Florida, |
| 61 | had on a unit of local government which is consolidated as |
| 62 | provided by s. 9, Art. VIII of the State Constitution of 1885, |
| 63 | as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII, 1968 revised constitution. |
| 64 | The purpose of the review shall be to determine if the effects |
| 65 | on the state-shared revenues received by the consolidated unit |
| 66 | of local government as a county were consistent with the effects |
| 67 | on other counties, including home rule charter counties, and |
| 68 | whether the effects on state-shared revenues received as a |
| 69 | municipality were consistent with the effects on other |
| 70 | municipalities. The review shall be submitted to the President |
| 71 | of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by |
| 72 | February 1, 2006. |
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| 75 | Between line(s) 246 and 247, insert: |
| 76 | amending s. 218.245, F.S.; revising the requirements for |
| 77 | revenue sharing with respect to certain local governments; |
| 78 | requiring the Department of Revenue to withhold certain |
| 79 | amounts from amounts to be distributed to certain local |
| 80 | governments; requiring the Office of Economic and |
| 81 | Demographic Research to review certain provisions of law; |
| 82 | specifying review requirements; requiring the office to |
| 83 | report to the Legislative Budget Commission; providing |
| 84 | duties of the commission; requiring the Office of Program |
| 85 | Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to review |
| 86 | certain provisions of law; specifying review requirements; |
| 87 | requiring a report to the Legislature; |