Senate Bill sb0378c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 378

    By the Committee on Education Appropriations; and Senator
    Alexander




    602-1726A-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to higher education; amending

  3         s. 561.121, F.S.; eliminating provisions

  4         requiring an annual distribution of funds to

  5         Florida State University for a specified

  6         purpose; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

11  561.121, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         561.121  Deposit of revenue.--

13         (1)  All state funds collected pursuant to ss. 563.05,

14  564.06, and 565.12 shall be paid into the State Treasury and

15  disbursed in the following manner:

16         (a)1.  Two percent of monthly collections of the excise

17  taxes on alcoholic beverages established in ss. 563.05,

18  564.06, and 565.12 shall be deposited into the Alcoholic

19  Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund to meet the division's

20  appropriation for the state fiscal year.

21         2.  Beginning July 1, 2004, there is annually

22  distributed $15 million to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund

23  within the Department of Elderly Affairs, and these funds are

24  annually appropriated to support a contract with the Johnnie

25  B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute at the

26  University of South Florida for the purposes of conducting

27  research, developing and operating integrated data projects,

28  and providing assistance to memory disorder clinics as

29  established in s. 430.502.

30         3.  Beginning July 1, 2004, there is annually

31  distributed $6 million to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund

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    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 378
    602-1726A-05




 1  within the Department of Health, and these funds are annually

 2  appropriated to the James and Esther King Biomedical Research

 3  Program. From these funds, up to $250,000 shall be available

 4  annually for the operating costs of the Florida Center for

 5  Universal Research to Eradicate Disease.

 6         4.  Beginning July 1, 2004, there is annually

 7  distributed $9 million to be paid by warrant drawn by the

 8  Chief Financial Officer upon the State Treasury to Florida

 9  State University for the School of Chiropractic Medicine.

10  Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 216, until the

11  School of Chiropractic Medicine is completely staffed and

12  fully operational, these funds may be used for any purpose by

13  the university.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

15  law.

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17          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
18                         Senate Bill 378

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20  This committee substitute repeals the annual distribution of
    $9 million from the excise taxes on alcoholic beverages to
21  Florida State University for the School of Chiropractic
    Medicine and other purposes.
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