| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to job opportunities for youths; providing |
| 3 | legislative intent to support statewide vocational |
| 4 | training and placement provided to at-risk youth through |
| 5 | the Professional Opportunities Program for Students, Inc.; |
| 6 | requiring that program proposals be submitted to Workforce |
| 7 | Florida, Inc.; requiring a report to the Legislature; |
| 8 | requiring Workforce Florida, Inc., to be the fiscal agent |
| 9 | for the statewide Professional Opportunities Program for |
| 10 | Students, Inc.; amending s. 561.121, F.S.; revising the |
| 11 | percentage of monthly collections of the excise taxes on |
| 12 | alcoholic beverages to be deposited into the Alcoholic |
| 13 | Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund; requiring a certain |
| 14 | percentage of net collections to be deposited into the |
| 15 | Employment Security Administration Trust Fund within the |
| 16 | Agency for Workforce Innovation for allocation to |
| 17 | Workforce Florida, Inc.; requiring Workforce Florida, |
| 18 | Inc., to distribute those funds to Professional |
| 19 | Opportunities Program for Students, Inc.; amending s. |
| 20 | 563.05, F.S.; revising the excise tax amount payable by |
| 21 | manufacturers, distributors, and vendors of malt |
| 22 | beverages; providing an effective date. |
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| 24 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 26 | Section 1. Professional Opportunities Program for |
| 27 | Students, Inc.; legislative intent; statewide program; fiscal |
| 28 | oversight.-- |
| 29 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide support |
| 30 | and funding for programs conducted by Professional Opportunities |
| 31 | Program for Students, Inc., (POPS). POPS identifies and provides |
| 32 | vocational-and-employability-skills training and placement |
| 33 | programs and initiatives to youths between the ages of 16 and 18 |
| 34 | years who have significant family troubles; have significant |
| 35 | school troubles; have experienced drug or alcohol use, or both; |
| 36 | or exhibit predelinquent behavior and who may also qualify for |
| 37 | the Department of Juvenile Justice's initiative programs for |
| 38 | youth. |
| 39 | (2) In order to receive funding under this act, POPS must |
| 40 | submit to Workforce Florida, Inc., by September 1, 2006, a |
| 41 | proposal for a statewide training and placement program for |
| 42 | youth between the ages of 16 and 18 years. The program should |
| 43 | include up to 6 months of vocational education and training and |
| 44 | appropriate followup, including documentation of the percentage |
| 45 | of youth who have been placed in jobs for which training was |
| 46 | provided under the program since its inception and the |
| 47 | percentage who remain in such jobs for at least 3 months after |
| 48 | placement. By January 1, 2007, and each January 1 thereafter, |
| 49 | POPS shall provide to the President of the Senate and the |
| 50 | Speaker of the House of Representatives a report that includes |
| 51 | an itemized list of program costs and the statistics on job |
| 52 | placement and retention of the youths served by the program. |
| 53 | (3) Workforce Florida, Inc., shall be the fiscal agent for |
| 54 | the statewide Professional Opportunities Program for Students, |
| 55 | Inc. |
| 56 | Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 561.121, Florida |
| 57 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 58 | 561.121 Deposit of revenue.-- |
| 59 | (1) All state funds collected pursuant to ss. 563.05, |
| 60 | 564.06, and 565.12 shall be paid into the State Treasury and |
| 61 | disbursed in the following manner: |
| 62 | (a)1. One and eight-hundred-fifty-thousandths Two percent |
| 63 | of monthly collections of the excise taxes on alcoholic |
| 64 | beverages established in ss. 563.05, 564.06, and 565.12 shall be |
| 65 | deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund to |
| 66 | meet the division's appropriation for the state fiscal year. |
| 67 | 2. Six and nine-hundred-fifty-thousandths percent of net |
| 68 | collections shall be deposited into the Employment Security |
| 69 | Administration Trust Fund within the Agency for Workforce |
| 70 | Innovation for allocation to Workforce Florida, Inc., which |
| 71 | shall distribute the moneys to Professional Opportunities |
| 72 | Program for Students, Inc., to fund the statewide summer program |
| 73 | for youth training and placement. |
| 74 | 3.2. Beginning July 1, 2004, There is annually distributed |
| 75 | $15 million to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the |
| 76 | Department of Elderly Affairs, and these funds are annually |
| 77 | appropriated to support a contract with the Johnnie B. Byrd, |
| 78 | Sr., Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute at the University |
| 79 | of South Florida for the purposes of conducting research, |
| 80 | developing and operating integrated data projects, and providing |
| 81 | assistance to memory disorder clinics as established in s. |
| 82 | 430.502. |
| 83 | 4.3. Beginning July 1, 2004, There is annually distributed |
| 84 | $6 million to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the |
| 85 | Department of Health, and these funds are annually appropriated |
| 86 | to the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program. From |
| 87 | these funds, up to $250,000 shall be available annually for the |
| 88 | operating costs of the Florida Center for Universal Research to |
| 89 | Eradicate Disease. |
| 90 | 5.4. Beginning July 1, 2004, There is annually distributed |
| 91 | $9 million to be paid by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial |
| 92 | Officer upon the State Treasury to Florida State University for |
| 93 | the School of Chiropractic Medicine. Notwithstanding the |
| 94 | provisions of chapter 216, until the School of Chiropractic |
| 95 | Medicine is completely staffed and fully operational, these |
| 96 | funds may be used for any purpose by the university. |
| 97 | (b) The remainder of collection shall be credited to the |
| 98 | General Revenue Fund. |
| 99 | Section 3. Section 563.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 100 | read: |
| 101 | 563.05 Excise taxes on malt beverages.--As to malt |
| 102 | beverages containing 0.5 percent or more of alcohol by volume, |
| 103 | there shall be paid by all manufacturers, distributors, and |
| 104 | vendors, as herein defined, a tax of 56 48 cents per gallon upon |
| 105 | all such beverages in bulk or in kegs or barrels; and, when such |
| 106 | beverages are sold in containers of less than 1 gallon, the tax |
| 107 | will be 7 6 cents on each pint or fraction thereof in the |
| 108 | container. However, the excise taxes required to be paid by this |
| 109 | section upon malt beverages are not required to be paid upon |
| 110 | such beverages when they are sold to post exchanges, ship |
| 111 | service stores, and base exchanges located in military, naval, |
| 112 | or air force reservations within this state. |
| 113 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |