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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 2648
By Senator Siplin
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to job opportunities for
3 youths; providing legislative intent to support
4 statewide vocational training and placement
5 provided to at-risk youth through the
6 Professional Opportunities Program for
7 Students, Inc., (POPS); requiring that program
8 proposals be submitted to the Office of Urban
9 Opportunity within the Department of Community
10 Affairs; requiring a report to the Legislature;
11 requiring Workforce Florida, Inc., to be the
12 fiscal agent for the statewide Professional
13 Opportunities Program for Students, Inc.;
14 amending s. 561.121, F.S.; revising the
15 percentage of monthly collections of the excise
16 taxes on alcoholic beverages to be deposited
17 into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust
18 Fund; requiring a certain percentage of net
19 collections to be deposited into the Grants and
20 Donations Trust Fund within the Department of
21 Community Affairs for distribution to the
22 Professional Opportunities Program for
23 Students, Inc.; amending s. 563.05, F.S.;
24 revising the excise tax amount payable by
25 manufacturers, distributors, and vendors of
26 malt beverages; creating s. 563.09, F.S.;
27 providing a tax credit for summer employment of
28 youths; providing an effective date.
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30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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1 Section 1. Professional Opportunities Program for
2 Students; legislative intent; statewide program; fiscal
3 oversight.--
4 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide
5 support and funding for programs conducted by Professional
6 Opportunities Program for Students, Inc., (POPS). POPS
7 provides paid internships, educational, and developmental
8 skills to youths between the ages of 16 and 18 years who have
9 significant family troubles; have significant school troubles;
10 have experienced drug or alcohol use, or both; or exhibit
11 predelinquent behavior.
12 (2) In order to receive funding, POPS, Inc., shall
13 submit to the Office of Urban Opportunity within the
14 Department of Community Affairs, by September 1, 2006, a
15 proposal for funding of a statewide summer program for youth
16 employment, to be offered in all Front Porch communities
17 throughout the state. The program should include a summer
18 internship of at least 8 weeks, student-selection criteria,
19 required parental involvement, and followup during the school
20 year. By January 1, 2007, and each January 1 thereafter, POPS
21 shall provide to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
22 of the House of Representatives a report that includes, but is
23 not limited to, an itemized list of program costs, number and
24 types of businesses or partnerships that provide summer
25 internships, and the following statistics on the youth served
26 by the program: high school retention and graduation rates;
27 postsecondary education or vocational training; job placement;
28 and increase or decrease in juvenile crime.
29 (3) The Office of Urban Opportunity shall be the
30 fiscal agent for the statewide Professional Opportunities
31 Program for Students.
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1 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 561.121, Florida
2 Statutes, is amended to read:
3 561.121 Deposit of revenue.--
4 (1) All state funds collected pursuant to ss. 563.05,
5 564.06, and 565.12 shall be paid into the State Treasury and
6 disbursed in the following manner:
7 (a)1. One and eight hundred fifty thousandths Two
8 percent of monthly collections of the excise taxes on
9 alcoholic beverages established in ss. 563.05, 564.06, and
10 565.12 shall be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and
11 Tobacco Trust Fund to meet the division's appropriation for
12 the state fiscal year.
13 2. Six and nine hundred fifty thousandths percent of
14 net collections shall be deposited into the Grants and
15 Donations Trust Fund within the Office of Urban Opportunity,
16 Department of Community Affairs, for distribution to the
17 Professional Opportunities Program for Students, Inc., to fund
18 the statewide youth summer employment program.
19 3.2. Beginning July 1, 2004, There is annually
20 distributed $15 million to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund
21 within the Department of Elderly Affairs, and these funds are
22 annually appropriated to support a contract with the Johnnie
23 B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute at the
24 University of South Florida for the purposes of conducting
25 research, developing and operating integrated data projects,
26 and providing assistance to memory disorder clinics as
27 established in s. 430.502.
28 4.3. Beginning July 1, 2004, There is annually
29 distributed $6 million to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund
30 within the Department of Health, and these funds are annually
31 appropriated to the James and Esther King Biomedical Research
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1 Program. From these funds, up to $250,000 shall be available
2 annually for the operating costs of the Florida Center for
3 Universal Research to Eradicate Disease.
4 5.4. Beginning July 1, 2004, There is annually
5 distributed $9 million to be paid by warrant drawn by the
6 Chief Financial Officer upon the State Treasury to Florida
7 State University for the School of Chiropractic Medicine.
8 Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 216, until the
9 School of Chiropractic Medicine is completely staffed and
10 fully operational, these funds may be used for any purpose by
11 the university.
12 (b) The remainder of collection shall be credited to
13 the General Revenue Fund.
14 Section 3. Section 563.05, Florida Statutes, is
15 amended to read:
16 563.05 Excise taxes on malt beverages.--As to malt
17 beverages containing 0.5 percent or more of alcohol by volume,
18 there shall be paid by all manufacturers, distributors, and
19 vendors, as herein defined, a tax of 56 48 cents per gallon
20 upon all such beverages in bulk or in kegs or barrels; and,
21 when such beverages are sold in containers of less than 1
22 gallon, the tax will be 7 6 cents on each pint or fraction
23 thereof in the container. However, the excise taxes required
24 to be paid by this section upon malt beverages are not
25 required to be paid upon such beverages when they are sold to
26 post exchanges, ship service stores, and base exchanges
27 located in military, naval, or air force reservations within
28 this state.
29 Section 4. Section 563.09, Florida Statutes, is
30 created to read:
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1 563.09 Tax credit for youth summer employment.--The
2 following tax credit is allowed against the tax imposed under
3 this chapter:
4 (1) The sum of $2,400 annually for each paid,
5 qualified internship provided by the taxpayer under the
6 statewide POPS, Inc., program. An internship tax credit of
7 $200 shall be taken against monthly excise taxes as remitted
8 and reported pursuant to s. 561.50. As used in this
9 subsection, the term "qualified internship" means an
10 internship in the front office of the taxpayer's business and
11 may not include contact with alcoholic beverages.
12 (2) Up to $5,000 annually for each academic or
13 vocational postsecondary education scholarship provided by the
14 taxpayer to a student who successfully completes a POPS
15 internship. The tax credit shall be taken in 12 equal
16 installments against monthly excise taxes as remitted and
17 reported pursuant to s. 561.50.
18 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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21 SENATE SUMMARY
22 Provides legislative intent to support statewide
vocational training and placement provided to at-risk
23 youth through the Professional Opportunities Program for
Students, Inc., (POPS). Requires a report to the
24 Legislature. Requires the Office of Urban Opportunity
within the Department of Community Affairs to be the
25 fiscal agent for the statewide Professional Opportunities
Program for Students, Inc. Revises the percentage of
26 monthly collections of the excise taxes on alcoholic
beverages to be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and
27 Tobacco Trust Fund. Requires a certain percentage of net
collections to be deposited into the Grants and Donations
28 Trust Fund within the department for distribution to the
Professional Opportunities Program for Students, Inc.
29 Revises the excise tax amount payable by manufacturers,
distributors, and vendors of malt beverages. Provides tax
30 credit for summer employment of youths.
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