HB 7073

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to distribution of proceeds from the
3	excise tax on documents; amending s. 201.15, F.S.;
4	deleting a provision for distributing certain amounts to
5	the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of
6	Community Affairs for certain purposes; providing an
7	effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
12	201.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13	201.15  Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes
14	collected under this chapter shall be distributed as follows and
15	shall be subject to the service charge imposed in s. 215.20(1),
16	except that such service charge shall not be levied against any
17	portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds to the extent
18	that the amount of the service charge is required to pay any
19	amounts relating to the bonds:
20	(1)  Sixty-two and sixty-three hundredths percent of the
21	remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used for
22	the following purposes:
23	(d)  The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
24	subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a),
25	(b), and (c), shall be paid into the State Treasury to the
26	credit of:
27	1.  The State Transportation Trust Fund in the Department
28	of Transportation in the amount of $541.75 million in each
29	fiscal year, to be paid in quarterly installments and used for
30	the following specified purposes, notwithstanding any other law
31	to the contrary:
32	a.  For the purposes of capital funding for the New Starts
33	Transit Program, authorized by Title 49, U.S.C. s. 5309 and
34	specified in s. 341.051, 10 percent of these funds;
35	b.  For the purposes of the Small County Outreach Program
36	specified in s. 339.2818, 5 percent of these funds;
37	c.  For the purposes of the Strategic Intermodal System
38	specified in ss. 339.61, 339.62, 339.63, and 339.64, 75 percent
39	of these funds after allocating for the New Starts Transit
40	Program described in sub-subparagraph a. and the Small County
41	Outreach Program described in sub-subparagraph b.; and
42	d.  For the purposes of the Transportation Regional
43	Incentive Program specified in s. 339.2819, 25 percent of these
44	funds after allocating for the New Starts Transit Program
45	described in sub-subparagraph a. and the Small County Outreach
46	Program described in sub-subparagraph b.
47	2.  The Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust
48	Fund in the Department of Environmental Protection in the amount
49	of $100 million in each fiscal year, to be paid in quarterly
50	installments and used as required by s. 403.890.
51	3.  The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service
52	Trust Fund in the Department of Education in the amount of $105
53	million in each fiscal year, to be paid in monthly installments
54	with $75 million used to fund the Classrooms for Kids Program
55	created in s. 1013.735, and $30 million to be used to fund the
56	High Growth County District Capital Outlay Assistance Grant
57	Program created in s. 1013.738. If required, new facilities
58	constructed under the Classrooms for Kids Program must meet the
59	requirements of s. 1013.372.
60	4.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department
61	of Community Affairs in the amount of $3.25 million in each
62	fiscal year to be paid in monthly installments, with $3 million
63	to be used to fund technical assistance to local governments and
64	school boards on the requirements and implementation of this act
65	and $250,000 to be used to fund the Century Commission
66	established in s. 163.3247.
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68	Moneys distributed pursuant to this paragraph may not be pledged
69	for debt service unless such pledge is approved by referendum of
70	the voters.
71	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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