| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the distribution of documentary stamp |
| 3 | taxes; amending s. 201.15, F.S.; deleting a provision |
| 4 | relating to distribution of proceeds from the excise tax |
| 5 | on documents to the Public Education Capital Outlay and |
| 6 | Debt Service Trust Fund; amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; |
| 7 | deleting provisions relating to distributions from such |
| 8 | trust fund for specified programs; amending s. 1013.65, |
| 9 | F.S.; deleting reference to certain moneys paid into such |
| 10 | trust fund and to moneys set aside for distribution to a |
| 11 | specified program; amending s. 1013.738, F.S.; deleting a |
| 12 | provision relating to distributions from such trust fund |
| 13 | for a specified program; providing an effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section |
| 18 | 201.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 19 | 201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes |
| 20 | collected under this chapter shall be distributed as follows and |
| 21 | shall be subject to the service charge imposed in s. 215.20(1), |
| 22 | except that such service charge shall not be levied against any |
| 23 | portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds to the extent |
| 24 | that the amount of the service charge is required to pay any |
| 25 | amounts relating to the bonds: |
| 26 | (1) Sixty-two and sixty-three hundredths percent of the |
| 27 | remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used for |
| 28 | the following purposes: |
| 29 | (d) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this |
| 30 | subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a), |
| 31 | (b), and (c), shall be paid into the State Treasury to the |
| 32 | credit of: |
| 33 | 1. The State Transportation Trust Fund in the Department |
| 34 | of Transportation in the amount of $541.75 million in each |
| 35 | fiscal year, to be paid in quarterly installments and used for |
| 36 | the following specified purposes, notwithstanding any other law |
| 37 | to the contrary: |
| 38 | a. For the purposes of capital funding for the New Starts |
| 39 | Transit Program, authorized by Title 49, U.S.C. s. 5309 and |
| 40 | specified in s. 341.051, 10 percent of these funds; |
| 41 | b. For the purposes of the Small County Outreach Program |
| 42 | specified in s. 339.2818, 5 percent of these funds; |
| 43 | c. For the purposes of the Strategic Intermodal System |
| 44 | specified in ss. 339.61, 339.62, 339.63, and 339.64, 75 percent |
| 45 | of these funds after allocating for the New Starts Transit |
| 46 | Program described in sub-subparagraph a. and the Small County |
| 47 | Outreach Program described in sub-subparagraph b.; and |
| 48 | d. For the purposes of the Transportation Regional |
| 49 | Incentive Program specified in s. 339.2819, 25 percent of these |
| 50 | funds after allocating for the New Starts Transit Program |
| 51 | described in sub-subparagraph a. and the Small County Outreach |
| 52 | Program described in sub-subparagraph b. |
| 53 | 2. The Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust |
| 54 | Fund in the Department of Environmental Protection in the amount |
| 55 | of $100 million in each fiscal year, to be paid in quarterly |
| 56 | installments and used as required by s. 403.890. |
| 57 | 3. The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service |
| 58 | Trust Fund in the Department of Education in the amount of $105 |
| 59 | million in each fiscal year, to be paid in monthly installments |
| 60 | with $75 million used to fund the Classrooms for Kids Program |
| 61 | created in s. 1013.735, and $30 million to be used to fund the |
| 62 | High Growth County District Capital Outlay Assistance Grant |
| 63 | Program created in s. 1013.738. If required, new facilities |
| 64 | constructed under the Classrooms for Kids Program must meet the |
| 65 | requirements of s. 1013.372. |
| 66 | 3.4. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department |
| 67 | of Community Affairs in the amount of $3.25 million in each |
| 68 | fiscal year to be paid in monthly installments, with $3 million |
| 69 | to be used to fund technical assistance to local governments and |
| 70 | school boards on the requirements and implementation of this act |
| 71 | and $250,000 to be used to fund the Century Commission |
| 72 | established in s. 163.3247. |
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| 74 | Moneys distributed pursuant to this paragraph may not be pledged |
| 75 | for debt service unless such pledge is approved by referendum of |
| 76 | the voters. |
| 77 | Section 2. Subsection (7) of section 1013.64, Florida |
| 78 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 79 | 1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs; |
| 80 | construction cost maximums for school district capital |
| 81 | projects.--Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay |
| 82 | and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital |
| 83 | outlay projects shall be determined as follows: |
| 84 | (7) Moneys distributed to the Public Education Capital |
| 85 | Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d) |
| 86 | to fund the Classrooms for Kids Program created in s. 1013.735 |
| 87 | and the High Growth County District Capital Outlay Assistance |
| 88 | Grant Program created in s. 1013.738 shall be distributed as |
| 89 | provided by those sections. |
| 90 | Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 91 | 1013.65, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 92 | 1013.65 Educational and ancillary plant construction |
| 93 | funds; Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust |
| 94 | Fund; allocation of funds.-- |
| 95 | (2)(a) The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt |
| 96 | Service Trust Fund shall be comprised of the following sources, |
| 97 | which are hereby appropriated to the trust fund: |
| 98 | 1. Proceeds, premiums, and accrued interest from the sale |
| 99 | of public education bonds and that portion of the revenues |
| 100 | accruing from the gross receipts tax as provided by s. 9(a)(2), |
| 101 | Art. XII of the State Constitution, as amended, interest on |
| 102 | investments, and federal interest subsidies. |
| 103 | 2. General revenue funds appropriated to the fund for |
| 104 | educational capital outlay purposes. |
| 105 | 3. All capital outlay funds previously appropriated and |
| 106 | certified forward pursuant to s. 216.301. |
| 107 | 4.a. Funds paid pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d). |
| 108 | b. The sum of $41.75 million of such funds shall be |
| 109 | appropriated annually for expenditure to fund the Classrooms for |
| 110 | Kids Program created in s. 1013.735 and shall be distributed as |
| 111 | provided by that section. |
| 112 | Section 4. Subsection (4) of section 1013.738, Florida |
| 113 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 114 | 1013.738 High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance |
| 115 | Grant Program.-- |
| 116 | (4) Moneys distributed to the Public Education Capital |
| 117 | Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d) |
| 118 | for the High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance Grant |
| 119 | Program created in this section shall be distributed as provided |
| 120 | by this section. |
| 121 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |