HB 1017

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to distribution of tax revenues; amending
3s. 212.20, F.S.; extending the period of time for
4distribution of certain sales tax and communications
5services tax revenues to the International Game Fish
6Association World Center facility; providing an effective
7date.
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9Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11     Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
12212.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13     212.20  Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of
14department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated
15unconstitutionally collected.--
16     (6)  Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter and s.
17202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be as follows:
18     (d)  The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed
19pursuant to this chapter or remitted pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b)
20and (2)(b) shall be distributed as follows:
21     1.  In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million, minus
22an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the taxes
23collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5 percent of all other
24taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter or remitted
25pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be deposited in
26monthly installments into the General Revenue Fund.
27     2.  Two-tenths of one percent shall be transferred to the
28Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund to be used for
29water quality improvement and water restoration projects.
30     3.  After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and 2.,
318.814 percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer
32located within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61
33shall be transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales
34Tax Clearing Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2003, the amount to
35be transferred pursuant to this subparagraph to the Local
36Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund shall be
37reduced by 0.1 percent, and the department shall distribute this
38amount to the Public Employees Relations Commission Trust Fund
39less $5,000 each month, which shall be added to the amount
40calculated in subparagraph 4. and distributed accordingly.
41     4.  After the distribution under subparagraphs 1., 2., and
423., 0.095 percent shall be transferred to the Local Government
43Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and distributed pursuant
44to s. 218.65.
45     5.  After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3.,
46and 4., 2.0440 percent of the available proceeds pursuant to
47this paragraph shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue
48Sharing Trust Fund for Counties pursuant to s. 218.215.
49     6.  After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3.,
50and 4., 1.3409 percent of the available proceeds pursuant to
51this paragraph shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue
52Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If
53the total revenue to be distributed pursuant to this
54subparagraph is at least as great as the amount due from the
55Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the former
56Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year
571999-2000, no municipality shall receive less than the amount
58due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and
59the former Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state
60fiscal year 1999-2000. If the total proceeds to be distributed
61are less than the amount received in combination from the
62Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the former
63Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year
641999-2000, each municipality shall receive an amount
65proportionate to the amount it was due in state fiscal year
661999-2000.
67     7.  Of the remaining proceeds:
68     a.  In each fiscal year, the sum of $29,915,500 shall be
69divided into as many equal parts as there are counties in the
70state, and one part shall be distributed to each county. The
71distribution among the several counties shall begin each fiscal
72year on or before January 5th and shall continue monthly for a
73total of 4 months. If a local or special law required that any
74moneys accruing to a county in fiscal year 1999-2000 under the
75then-existing provisions of s. 550.135 be paid directly to the
76district school board, special district, or a municipal
77government, such payment shall continue until such time that the
78local or special law is amended or repealed. The state covenants
79with holders of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness
80issued by local governments, special districts, or district
81school boards prior to July 1, 2000, that it is not the intent
82of this subparagraph to adversely affect the rights of those
83holders or relieve local governments, special districts, or
84district school boards of the duty to meet their obligations as
85a result of previous pledges or assignments or trusts entered
86into which obligated funds received from the distribution to
87county governments under then-existing s. 550.135. This
88distribution specifically is in lieu of funds distributed under
89s. 550.135 prior to July 1, 2000.
90     b.  The department shall distribute $166,667 monthly
91pursuant to s. 288.1162 to each applicant that has been
92certified as a "facility for a new professional sports
93franchise" or a "facility for a retained professional sports
94franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162. Up to $41,667 shall be
95distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that has
96been certified as a "facility for a retained spring training
97franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162; however, not more than
98$416,670 may be distributed monthly in the aggregate to all
99certified facilities for a retained spring training franchise.
100Distributions shall begin 60 days following such certification
101and shall continue for not more than 30 years. Nothing contained
102in this paragraph shall be construed to allow an applicant
103certified pursuant to s. 288.1162 to receive more in
104distributions than actually expended by the applicant for the
105public purposes provided for in s. 288.1162(6).
106     c.  Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of
107Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of
108Revenue that an applicant has been certified as the professional
109golf hall of fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is open to the
110public, $166,667 shall be distributed monthly, for up to 300
111months, to the applicant.
112     d.  Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of
113Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of
114Revenue that the applicant has been certified as the
115International Game Fish Association World Center facility
116pursuant to s. 288.1169, and the facility is open to the public,
117$83,333 shall be distributed monthly, for up to 300 168 months,
118to the applicant. This distribution is subject to reduction
119pursuant to s. 288.1169. A lump sum payment of $999,996 shall be
120made, after certification and before July 1, 2000.
121     8.  All other proceeds shall remain with the General
122Revenue Fund.
123     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.


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