CS for SB 1882 First Engrossed
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A bill to be entitled
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An act relating to the distribution of excise taxes;
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amending s. 201.15, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
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the distribution of the excise tax on documents;
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authorizing the Department of Revenue to retain amounts
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necessary to pay certain costs; revising the amount of
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moneys distributed to certain trust funds for certain
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purposes; amending s. 215.211, F.S.; revising provisions
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relating to the elimination or reduction of the service
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charge on the local option fuel tax and the amount of
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deposited in the State Transportation Trust Fund; amending
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s. 1013.63, F.S.; revising provisions for funding the
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University Concurrency Trust Fund within the Department of
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references; providing an effective date.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 161.05301, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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161.05301 Beach erosion control project staffing.--
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(1) There are hereby appropriated to the Department of
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Environmental Protection six positions and $449,918 for fiscal
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year 1998-1999 from the Ecosystem Management and Restoration
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Trust Fund from revenues provided by this act pursuant to s.
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assist local project sponsors, and shall be used to facilitate
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and promote enhanced beach erosion control project
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administration. Such staffing resources shall be directed toward
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more efficient contract development and oversight, promoting
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cost-sharing strategies and regional coordination or projects
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among local governments, providing assistance to local
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governments to ensure timely permit review, and improving billing
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review and disbursement processes.
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Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 161.091, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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161.091 Beach management; funding; repair and maintenance
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strategy.--
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(3) In accordance with the intent expressed in s. 161.088
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and the legislative finding that erosion of the beaches of this
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state is detrimental to tourism, the state's major industry,
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further exposes the state's highly developed coastline to severe
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storm damage, and threatens beach-related jobs, which, if not
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stopped, may could significantly reduce state sales tax revenues,
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funds deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the
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Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund, in the annual
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period of not less than 15 years, to fund the development,
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implementation, and administration of the state's beach
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that trust fund for any other purpose.
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Section 3. Section 201.15, Florida Statutes, as amended by
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section 43 of chapter 2007-73 and section 1 of chapter 2007-335,
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Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
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201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes
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collected under this chapter are shall be distributed as follows
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and shall be subject to the service charge imposed in s.
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215.20(1). Prior to distribution under this section, the
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Department of Revenue shall deduct amounts necessary to pay the
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costs of the collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this
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chapter., except that Such costs and the service charge may shall
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not be levied against any portion of taxes pledged to debt
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service on bonds to the extent that the costs and amount of the
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service charge are is required to pay any amounts relating to the
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bonds. All taxes remaining after deduction of costs and the
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service charge shall be distributed as follows:
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(1) Sixty-three and thirty-one Sixty-two and sixty-three
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hundredths percent of the remaining taxes collected under this
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chapter shall be used for the following purposes:
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(a) Amounts as shall be necessary to pay the debt service
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on, or fund debt service reserve funds, rebate obligations, or
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other amounts payable with respect to Preservation 2000 bonds
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issued pursuant to s. 375.051 and Florida Forever bonds issued
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pursuant to s. 215.618, shall be paid into the State Treasury to
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the credit of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to be used for such
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purposes. The amount transferred to the Land Acquisition Trust
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Fund may shall not exceed $300 million in fiscal year 1999-2000
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and thereafter for Preservation 2000 bonds and bonds issued to
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refund Preservation 2000 bonds, and $300 million in fiscal year
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2000-2001 and thereafter for Florida Forever bonds. The annual
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amount transferred to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund for Florida
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Forever bonds may shall not exceed $30 million in the first
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fiscal year in which bonds are issued. The limitation on the
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amount transferred shall be increased by an additional $30
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million in each subsequent fiscal year, but may shall not exceed
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a total of $300 million in any fiscal year for all bonds issued.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that all bonds issued to fund
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the Florida Forever Act be retired by December 31, 2030. Except
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for bonds issued to refund previously issued bonds, no series of
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bonds may be issued pursuant to this paragraph unless such bonds
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are approved and the debt service for the remainder of the fiscal
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year in which the bonds are issued is specifically appropriated
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in the General Appropriations Act. For purposes of refunding
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Preservation 2000 bonds, amounts designated within this section
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for Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever bonds may be
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transferred between the two programs to the extent provided for
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in the documents authorizing the issuance of the bonds. The
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Preservation 2000 bonds and Florida Forever bonds shall be
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equally and ratably secured by moneys distributable to the Land
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Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to this section, except to the
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extent specifically provided otherwise by the documents
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authorizing the issuance of the bonds. No moneys transferred to
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the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to this paragraph, or
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earnings thereon, shall be used or made available to pay debt
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service on the Save Our Coast revenue bonds.
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(b) Moneys shall be paid into the State Treasury to the
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credit of the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund in amounts necessary
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to pay debt service, provide reserves, and pay rebate obligations
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and other amounts due with respect to bonds issued under s.
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215.619. Taxes distributed under paragraph (a) and this paragraph
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must be collectively distributed on a pro rata basis when the
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available moneys under this subsection are not sufficient to
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cover the amounts required under paragraph (a) and this
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paragraph.
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(c) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
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subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a) and
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(b), shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the
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Land Acquisition Trust Fund and may be used for any purpose for
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which funds deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund may
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lawfully be used. Payments made under this paragraph shall
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continue until the cumulative amount credited to the Land
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Acquisition Trust Fund for the fiscal year under this paragraph
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and paragraph (2)(b) equals 70 percent of the current official
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forecast for distributions of taxes collected under this chapter
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pursuant to subsection (2). As used in this paragraph, the term
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"current official forecast" means the most recent forecast as
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determined by the Revenue Estimating Conference. If the current
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official forecast for a fiscal year changes after payments under
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this paragraph have ended during that fiscal year, no further
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payments are required during the fiscal year.
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(c)(d) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
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subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a) and,
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(b), and (c), shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit
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of:
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1. The State Transportation Trust Fund in the Department of
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Transportation in the amount of the lesser of 38.2 percent of the
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remainder or $541.75 million in each fiscal year, to be paid in
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quarterly installments and used for the following specified
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purposes, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary:
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a. For the purposes of capital funding for the New Starts
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Transit Program, authorized by Title 49, U.S.C. s. 5309 and
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specified in s. 341.051, 10 percent of these funds;
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b. For the purposes of the Small County Outreach Program
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specified in s. 339.2818, 5 percent of these funds;
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c. For the purposes of the Strategic Intermodal System
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of these funds after allocating for the New Starts Transit
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Program described in sub-subparagraph a. and the Small County
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Outreach Program described in sub-subparagraph b.; and
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d. For the purposes of the Transportation Regional
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Incentive Program specified in s. 339.2819, 25 percent of these
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funds after allocating for the New Starts Transit Program
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described in sub-subparagraph a. and the Small County Outreach
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Program described in sub-subparagraph b.
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2. For the 2007-2008 fiscal year and each fiscal year
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thereafter, The Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust
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Fund in the Department of Environmental Protection in the amount
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of the lesser of 5.64 percent of the remainder or $80 million in
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each fiscal year, to be paid in quarterly installments and used
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as required by s. 403.890.
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3. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of
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Community Affairs in the amount of the lesser of .23 percent of
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the remainder or $3.25 million in each fiscal year to be paid in
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monthly installments, with 92 percent $3 million to be used to
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fund technical assistance to local governments and school boards
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on the requirements and implementation of this act and $250,000
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the remaining amount to be used to fund the Century Commission
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established in s. 163.3247.
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4. The Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund in
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the amount of the lesser of 2.12 percent of the remainder or $30
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million in each fiscal year, to be used for the preservation and
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5. The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund in the
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amount of the lesser of .14 percent of the remainder or $2
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million in each fiscal year, to be used for marine mammal care as
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provided in s. 370.0603(3).
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6. General Inspection Trust Fund in the amount of the
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lesser of .02 percent of the remainder or $300,000 in each fiscal
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year to be used to fund oyster management and restoration
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programs as provided in s. 370.07(3).
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Moneys distributed pursuant to this paragraph may not be pledged
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for debt service unless such pledge is approved by referendum of
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the voters.
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(d)(e) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
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subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a),
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(b), and (c), and (d) shall be paid into the State Treasury to
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the credit of the General Revenue Fund to be used and expended
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for the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund was created
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and exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management and Restoration
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Trust Fund, the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund, or the
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General Inspection Trust Fund as provided in subsection (11).
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(2) The lesser of 7.56 seven and fifty-six hundredths
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percent of the remaining taxes collected under this chapter or
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$84.9 million in each fiscal year shall be used for the following
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purposes:
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(a) Beginning in the month following the final payment for
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a fiscal year under paragraph (1)(c), available moneys shall be
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paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue
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Fund to be used and expended for the purposes for which the
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General Revenue Fund was created and exists by law or to the
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Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund, the Marine
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Resources Conservation Trust Fund, or the General Inspection
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Trust Fund as provided in subsection (11). Payments made under
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this paragraph shall continue until the cumulative amount
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credited to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year under
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this paragraph equals the cumulative payments made under
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paragraph (1)(c) for the same fiscal year.
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(b) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this
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subsection shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of
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the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. Sums deposited in the fund
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pursuant to this subsection may be used for any purpose for which
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funds deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund may lawfully
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be used.
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(3) The lesser of 1.94 one and ninety-four hundredths
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percent of the remaining taxes collected under this chapter or
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$26 million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
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Treasury to the credit of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. Moneys
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deposited in the trust fund pursuant to this section shall be
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used to acquire coastal lands or to pay debt service on bonds
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issued to acquire coastal lands and to develop and manage lands
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acquired with moneys from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
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(4) The lesser of 4.2 four and two-tenths percent of the
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remaining taxes collected under this chapter or $60.5 million in
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each fiscal year shall be paid into the State Treasury to the
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credit of the Water Management Lands Trust Fund. Sums deposited
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in that fund may be used for any purpose authorized in s. 373.59.
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(5)(a) For the 2007-2008 fiscal year, 3.96 percent of the
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remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid into
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the State Treasury to the credit of the Conservation and
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Recreation Lands Trust Fund to carry out the purposes set forth
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in s. 259.032. Ten and five-hundredths percent of the amount
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credited to the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund
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pursuant to this subsection shall be transferred to the State
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Game Trust Fund and used for land management activities.
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(b) Beginning July 1, 2008, 3.52 percent of the remaining
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taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State
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Treasury to the credit of the Conservation and Recreation Lands
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Trust Fund to carry out the purposes set forth in s. 259.032.
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Eleven and fifteen hundredths percent of the amount credited to
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the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund pursuant to this
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subsection shall be transferred to the State Game Trust Fund and
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used for land management activities.
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(6) The lesser of 2.28 two and twenty-eight hundredths
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percent of the remaining taxes collected under this chapter or
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$34.1 million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
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Treasury to the credit of the Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund
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(7) The lesser of .5 one-half of one percent of the
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remaining taxes collected under this chapter or $9.3 million in
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each fiscal year shall be paid into the State Treasury to the
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credit of the State Game Trust Fund to be used exclusively for
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the purpose of implementing the Lake Restoration 2020 Program.
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(8) One-half of one percent of the remaining taxes
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collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State
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Treasury and divided equally to the credit of the Department of
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Environmental Protection Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund to
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address water quality impacts associated with nonagricultural
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nonpoint sources and to the credit of the Department of
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Agriculture and Consumer Services General Inspection Trust Fund
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to address water quality impacts associated with agricultural
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nonpoint sources, respectively. These funds shall be used for
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research, development, demonstration, and implementation of
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suitable best management practices or other measures used to
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achieve water quality standards in surface waters and water
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segments identified pursuant to ss. 303(d) of the Clean Water
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Act, Pub. L. No. 92-500, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq.
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Implementation of best management practices and other measures
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may include cost-share grants, technical assistance,
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implementation tracking, and conservation leases or other
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agreements for water quality improvement. The Department of
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Environmental Protection and the Department of Agriculture and
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Consumer Services may adopt rules governing the distribution of
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funds for implementation of best management practices. The
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unobligated balance of funds received from the distribution of
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taxes collected under this chapter to address water quality
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impacts associated with nonagricultural nonpoint sources will be
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excluded when calculating the unobligated balance of the Water
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Quality Assurance Trust Fund as it relates to the determination
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of the applicable excise tax rate.
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(9) The lesser of 7.53 seven and fifty-three hundredths
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percent of the remaining taxes collected under this chapter or
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$107 million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
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Treasury to the credit of the State Housing Trust Fund and shall
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be used as follows:
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(a) Half of that amount shall be used for the purposes for
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which the State Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law.
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(b) Half of that amount shall be paid into the State
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Treasury to the credit of the Local Government Housing Trust Fund
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and shall be used for the purposes for which the Local Government
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Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law.
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(10) The lesser of 8.66 eight and sixty-six hundredths
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percent of the remaining taxes collected under this chapter or
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$136 million in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State
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Treasury to the credit of the State Housing Trust Fund and shall
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be used as follows:
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(a) Twelve and one-half percent of that amount shall be
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deposited into the State Housing Trust Fund and be expended by
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the Department of Community Affairs and by the Florida Housing
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Finance Corporation for the purposes for which the State Housing
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Trust Fund was created and exists by law.
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(b) Eighty-seven and one-half percent of that amount shall
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be distributed to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund and
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shall be used for the purposes for which the Local Government
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Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law. Funds from this
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category may also be used to provide for state and local services
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to assist the homeless.
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(11) From the moneys specified in paragraphs (1)(e) and
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(2)(a) and prior to deposit of any moneys into the General
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Revenue Fund, $30 million shall be paid into the State Treasury
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to the credit of the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust
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Fund in fiscal year 2000-2001 and each fiscal year thereafter, to
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be used for the preservation and repair of the state's beaches as
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the State Treasury to the credit of the Marine Resources
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Conservation Trust Fund to be used for marine mammal care as
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provided in s. 370.0603(3), and $300,000 shall be paid into the
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State Treasury to the credit of the General Inspection Trust Fund
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in fiscal year 2006-2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, to be
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used to fund oyster management and restoration programs as
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provided in s. 370.07(3).
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(12) The Department of Revenue may use the payments
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credited to trust funds pursuant to paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(b)
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and subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) to
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pay the costs of the collection and enforcement of the tax levied
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by this chapter. The percentage of such costs which may be
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assessed against a trust fund is a ratio, the numerator of which
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is payments credited to that trust fund under this section and
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the denominator of which is the sum of payments made under
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paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(b) and subsections (3), (4), (5), (6),
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(7), (8), (9), and (10).
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(11)(13) The distribution of proceeds deposited into the
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Water Management Lands Trust Fund and the Conservation and
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Recreation Lands Trust Fund, pursuant to subsections (4) and (5),
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may shall not be used for land acquisition but may be used for
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preacquisition costs associated with land purchases. The
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Legislature intends that the Florida Forever program supplant the
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acquisition programs formerly authorized under ss. 259.032 and
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(12)(14) Amounts distributed pursuant to subsections (5),
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(6), (7), and (8) are subject to the payment of debt service on
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outstanding Conservation and Recreation Lands revenue bonds.
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(13)(15) Beginning July 1, 2008, in each fiscal year that
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the remaining taxes collected under this chapter exceed such
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collections in the prior fiscal year, the stated maximum dollar
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amounts provided in subsections (2), (4), (6), (7), (9), and (10)
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shall each be increased by an amount equal to 10 percent of the
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increase in the remaining taxes collected under this chapter
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multiplied by the applicable percentage provided in those
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subsections.
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(14)(16) If the payment requirements in any year for bonds
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outstanding on July 1, 2007, or bonds issued to refund such
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bonds, exceed the limitations of this section, distributions to
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the trust fund from which the bond payments are made shall be
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increased to the lesser of the amount needed to pay bond
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obligations or the limit of the applicable percentage
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distribution provided in subsections (1)-(10) (1)-(12).
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(15)(17) Distributions to the State Housing Trust Fund
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pursuant to subsections (9) and (10) shall be sufficient to cover
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amounts required to be transferred to the Florida Affordable
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Housing Guarantee Program's annual debt service reserve and
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guarantee fund pursuant to s. 420.5092(6)(a) and (b) up to but
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not exceeding the amount required to be transferred to such
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reserve and fund based on the percentage distribution of
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documentary stamp tax revenues to the State Housing Trust Fund
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which is in effect in the 2004-2005 fiscal year.
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(16)(18) The remaining taxes collected under this chapter,
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after the distributions provided in the preceding subsections,
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shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the
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General Revenue Fund.
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Section 4. Section 215.211, Florida Statutes, is amended to
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read:
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215.211 Service charge; elimination or reduction for
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specified proceeds.--
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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.20(1) and (3),
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the service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) and (3), which is
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deducted from the proceeds of the taxes distributed under ss.
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eliminated beginning July 1, 2000.
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(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.20(1) and (3),
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the service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) and (3), which is
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deducted from the proceeds of the taxes distributed under ss.
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2001.
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(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.20(1), the
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service charge provided in s. 215.20(1) may not, which is
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deducted from the proceeds of the local option fuel tax
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distributed under s. 336.025, shall be reduced as follows:
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(a) For the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, the
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rate of the service charge shall be 3.5 percent.
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(b) Beginning July 1, 2006, and thereafter, no service
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charge shall be deducted from the proceeds of the local option
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fuel tax distributed under s. 336.025(1)(a).
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(4) From the revenues derived from s. 336.025(1)(a), an
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amount equal to 7 percent of those revenues The increased
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revenues derived from this subsection shall be deposited in the
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State Transportation Trust Fund and used to fund the County
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Incentive Grant Program and the Small County Outreach Program. Up
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to 20 percent of such funds shall be used for the purpose of
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implementing the Small County Outreach Program as provided in
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this act. Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, the
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to these funds and programs.
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Section 5. Subsection (6) of section 339.2818, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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339.2818 Small County Outreach Program.--
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(6) Funds paid into the State Transportation Trust Fund
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County Outreach Program are hereby annually appropriated for
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expenditure to support the Small County Outreach Program.
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Section 6. Subsection (5) of section 339.2819, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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339.2819 Transportation Regional Incentive Program.--
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(5) Funds paid into the State Transportation Trust Fund
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Transportation Regional Incentive Program are hereby annually
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appropriated for expenditure to support that program.
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Section 7. Subsection (10) of section 339.55, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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339.55 State-funded infrastructure bank.--
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(10) Funds paid into the State Transportation Trust Fund
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State Infrastructure Bank are hereby annually appropriated for
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expenditure to support that program.
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Section 8. Subsection (3) of section 339.61, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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339.61 Florida Strategic Intermodal System; legislative
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findings, declaration, and intent.--
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(3) Funds paid into the State Transportation Trust Fund
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Florida Strategic Intermodal System are hereby annually
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appropriated for expenditure to support that program.
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Section 9. Subsection (6) of section 341.051, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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341.051 Administration and financing of public transit and
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intercity bus service programs and projects.--
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(6) ANNUAL APPROPRIATION.--Funds paid into the State
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the New Starts Transit Program are hereby annually appropriated
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for expenditure to support the New Starts Transit Program.
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For purposes of this section, the term "net operating costs"
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means all operating costs of a project less any federal funds,
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fares, or other sources of income to the project.
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Section 10. Subsection (3) of section 370.0603, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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370.0603 Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund;
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purposes.--
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(3) Funds provided to the Marine Resources Conservation
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shall be used for the following purposes:
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(a) To reimburse the cost of activities authorized pursuant
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to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department
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of the Interior. The Such facilities must be involved in the
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actual rescue and full-time acute care veterinarian-based
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rehabilitation of manatees. The cost of activities includes, but
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is not limited to, costs associated with expansion, capital
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outlay, repair, maintenance, and operation related to the rescue,
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treatment, stabilization, maintenance, release, and monitoring of
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manatees. Moneys distributed through the contractual agreement to
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each facility for manatee rehabilitation must be proportionate to
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the number of manatees under acute care rehabilitation; the
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number of maintenance days medically necessary in the facility;
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and the number released during the previous fiscal year. The
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commission may set a cap on the total amount reimbursed per
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manatee per year.
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(b) For training on the care, treatment, and rehabilitation
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of marine mammals at the Whitney Laboratory and the College of
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Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida.
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(c) For program administration costs of the agency.
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(d) Funds not distributed in any 1 fiscal year must be
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carried over for distribution in subsequent years.
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Section 11. Subsection (3) of section 370.07, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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370.07 Wholesale and retail saltwater products dealers;
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regulation.--
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(3) OYSTER MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION PROGRAMS.--The
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Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall use or
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distribute funds paid into the State Treasury to the credit of
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the General Inspection Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15
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201.15(11), less reasonable costs of administration, to fund the
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following oyster management and restoration programs in
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Apalachicola Bay and other oyster harvest areas in the state:
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(a) The relaying and transplanting of live oysters.
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(b) Shell planting to construct or rehabilitate oyster
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bars.
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(c) Education programs for licensed oyster harvesters on
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oyster biology, aquaculture, boating and water safety,
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sanitation, resource conservation, small business management, and
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other relevant subjects.
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(d) Research directed toward the enhancement of oyster
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production in the bay and the water management needs of the bay.
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Section 12. Subsection (1) of section 403.890, Florida
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Statutes, as amended by section 2 of chapter 2007-335, Laws of
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Florida, is amended to read:
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403.890 Water Protection and Sustainability Program;
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intent; goals; purposes.--
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(1) Effective July 1, 2006, revenues transferred from the
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Department of Revenue pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(c)2.
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201.15(1)(d)2. shall be deposited into the Water Protection and
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Sustainability Program Trust Fund in the Department of
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Environmental Protection. These revenues and any other additional
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revenues deposited into or appropriated to the Water Protection
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and Sustainability Program Trust Fund shall be distributed by the
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Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner:
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(a) Sixty percent to the Department of Environmental
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Protection for the implementation of an alternative water supply
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program as provided in s. 373.1961.
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(b) Twenty percent for the implementation of best
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management practices and capital project expenditures necessary
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for the implementation of the goals of the total maximum daily
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load program established in s. 403.067. Of these funds, 85
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percent shall be transferred to the credit of the Department of
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Environmental Protection Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund to
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address water quality impacts associated with nonagricultural
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nonpoint sources. Fifteen percent of these funds shall be
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transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
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Services General Inspection Trust Fund to address water quality
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impacts associated with agricultural nonpoint sources. These
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funds shall be used for research, development, demonstration, and
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implementation of the total maximum daily load program under s.
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403.067, suitable best management practices or other measures
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used to achieve water quality standards in surface waters and
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water segments identified pursuant to s. 303(d) of the Clean
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Water Act, Pub. L. No. 92-500, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq.
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Implementation of best management practices and other measures
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may include cost-share grants, technical assistance,
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implementation tracking, and conservation leases or other
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agreements for water quality improvement. The Department of
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Environmental Protection and the Department of Agriculture and
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Consumer Services may adopt rules governing the distribution of
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funds for implementation of capital projects, best management
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practices, and other measures. These funds shall not be used to
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abrogate the financial responsibility of those point and nonpoint
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sources that have contributed to the degradation of water or land
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areas. Increased priority shall be given by the department and
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the water management district governing boards to those projects
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that have secured a cost-sharing agreement allocating
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responsibility for the cleanup of point and nonpoint sources.
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(c) Ten percent shall be disbursed for the purposes of
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restoration activities in water-management-district-designated
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priority water bodies. The Secretary of Environmental Protection
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shall ensure that each water management district receives the
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following percentage of funds annually:
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1. Thirty-five percent to the South Florida Water
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Management District;
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2. Twenty-five percent to the Southwest Florida Water
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Management District;
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3. Twenty-five percent to the St. Johns River Water
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Management District;
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4. Seven and one-half percent to the Suwannee River Water
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Management District; and
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5. Seven and one-half percent to the Northwest Florida
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Water Management District.
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(d) Ten percent to the Department of Environmental
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Protection for the Disadvantaged Small Community Wastewater Grant
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Program as provided in s. 403.1838.
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Section 13. Subsection (1) of section 403.891, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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403.891 Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust
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Fund of the Department of Environmental Protection.--
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(1) The Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust
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Fund is created within the Department of Environmental
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Protection. The purpose of the trust fund is to receive funds
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sources provided for in law and the General Appropriations Act,
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and funds received by the department in order to implement the
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provisions of the Water Sustainability and Protection Program
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created in s. 403.890.
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Section 14. Subsection (1) of section 403.8911, Florida
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Statutes, is amended to read:
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403.8911 Annual appropriation from the Water Protection and
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Sustainability Trust Fund.--
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(1) Funds paid into the Water Protection and Sustainability
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appropriated for expenditure for the purposes for which the Water
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Protection and Sustainability Trust Fund is established.
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Section 15. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1013.63,
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Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
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1013.63 University Concurrency Trust Fund.--
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(1) The University Concurrency Trust Fund is created within
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the Department of Education.
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(2) The trust fund may be funded each fiscal year as
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provided in the General Appropriations Act. Notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, the general revenue service charge
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deducted pursuant to s. 215.20 on revenues raised by any local
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option motor fuel tax levied pursuant to s. 336.025(1)(b), as
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created by chapter 93-206, Laws of Florida, shall be deposited in
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the University Concurrency Trust Fund, which is administered by
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the State Board of Education. Moneys in such trust fund shall be
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for the purpose of funding university offsite improvements
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required to meet concurrency standards adopted under part II of
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chapter 163. In addition, in any year in which campus master
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plans are updated pursuant to s. 1013.30, but no more frequently
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than once every 5 years, up to 25 percent of the balance in the
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trust fund for that year may be used to defray the costs incurred
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in updating those campus master plans.
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Section 16. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.
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