Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 340 Ì546676SÎ546676 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: UNFAV . 03/14/2017 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Farmer) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (144456) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete line 384 5 and insert: 6 (15) TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY ASSESSMENT.— 7 (a) As used in this subsection, the term: 8 1. “Gross trip fare” means the sum of the base fare charge, 9 distance charge, and time charge for the complete trip that is 10 charged to the rider. 11 2. “Local assessment fee” means one-half of 1 percent of 12 the gross trip fare. 13 (b) A TNC shall collect a local assessment fee on behalf of 14 a driver who accepts a request for transportation network 15 company service made through the company’s digital network for 16 all transportation network company service that originates in 17 the state. 18 (c) Within 30 days after the end of a calendar quarter, a 19 TNC shall submit to the Department of Revenue: 20 1. The total local assessment fees collected by a TNC on 21 behalf of the drivers; and 22 2. A report listing the percentage of the gross trip fare 23 that originated in each county during the reporting period. 24 (d)1. The Department of Revenue shall retain an amount of 25 10 percent of the local assessment fee collected under 26 subparagraph (c)1. to cover the expenses incurred by the state 27 to collect, remit, and distribute local assessment fees pursuant 28 to this subsection. 29 2. The remaining portion of the total local assessment fees 30 collected under this subsection, minus the amount retained 31 pursuant to subparagraph 1., shall be distributed to counties as 32 provided in subparagraph 3. Any funds collected and distributed 33 to counties shall be used to address the needs and effective 34 transportation of those citizens who are disabled, including 35 providing wheelchair accessible vehicles. 36 3. Within 60 days after the end of a calendar quarter, the 37 Department of Revenue shall distribute the local assessment fees 38 collected under paragraph (c), minus the amount retained 39 pursuant to subparagraph 1., to each county where a trip 40 originated during the reporting period. The distribution to each 41 county must be proportionate to the percentage of the gross trip 42 fare that originated in each county and must be allocated 43 consistent with subparagraph 2. 44 (e)1. To ensure that the TNC has remitted the correct local 45 assessment fee and has accurately reported the percentages 46 attributable to counties pursuant to paragraph (c), the 47 Department of Revenue may inspect the necessary records at a 48 TNC’s place of business or a mutually agreed upon location. This 49 inspection may not be conducted more than once every 3 years. 50 2. In the event that a TNC submits a report to the 51 Department of Revenue which is subsequently determined to be 52 inaccurate, thereby leading to an underpayment or overpayment of 53 a county’s local assessment fee, the Department of Revenue shall 54 correct the underpayment and overpayment by offsetting the 55 amount of the underpayment or overpayment in subsequent local 56 assessment fee distributions. In the event a TNC remits an 57 assessment fee to the Department of Revenue which is determined 58 to constitute an underpayment of the total assessment fee 59 required by this subsection, the TNC shall, within 30 days after 60 receiving notification of the determination, remit the balance 61 owed to the Department of Revenue. 62 (16) PREEMPTION.— 63 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 64 And the title is amended as follows: 65 Delete line 483 66 and insert: 67 to maintain specified records; defining terms; 68 requiring a TNC to collect a local assessment fee 69 under certain circumstances; requiring the TNC to 70 submit to the Department of Revenue local assessment 71 fees and a certain report by a specified period; 72 requiring the state to retain a specified percent of 73 the local assessment fee for certain purposes; 74 requiring the remaining portion of such fee to be 75 distributed to counties for certain purposes; 76 requiring the department to distribute certain 77 portions of the fee to counties subject to certain 78 requirements; authorizing the department to inspect 79 certain records subject to certain restrictions; 80 directing the department to correct underpayments and 81 overpayments under certain circumstances, subject to 82 certain requirements; requiring the TNC to remit a 83 balance owed to the department within a specified 84 period under certain circumstances; providing 85 legislative