Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7060
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Lee moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 391 and 392
    4  insert:
    5         Section 7. Section 288.11625, Florida Statutes, is
    6  repealed.
    7         Section 8. Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
    8  212.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    9         212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of
   10  department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated
   11  unconstitutionally collected.—
   12         (6) Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter and ss.
   13  202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) and 203.01(1)(a)3. is as follows:
   14         (d) The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed
   15  pursuant to this chapter or remitted pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b)
   16  and (2)(b) shall be distributed as follows:
   17         1. In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million, minus
   18  an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the taxes
   19  collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5.2 percent of all other
   20  taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter or remitted
   21  pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be deposited in
   22  monthly installments into the General Revenue Fund.
   23         2. After the distribution under subparagraph 1., 8.9744
   24  percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer located
   25  within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61 shall be
   26  transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax
   27  Clearing Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2003, the amount to be
   28  transferred shall be reduced by 0.1 percent, and the department
   29  shall distribute this amount to the Public Employees Relations
   30  Commission Trust Fund less $5,000 each month, which shall be
   31  added to the amount calculated in subparagraph 3. and
   32  distributed accordingly.
   33         3. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and 2.,
   34  0.0966 percent shall be transferred to the Local Government
   35  Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and distributed pursuant
   36  to s. 218.65.
   37         4. After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., and
   38  3., 2.0810 percent of the available proceeds shall be
   39  transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
   40  Counties pursuant to s. 218.215.
   41         5. After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., and
   42  3., 1.3653 percent of the available proceeds shall be
   43  transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
   44  Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If the total revenue to
   45  be distributed pursuant to this subparagraph is at least as
   46  great as the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
   47  Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial Assistance
   48  Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999-2000, no municipality shall
   49  receive less than the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust
   50  Fund for Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial
   51  Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999-2000. If the
   52  total proceeds to be distributed are less than the amount
   53  received in combination from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
   54  Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial Assistance
   55  Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999-2000, each municipality
   56  shall receive an amount proportionate to the amount it was due
   57  in state fiscal year 1999-2000.
   58         6. Of the remaining proceeds:
   59         a. In each fiscal year, the sum of $29,915,500 shall be
   60  divided into as many equal parts as there are counties in the
   61  state, and one part shall be distributed to each county. The
   62  distribution among the several counties must begin each fiscal
   63  year on or before January 5th and continue monthly for a total
   64  of 4 months. If a local or special law required that any moneys
   65  accruing to a county in fiscal year 1999-2000 under the then
   66  existing provisions of s. 550.135 be paid directly to the
   67  district school board, special district, or a municipal
   68  government, such payment must continue until the local or
   69  special law is amended or repealed. The state covenants with
   70  holders of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness issued by
   71  local governments, special districts, or district school boards
   72  before July 1, 2000, that it is not the intent of this
   73  subparagraph to adversely affect the rights of those holders or
   74  relieve local governments, special districts, or district school
   75  boards of the duty to meet their obligations as a result of
   76  previous pledges or assignments or trusts entered into which
   77  obligated funds received from the distribution to county
   78  governments under then-existing s. 550.135. This distribution
   79  specifically is in lieu of funds distributed under s. 550.135
   80  before July 1, 2000.
   81         b. The department shall distribute $166,667 monthly to each
   82  applicant certified as a facility for a new or retained
   83  professional sports franchise pursuant to s. 288.1162. Up to
   84  $41,667 shall be distributed monthly by the department to each
   85  certified applicant as defined in s. 288.11621 for a facility
   86  for a spring training franchise. However, not more than $416,670
   87  may be distributed monthly in the aggregate to all certified
   88  applicants for facilities for spring training franchises.
   89  Distributions begin 60 days after such certification and
   90  continue for not more than 30 years, except as otherwise
   91  provided in s. 288.11621. A certified applicant identified in
   92  this sub-subparagraph may not receive more in distributions than
   93  expended by the applicant for the public purposes provided in s.
   94  288.1162(5) or s. 288.11621(3).
   95         c. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Department of
   96  Economic Opportunity to the Department of Revenue that an
   97  applicant has been certified as the professional golf hall of
   98  fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is open to the public, $166,667
   99  shall be distributed monthly, for up to 300 months, to the
  100  applicant.
  101         d. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Department of
  102  Economic Opportunity to the Department of Revenue that the
  103  applicant has been certified as the International Game Fish
  104  Association World Center facility pursuant to s. 288.1169, and
  105  the facility is open to the public, $83,333 shall be distributed
  106  monthly, for up to 168 months, to the applicant. This
  107  distribution is subject to reduction pursuant to s. 288.1169. A
  108  lump sum payment of $999,996 shall be made after certification
  109  and before July 1, 2000.
  110         e. The department shall distribute up to $83,333 monthly to
  111  each certified applicant as defined in s. 288.11631 for a
  112  facility used by a single spring training franchise, or up to
  113  $166,667 monthly to each certified applicant as defined in s.
  114  288.11631 for a facility used by more than one spring training
  115  franchise. Monthly distributions begin 60 days after such
  116  certification or July 1, 2016, whichever is later, and continue
  117  for not more than 20 years to each certified applicant as
  118  defined in s. 288.11631 for a facility used by a single spring
  119  training franchise or not more than 25 years to each certified
  120  applicant as defined in s. 288.11631 for a facility used by more
  121  than one spring training franchise. A certified applicant
  122  identified in this sub-subparagraph may not receive more in
  123  distributions than expended by the applicant for the public
  124  purposes provided in s. 288.11631(3).
  125         f. Beginning 45 days after notice by the Department of
  126  Economic Opportunity to the Department of Revenue that an
  127  applicant has been approved by the Legislature and certified by
  128  the Department of Economic Opportunity under s. 288.11625 or
  129  upon a date specified by the Department of Economic Opportunity
  130  as provided under s. 288.11625(6)(d), the department shall
  131  distribute each month an amount equal to one-twelfth of the
  132  annual distribution amount certified by the Department of
  133  Economic Opportunity for the applicant. The department may not
  134  distribute more than $7 million in the 2014-2015 fiscal year or
  135  more than $13 million annually thereafter under this sub
  136  subparagraph.
  137         f.g.Beginning December 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016,
  138  the department shall distribute $26,286 monthly to the State
  139  Transportation Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2016, the
  140  department shall distribute $15,333 monthly to the State
  141  Transportation Trust Fund.
  142         7. All other proceeds must remain in the General Revenue
  143  Fund.
  144         Section 9. Subsection (2) and paragraph (c) of subsection
  145  (3) of section 218.64, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  146         218.64 Local government half-cent sales tax; uses;
  147  limitations.—
  148         (2) Municipalities shall expend their portions of the local
  149  government half-cent sales tax only for municipality-wide
  150  programs, for reimbursing the state as required pursuant to s.
  151  288.11625, or for municipality-wide property tax or municipal
  152  utility tax relief. All utility tax rate reductions afforded by
  153  participation in the local government half-cent sales tax shall
  154  be applied uniformly across all types of taxed utility services.
  155         (3) Subject to ordinances enacted by the majority of the
  156  members of the county governing authority and by the majority of
  157  the members of the governing authorities of municipalities
  158  representing at least 50 percent of the municipal population of
  159  such county, counties may use up to $3 million annually of the
  160  local government half-cent sales tax allocated to that county
  161  for any of the following purposes:
  162         (c) Reimbursing the state as required under s. 288.11625.
  163         Section 10. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
  164  288.0001, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  165         288.0001 Economic Development Programs Evaluation.—The
  166  Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of
  167  Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA)
  168  shall develop and present to the Governor, the President of the
  169  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
  170  chairs of the legislative appropriations committees the Economic
  171  Development Programs Evaluation.
  172         (2) The Office of Economic and Demographic Research and
  173  OPPAGA shall provide a detailed analysis of economic development
  174  programs as provided in the following schedule:
  175         (e) Beginning January 1, 2018, and every 3 years
  176  thereafter, an analysis of the Sports Development Program
  177  established under s. 288.11625.
  178         Section 11. Section 212.205, Florida Statutes, is amended
  179  to read:
  180         212.205 Sales tax distribution reporting.—By March 15 of
  181  each year, each person who received a distribution pursuant to
  182  s. 212.20(6)(d)6.b.-e. s. 212.20(6)(d)6.b.-f. in the preceding
  183  calendar year shall report to the Office of Economic and
  184  Demographic Research the following information:
  185         (1) An itemized accounting of all expenditures of the funds
  186  distributed in the preceding calendar year, including amounts
  187  spent on debt service.
  188         (2) A statement indicating what portion of the distributed
  189  funds have been pledged for debt service.
  190         (3) The original principal amount and current debt service
  191  schedule of any bonds or other borrowing for which the
  192  distributed funds have been pledged for debt service.
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  194  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  195  And the title is amended as follows:
  196         Delete line 23
  197  and insert:
  198         procedures; repealing s. 288.11625, F.S., relating to
  199         state funding for sports facility construction,
  200         reconstruction, or improvement by a unit of local
  201         government, or by a certified beneficiary or other
  202         applicant, on property owned by the local government;
  203         amending ss. 212.20, 218.64, and 288.0001, F.S.;
  204         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
  205         amending s. 212.205, F.S.; conforming a cross
  206         reference; providing an effective date.