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Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1149
By Representatives Spratt and Bronson
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to distribution of sales tax
3 revenues; amending s. 212.20, F.S.; providing
4 for a reduction of funds deposited into the
5 Solid Waste Management Trust Fund;
6 redistributing these funds into the Aquatic
7 Plant Control Trust Fund; amending s. 218.65,
8 F.S.; correcting cross references; providing an
9 effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (6) of section
14 212.20, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:
15 212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers
16 of department; operational expense; refund of taxes
17 adjudicated unconstitutionally collected.--
18 (6) Distribution of all proceeds under this part shall
19 be as follows:
20 (f) The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed
21 pursuant to this part shall be distributed as follows:
22 1. In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million,
23 minus an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the
24 taxes collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5 percent of all
25 other taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this part shall be
26 deposited in monthly installments into the General Revenue
27 Fund.
28 2. One-tenth Two-tenths of one percent shall be
29 transferred to the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.
30 3. One-tenth of one percent shall be transferred to
31 the Aquatic Plant Control Trust Fund.
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1 4.3. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1.,
2 and 2., and 3., 9.653 percent of the amount remitted by a
3 sales tax dealer located within a participating county
4 pursuant to s. 218.61 shall be transferred into the Local
5 Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund.
6 5.4. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1.,
7 2., and 3., and 4., 0.054 percent shall be transferred to the
8 Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and
9 distributed pursuant to s. 218.65.
10 6.5. Of the remaining proceeds:
11 a. Beginning July 1, 1992, $166,667 shall be
12 distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that
13 has been certified as a "facility for a new professional
14 sports franchise" or a "facility for a retained professional
15 sports franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162 and $41,667 shall be
16 distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that
17 has been certified as a "new spring training franchise
18 facility" pursuant to s. 288.1162. Distributions shall begin
19 60 days following such certification and shall continue for 30
20 years. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to allow an
21 applicant certified pursuant to s. 288.1162 to receive more in
22 distributions than actually expended by the applicant for the
23 public purposes provided for in s. 288.1162(7). However, a
24 certified applicant shall receive distributions up to the
25 maximum amount allowable and undistributed under this section
26 for additional renovations and improvements to the facility
27 for the franchise without additional certification.
28 b. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of
29 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of
30 Revenue that an applicant has been certified as the
31 professional golf hall of fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is
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1 open to the public, $166,667 shall be distributed monthly, for
2 up to 300 months, to the applicant.
3 c. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Department of
4 Commerce to the Department of Revenue that the applicant has
5 been certified as the International Game Fish Association
6 World Center facility pursuant to s. 288.1169, and the
7 facility is open to the public, $83,333 shall be distributed
8 monthly, for up to 180 months, to the applicant. This
9 distribution is subject to reduction pursuant to s. 288.1169.
10 7.6. All other proceeds shall remain with the General
11 Revenue Fund.
12 Section 2. Subsections (5) and (6) of section 218.65,
13 Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, are amended to read:
14 218.65 Emergency distribution.--
15 (5) At the beginning of each fiscal year, the
16 Department of Revenue shall calculate a base allocation for
17 each eligible county equal to the difference between the
18 current per capita limitation times the county's population,
19 minus prior year ordinary distributions to the county pursuant
20 to ss. 212.20(6)(f)4.(g)3., 218.61, and 218.62. If moneys
21 deposited into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax
22 Clearing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 212.20(6)(f)5.(g)4.,
23 excluding moneys appropriated for supplemental distributions
24 pursuant to subsection (7), for the current year are less than
25 or equal to the sum of the base allocations, each eligible
26 county shall receive a share of the appropriated amount
27 proportional to its base allocation. If the deposited amount
28 exceeds the sum of the base allocations, each county shall
29 receive its base allocation, and the excess appropriated
30 amount shall be distributed equally on a per capita basis
31 among the eligible counties.
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1 (6) There is hereby annually appropriated from the
2 Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund the
3 distribution provided in s. 212.20(6)(f)5.(g)4. to be used for
4 emergency and supplemental distributions pursuant to this
5 section.
6 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.
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9 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Reduces by half the portion of certain tax proceeds
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provides for deposit of the remaining funds into the
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