Senate Bill 0296
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Florida Senate - 1999 SB 296
By Senators Forman, Campbell, Klein, Geller and Dawson-White
32-444-99 See HB
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the local option fuel tax
3 for county transportation systems; amending s.
4 336.025, F.S.; authorizing certain charter
5 counties to use a portion of certain proceeds
6 of said tax for homeless assistance programs;
7 providing for an interlocal agreement;
8 requiring adoption of a resolution specifying
9 that the county is meeting certain
10 transportation needs; requiring the county to
11 continue funding such programs from other
12 sources at a specified level; defining
13 "homeless assistance program"; providing for
14 expiration of the use of such proceeds for
15 homeless assistance programs; providing an
16 effective date.
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18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20 Section 1. Present subsection (9) of section 336.025,
21 Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (10), and a new
22 subsection (9) is added to that section to read:
23 336.025 County transportation system; levy of local
24 option fuel tax on motor fuel and diesel fuel.--
25 (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
26 section, the governing board of a charter county that has a
27 population of 1,250,000 or more persons and which levied a tax
28 under paragraph (1)(b) prior to January 1, 1999, may use the
29 proceeds of 1 cent of that tax in any fiscal year to fund any
30 homeless assistance program within the county. The charter
31 county may establish an interlocal agreement with one or more
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1 municipalities located within the county, representing a
2 majority of the population of the incorporated area in such
3 county, which excludes the distribution of any proceeds
4 derived from the 1-cent tax that is used for homeless
5 assistance programs countywide. In authorizing the use of
6 these proceeds for countywide homeless assistance programs,
7 the governing board of the charter county must adopt a
8 resolution certifying that the charter county is meeting its
9 transportation needs as identified in the 5-year
10 transportation capital improvements program included within
11 the capital improvements element of the charter county's
12 comprehensive plan. The charter county shall file a certified
13 copy of the resolution with the executive director of the
14 Department of Revenue and the Secretary of Community Affairs.
15 A county that elects to use tax proceeds for homeless
16 assistance programs pursuant to this subsection must continue
17 to expend county funds from other sources each year for
18 homeless assistance programs in an amount that is at least
19 equal to the amount it expended for such programs in the
20 fiscal year preceding the year in which the county makes such
21 election. For purposes of this subsection, "homeless
22 assistance program" includes, but is not limited to, the
23 construction, renovation, rehabilitation, and operation of
24 emergency shelters, homeless assistance centers, or other
25 facilities which provide assistance to homeless persons within
26 the county. Unless otherwise extended, the use of these
27 proceeds for countywide homeless assistance programs as
28 authorized by this subsection shall expire on September 30,
29 2005.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
31 law.
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2 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
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Authorizes certain charter counties to use 1 cent of the
4 proceeds of the additional local option tax on motor fuel
which presently may be levied for county transportation
5 systems for countywide homeless assistance programs.
Requires the county to certify by resolution that its
6 transportation needs identified in the county's
comprehensive plan are being met. Directs that the county
7 not decrease its level of funding of such programs from
other sources. Provides for expiration of this authority
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