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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                  Bill No. CS for SB 186, 1st Eng.

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11  Representative(s) Alexander offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (021283) (with title amendment) 

14         On page 44, between lines 19 & 20,

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16  insert:

17         Section 33.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1), paragraph

18  (a) of subsection (2), and subsection (8) of section 201.15,

19  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

20         201.15  Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes

21  collected under this chapter shall be distributed as follows

22  and shall be subject to the service charge imposed in s.

23  215.20(1), except that such service charge shall not be levied

24  against any portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds

25  to the extent that the amount of the service charge is

26  required to pay any amounts relating to the bonds:

27         (1)  Sixty-two and sixty-three hundredths percent of

28  the remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used

29  for the following purposes:

30         (c)  The remainder of the moneys distributed under this

31  subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a)

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  1  and (b), shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit

  2  of the General Revenue Fund of the state to be used and

  3  expended for the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund

  4  was created and exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management

  5  and Restoration Trust Fund or to the Marine Resource

  6  Conservation Trust Fund as provided in subsection (8).

  7         (2)  Seven and fifty-six hundredths percent of the

  8  remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used for

  9  the following purposes:

10         (a)  Beginning in the month following the final payment

11  for a fiscal year under paragraph (1)(b), available moneys

12  shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the

13  General Revenue Fund of the state to be used and expended for

14  the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund was created

15  and exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management and

16  Restoration Trust Fund or to the Marine Resource Conservation

17  Trust Fund as provided in subsection (8). Payments made under

18  this paragraph shall continue until the cumulative amount

19  credited to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year under

20  this paragraph equals the cumulative payments made under

21  paragraph (1)(b) for the same fiscal year.

22         (8)  From the moneys specified in paragraphs (1)(c) and

23  (2)(a) and prior to deposit of any moneys into the General

24  Revenue Fund, $30 $10 million shall be paid into the State

25  Treasury to the credit of the Ecosystem Management and

26  Restoration Trust Fund in fiscal year 1998-1999, $20 million

27  in fiscal year 1999-2000, and $30 million in fiscal year

28  2000-2001 and each fiscal year thereafter, to be used for the

29  preservation and repair of the state's beaches as provided in

30  ss. 161.091-161.212 and $2 million shall be paid into the

31  State Treasury to the credit of the Marine Resources

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  1  Conservation Trust Fund to be used for marine mammal care as

  2  provided in s. 370.0603(3).

  3         Section 34.  Effective July 1, 2001, paragraph (c) of

  4  subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2), and

  5  subsection (11) of section 201.15, Florida Statutes, as

  6  amended by section 2 of chapter 99-247, Laws of Florida, are

  7  amended to read:

  8         201.15  Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes

  9  collected under this chapter shall be distributed as follows

10  and shall be subject to the service charge imposed in s.

11  215.20(1), except that such service charge shall not be levied

12  against any portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds

13  to the extent that the amount of the service charge is

14  required to pay any amounts relating to the bonds:

15         (1)  Sixty-two and sixty-three hundredths percent of

16  the remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used

17  for the following purposes:

18         (c)  The remainder of the moneys distributed under this

19  subsection, after the required payments under paragraph (a),

20  shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the

21  General Revenue Fund of the state to be used and expended for

22  the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund was created

23  and exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management and

24  Restoration Trust Fund or to the Marine Resources Conservation

25  Trust Fund as provided in subsection (11).

26         (2)  Seven and fifty-six hundredths percent of the

27  remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used for

28  the following purposes:

29         (a)  Beginning in the month following the final payment

30  for a fiscal year under paragraph (1)(b), available moneys

31  shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the

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  1  General Revenue Fund of the state to be used and expended for

  2  the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund was created

  3  and exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management and

  4  Restoration Trust Fund or to the Marine Resources Conservation

  5  Trust Fund as provided in subsection (11). Payments made under

  6  this paragraph shall continue until the cumulative amount

  7  credited to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year under

  8  this paragraph equals the cumulative payments made under

  9  paragraph (1)(b) for the same fiscal year.

10         (11)  From the moneys specified in paragraphs (1)(c)

11  and (2)(a) and prior to deposit of any moneys into the General

12  Revenue Fund, $30 $10 million shall be paid into the State

13  Treasury to the credit of the Ecosystem Management and

14  Restoration Trust Fund in fiscal year 1998-1999, $20 million

15  in fiscal year 1999-2000, and $30 million in fiscal year

16  2000-2001 and each fiscal year thereafter, to be used for the

17  preservation and repair of the state's beaches as provided in

18  ss. 161.091-161.212 and $2 million shall be paid into the

19  State Treasury to the credit of the Marine Resources

20  Conservation Trust Fund to be used for marine mammal care as

21  provided in s. 370.0603(3).

22         Section 35.  Subsection (3) is added to section

23  370.0603, Florida Statutes, to read:

24         370.0603  Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund;

25  purposes.--

26         (3)  Funds provided to the Marine Resources

27  Conservation Trust Fund from taxes distributed under s.

28  201.15(9), shall be used for the following purposes:

29         (a)  To reimburse the cost of activities authorized

30  pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States

31  Department of the Interior. Such facilities must be involved

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  1  in the actual rescue and full-time acute care

  2  veterinarian-based rehabilitation of manatees. The cost of

  3  activities includes, but is not limited to, costs associated

  4  with expansion, capital outlay, repair, maintenance, and

  5  operation related to the rescue, treatment, stabilization,

  6  maintenance, release, and monitoring of manatees. Moneys

  7  distributed through the contractual agreement to each facility

  8  for manatee rehabilitation must be proportionate to the number

  9  of manatees under acute care rehabilitation; the number of

10  maintenance days medically necessary in the facility; and the

11  number released during the previous fiscal year. The

12  commission may set a cap on the total amount reimbursed per

13  manatee per year.

14         (b)  For training on the care, treatment, and

15  rehabilitation of marine mammals at the Whitney Laboratory and

16  the Veterinary School of Medicine at the University of

17  Florida.

18         (c)  For program administration costs of the agency.

19         (d)  Funds not distributed in any 1 fiscal year must be

20  carried over for distribution in subsequent years.

21         Section 36.  Subsection (4) of section 370.12, Florida

22  Statutes, is amended to read:

23         370.12  Marine animals; regulation.--

24         (4)  ANNUAL FUNDING OF PROGRAMS FOR MARINE ANIMALS.--

25         (a)  Each fiscal year the Save the Manatee Trust Fund

26  shall be available to fund an impartial scientific benchmark

27  census of the manatee population in the state. Weather

28  permitting, the study shall be conducted annually by the Fish

29  and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the results shall be

30  made available to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of

31  the House of Representatives, and the Governor and Cabinet for

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  1  use in the evaluation and development of manatee protection

  2  measures. In addition, the Save the Manatee Trust Fund shall

  3  be available for annual funding of activities of public and

  4  private organizations and those of the commission intended to

  5  provide manatee and marine mammal protection and recovery

  6  effort; manufacture and erection of informational and

  7  regulatory signs; production, publication, and distribution of

  8  educational materials; participation in manatee and marine

  9  mammal research programs, including carcass salvage and other

10  programs; programs intended to assist the recovery of the

11  manatee as an endangered species, assist the recovery of the

12  endangered or threatened marine mammals, and prevent the

13  endangerment of other species of marine mammals; and other

14  similar programs intended to protect and enhance the recovery

15  of the manatee and other species of marine mammals. The

16  commission shall annually solicit advisory recommendations

17  from the Save the Manatee Committee affiliated with the Save

18  the Manatee Club, as identified and recognized in Executive

19  Order 85-19, on the use of funds from the Save the Manatee

20  Trust Fund.

21         (b)  Each fiscal year moneys in the Save the Manatee

22  Trust Fund shall also be used, pursuant to s. 328.76(1)(b), to

23  reimburse the cost of activities related to manatee

24  rehabilitation by facilities that rescue, rehabilitate, and

25  release manatees as authorized pursuant to the Fish and

26  Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the

27  Interior. Such facilities must be involved in the actual

28  rescue and full-time acute care veterinarian-based

29  rehabilitation of manatees. The cost of activities includes,

30  but is not limited to, costs associated with expansion,

31  capital outlay, repair, maintenance, and operations related to

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  1  the rescue, treatment, stabilization, maintenance, release,

  2  and monitoring of manatees. Moneys distributed through

  3  contractual agreement to each facility for manatee

  4  rehabilitation shall be proportionate to the number of

  5  manatees under acute care rehabilitation and those released

  6  during the previous fiscal year. However, the reimbursement

  7  may not exceed the total amount available pursuant to ss.

  8  328.72(11) and 328.76(1)(b) for the purposes provided in this

  9  paragraph. Prior to receiving reimbursement for the expenses

10  of rescue, rehabilitation, and release, a facility that

11  qualifies under state and federal regulations shall submit a

12  plan to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for

13  assisting the commission and the Department of Highway Safety

14  and Motor Vehicles in marketing the manatee specialty license

15  plates. At a minimum, the plan shall include provisions for

16  graphics, dissemination of brochures, recorded oral and visual

17  presentation, and maintenance of a marketing exhibit. The plan

18  shall be updated annually, and the Fish and Wildlife

19  Conservation Commission shall inspect each marketing exhibit

20  at least once each year to ensure the quality of the exhibit

21  and promotional material. Each facility that receives funds

22  for manatee rehabilitation shall annually provide the

23  commission a written report, within 30 days after the close of

24  the state fiscal year, documenting the efforts and

25  effectiveness of the facility's promotional activities.

26         (b)(c)  By December 1 each year, the Fish and Wildlife

27  Conservation Commission shall provide the President of the

28  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a

29  written report, enumerating the amounts and purposes for which

30  all proceeds in the Save the Manatee Trust Fund for the

31  previous fiscal year are expended, in a manner consistent with

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  1  those recovery tasks enumerated within the manatee recovery

  2  plan as required by the Endangered Species Act.

  3         (c)(d)  When the federal and state governments remove

  4  the manatee from status as an endangered or threatened

  5  species, the annual allocation may be reduced.

  6         Section 37.  The sum of $2 million is appropriated to

  7  the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission from the Marine

  8  Resources Conservation Trust Fund beginning in fiscal year

  9  2000-2001 to be expended as follows: $810,000 for training in

10  the care of marine mammals at the Whitney Laboratory and the

11  Veterinary School of Medicine at the University of Florida,

12  $1,150,000 for the care of marine mammals at licensed research

13  facilities pursuant to s. 370.0603(3), and up to $40,000 for

14  program administration costs of the agency.

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18  And the title is amended as follows:

19         On page 47, line 25, of the amendment after

20  cross-reference;

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23         providing for the distribution of certain

24         documentary stamp tax revenues to the Marine

25         Resource Conservation Trust Fund to be used for

26         marine mammal care; amending s. 201.15, F.S.;

27         providing for the distribution of certain

28         documentary stamp tax revenues to the Marine

29         Resource Conservation Trust Fund to be used for

30         marine mammal care, effective July 1, 2001;

31         amending s. 370.0603, F.S.; providing

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  2         Resource Conservation Trust Fund; amending s.

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