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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2214

    By Senators Lee, McKay, Sullivan, Horne, Grant, Hargrett and
    Sebesta




    23-860-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to cigarette taxes; amending s.

  3         210.20, F.S.; providing for a portion of the

  4         revenues from the cigarette tax to be paid

  5         monthly to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee

  6         Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute,

  7         to finance a cancer research facility at the

  8         University of South Florida; amending s.

  9         210.201, F.S.; providing for the use of the

10         transferred moneys; providing an effective

11         date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section

16  210.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         210.20  Employees and assistants; distribution of

18  funds.--

19         (2)  As collections are received by the division from

20  such cigarette taxes, it shall pay the same into a trust fund

21  in the State Treasury designated "Cigarette Tax Collection

22  Trust Fund" which shall be paid and distributed as follows:

23         (c)1.  Beginning January 1, 1999, and continuing for 10

24  years thereafter, the division shall from month to month

25  certify to the Comptroller the amount derived from the

26  cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges

27  provided for in s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount

28  derived from the cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02 which

29  shall be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco

30  Trust Fund, specifying an amount equal to 2.59 percent of the

31  net collections, and that amount shall be paid to the Board of

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  1  Directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research

  2  Institute, established under s. 240.512, by warrant drawn by

  3  the Comptroller upon the State Treasury. These funds are

  4  hereby appropriated monthly out of the Cigarette Tax

  5  Collection Trust Fund, to be used for the purpose of

  6  constructing, furnishing, and equipping a cancer research

  7  facility at the University of South Florida adjacent to the H.

  8  Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.  In fiscal

  9  years 1999-2000 and thereafter with the exception of fiscal

10  year 2008-2009, the appropriation to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer

11  Center and Research Institute authorized by this subparagraph

12  paragraph shall not be less than the amount that which would

13  have been paid to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and

14  Research Institute for fiscal year 1998-1999 had payments been

15  made for the entire fiscal year rather than for a 6-month

16  period thereof.

17         2.  Beginning July 1, 2000, and continuing through June

18  30, 2010, the division shall, in addition to the distribution

19  authorized in subparagraph 1., from month to month certify to

20  the Comptroller the amount derived from the cigarette tax

21  imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided in s.

22  215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the

23  cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited

24  into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying

25  an amount equal to 1.47 percent of the net collections, and

26  that amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H.

27  Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established

28  under s. 240.512, by warrant drawn by the Comptroller. These

29  funds are appropriated monthly out of the Cigarette Tax

30  Collection Trust Fund, to be used for the purpose of

31  constructing, furnishing, and equipping a cancer research

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  1  facility at the University of South Florida adjacent to the H.

  2  Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. In fiscal

  3  years 2001-2002 and thereafter, the appropriation to the H.

  4  Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute authorized by

  5  this subparagraph must not be less than the amount paid to the

  6  H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in fiscal

  7  year 2000-2001.

  8         Section 2.  Section 210.201, Florida Statutes, is

  9  amended to read:

10         210.201  Cancer research facility at the University of

11  South Florida; establishment; funding.--The Board of Directors

12  of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

13  shall construct, furnish, and equip, and shall covenant to

14  complete, the cancer research facility at the University of

15  South Florida adjacent to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and

16  Research Institute.  Moneys transferred to the Board of

17  Directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research

18  Institute pursuant to s. 210.20 shall be used to secure

19  financing to pay costs related to constructing, furnishing,

20  and equipping the cancer research facility.  Such financing

21  may include the issuance of tax exempt bonds by a local

22  authority, municipality, or county pursuant to parts II and

23  III of chapter 159.  Such bonds shall not constitute state

24  bonds for purposes of s. 11, Art. VII of the State

25  Constitution, but shall constitute bonds of a "local agency,"

26  as defined in s. 159.27(4). The cigarette tax dollars pledged

27  to this facility pursuant to s. 210.20 shall be replaced

28  annually by the Legislature from tobacco litigation settlement

29  proceeds.

30         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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  3    Provides for payment of 1.47 percent of the net
      collections of the cigarette tax to be paid monthly to
  4    the Board of Directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
      Center and Research Institute to finance a cancer
  5    research facility at the University of South Florida.
      Provides for the use of the moneys.
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