| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Century Commission for a |
| 3 | Sustainable Florida; repealing s. 163.3247, F.S., relating |
| 4 | to the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida; |
| 5 | amending s. 201.15, F.S.; revising use criteria for |
| 6 | distributions of documentary stamp tax proceeds to the |
| 7 | Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of |
| 8 | Community Affairs to conform; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Section 163.3247, Florida Statutes, is |
| 13 | repealed. |
| 14 | Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section |
| 15 | 201.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 16 | 201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes |
| 17 | collected under this chapter are subject to the service charge |
| 18 | imposed in s. 215.20(1). Prior to distribution under this |
| 19 | section, the Department of Revenue shall deduct amounts |
| 20 | necessary to pay the costs of the collection and enforcement of |
| 21 | the tax levied by this chapter. Such costs and the service |
| 22 | charge may not be levied against any portion of taxes pledged to |
| 23 | debt service on bonds to the extent that the costs and service |
| 24 | charge are required to pay any amounts relating to the bonds. |
| 25 | All taxes remaining after deduction of costs and the service |
| 26 | charge shall be distributed as follows: |
| 27 | (1) Sixty-three and thirty-one hundredths percent of the |
| 28 | remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used for |
| 29 | the following purposes: |
| 30 | (c) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this |
| 31 | subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a) and |
| 32 | (b), shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of: |
| 33 | 1. The State Transportation Trust Fund in the Department |
| 34 | of Transportation in the amount of the lesser of 38.2 percent of |
| 35 | the remainder or $541.75 million in each fiscal year, to be used |
| 36 | for the following specified purposes, notwithstanding any other |
| 37 | law to the contrary: |
| 38 | a. For the purposes of capital funding for the New Starts |
| 39 | Transit Program, authorized by Title 49, U.S.C. s. 5309 and |
| 40 | specified in s. 341.051, 10 percent of these funds; |
| 41 | b. For the purposes of the Small County Outreach Program |
| 42 | specified in s. 339.2818, 5 percent of these funds; |
| 43 | c. For the purposes of the Strategic Intermodal System |
| 44 | specified in ss. 339.61, 339.62, 339.63, and 339.64, 75 percent |
| 45 | of these funds after allocating for the New Starts Transit |
| 46 | Program described in sub-subparagraph a. and the Small County |
| 47 | Outreach Program described in sub-subparagraph b.; and |
| 48 | d. For the purposes of the Transportation Regional |
| 49 | Incentive Program specified in s. 339.2819, 25 percent of these |
| 50 | funds after allocating for the New Starts Transit Program |
| 51 | described in sub-subparagraph a. and the Small County Outreach |
| 52 | Program described in sub-subparagraph b. |
| 53 | 2. The Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust |
| 54 | Fund in the Department of Environmental Protection in the amount |
| 55 | of the lesser of 5.64 percent of the remainder or $80 million in |
| 56 | each fiscal year, to be used as required by s. 403.890. |
| 57 | 3. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department |
| 58 | of Community Affairs in the amount of the lesser of .23 percent |
| 59 | of the remainder or $3.25 million in each fiscal year, with 92 |
| 60 | percent to be used to fund technical assistance to local |
| 61 | governments and school boards on the requirements and |
| 62 | implementation of this act and the remaining amount to be used |
| 63 | to fund the Century Commission established in s. 163.3247. |
| 64 | 4. The Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund in |
| 65 | the amount of the lesser of 2.12 percent of the remainder or $30 |
| 66 | million in each fiscal year, to be used for the preservation and |
| 67 | repair of the state's beaches as provided in ss. 161.091- |
| 68 | 161.212. |
| 69 | 5. The Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund in the |
| 70 | amount of the lesser of .14 percent of the remainder or $2 |
| 71 | million in each fiscal year, to be used for marine mammal care |
| 72 | as provided in s. 379.208(3). |
| 73 | 6. General Inspection Trust Fund in the amount of the |
| 74 | lesser of .02 percent of the remainder or $300,000 in each |
| 75 | fiscal year to be used to fund oyster management and restoration |
| 76 | programs as provided in s. 379.362(3). |
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| 78 | Moneys distributed pursuant to this paragraph may not be pledged |
| 79 | for debt service unless such pledge is approved by referendum of |
| 80 | the voters. |
| 81 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |