Florida Senate - 2021 SB 866
By Senator Hooper
16-01127A-21 2021866__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
3 and Research Institute; amending s. 210.20, F.S.;
4 increasing, at specified timeframes, the percentage of
5 cigarette tax proceeds paid to the Board of Directors
6 of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
7 Institute for certain purposes; reenacting s. 210.205,
8 F.S., relating to cigarette tax distribution
9 reporting, to incorporate the amendment made to s.
10 210.20, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an
11 effective date.
12
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
14
15 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
16 210.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17 210.20 Employees and assistants; distribution of funds.—
18 (2) As collections are received by the division from such
19 cigarette taxes, it shall pay the same into a trust fund in the
20 State Treasury designated “Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund”
21 which shall be paid and distributed as follows:
22 (b) Beginning July 1, 2004, and continuing through June 30,
23 2013, the division shall from month to month certify to the
24 Chief Financial Officer the amount derived from the cigarette
25 tax imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for
26 in s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the
27 cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited
28 into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying
29 an amount equal to 1.47 percent of the net collections, and that
30 amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
31 Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established under
32 s. 1004.43, by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer.
33 Beginning July 1, 2014, and continuing through June 30, 2021
34 2053, the division shall from month to month certify to the
35 Chief Financial Officer the amount derived from the cigarette
36 tax imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for
37 in s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the
38 cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited
39 into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying
40 an amount equal to 4.04 percent of the net collections, and that
41 amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
42 Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established under
43 s. 1004.43, by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer.
44 Beginning July 1, 2021, and continuing through June 30, 2024,
45 the division shall from month to month certify to the Chief
46 Financial Officer the amount derived from the cigarette tax
47 imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for in
48 s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the
49 cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited
50 into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying
51 an amount equal to 7 percent of the net collections, and that
52 amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
53 Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established under
54 s. 1004.43, by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer.
55 Beginning July 1, 2024, and continuing through June 30, 2054,
56 the division shall from month to month certify to the Chief
57 Financial Officer the amount derived from the cigarette tax
58 imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for in
59 s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the
60 cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited
61 into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying
62 an amount equal to 10 percent of the net collections, and that
63 amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
64 Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established under
65 s. 1004.43, by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer.
66 These funds are appropriated monthly out of the Cigarette Tax
67 Collection Trust Fund, to be used for lawful purposes, including
68 constructing, furnishing, equipping, financing, operating, and
69 maintaining cancer research and clinical and related facilities;
70 furnishing, equipping, operating, and maintaining other
71 properties owned or leased by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
72 and Research Institute; and paying costs incurred in connection
73 with purchasing, financing, operating, and maintaining such
74 equipment, facilities, and properties. In fiscal years 2004-2005
75 and thereafter, the appropriation to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
76 Center and Research Institute authorized by this paragraph shall
77 not be less than the amount that would have been paid to the H.
78 Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in fiscal year
79 2001-2002, had this paragraph been in effect.
80 Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
81 made by this act to section 210.20, Florida Statutes, in a
82 reference thereto, section 210.205, Florida Statutes, is
83 reenacted to read:
84 210.205 Cigarette tax distribution reporting.—By March 15
85 of each year, each entity that received a distribution pursuant
86 to s. 210.20(2)(b) in the preceding calendar year shall report
87 to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research the following
88 information:
89 (1) An itemized accounting of all expenditures of the funds
90 distributed in the preceding calendar year, including amounts
91 spent on debt service.
92 (2) A statement indicating what portion of the distributed
93 funds have been pledged for debt service.
94 (3) The original principal amount and current debt service
95 schedule of any bonds or other borrowing for which the
96 distributed funds have been pledged for debt service.
97 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.