The Florida Senate

206.606  Distribution of certain proceeds.--

¹(1)  Moneys collected pursuant to ss. 206.41(1)(g) and 206.87(1)(e) shall be deposited in the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund created by s. 206.875. Such moneys, exclusive of the service charges imposed by s. 215.20, and exclusive of refunds granted pursuant to s. 206.41, shall be distributed monthly to the State Transportation Trust Fund, except that:

(a)  $7.55 million shall be transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection in each fiscal year. The transfers must be made in equal monthly amounts beginning on July 1 of each fiscal year. $1.25 million of the amount transferred shall be deposited annually in the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund and must be used by the department to fund special projects to provide recreational channel marking, public launching facilities, and other boating-related activities. The department shall annually determine where unmet needs exist for boating-related activities, and may fund such activities in counties where, due to the number of vessel registrations, insufficient financial resources are available to meet total water resource needs. The remaining proceeds of the annual transfer shall be deposited in the Aquatic Plant Control Trust Fund and must be used for aquatic plant management, including nonchemical control of aquatic weeds, research into nonchemical controls, and enforcement activities. Beginning in fiscal year 1993-1994, the department shall allocate at least $1 million of such funds to the eradication of melaleuca.

(b)  $1.25 million shall be transferred to the State Game Trust Fund in the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission in each fiscal year. The transfers must be made in equal monthly amounts beginning on July 1 of each fiscal year, and must be used for recreational boating activities of a type consistent with projects eligible for funding under the Florida Boating Improvement Program administered by the Department of Environmental Protection, and freshwater fisheries management and research.

(c)  0.65 percent of moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.41(1)(g) shall be transferred to the Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund.

(2)  Not less than 10 percent of the moneys deposited in the State Transportation Trust Fund pursuant to this section shall be allocated by the Department of Transportation for public transit and rail capital projects, including service development projects, as defined in s. 341.031(7) and (8), unless otherwise provided in the General Appropriations Act.

History.--s. 6, ch. 83-3; s. 1, ch. 84-348; s. 46, ch. 89-356; s. 115, ch. 91-112; ss. 116, 154, ch. 92-152; ss. 1, 2, ch. 92-308; s. 6, ch. 94-146; s. 53, ch. 94-356; ss. 60, 61, 115, ch. 95-417; ss. 7, 8, ch. 96-321; s. 27, ch. 96-323; ss. 2, 3, ch. 98-114; s. 4, ch. 98-307.

¹Note.--Section 3, ch. 98-114, amended subsection (1), as amended by s. 8, ch. 96-321, as amended by s. 61, ch. 95-417, as amended by s. 6, ch. 94-146, effective July 1, 1999, to read:

(1)  Moneys collected pursuant to ss. 206.41(1)(g) and 206.87(1)(e) shall be deposited in the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund. Such moneys, after deducting the service charges imposed by s. 215.20, the refunds granted pursuant to s. 206.41, and the administrative costs incurred by the department in collecting, administering, enforcing, and distributing the tax, which administrative costs may not exceed 2 percent of collections, shall be distributed monthly to the State Transportation Trust Fund, except that:

(a)  $7.55 million shall be transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection in each fiscal year. The transfers must be made in equal monthly amounts beginning on July 1 of each fiscal year. $1.25 million of the amount transferred shall be deposited annually in the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund and must be used by the department to fund special projects to provide recreational channel marking, public launching facilities, and other boating-related activities. The department shall annually determine where unmet needs exist for boating-related activities, and may fund such activities in counties where, due to the number of vessel registrations, insufficient financial resources are available to meet total water resource needs. The remaining proceeds of the annual transfer shall be deposited in the Aquatic Plant Control Trust Fund and must be used for aquatic plant management, including nonchemical control of aquatic weeds, research into nonchemical controls, and enforcement activities. Beginning in fiscal year 1993-1994, the department shall allocate at least $1 million of such funds to the eradication of melaleuca.

(b)  $1.25 million shall be transferred to the State Game Trust Fund in the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission in each fiscal year. The transfers must be made in equal monthly amounts beginning on July 1 of each fiscal year, and must be used for recreational boating activities of a type consistent with projects eligible for funding under the Florida Boating Improvement Program administered by the Department of Environmental Protection, and freshwater fisheries management and research.

(c)  0.65 percent of moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.41(1)(g) shall be transferred to the Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund.

Note.--Former s. 212.69.