Bill Text: FL S0494 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Finance and Tax [S0494 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S0494-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 494
       
       
        
       By Senator Simpson
       
       
       
       
       
       10-00291-20                                            2020494__
    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; providing an effective
    8         date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   13  210.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         210.20 Employees and assistants; distribution of funds.—
   15         (2) As collections are received by the division from such
   16  cigarette taxes, it shall pay the same into a trust fund in the
   17  State Treasury designated “Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund”
   18  which shall be paid and distributed as follows:
   19         (b) Beginning July 1, 2004, and continuing through June 30,
   20  2013, the division shall from month to month certify to the
   21  Chief Financial Officer the amount derived from the cigarette
   22  tax imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for
   23  in s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the
   24  cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited
   25  into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying
   26  an amount equal to 1.47 percent of the net collections, and that
   27  amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
   28  Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established under
   29  s. 1004.43, by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer.
   30  Beginning July 1, 2014, and continuing through June 30, 2020
   31  2053, the division shall from month to month certify to the
   32  Chief Financial Officer the amount derived from the cigarette
   33  tax imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for
   34  in s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the
   35  cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited
   36  into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying
   37  an amount equal to 4.04 percent of the net collections, and that
   38  amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
   39  Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established under
   40  s. 1004.43, by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer.
   41  Beginning July 1, 2020, and continuing through June 30, 2023,
   42  the division shall from month to month certify to the Chief
   43  Financial Officer the amount derived from the cigarette tax
   44  imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for in
   45  s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the
   46  cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited
   47  into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying
   48  an amount equal to 7 percent of the net collections, and that
   49  amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
   50  Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established under
   51  s. 1004.43, by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer.
   52  Beginning July 1, 2023, and continuing through June 30, 2053,
   53  the division shall from month to month certify to the Chief
   54  Financial Officer the amount derived from the cigarette tax
   55  imposed by s. 210.02, less the service charges provided for in
   56  s. 215.20 and less 0.9 percent of the amount derived from the
   57  cigarette tax imposed by s. 210.02, which shall be deposited
   58  into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund, specifying
   59  an amount equal to 10 percent of the net collections, and that
   60  amount shall be paid to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee
   61  Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, established under
   62  s. 1004.43, by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer.
   63  These funds are appropriated monthly out of the Cigarette Tax
   64  Collection Trust Fund, to be used for lawful purposes, including
   65  constructing, furnishing, equipping, financing, operating, and
   66  maintaining cancer research and clinical and related facilities;
   67  furnishing, equipping, operating, and maintaining other
   68  properties owned or leased by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
   69  and Research Institute; and paying costs incurred in connection
   70  with purchasing, financing, operating, and maintaining such
   71  equipment, facilities, and properties. In fiscal years 2004-2005
   72  and thereafter, the appropriation to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
   73  Center and Research Institute authorized by this paragraph shall
   74  not be less than the amount that would have been paid to the H.
   75  Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in fiscal year
   76  2001-2002, had this paragraph been in effect.
   77         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.