Bill Text: FL S0778 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Sports Development

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Commerce and Tourism [S0778 Detail]

Download: Florida-2018-S0778-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 778
       
       
        
       By Senator Lee
       
       
       
       
       
       20-00765-18                                            2018778__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sports development; repealing s.
    3         288.11625, F.S., relating to state funding for sports
    4         facility development by a unit of local government, or
    5         by a certified beneficiary or other applicant, on
    6         property owned by the local government; amending ss.
    7         212.20, 218.64, and 288.0001, F.S.; conforming
    8         provisions to changes made by the act; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Section 288.11625, Florida Statutes, is
   14  repealed.
   15         Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
   16  212.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of
   18  department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated
   19  unconstitutionally collected.—
   20         (6) Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter and ss.
   21  202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) and 203.01(1)(a)3. is as follows:
   22         (d) The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed
   23  pursuant to this chapter or remitted pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b)
   24  and (2)(b) must shall be distributed as follows:
   25         1. In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million, minus
   26  an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the taxes
   27  collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5.2 percent of all other
   28  taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter or remitted
   29  pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) must shall be deposited
   30  in monthly installments into the General Revenue Fund.
   31         2. After the distribution under subparagraph 1., 8.9744
   32  percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer located
   33  within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61 must shall
   34  be transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax
   35  Clearing Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2003, the amount to be
   36  transferred must shall be reduced by 0.1 percent, and the
   37  department shall distribute this amount to the Public Employees
   38  Relations Commission Trust Fund less $5,000 each month, which
   39  must shall be added to the amount calculated in subparagraph 3.
   40  and distributed accordingly.
   41         3. After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and 2.,
   42  0.0966 percent must shall be transferred to the Local Government
   43  Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and distributed pursuant
   44  to s. 218.65.
   45         4. After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., and
   46  3., 2.0810 percent of the available proceeds must shall be
   47  transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
   48  Counties pursuant to s. 218.215.
   49         5. After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., and
   50  3., 1.3653 percent of the available proceeds must shall be
   51  transferred monthly to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
   52  Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If the total revenue to
   53  be distributed pursuant to this subparagraph is at least as
   54  great as the amount due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
   55  Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial Assistance
   56  Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999-2000, no municipality may
   57  shall receive less than the amount due from the Revenue Sharing
   58  Trust Fund for Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial
   59  Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999-2000. If the
   60  total proceeds to be distributed are less than the amount
   61  received in combination from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
   62  Municipalities and the former Municipal Financial Assistance
   63  Trust Fund in state fiscal year 1999-2000, each municipality
   64  must shall receive an amount proportionate to the amount it was
   65  due in state fiscal year 1999-2000.
   66         6. Of the remaining proceeds:
   67         a. In each fiscal year, the sum of $29,915,500 must shall
   68  be divided into as many equal parts as there are counties in the
   69  state, and one part must shall be distributed to each county.
   70  The distribution among the several counties must begin each
   71  fiscal year on or before January 5th and continue monthly for a
   72  total of 4 months. If a local or special law required that any
   73  moneys accruing to a county in fiscal year 1999-2000 under the
   74  then-existing provisions of s. 550.135 be paid directly to the
   75  district school board, special district, or a municipal
   76  government, such payment must continue until the local or
   77  special law is amended or repealed. The state covenants with
   78  holders of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness issued by
   79  local governments, special districts, or district school boards
   80  before July 1, 2000, that it is not the intent of this
   81  subparagraph to adversely affect the rights of those holders or
   82  relieve local governments, special districts, or district school
   83  boards of the duty to meet their obligations as a result of
   84  previous pledges or assignments or trusts entered into which
   85  obligated funds received from the distribution to county
   86  governments under then-existing s. 550.135. This distribution
   87  specifically is in lieu of funds distributed under s. 550.135
   88  before July 1, 2000.
   89         b. The department shall distribute $166,667 monthly to each
   90  applicant certified as a facility for a new or retained
   91  professional sports franchise pursuant to s. 288.1162. Up to
   92  $41,667 must shall be distributed monthly by the department to
   93  each certified applicant as defined in s. 288.11621 for a
   94  facility for a spring training franchise. However, not more than
   95  $416,670 may be distributed monthly in the aggregate to all
   96  certified applicants for facilities for spring training
   97  franchises. Distributions begin 60 days after such certification
   98  and continue for not more than 30 years, except as otherwise
   99  provided in s. 288.11621. A certified applicant identified in
  100  this sub-subparagraph may not receive more in distributions than
  101  expended by the applicant for the public purposes provided in s.
  102  288.1162(5) or s. 288.11621(3).
  103         c. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Department of
  104  Economic Opportunity to the Department of Revenue that an
  105  applicant has been certified as the professional golf hall of
  106  fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is open to the public, $166,667
  107  must shall be distributed monthly, for up to 300 months, to the
  108  applicant.
  109         d. Beginning 30 days after notice by the Department of
  110  Economic Opportunity to the Department of Revenue that the
  111  applicant has been certified as the International Game Fish
  112  Association World Center facility pursuant to s. 288.1169, and
  113  the facility is open to the public, $83,333 must shall be
  114  distributed monthly, for up to 168 months, to the applicant.
  115  This distribution is subject to reduction pursuant to s.
  116  288.1169. A lump sum payment of $999,996 must shall be made
  117  after certification and before July 1, 2000.
  118         e. The department shall distribute up to $83,333 monthly to
  119  each certified applicant as defined in s. 288.11631 for a
  120  facility used by a single spring training franchise, or up to
  121  $166,667 monthly to each certified applicant as defined in s.
  122  288.11631 for a facility used by more than one spring training
  123  franchise. Monthly distributions begin 60 days after such
  124  certification or July 1, 2016, whichever is later, and continue
  125  for not more than 20 years to each certified applicant as
  126  defined in s. 288.11631 for a facility used by a single spring
  127  training franchise or not more than 25 years to each certified
  128  applicant as defined in s. 288.11631 for a facility used by more
  129  than one spring training franchise. A certified applicant
  130  identified in this sub-subparagraph may not receive more in
  131  distributions than expended by the applicant for the public
  132  purposes provided in s. 288.11631(3).
  133         f. Beginning 45 days after notice by the Department of
  134  Economic Opportunity to the Department of Revenue that an
  135  applicant has been approved by the Legislature and certified by
  136  the Department of Economic Opportunity under s. 288.11625 or
  137  upon a date specified by the Department of Economic Opportunity
  138  as provided under s. 288.11625(6)(d), the department shall
  139  distribute each month an amount equal to one-twelfth of the
  140  annual distribution amount certified by the Department of
  141  Economic Opportunity for the applicant. The department may not
  142  distribute more than $7 million in the 2014-2015 fiscal year or
  143  more than $13 million annually thereafter under this sub
  144  subparagraph.
  145         f.g. Beginning December 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016,
  146  the department shall distribute $26,286 monthly to the State
  147  Transportation Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2016, the
  148  department shall distribute $15,333 monthly to the State
  149  Transportation Trust Fund.
  150         7. All other proceeds must remain in the General Revenue
  151  Fund.
  152         Section 3. Subsection (2) and paragraph (c) of subsection
  153  (3) of section 218.64, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  154         218.64 Local government half-cent sales tax; uses;
  155  limitations.—
  156         (2) Municipalities shall expend their portions of the local
  157  government half-cent sales tax only for municipality-wide
  158  programs, for reimbursing the state as required pursuant to s.
  159  288.11625, or for municipality-wide property tax or municipal
  160  utility tax relief. All utility tax rate reductions afforded by
  161  participation in the local government half-cent sales tax must
  162  shall be applied uniformly across all types of taxed utility
  163  services.
  164         (3) Subject to ordinances enacted by the majority of the
  165  members of the county governing authority and by the majority of
  166  the members of the governing authorities of municipalities
  167  representing at least 50 percent of the municipal population of
  168  such county, counties may use up to $3 million annually of the
  169  local government half-cent sales tax allocated to that county
  170  for any of the following purposes:
  171         (c) Reimbursing the state as required under s. 288.11625.
  172         Section 4. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
  173  288.0001, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  174         288.0001 Economic Development Programs Evaluation.—The
  175  Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of
  176  Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA)
  177  shall develop and present to the Governor, the President of the
  178  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
  179  chairs of the legislative appropriations committees the Economic
  180  Development Programs Evaluation.
  181         (2) The Office of Economic and Demographic Research and
  182  OPPAGA shall provide a detailed analysis of economic development
  183  programs as provided in the following schedule:
  184         (e) Beginning January 1, 2018, and every 3 years
  185  thereafter, an analysis of the Sports Development Program
  186  established under s. 288.11625.
  187         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.

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