Resolution 2005-129
RESOLUTION NO. 2005--l..2.9
A RESOLUTION OF THE .BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING ENACTMENT INTO LAW
PROPOSED FLORIDA SENATE BILL 1940, WHICH ALLOWS COUNTIES
TO IMPLEMENT THE 1-5 CENT LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAX BY
SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE, AND FLORIDA HOUSE BILL 1461, WHICH
ALLOWS COUNTIES TO INDEX LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAXES TO
ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX;
ELIMINATES EXISTING PROVISIONS DEDUCTING CERTAIN STATE
GOVERNMENT SERVICE CHARGES AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
FROM FUEL TAX PROCEEDS AND DIRECTS THOSE MONIES TO THE
COUNTY INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM, EXCEPT FOR THE
INCREASED NET REVENUE FOR THE 1-5 CENT LOCAL OPTION FUEL
TAX, WHICH IS RETURNED DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY LEVYING
THE TAX; PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE COUNTY
INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM BY DIRECTING THIRTY PERCENT OF
REVENUES GENERATED FROM THE STATE'S ONE-HUNDRED
DOLLAR INITIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE TO THE PROGRAM;
AND EXPANDS THE AUTHORIZED USE OF THE 1-5 CENT LOCAL
OPTION FUEL TAX TO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVIES.
WHEREAS, proposed Florida Senate Bill 1940, if enacted, would amend Section
336.025, Florida Statutes, reducing the vote requirement for adopting an ordinance to levy the 1-5
Cent Local Option Fuel Tax from a majority plus one vote to a simple majority vote of the
governing body of the county, thereby strengthening the ability of the Board of County
Commissioners to raise critically needed revenue to fund transportation capital improvement
projects necessitated by growth; and
WHEREAS, proposed Florida House Bill 1461, if enacted, would amend Section 206.41,
Florida Statutes, providing for annual adjustments by county ordinance of the ninth-cent fuel tax
rate and the 1-5 Cent and 1-6 Cent Local Option Fuel Tax rates based on the annual percentage
change in the average Consumer Price Index, thereby empowering counties to generate additional
revenues in response to rising costs associated with the construction of growth-necessitated
transportation capital facilities; and
WHEREAS, proposed Florida House Bill 1461, if enacted, ~ould amend Sections
Statutes, which amendments: (1) would delete provisions deducting certain State service charges
206.606,206.608,206.875,206.9845,206.9945, 212.0501, 206.879, 215.22 and 336.025, Florida
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and administrative costs from proceeds deposited into the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, the
State and Local Alternative Fuel User Fee Clearing Trust Funds and the Local Option Fuel Tax
Trust Fund; (2) would exempt certain additional taxes and trust funds from required
appropriations of a seven percent service charge to the General Revenue Fund; and (3) would, in
the view of the Florida Association of Counties, direct the increase in net revenues resulting from
these amendments to fund the County Incentive Grant Program, except for the increase in net
revenue to the 1-5 Cent Local Option Fuel Tax, which would be returned directly to the county
levying the tax, thereby enhancing State and local funding of vital transportation programs; and
WHEREAS. proposed Florida House Bill 1461, if enacted, would amend Section
320.072, Florida Statutes, directing thirty percent of the revenue generated from the State's one-
hundred dollar initial vehicle registration fee to the County Incentive Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, proposed Florida House Bill 1461, if enacted, would amend Section
336.025, Florida Statutes, defining the term "transportation expenditures" as it relates to the 1-5
Cent Local Option Fuel Tax, to include expenditures for transportation operations and
maintenance activities, thereby expanding the scope of authorized uses of said funds and
increasing the county's flexibility in budgeting for transportation-related expenditures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
1. The Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida enthusiastically
supports enactment into law proposed Florida Senate Bill 1940 and Florida House
Bill 1461, because the proposed legislation would significantly increase State and
local funding for transportation-related capital improvement projects, as well as
operations and maintenance programs, and would increase fiscal and
administrative flexibility for the county's senior management personnel and elected
officials.
2. The Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, requests that its
Local Legislative Delegation advocate that the proposed Bills be enacted into law.
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THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second and majority vote in favor of
adoption this 'Z.1r\Jdayof M <l\ V' c' k ,2005.
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