Bill Text: FL S2224 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Job Opportunities for Youth [WPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Commerce [S2224 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S2224-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2224 
 
By Senator Siplin 
19-00302A-10                                          20102224__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to job opportunities for youth; 
3         providing legislative intent to support statewide 
4         vocational training and placement provided to at-risk 
5         youth through the Jobs for Florida’s Graduates 
6         program; requiring that a proposal for funding a 
7         statewide summer program for youth employment be 
8         submitted to the Florida Endowment Foundation for 
9         Florida’s Graduates; providing criteria concerning the 
10         proposal; requiring a report to the Legislature; 
11         providing for the Florida Endowment Foundation for 
12         Florida’s Graduates to be the fiscal agent for the 
13         Jobs for Florida’s Graduates program; amending s. 
14         561.121, F.S.; revising the percentage of monthly 
15         collections of the excise taxes on alcoholic beverages 
16         to be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and 
17         Tobacco Trust Fund; requiring a certain percentage of 
18         net collections to be deposited into the Grants and 
19         Donations Trust Fund within the Florida Endowment 
20         Foundation for Florida’s Graduates to operate the 
21         statewide summer program for youth employment; 
22         amending s. 563.05, F.S.; revising the excise tax 
23         amount payable by manufacturers, distributors, and 
24         vendors of malt beverages; creating s. 563.09, F.S.; 
25         providing a tax credit against certain taxes on 
26         alcoholic beverages for a business that employs youth 
27         during the summer under an internship program; 
28         providing an effective date. 
29 
30  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
31 
32         Section 1. Jobs for Florida’s Graduates; legislative 
33  intent; statewide program; fiscal oversight.— 
34         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide support 
35  and funding for programs conducted by Jobs for Florida’s 
36  Graduates (JFG). JFG provides paid internships and educational 
37  and developmental skills to youth between 16 and 18 years of age 
38  who have significant family troubles, have significant school 
39  troubles, or have experienced drug or alcohol use, or both, or 
40  who exhibit predelinquent behavior. 
41         (2) In order to receive funding, JFG shall submit to the 
42  Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida’s Graduates, by 
43  September 1, 2010, a proposal for funding a statewide summer 
44  program for youth employment. The program shall include a summer 
45  internship of at least 8 weeks, student-selection criteria, 
46  required parental involvement, and followup during the school 
47  year. By January 1, 2011, and each January 1 thereafter, JFG 
48  shall provide to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 
49  the House of Representatives a report that includes, but need 
50  not be limited to, an itemized list of program costs, the number 
51  and types of businesses or partnerships that provide summer 
52  internships, and the following statistics concerning the youth 
53  served by the program: high school retention and graduation 
54  rates, postsecondary education or vocational training, job 
55  placement, increase in basic skills, mastery of work and life 
56  skills, and increase or decrease in juvenile crime. 
57         (3) The Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida’s 
58  Graduates shall be the fiscal agent for the Jobs for Florida’s 
59  Graduates program. 
60         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 561.121, Florida 
61  Statutes, is amended to read: 
62         561.121 Deposit of revenue.— 
63         (1) All state funds collected pursuant to ss. 563.05, 
64  564.06, and 565.12 shall be paid into the State Treasury and 
65  disbursed in the following manner: 
66         (a) 1. One and eight-hundred-fifty-thousandths Two percent 
67  of monthly collections of the excise taxes on alcoholic 
68  beverages established in ss. 563.05, 564.06, and 565.12 shall be 
69  deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund to 
70  meet the division’s appropriation for the state fiscal year. 
71         2. Six and nine-hundred-fifty-thousandths percent of net 
72  collections shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations 
73  Trust Fund within the Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida’s 
74  Graduates to operate the statewide youth summer employment 
75  program. 
76         (b) The remainder of the funds collected pursuant to ss. 
77  563.05, 564.06, and 565.12 shall be credited to the General 
78  Revenue Fund. 
79         Section 3. Section 563.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
80  read: 
81         563.05 Excise taxes on malt beverages.—As to malt beverages 
82  containing 0.5 percent or more of alcohol by volume, there shall 
83  be paid by all manufacturers, distributors, and vendors, as 
84  herein defined, a tax of 56 48 cents per gallon upon all such 
85  beverages in bulk or in kegs or barrels; and, when such 
86  beverages are sold in containers of less than 1 gallon, the tax 
87  will be 7 6 cents on each pint or fraction thereof in the 
88  container. However, the excise taxes required to be paid by this 
89  section upon malt beverages are not required to be paid upon 
90  such beverages when they are sold to post exchanges, ship 
91  service stores, and base exchanges located in military, naval, 
92  or air force reservations within this state. 
93         Section 4. Section 563.09, Florida Statutes, is created to 
94  read: 
95         563.09 Tax credit for youth summer employment.—The 
96  following tax credits are allowed against the tax imposed under 
97  this chapter: 
98         (1) The sum of $2,400 annually for each paid, qualified 
99  internship provided during the summer by the taxpayer under the 
100  statewide JFG program. An internship tax credit of $200 shall be 
101  taken against monthly excise taxes as remitted and reported 
102  pursuant to s. 561.50. As used in this subsection, the term 
103  “qualified internship” means employment as an intern in the 
104  public, private, or not-for-profit employment sector. The 
105  internship should align with this state’s targeted industries or 
106  with high-skill or high-wage jobs as well as the intern’s 
107  individual career goals and may not include contact with 
108  alcoholic beverages. 
109         (2) Up to $5,000 annually for each academic or vocational 
110  postsecondary education scholarship provided by the taxpayer to 
111  a student who successfully completes a JFG internship. The tax 
112  credit shall be taken in 12 equal installments against monthly 
113  excise taxes as remitted and reported pursuant to s. 561.50. 
114         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.