Fla. Stat. § 561.121 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.121
561.121 Deposit of revenue.
Status: in_force

(1) All state funds collected pursuant to ss. 563.05, 564.06, 565.02(9), and 565.12 shall be paid into the State Treasury and disbursed in the following manner: (a) Two percent of monthly collections of the excise taxes on alcoholic beverages established in ss. 563.05, 564.06, and 565.12 and the tax on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, and other tobacco products established in s. 565.02(9) shall be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund to meet the division’s appropriation for the state fiscal year. (b)1. After the distribution in paragraph (a), from the remainder of the funds collected pursuant to ss. 563.05, 564.06, 565.02(9), and 565.12, 26 percent of monthly collections shall be paid in the following shares: a. One-third to the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center; b. One-sixth to the Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program at the University of Florida Health Shands Cancer Center; c. One-sixth to the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida; and d. One-third to the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Jacksonville. 2. The distributions in subparagraph 1. may not exceed $60 million per fiscal year. 3. These funds are appropriated monthly, to be used for lawful purposes, including constructing, furnishing, equipping, financing, operating, and maintaining cancer research and clinical and related facilities, and furnishing, equipping, operating, and maintaining other properties owned or leased by the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Florida Health Shands Cancer Center, and the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Jacksonville; and constructing, furnishing, equipping, financing, operating, and maintaining neurological disease research and clinical and related facilities, and furnishing, equipping, operating, and maintaining other properties, owned or leased by the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida. Moneys distributed pursuant to this paragraph may not be used to secure bonds or other forms of indebtedness nor be pledged for debt service. This paragraph is repealed June 30, 2054. (c) The remainder of the funds collected pursuant to ss. 563.05, 564.06, and 565.12 and the tax on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, and other tobacco products established in s. 565.02(9) shall be credited to the General Revenue Fund.

(2) The unencumbered balance in the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund at the close of each fiscal year may not exceed $2 million. These funds shall be held in reserve for use in the event that trust fund revenues are unable to meet the division’s appropriation for the next fiscal year. In the event of a revenue shortfall, these funds shall be spent pursuant to subsection (3). Notwithstanding subsection (1), if the unencumbered balance on June 30 in any fiscal year is less than $2 million, the department is authorized to retain the difference between the June 30 unencumbered balance in the trust fund and $2 million from the July collections of state funds collected pursuant to ss. 563.05, 564.06, and 565.12 and the tax on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, and other tobacco products established in s. 565.02(9). Any unencumbered funds in excess of reserve funds shall be transferred unallocated to the General Revenue Fund by August 31 of the next fiscal year.

(3) Funds deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (1) shall be used for administration and enforcement of chapters 210, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 567, 568, and 569.

History: s. 21, ch. 94-353; s. 3, ch. 97-213; s. 250, ch. 99-8; s. 15, ch. 99-239; s. 2, ch. 2000-354; s. 4, ch. 2001-380; ss. 15, 79, ch. 2002-402; s. 23, ch. 2003-399; s. 3, ch. 2004-2; s. 5, ch. 2004-269; s. 17, ch. 2006-2; ss. 1, 2, ch. 2006-162; s. 11, ch. 2006-182; s. 16, ch. 2009-20; s. 20, ch. 2016-220; s. 48, ch. 2024-158; s. 84, ch. 2025-208.