Florida SB 2506: Fuel Taxes

Bill Text

2506 
Fuel Taxes 
2026-02-18T14:20:02Z 
Revising the distribution of the proceeds of the fuel sales tax; revising the transfer of funds received and collected into the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 2506 

 By the Committee on Appropriations 

 576-02997-26 20262506__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to fuel taxes; amending s. 206.606, 
 3 F.S.; revising the distribution of the proceeds of the 
 4 fuel sales tax; amending s. 206.9945, F.S.; revising 
 5 the transfer of funds received and collected into the 
 6 Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund; providing an effective 
 7 date. 
 8 
 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 10 
 11 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 206.606, Florida 
 12 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 13 206.606 Distribution of certain proceeds.— 
 14 (1) Moneys collected pursuant to ss. 206.41(1)(g) and 
 15 206.87(1)(e) shall be deposited in the Fuel Tax Collection Trust 
 16 Fund. Such moneys, after deducting the refunds granted pursuant 
 17 to s. 206.41 and the administrative costs incurred by the 
 18 department in collecting, administering, enforcing, and 
 19 distributing the tax, which administrative costs may not exceed 
 20 2 percent of collections, shall be distributed monthly to the 
 21 State Transportation Trust Fund, except that: 
 22 (a) A sum equal to 0.5 percent of moneys collected $6.30 
 23 million shall be transferred to the Fish and Wildlife 
 24 Conservation Commission in each fiscal year and deposited in the 
 25 Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund to be used for aquatic plant 
 26 management, including nonchemical control of aquatic weeds, 
 27 research into nonchemical controls, and enforcement activities. 
 28 The commission shall allocate at least $1 million of such funds 
 29 to the eradication of melaleuca. 
 30 (b) A sum equal to 0.2 percent of moneys collected 
 31 Annually, $2.5 million shall be transferred to the State Game 
 32 Trust Fund in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and 
 33 used for recreational boating activities and freshwater 
 34 fisheries management and research. The transfers must be made in 
 35 equal monthly amounts beginning on July 1 of each fiscal year. 
 36 The commission shall annually determine where unmet needs exist 
 37 for boating-related activities, and may fund such activities in 
 38 counties where, due to the number of vessel registrations, 
 39 sufficient financial resources are unavailable. 
 40 1. A minimum of $1.25 million shall be used to fund local 
 41 projects to provide recreational channel marking and other 
 42 uniform waterway markers, public boat ramps, lifts, and hoists, 
 43 marine railways, and other public launching facilities, derelict 
 44 vessel removal, and other local boating-related activities. In 
 45 funding the projects, the commission shall give priority 
 46 consideration to: 
 47 a. Unmet needs in counties having populations of 100,000 or 
 48 less. 
 49 b. Unmet needs in coastal counties having a high level of 
 50 boating-related activities from individuals residing in other 
 51 counties. 
 52 2. The remaining sum $1.25 million may be used for 
 53 recreational boating activities and freshwater fisheries 
 54 management and research. 
 55 3. The commission may adopt rules to administer a Florida 
 56 Boating Improvement Program. 
 57 
 58 The commission shall prepare and make available on its Internet 
 59 website an annual report outlining the status of its Florida 
 60 Boating Improvement Program, including the projects funded, and 
 61 a list of counties whose needs are unmet due to insufficient 
 62 financial resources from vessel registration fees. 
 63 (c) A sum equal to 1.15 0.65 percent of moneys collected 
 64 pursuant to s. 206.41(1)(g) shall be transferred to the 
 65 Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund. 
 66 (d) A sum equal to 1.15 percent of moneys collected $13.4 
 67 million in fiscal year 2007-2008 and each fiscal year thereafter 
 68 of the moneys attributable to the sale of motor and diesel fuel 
 69 at marinas shall be transferred from the Fuel Tax Collection 
 70 Trust Fund to the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund in 
 71 the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 
 72 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 206.9945, Florida 
 73 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 74 206.9945 Funds collected; disposition; department 
 75 authority.— 
 76 (1) The department shall deposit all funds received and 
 77 collected by it under this part into the Fuel Tax Collection 
 78 Trust Fund to be transferred, less the costs of administration 
 79 and less the service charges to be deducted pursuant to s. 
 80 215.20, as follows: 
 81 (a) Moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.9935(1) and tax 
 82 revenues collected pursuant to s. 207.003 at the rates specified 
 83 in s. 206.9935(3) shall be transferred to the Florida Coastal