HB919: HB919 Conservation and natural resources; outdoor stewardship; eliminate reductions in appropriations

25 LC 44 9005 House Bill 919 By: Representative Petrea of the 166th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 6A of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to1 outdoor stewardship, so as to eliminate reductions in appropriations; to provide for related2 matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:4 SECTION 1.5 Chapter 6A of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotate d, relating to outdoor6 stewardship, is amended by revising Code Section 12-6A-5, relating to establishment of the7 Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund, as follows:8 "12-6A-5.9 (a) There is established the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund as a separate fund10 in the state treasury. Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section, the11 The General Assembly shall appropriate to the trust fund 40 percent of all moneys received12 by the state from the sales and use tax collected by establishments classified under the 200713 North American Industry Classification Code 451110, sporting goods stores, in the most14 recently completed fiscal year.15 H. B. 919 - 1 - 25 LC 44 9005 (b) Such funds shall not lapse to the general fund. Such funds shall be used to support the16 protection and conservation of land and shall be used to supple ment, not supplant,17 department resources.18 (c)(1) In the event that, in any current fiscal year, the most recently completed fiscal19 year's total moneys received from the levy of a sales and use t ax fall at least 1 percent20 below the total moneys received from the levy of the tax in the year prior to the most21 recently completed fiscal year, then the amount that the Genera l Assembly shall22 appropriate to the trust fund for the following fiscal year shall be reduced by 20 percent.23 (2) In the event that, in a fiscal year following the fiscal y ear of an initial trust fund24 appropriation reduction pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subse ction, the most recently25 completed fiscal year's total moneys received from the levy of a sales and use tax fall at26 least 1 percent below the total moneys received from the levy of the tax in the year prior27 to the most recently completed fiscal year, then the amount tha t the General Assembly28 shall appropriate to the trust fund for the following fiscal ye ar shall be reduced by 5029 percent.30 (d) In any current fiscal year following a year for which the amount appropriated to the31 trust fund is reduced in accordance with subsection (c) of this Code section, the same32 percentage reduction shall continue unless the total moneys received from the levy of the33 sales and use tax in the most recently completed fiscal year eq ual or exceed the total34 moneys received from the levy of the sales and use tax in the m ost recent fiscal year in35 which no reduction in the amount appropriated to the trust fund occurred pursuant to36 subsection (c) or (d) of this Code section."37 SECTION 2.38 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.39 H. B. 919 - 2 -