SB1018

All five versions contain the same operative allocation changes and collection-date transition. No floor amendments are indexed. The bill leaves the underlying $50 state traffic fine and the existing timely-remittance rule allowing municipalities or counties to retain 4% as a collection service fee unchanged. The new 50/50 split applies to money received by the comptroller, not necessarily every dollar first collected locally. Text versions; Amendment index; Pre-act section 542.4031; Final law.

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The trauma/EMS account receives a larger dedicated share, leaving less in undedicated general revenue for other state uses. Spending still depends on appropriations and the account’s governing law, which covers trauma and EMS purposes and specified graduate medical/nursing education. SB1018 does not itself award a particular hospital or ambulance service a grant or guarantee a patient benefit. Final law; Pre-act section 780.003; Pre-act section 780.004.

The March 18 and April 29 fiscal notes estimate a $31.422 million shift over fiscal years 2026–2027 from general revenue to the trauma/EMS account: $15.028 million in 2026 and $16.394 million in 2027. They project $16.394 million shifted in each of 2028–2030. The general-revenue loss is matched by the dedicated-account gain; it is not an estimate of new fines paid by drivers or a net loss of total state collections. The estimate uses the comptroller’s records and 2026–2027 revenue forecast, anticipates no local-government fiscal implication, and flags the dedication for legislative funds-consolidation review. Introduced fiscal note; Engrossed fiscal note.