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General Revenue Fund. Surtaxes are paid directly to the General <br />Revenue Fund. <br />Of the monies deposited and credited to the pari -mutual tax <br />collection trust fund, $29,915,500 of the balance is divided <br />equally among the number of counties in the state (at this time <br />67). Monies in this fund are also used to operate the Division of <br />Pari -Mutual Wagering, the Florida Pari -Mutual Commission and to <br />provide a proportionate share of the operation of the Department of <br />Business Regulation. After audit, any funds remaining in excess of <br />the needs of the division are transferred to the General Revenue <br />Fund. <br />The state legislature has placed a ceiling of $446,500 on the <br />amount of pari -mutual tax revenues distributed annually to the <br />county. <br />Mobile Home License Tax <br />Recreational type vehicles and mobile homes are subject to one of <br />two kinds of license tax depending on their mobility. Recreational <br />vehicles and mobile homes that are considered permanently affixed <br />to the land are subject only to a small annual sticker fee, and in <br />many cases they may be taxed as real property as well. As per the <br />1997 1993 edition of the Florida Statues, Chapter 320.0815, the <br />annual sticker fee amount of $1 per vehicle is divided by the <br />government in three ways: $2.50 to the county's tax collector, $.25 <br />to the county property appraiser and $.25 to the State Department <br />of Transportation, to defray the cost of manufacture and handling <br />of the stickers. <br />Recreational and mobile home vehicles that are mobile are required <br />to pay an annual license tax depending on the size of the unit. <br />These funds are collected by the county tax collector and remitted <br />to the Department of Transportation. Of the amount remitted, $1.50 <br />is paid into the general fund, the remaining portion goes to a <br />state treasury fund called License Tax Collection Trust Fund. <br />These monies are distributed to the counties; one half to the <br />District School Board, the remaining half to the Board of County <br />Commissioners ( for those units located in unincorporated areas) and <br />to the cities within the county ( for those units located within <br />corporate limits). <br />In fiscal year 199100092, the county received approximately $1427A96 <br />159,000 per -pear of mobile home license tax revenue. <br />Additional Optional State Revenue Sources <br />There are other available state sources which could generate <br />additional revenue for the county. Twoene revenue sources which ra <br />