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HB 83 — Trust Funds/Re-creation/State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund/DOC
by Rep. V. Lopez and others (SB 520 by Senator Bradley)
This summary is provided for information only and does not represent the opinion of any Senator, Senate Officer, or Senate Office.
Prepared by: Appropriations Committee (AP)
The bill re-creates the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund in the Department of Corrections, provided that it is enacted by three-fifths of the membership of both houses of the Legislature.
Article III, s. 19, State Constitution requires that all newly created trust funds terminate not more than four years after the initial creation, unless re-created. This provision requires that a trust fund be created or re-created by a three-fifths vote of the membership in each house of the Legislature in a separate bill, for the sole purpose of creating or re-creating that trust fund. The State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund, FLAIR number 20-2-523, was created in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC), effective July 1, 2020, and is scheduled to terminate on July 1, 2024.
If approved by the Governor, or allowed to become law without the Governor’s signature, these provisions take effect upon becoming law.
Vote: Senate 38-0; House 114-0