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380.511  Florida Communities Trust Fund.--

(1)  There is created the Florida Communities Trust Fund as a nonlapsing, revolving fund for projects, activities, acquisitions, and operating expenses necessary to carry out this part. The fund shall be held and administered by the trust. The following shall be credited to or deposited in the Florida Communities Trust Fund:

(a)  All moneys and revenue from the operation, management, sale, lease, or other disposition of land, water areas, related resources, and the facilities thereon acquired or constructed under this part.

(b)  Moneys accruing to any agency for the purposes listed in this part.

(c)  Proceeds from the sale of environmental license plates authorized in s. 320.08058(5).

(d)  Other moneys as the Legislature authorizes.

All moneys so deposited into the Florida Communities Trust Fund shall be trust funds for the uses and purposes set forth in this section, within the meaning of s. 215.32(1)(b); and such moneys shall not become or be commingled with the General Revenue Fund of the state, as defined by s. 215.32(1)(a).

(2)  The trust may expend any moneys in the Florida Communities Trust Fund to acquire land, water areas, and related resources; to provide technical assistance to local governments to establish transfer of development rights programs within their jurisdictions; and to construct, improve, enlarge, extend, operate, and maintain capital improvements and facilities in accordance with this part, except as limited by s. 380.510(7).

¹(3)  The trust may disburse moneys in the Florida Communities Trust Fund to pay all necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of this part, except as limited by s. 380.510(7).

History.--s. 28, ch. 89-175; s. 2, ch. 90-192; s. 4, ch. 90-194; s. 14, ch. 91-192; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 72, ch. 93-206; s. 10, ch. 95-282; ss. 46, 54, ch. 2005-71.

¹Note.--

A.  Section 46, ch. 2005-71, amended subsection (3) "[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriation 1567A of the 2005-2006 General Appropriations Act." Specific appropriation 1567A was vetoed. See ch. 2005-70, the 2005-2006 General Appropriations Act.

B.  Section 54, ch. 2005-71, provides that "[a] section of this act that implements a specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso language in the 2005-2006 General Appropriations Act is void if the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso language is vetoed. A section of this act that implements more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of specifically identified proviso language in the 2005-2006 General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso language are vetoed."

C.  As amended by s. 46, ch. 2005-71, subsection (3) would have read:

(3)(a)  The trust may disburse moneys in the Florida Communities Trust Fund to pay all necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of this part, except as limited by s. 380.510(7).

(b)  For the 2005-2006 fiscal year only, any unappropriated balance in the Florida Communities Trust Fund may be transferred by the General Appropriations Act to the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance Trust Fund. This paragraph expires July 1, 2006.