The Florida Senate

430.41  Grants and Donations Trust Fund.--

(1)  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund is hereby created, to be administered by the Department of Elderly Affairs. Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall include all public and private grants and donations to the department, except for grants provided by the Federal Government and other earnings that are deposited into the Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund of the department. Funds from the Grants and Donations Trust Fund shall be used to fulfill agreements made with grantors and contributors and such other purposes as may be appropriate and shall only be expended pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the department's operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.

(2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

(3)  Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance of any general revenue appropriation to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund that is not disbursed but that is obligated pursuant to contract or committed to be expended may be certified by the Governor for up to 3 years following the effective date of the original appropriation.

History.--s. 1, ch. 96-150; s. 10, ch. 2006-182.