CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 1831
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1831
By the Committee on General Government Appropriations and
Representative K. Pruitt
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to implementing the fiscal year
3 1997-1998 General Appropriations Act in the
4 area of general government; providing
5 legislative intent; amending s. 372.672, F.S.;
6 authorizing the appropriation of certain funds
7 from the Florida Panther Research and
8 Management Trust Fund to reimburse certain
9 expenses relating to Texas cougars originally
10 purchased as part of the Florida panther
11 research and management program; providing for
12 future repeal; amending s. 259.032, F.S.;
13 authorizing the appropriation of certain funds
14 in the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust
15 Fund for outdoor-recreation grants; providing
16 for future repeal; amending s. 376.11, F.S.;
17 authorizing the transfer of certain funds from
18 the Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund to
19 the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust
20 Fund to fund beach inlet protection; providing
21 for future repeal; providing severability;
22 providing an effective date.
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24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26 Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that
27 the implementing and administering provisions of this act
28 apply to the fiscal year 1997-1998 General Appropriations Act
29 in the area of general government.
30 Section 2. In order to implement Specific
31 Appropriation 1388 of the 1997-1998 General Appropriations
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1 Act, subsection (4) is added to section 372.672, Florida
2 Statutes, to read:
3 372.672 Florida Panther Research and Management Trust
4 Fund.--
5 (4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), for the 1997-1998
6 fiscal year only, up to $50,000 may be appropriated from the
7 fund to reimburse expenses incurred in recovering, housing,
8 and maintaining Texas cougars originally purchased as part of
9 the Florida panther research and management program. This
10 subsection is repealed on July 1, 1998.
11 Section 3. In order to implement Specific
12 Appropriation 1332 of the 1997-1998 General Appropriations
13 Act, subsection (15) of section 259.032, Florida Statutes,
14 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:
15 259.032 Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund;
16 purpose.--
17 (15) For fiscal year 1997-1998 1996-1997 only, moneys
18 credited to the fund may be appropriated to provide grants to
19 qualified local governmental entities pursuant to the
20 provisions of s. 375.075. This subsection is repealed on July
21 1, 1998 1997.
22 Section 4. In order to implement Specific
23 Appropriation 1273 of the 1997-1998 General Appropriations
24 Act, subsection (7) is added to section 376.11, Florida
25 Statutes, 1996 Supplement, to read:
26 376.11 Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund.--
27 (7) Notwithstanding subsection (4), for the 1997-1998
28 fiscal year only, up to $10 million may be transferred by
29 legislative appropriation from the fund to the Ecosystem
30 Management and Restoration Trust Fund for the purpose of
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1 funding beach inlet protection. This subsection is repealed on
2 July 1, 1998.
3 Section 5. If any provision of this act or the
4 application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
5 invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
6 applications of the act which can be given effect without the
7 invalid provision or application, and to this end the
8 provisions of this act are declared severable.
9 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or
10 in the event this act fails to become a law until after that
11 date, it shall operate retroactively thereto.
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14 HOUSE SUMMARY
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For the purpose of implementing the fiscal year 1997-1998
16 General Appropriations Act in the area of general
government, authorizes the appropriation of certain funds
17 from the Florida Panther Research and Management Trust
Fund to reimburse certain expenses relating to Texas
18 cougars originally purchased as part of the Florida
panther research and management program, authorizes the
19 appropriation of certain funds in the Conservation and
Recreation Lands Trust Fund for outdoor-recreation
20 grants, and authorizes the transfer of certain funds from
the Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund to the
21 Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund to fund
beach inlet protection.
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