House Bill 1847c2

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998          CS/CS/HB 1847

        By the Committees on General Government Appropriations,
    Agriculture and Representatives Bronson, Harrington, Spratt,
    Smith, Minton, Mackey, Sembler, Peaden, Dockery, Starks, K.
    Pruitt, Putnam, Eggelletion, Boyd, Bradley and Culp



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to agriculture; creating s.

  3         570.191, F.S.; creating the Agricultural

  4         Emergency Eradication Trust Fund; prescribing

  5         its uses; defining what constitutes an

  6         "agricultural emergency"; providing an

  7         effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 570.191, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         570.191  Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust

14  Fund.--There is created in the office of the commissioner the

15  Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund. Funds in the

16  trust fund may be made available upon certification by the

17  commissioner that an agricultural emergency exists and that

18  funds specifically appropriated for the emergency's purpose

19  are exhausted or insufficient to eliminate the agricultural

20  emergency. The term "agricultural emergency" means an animal

21  or plant disease, insect infestation, or plant or pest

22  endangering or threatening the horticultural, aquacultural, or

23  agricultural interests in this state.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1 of the

25  year in which enacted.

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