Senate Bill 2392

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2392

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1571-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Crimes Compensation Trust Fund without

  4         modification; re-creating the Crimes

  5         Compensation Trust Fund; carrying forward

  6         current balances and continuing current sources

  7         and uses thereof; providing an effective date.

  8

  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund, which is otherwise

11  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

12  and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Crimes

14  Compensation Trust Fund before its scheduled termination date

15  and has found that it continues to meet an important public

16  purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund sets

19  adequate parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

20

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

22

23         Section 1.  The Crimes Compensation Trust Fund within

24  the Department of Legal Affairs, which was created by section

25  960.21, Florida Statutes, and which is to be terminated

26  pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State

27  Constitution on November 4, 2000, is re-created.

28         Section 2.  All current balances of the Crimes

29  Compensation Trust Fund are carried forward, and all current

30  sources and uses of the trust fund are continued.

31

                                  1

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2392
    301-1571-98




  1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect November 4,

  2  2000.

  3

  4            *****************************************

  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Re-creates, without modification, the Crimes Compensation
      Trust Fund within the Department of Legal Affairs and
  7    carries forward its current balances and continues its
      current sources and uses.
  8

  9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  2