Senate Bill 2396

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2396

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1573-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Grants and Donations Trust Fund of the

  4         Department of Legal Affairs without

  5         modification; re-creating the Grants and

  6         Donations Trust Fund; carrying forward current

  7         balances and continuing current sources and

  8         uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Grants and Donations Trust Fund, which is otherwise

12  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Grants and

15  Donations Trust Fund before its scheduled termination date and

16  has found that it continues to meet an important public

17  purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the Grants and Donations Trust Fund sets

20  adequate parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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24         Section 1.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund, which

25  was approved for the Department of Legal Affairs by the

26  Administration Commission pursuant to its prior authority

27  under section 215.32, Florida Statutes, and which is to be

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

29  Constitution on November 4, 2000, is hereby re-created.

30         Section 2.  All current balances of the Grants and

31  Donations Trust Fund of the Department of Legal Affairs are

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2396
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  1  carried forward, and all current sources and uses of the trust

  2  fund are continued.

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

  4  2000.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Re-creates, without modification, the Grants and
      Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Legal
  9    Affairs and carries forward its current balances and
      continues its current sources and uses.
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