Senate Bill 2408

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2408

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1579-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Hurricane Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust

  4         Fund without modification; re-creating the

  5         Hurricane Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust

  6         Fund; carrying forward current balances and

  7         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  8         providing an effective date.

  9

10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Hurricane Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust Fund, which

12  is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

13  constitutional mandate, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Hurricane

15  Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust Fund before its scheduled

16  termination date and has found that it continues to meet an

17  important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

19  policy concerning the Hurricane Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding

20  Trust Fund sets adequate parameters for its use, NOW,

21  THEREFORE,

22

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

24

25         Section 1.  The Hurricane Andrew Recovery and

26  Rebuilding Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections,

27  which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article

28  III of the State Constitution on November 4, 2000, is

29  re-created.

30         Section 2.  All current balances of the Hurricane

31  Andrew Recovery and Rebuilding Trust Fund are carried forward,

                                  1

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






    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2408
    301-1579-98




  1  and all current sources and uses of the trust fund are

  2  continued.

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

  4  2000.

  5

  6            *****************************************

  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Recreates, without modification, the Hurricane Andrew
      Recovery and Rebuilding Trust Fund within the Department
  9    of Corrections and carries forward its current balances
      and continues its current sources and uses.
10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  2