Senate Bill 2444

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2444

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1585-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust

  4         Fund without modification; re-creating the

  5         Criminal Justice Training Trust Fund; carrying

  6         forward current balances and continuing current

  7         sources and uses thereof; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

11  the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust Fund, which

12  is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

13  constitutional mandate, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Criminal

15  Justice Standards and Training 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 Criminal Justice Standards and Training

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

21  THEREFORE,

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

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25         Section 1.  The Criminal Justice Standards and Training

26  Trust Fund within the Department of Law Enforcement, which was

27  created by section 943.25, Florida Statutes, and which is to

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

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

30         Section 2.  All current balances of the Criminal

31  Justice Standards and Training Trust Fund are carried forward,

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2444
    301-1585-98




  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.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Re-creates, without modification, the Criminal Justice
      Standards and Training Trust Fund within the Department
  9    of Law Enforcement and carries forward its current
      balances and continues its current sources and uses.
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