Senate Bill 2446

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2446

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1586-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust Fund

  4         without modification; re-creating the

  5         Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust

  6         Fund; carrying forward current balances and

  7         continuing current sources and uses; providing

  8         an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, the Legislature desires to extend the life of

11  the Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust Fund, which is

12  otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

13  constitutional mandate, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Forfeiture

15  and Investigative Support Trust Fund prior to its scheduled

16  termination date and has determined that it continues to meet

17  an important public purpose, and

18         WHEREAS, the Legislature has determined that existing

19  public policy concerning the Forfeiture and Investigative

20  Support 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 Forfeiture and Investigative Support

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

27  created by section 943.362, 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 hereby re-created.

30         Section 2.  All current balances of the Forfeiture and

31  Investigative Support Trust Fund are hereby carried forward,

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2446
    301-1586-98




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

  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 Forfeiture and
      Investigative Support Trust Fund within the Department of
  9    Law Enforcement and carries forward its current balances
      and continues its current sources and uses.
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