Senate Bill 2450

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2450

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1588-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the re-creation of the

  3         Operating Trust Fund of the Department of Law

  4         Enforcement without modification; re-creating

  5         the Operating Trust Fund; carrying forward

  6         current balances and continuing current sources

  7         and uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Operating Trust Fund, which is otherwise scheduled to be

11  terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

12         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Operating

13  Trust Fund before its scheduled termination date and has found

14  that it continues to meet an important public purpose, and

15         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

16  policy concerning the Operating Trust Fund sets adequate

17  parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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21         Section 1.  The Operating Trust Fund, which was created

22  within the Department of Law Enforcement and which is to be

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

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

25         Section 2.  All current balances of the Operating Trust

26  Fund of the Department of Law Enforcement are carried forward,

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

28  continued.

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

30  2000.

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  3    Re-creates, without modification, the Operating Trust
      Fund within the Department of Law Enforcement and carries
  4    forward its current balances and continues its current
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