Senate Bill 2490

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2490

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1546-98                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Privately Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare

  4         Trust Fund within the Department of

  5         Corrections; providing for purposes and sources

  6         of funds; providing for annual carryforward of

  7         funds; providing for future review and

  8         termination or re-creation of the trust fund;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  (1)  There is hereby created in the

14  Department of Corrections the Privately Operated Institutions

15  Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. The purpose of the trust fund shall

16  be the benefit and welfare of inmates incarcerated in

17  correctional facilities under contract with the Correctional

18  Privatization Commission pursuant to chapter 957, Florida

19  Statutes. Moneys shall be deposited in the trust fund as

20  provided in s. 945.215, Florida Statutes.

21         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

22  pursuant to s. 216.351, Florida Statutes, any balance in the

23  trust fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the

24  trust fund at the end of the year and shall be available for

25  carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

26         (3)  Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art.

27  III of the State Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless

28  terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2002. However,

29  prior to its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be

30  reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2), Florida

31  Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2490
    301-1546-98                                             See HB




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1 of the

  2  year in which enacted.

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  5                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Privately Operated Institutions Inmate
  7    Welfare Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections
      and provides its purposes and sources of funds. Provides
  8    for annual carryforward of funds. Provides for future
      review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund.
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