Senate Bill 2508

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2508

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1806-98                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the

  3         Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund within the

  4         Justice Administrative Commission without

  5         modification; carrying forward current balances

  6         and continuing current sources and uses

  7         thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund within the Justice

11  Administrative Commission, which is otherwise scheduled to be

12  terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Indigent

14  Criminal Defense Trust Fund within the Justice Administrative

15  Commission before its scheduled termination date and has found

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

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund

19  within the Justice Administrative Commission sets adequate

20  parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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24         Section 1.  The Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund

25  within the Justice Administrative Commission, SAMAS number

26  212974, which is to be terminated pursuant to Section 19(f),

27  Article III of the State Constitution on November 4, 2000, is

28  re-created.

29         Section 2.  All current balances of the Indigent

30  Criminal Defense Trust Fund within the Justice Administrative

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2508
    301-1806-98                                             See HB




  1  Commission are carried forward, and all current sources and

  2  uses of the trust fund are continued.

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

  4  2000.

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  7                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Re-creates the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund
  9    within the Justice Administrative Commission, without
      modification, and carries forward its current balances
10    and continues its current sources and uses.

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