Senate Bill 2514

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2514

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1809-98                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Family Courts Trust Fund within the state

  4         courts system without modification; carrying

  5         forward current balances and continuing current

  6         sources and uses thereof; providing an

  7         effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Family Courts Trust Fund within the state courts system,

11  which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

12  constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Family Courts

14  Trust Fund within the state courts system before its scheduled

15  termination date and has found that it continues to meet an

16  important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Family Courts Trust Fund within the

19  state courts system sets adequate parameters for its use, NOW,

20  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 Family Courts Trust Fund within the

25  state courts system, SAMAS number 222973, which is terminated

26  by the Legislature by law pursuant to Section 19(f), Article

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

28  re-created.

29         Section 2.  All current balances of the Family Courts

30  Trust Fund within the state courts system are carried forward,

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2514
    301-1809-98                                             See HB




  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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      Re-creates the Family Courts Trust Fund within the state
  9    courts system, without modification, to place it in a
      different review cycle, and carries forward its current
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