Senate Bill 2516

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2516

    By the Committee on Ways and Means





    301-1600-98                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Inmate Welfare Trust Fund within the Department

  4         of Corrections; providing for purposes and

  5         sources of funds; providing for annual

  6         carryforward of funds; providing for future

  7         review and termination or re-creation of the

  8         trust fund; providing an effective date.

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

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

13  Department of Corrections the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. The

14  purpose of the trust fund shall be the benefit and welfare of

15  inmates incarcerated in correctional facilities operated by or

16  under contract with the department. Moneys shall be deposited

17  in the trust fund as provided in s. 945.215, Florida Statutes.

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

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

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

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

22  carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

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

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

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

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

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

28  Statutes.

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

30  year in which enacted.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2516
    301-1600-98                                             See HB




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