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House Bill 0033




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                  HB 33

        By Representative Greene






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Victim and Witness Protection Services

  4         Reimbursement Trust Fund within the Florida

  5         Violent Crime Council; providing for sources of

  6         moneys and purposes; providing for future

  7         review and termination or re-creation of the

  8         trust fund; providing a contingent effective

  9         date.

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

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13         Section 1.  The Victim and Witness Protection Services

14  Reimbursement Trust Fund is hereby created, to be administered

15  by the Florida Violent Crime Council.  Funds shall be credited

16  to the trust fund as provided in HB .... or similar

17  legislation, to be used for the purposes set forth therein.

18         Section 2.  (1)  Pursuant to the provisions of Section

19  19(f)(2), Article III of the State Constitution, the Victim

20  and Witness Protection Services Reimbursement Trust Fund

21  shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1,

22  2001.

23         (2)  Prior to the regular legislative session

24  immediately preceding the date on which the trust fund is

25  scheduled to be terminated, the Florida Violent Crime Council

26  and the Governor shall recommend to the President of the

27  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives whether

28  the trust fund should be allowed to terminate or should be

29  re-created.  These recommendations shall be based on a review

30  of the purpose and use of the trust fund and a determination

31  of whether the trust fund will continue to be necessary.  A

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                  HB 33

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  1  recommendation to re-create the trust fund may include

  2  suggested modifications to the purposes, sources of receipts,

  3  and allowable expenditures for the trust fund.  The Florida

  4  Violent Crime Council's recommendation shall be made as a part

  5  of its legislative budget request to the Legislature pursuant

  6  to section 216.023, Florida Statutes.  The Governor's

  7  recommendation shall be made as a part of the recommended

  8  budget presented to the Legislature pursuant to section

  9  216.162, Florida Statutes.

10         (3)  If the trust fund is terminated, the Florida

11  Violent Crime Council shall pay any outstanding debts or

12  obligations of the trust fund as soon as practicable and the

13  Comptroller shall close out and remove the trust fund from the

14  various state accounting systems, using generally accepted

15  accounting practices concerning warrants outstanding, assets,

16  and liabilities.

17         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, if

18  HB .... or similar legislation is adopted in the same

19  legislative session or an extension thereof.

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22                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Victim and Witness Protection Services
24    Reimbursement Trust Fund within the Florida Violent Crime
      Council, and provides for its sources of moneys and
25    purposes.  Provides for future review and termination or
      re-creation of the trust fund.
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