House Bill 3455

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3455

        By the Committee on Transportation & Economic Development
    Appropriations and Representative Merchant





  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

  5         without modification; carrying forward current

  6         balances and continuing current sources and

  7         uses thereof; providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund within the Department

11  of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which is otherwise

12  scheduled to be terminated pursuant to constitutional mandate,

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14         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Highway

15  Safety Operating Trust Fund within the Department of Highway

16  Safety and Motor Vehicles before its scheduled termination

17  date and has found that it continues to meet an important

18  public purpose, and

19         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

20  policy concerning the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund

21  within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

22  sets adequate parameters for its use, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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26         Section 1.  The Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund

27  within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,

28  SAMAS number 762009, which was created by section 318.39,

29  Florida Statutes, and which is to be terminated pursuant to

30  Section 19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on

31  November 4, 2000, is re-created.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3455

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  1         Section 2.  All current balances of the Highway Safety

  2  Operating Trust Fund within the Department of Highway Safety

  3  and Motor Vehicles are carried forward, and all current

  4  sources and uses of the trust fund are continued.

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

  6  2000.

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      Re-creates the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund within
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      without modification, and carries forward its current
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