House Bill 3521

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3521

        By Representative Saunders






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to trust funds; creating the

  3         Florida Green Communities Trust Fund within the

  4         Department of Environmental Protection;

  5         providing for sources of moneys and purposes;

  6         providing for future review and termination or

  7         re-creation of the trust fund; providing a

  8         contingent 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.  The Florida Green Communities Trust Fund is

13  hereby created, to be administered by the Department of

14  Environmental Protection.  Funds shall be credited to the

15  trust fund as provided in HB .... or similar legislation, to

16  be used for the purposes set forth therein.

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

18  19(f)(2), Article III of the State Constitution, the Florida

19  Green Communities Trust Fund shall, unless terminated sooner,

20  be terminated on July 1, 2004.

21         (2)  Prior to the regular legislative session

22  immediately preceding the date on which the trust fund is

23  scheduled to be terminated, the Department of Environmental

24  Protection and the Governor shall recommend to the President

25  of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives

26  whether the trust fund should be allowed to terminate or

27  should be re-created.  These recommendations shall be based on

28  a review of the purpose and use of the trust fund and a

29  determination of whether the trust fund will continue to be

30  necessary.  A recommendation to re-create the trust fund may

31  include suggested modifications to the purposes, sources of

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3521

    550-155-98






  1  receipts, and allowable expenditures for the trust fund.  The

  2  department's recommendation shall be made as a part of its

  3  legislative budget request to the Legislature pursuant to

  4  section 216.023, Florida Statutes.  The Governor's

  5  recommendation shall be made as a part of the recommended

  6  budget presented to the Legislature pursuant to section

  7  216.162, Florida Statutes.

  8         (3)  If the trust fund is terminated, the Department of

  9  Environmental Protection shall pay any outstanding debts or

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

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

12  various state accounting systems, using generally accepted

13  accounting practices concerning warrants outstanding, assets,

14  and liabilities.

15         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, if

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

17  legislative session or an extension thereof.

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20                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Effective July 1, 2000, creates the Florida Green
22    Communities Trust Fund within the Department of
      Environmental Protection, to be administered by the
23    department, and provides for its sources of moneys and
      purposes.  Provides for future review and termination or
24    re-creation of the trust fund.

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