House Bill 4583

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4583

        By the Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations and
    Representative Villalobos





  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Operating Trust Fund within the Department of

  4         Corrections 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 Operating Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections,

11  which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated pursuant to

12  constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Operating

14  Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections before its

15  scheduled termination date and has found that it continues to

16  meet an important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Operating Trust Fund within the

19  Department of Corrections sets adequate parameters for its

20  use, NOW, 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 Operating Trust Fund within the

25  Department of Corrections, SAMAS number 702510, which is to be

26  terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State

27  Constitution on November 4, 2000, is re-created.

28         Section 2.  All current balances of the Operating Trust

29  Fund within the Department of Corrections are carried forward,

30  and all current sources and uses of the trust fund are

31  continued.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4583

    608-108-98






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

  2  2000.

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      Re-creates the Operating Trust Fund within the Department
  7    of Corrections, without modification, and carries forward
      its current balances and continues its current sources
  8    and uses.

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