House Bill 4599e1

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                                          HB 4599, First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

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

  3         Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund within

  4         Justice Administration without modification;

  5         carrying forward current balances and

  6         continuing current sources and uses thereof;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund within Justice

11  Administration, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated

12  pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Indigent

14  Criminal Defense Trust Fund within Justice Administration

15  before its scheduled termination date and has found that it

16  continues to meet an important public purpose, and

17         WHEREAS, the Legislature has found that existing public

18  policy concerning the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund

19  within Justice Administration 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 Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund

25  within Justice Administration, which is to be terminated

26  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 Indigent

29  Criminal Defense Trust Fund within Justice Administration are

30  carried forward, and all current sources and uses of the trust

31  fund are continued.


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                                          HB 4599, First Engrossed



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

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