House Bill 4617

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4617

        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         Law Enforcement without modification; carrying

  5         forward current balances and continuing current

  6         sources and uses thereof; providing an

  7         effective date.

  8

  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to extend the life of

10  the Operating Trust Fund within the Department of Law

11  Enforcement, which is otherwise scheduled to be terminated

12  pursuant to constitutional mandate, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature has reviewed the Operating

14  Trust Fund within the Department of Law Enforcement 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 Law Enforcement sets adequate parameters for its

20  use, NOW, THEREFORE,

21

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

23

24         Section 1.  The Operating Trust Fund within the

25  Department of Law Enforcement, SAMAS number 712510, which is

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

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

28         Section 2.  All current balances of the Operating Trust

29  Fund within the Department of Law Enforcement are carried

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

31  are continued.

                                  1

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4617

    608-125-98






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

  2  2000.

  3

  4            *****************************************

  5                          HOUSE SUMMARY

  6
      Re-creates the Operating Trust Fund within the Department
  7    of Law Enforcement, without modification, and carries
      forward its current balances and continues its current
  8    sources and uses.

  9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  2